The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-09
YOURS SIR, EDWIN KtRKUP !

W usus indignaunn from enc who Introduced
AiAnssii ~ the public A. Ravm-ter ard failed
n ,ast; subsequently, s,ouid-r-d the p' lass
ting Tor the .lowa school journal and tue Du-
buqne Tribune We shall no, descend TO the
b.a, kruardism which caaric,er.zes this article
aud which has characte.iz-d he course of this
creature since he assumed the responsibility Of
writing for that paper nor snail we boast, as he
has done, VI our ah,lny to d-,nol,sh him; but
we shall invite him to the stand and II he fails
10 show himself, drag hun there, and show by
his own words that me IS pit.fal sQaicoeator ];
that he has no resps q ior the dece1cies Of Ian.
guaQe; that he is = ready, but not an ingenious
fabricAtor; and that having no principles to
guide him 40 politicia: ne 10 most consum-
mate time server. We have laid down these
several propositions with virw 10 establishing
their correctness and We intend TO do so.
lot. Then, let US show tina, he 10 = PitJui
sqvtcocatOr. We charged some time since,
t,at this "Yours Sir, Edwin k,rkup," was wr
ting for the Dubuque Tribune In response 70
this charge. an article appeared in the Tribune
over the signature Of "Ed. Tribune" accusing
" of having uttered falls, hood We repea'ed
the charge in stronger language, when K'rkaP
appeared over his own signature, stating that Ire
was not the editor Of the Tri une We did not
use the term editor, but used the term 'criter =
The distinct N means nothing % long as kir-
kup II empl yed 10 nianage the editorial depart
ment of chat paper. But in every article which
this man has addressed TO US, he has uniformly
persisted in claiming the benz fit Of this technics
atty. Now show that this man has resortrd
to the most pit,fut equipocation. we charge him
with having told both General Lewis, and Mr..
Snyder hetneringto',, and we have no doub
others, that he was conducting the editorial de.
psr,nent Of the Tribune. This establishes The
6rst proposition.
2ndly 10 show that he has respect for
The aeeencies OF language, it is only necessary
to examine his files snd Sad the words trail
tor" and "demagoeue" applied to some Of the
sblest statesmen and Purest patriots we have.
Srdly. Tho show that he Is Ifa6rieator, i,
h only necessary to refer to his oft repeated de.
elara.ions that the Nebraska Bill legsla,es
Slavery into Nebraska, that the minority in
Congress upon the Bill, was unfairly treated
and denied he freedom OF discussion, that the
passage Of the Bill violated solemn compact
aud various other declarations equally absurd
and ridiculous.
4lhly To prove that he has no political prin.
eiples tn guide him and that he is time serUer,
We charge, that, after he was driven from the
editorial department. Of the Tribune, to give
place 10 Mr.. Fi6eld, he came TO and desired
us to employ him as editor of the Express
Surprising that he was not aware Of the poll
tics of the Express, we informed him that il
was democratic; and that, as he vas whiE, it
would preclude the possibility of his writing
such articles - would be suited to the columns
OF democratic paper. He remarked that he
could turn his hand tn either side and that his
being q wing, would not prevent him from
that we hsd 40 use for him then, but if we de-
sire his services, ne would let him knew it.
In this connection il is proper 10 state another
fact. We understand from reli BILE authority,
that Mr.. Hackley, who sometimes claims 10 be
the editor OF the Tribune. was, when resident
in Wisconsin, . raniing, noisy democrat and
xas an unsuccessful candidate before a demo-
cratic convention for Office. Surely this is q
beautiful brace Of wings, to mould and direct
whig opinion in Dubuque.
Mr. Kirkup says he has been resid ent Of
NortherD Iowa, for fourteen gears" Who
has denied IL. Not We. We simply indicated
thst he had not beer resident Of this city, 10
xceed VIZ years
As 10 his having been regular contributor
70 the Express before We dreamed Of being its
editor, il 10 probably not the fact; but if he had
heen, We cannot perceive that it has any appli.
cation to the subject m,tter at issue.
Mr.. Ki,kup remarks:
The editor twice accnses me Of 6lackgMard
ism and Internationally language, Now have
4esd the article 10 the Tribune, carefully over,
and the only hard word, that locks anything
like tssrkgsasdism, 10 the word demagogas.
II the abave 10 an honest opinion, after q
second perusal Of the article in question, the
writer's obtuseness is unpaI donable. We made
no complaint about the use Of the word dema
seeHs." The language we complained Of, was
the Following, spilled to MIR. Rogers, an old
and es,eemed citizen Of the place.
:. No less person than Tho's Rogers, the
arch wire puller; the prime minister Of modern
democracy In sorthern Iowa, mounted the ros-
&rum.~
What business had this up start to falsely
charge Mr. Rogers with being an " arch ,oirs
psiisr p He cannot identify an act Of his,
Asring his career a. a politician which would
justify the application Of such language to him.
Again Mr.. Klrkup Gays, in speaking of the
speech Of Mr.. GriARth.
= For two mortal hosrs did this sprig Of
southern CAtUafry, preach up the Freedom
Destroying doctrines Of his masters -
NJ. Griffith il : stranger. who has recently
arrived in tlss place and established himself in
his profession o lawyer and has deported him.
seIf in every respect a. gentleman. He was
invited to speak at the meeting on Saturday,
evening q meeting called by democrats) and
did % IN courtsous and becoaang manner
He i an American citizen and has the right 10
exercise fhe liberty Of speech without subject
ing himself 10 the biltiagsgats slang Of fugi
tive from foreign parts. This was the Ian
guawe We complained OF and not the use Of the
word I" dsmagegss.''
Again this man says:
"Now Mr.. NJ, We take this word back, (mean-
ing demsgogue) il does not Sufficiently express },
Abe, detes' alton with which We look up any
2s~, no matte how exemplary he may be in
every other respect who hss the audacity, 10
tell the people Of Dubuque that he is in favor Of
introducing slavery inao the territories; and, }.
We hereby notify any and every one, whether
he be dauehface editor, Islander defending
mintaser, Or Z pro-slavery church member.
any eshes kind Of political humbug, We shall
not osa.s TO hold hun up to the scorn Of free
mea. % long - We can WELD pen"
Indeed Mr.. Kirkup will yoa do all this p
But hold sir, what right have you to charge,
democratic speakers, with having told the peo-
PIE Of Dubuque, that they are in favor "of in
Producing slavery into TIE Terri,ories'" No
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