The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-07-26

| wv" aeoIith'n organs ann nave hithertn gone I'M
r-buk d. Til" following is the FIST of series
Of Articles by which il was proposed I, expiodr
those lies and thnsP cheats, and to disa huse the
people relative to snms false is-u.s which
| corrupt coalition has thrust h"f"re them /,
was prrhap. un needed, hut | ask you to inser'
il in your ,urral:
Yours &c.
FALSE ISSUES.
Will the Congress Of the Uni'ed States, a.
any future session, assume the m,nagcm"nt of
the internal police of the State Of l,wa, and of
the cities and villages thereof, and enact the
Ma'nc Law for the Same ?.
viii the said Congress, in any manner, take
action that subject
Will the Congress of The United States, Of
| any future session, consider the prnpriety OF
calling convention ~ altar or amend the con-
s,itation Of the State Of lowas
Will the said Congress, iisr'f, alter or amend
that Instrument
| Plain men, who are us.d to dealing with
things ina practical common-sense way, who
! understand what belongs to this, and wha, per-
tains TO that, and who make up their Judgment
| Of public questions upon their merits, shorn Of
the deceptions and the cheats with which dem
sgogues and hucksteriny Politicians impregna,e
and befog them-w"uhf very speedily answer
the above queries with contemptuous no
But the anna lgamated wing and abolition parties,
I..,s kn.,
songht, and labor still, to make those questions
| issues in the presen, con ,reasional contest
/ This is the common ruse Of weak and willy
foe. UNABLE to relax he hold which democrat
ic principles lave taken upon thu reasons and
the hearts Of the PEOPLE, the wing and free. s.,il
leaders strive to distract the attention of the
electnrs from the questions really c,ncerned IN
the result OF this ,ntes', by luyeing in jun
bic Of false issues, hoping 10 secur, victory,
not by appealing to their G 'od sense, but by
abusing the crednllty of the people-not by in
forming and convincing, bu, by cheating and
duping them.
Will the electors o. tbs district be 50 drpads
They ,siu not
,uggler and his tricks-the self respect and the
! spirit to drspa. the impostr and the imposi-
lion, to make treir rebuke Of the one, equal in
emphasis to their s:orn of the other They
know right well that Stephen Hampstead, or
James Thorington, will nave just about as much
| to do in Congress with the Maine Law, or with
| amending our constitution, as the man in the
moon. and no more. They know right well
that the Temperance question, or the estion
| Of amending the C institution, is no more con-
| cerned in the result II this Congssssi NAL con
| test than q the questions as to "who wrote
| Gil Bias '"-"who killed Cock Robin ?''-"w,o
struck Billey Patterson &c. The people Of
the State Of Iowa are sovereignty. They,
and not Congress, will decide whether o. no,
their constitute ~ shall Be anended they, and
not CUagress, will decide whether or mi pros
hibitory liqio- Inv shah b. enacted fog this
State. What, tln.n, b..annes of Mr.. Thoring.
tons three k,uss rant on Temperance, with
which, On the evenings OF lith and l2th in
slant, he stunned aud d,sgus,ed the electors Of
Marion and Cedar Rapids, and their respective
neighborhoods. Did he convince any one that
his election would effect the Temperance gus
ton? or the institutional questions or that
said tlrctipr would subs rye any project or
4ay cause The people kMoO that il will NOS
Vel Mr.. Th'rnstnn insults their intelligence
| by q teaoas aud fns|nsaie mounting of oil tie
balderdasfI. cant ami sfang current on he TEN
1
| To any issue in the Congress- nal contest He
| Tugs in these false issa's Temperance and
| New Consultations, seeking to turn the contest
upon Demonstrating IL make democrats forget
full OF their seated Hatred Of whig and abolition
principles, AID to ac!i victory through their
weakness Democrats are not qnite such VT ak
fools as Mr.. Thoringtnn thinks them 1t may
be said with confidence that no democrat will
| be deceived by a cheat so base and bold
No democrat, fsnd lew wings, We ,rus,,) will
| deposit ballots for man VINO thus insults their
good sense. who shows, b. act and speech, his
contempt of the intelligence OF the people.
Those who-unhappily for Mr.. Thorington-
have seen that person, aid heard him speak
we ask them I" pause. What figure that man
would cut Congress with his insane and
spurious rant, his monkeyism and miserable
pantomime, az witness his performance in Ma
rion on the lItl,, in Cedar R,pids on tire 18th
| A statesman Such man tn rep,est Mt US in
Congress! we, Che banner Stale, in progress and
| material veal b, Of the North West!
| lis unnecessary and, indeed, quite oct of the
question TO speak harshIy Of MIR. Thorington =
Although his impudence be his passport, his
ineffable l!tleness shields him from assault
He is not sufficien, to stir anger; his perform.
ances in Linn County excited no emotions of
hate; the people were simply disguised with
him, and pitied ard despsed .fm Let them
see to it that such mca is not Ok cted over
Stephen Hampstead, one of the most compe
tent men in the sstate-who ha. large expert
ence in public ssiairs-whose ability, and repu.
| ia.ion among the public men Of other States,
qualify him 10 represent our interests with eff.
cheney and honnr-whnse residence nf nineteen
years amongst Us has identified him with every
| step of our progress and supplied him with a
knowledge of ur wants which hardly one 9th
er man in Iowa po,sesses-and whose entire
! political career gives evide nee of warm sympa.
| thies with the people and Of earn, st ana CON.
| slant effort to ponlote their well being.
ElNDEX.
Cedar Rapids, July 18th.
II Eleven beds Of Coal have been discov.
eredin Kentucky, IN the recent geological exam.
animation in that State, by DR., ID u. Owen
The bed, vary two feet to Eve feet in width
and are in the South western part of the State.
n We d, rect attention to an advert sement
enter an Office about to be established at Vino.