The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-03-15
OLE 1ptpElg Grpres5,
BY Wa. II. MERRITT.
WEDNESDAY MonNING, MAR. 10, 1864
THE BARGAIN AND SALE.-HOW 1T
is RECEIVED

THE BARGAIN AND SALE.--HOW II
is RECEIVED.
j 1t has no doubt been matter of some sur
prise 10 the people of the STATE, wings as vel
as democrats, how the whig State Convention
happened TO nominate rank Aholi,ionist ant
candidate of the Abolition party for Governor
Simeon Waters, for Secretary of State and an.
other rank Abo!ltionist James w Sonnet fo
! Attorney General Bu' few words will ex
plain the whole thing. The wings have al
ways been in the n;nor!ty in this state and as
they have worked very faithfully as distinct
organisation, bu, without success, they no doubt
concluded at the recent Conven,on that it was
important 10 redeem the state from the control
of the democracy. without regard TO the means
necessary to bring this charge about. bold
stroke was therefore made for the Abolition
and Temperance votes. A Nane Liquor Law
lnan was put in nomination for Governor and
two leading Abol,tionists placed upon the ticket
for minor offices. Bat what was the consider.
alton for making Messrs Waters and Sennel
nominees upon the Wing ticket? 1t was, that
they would use their personal influence, which
they represented as some, to induce the Aboli-
ton nominees for State Offices to decline run
ming and throw the Abolition vote for the whig
ticket. This was the bargain, but it does not
seem to suit all hands. Leading and conscen-
,ous Aboliiionists in the State, claim that, as
they did not participate in the cont act AID gave
no sanction to it, they are in no ways bound
by ii; that 40 power was delegated to Messrs.
Waters and Sennet TO negotiate for the Aboli-
tcn party and tina, they repudiate the contract
as unauthorized and corrupt. They have there
fore written TO thei. candidates not to decline,
expressing at the same time The hope, that the
party would select some man to take the place
of the renegade Waters, on the ticket for Gov
ernor. ~
The present prospect is very good, that the
wings have made nothing by the coalition Of
black spirits with ,caite and that, notwith stand
ing their candidate for Governor voted for the
Maine Law in the Legislature las, Winter, he
is to" radical whir. too willy i politician and
too bitter partisan. to drag any democrats TO
his support. In this arrangement Of ticket,
there is evidently the finger of James W. G4i.aes
and Ftz Henry Warren and il tue sequel does
NJ, prove loss &c more wings, than democrats
gained, We s,lali great guess. Wings,
who are 50 from prime p!,, cannot he lnerchan-
dised oil to Abolitionlsis, nor can Aboltionists,
sho are honest in their professions, be drawn
into any snares calculated to build up the wing
party and break down their own. Both clas-
ses of men will repud.ate the bargain, as ne
tarous attempt 10 trihe with the consciences of
men and obli.erate all the better impulses of a
enlightened and elevated party integrity A
ticket brought forth under such dark auspices
and presented TO the people with the stamp of
corruption upon it, can never receive the un-
animous supper, of the whis party. The result |
will show, that we ar not a bnd prophet.
!" We shall see what We shall see"