The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-10
SENATE CHAMBER. April &c 1875
GEO. w. JONES.
Hon WIN. G. DAWSON and ROBERT TooMBs
SENATE CHAMBER. April 26. 1854.

GENTLEMEN: Your letter of to-day is re-
ceivad We answer, each for himself, that We
never used The expression attributed to some
| representative from Georgia, by James w
Grimes. esq, or any other of similar import, nor
have we any knowledge that any such was
ever used by any representative of Georgia,
| and we believe the whole story to be sheer
fabrication.
We are, respectfully, your obedient servants,
r. TOOMBS,
WIN. C. DAWSON
Hon. A. C. DODGE and GEORGE W JnNEs.
The whole Georgia deleg ton in the House
James w Grimes.
If the Germans Of Iowa can be deceived by
falsehoods such as Mr.. Grimes does not hesitate
to appeal 10, they can be caught by very shall
low arts indeed. The history of the viii; n,rtv
discloses 10 the adopted cillzens Of this country
one unvarylng rule of opSost on, in the first
place, 10 LIBERAL emigration laws and, in the
! second pace, TO impartial naturalization laws
| At this moment there is not u natire.. american
| organization IN the country thai is nat controI
ed by the ,ohig teaders--by just such men as
James " Grimes. Let the Germans of Iowa
| look to Philadelphia now, and they will find the
whole native. American Organization there pub
licly rallied under The wing banners And
dare Mr. Grimes DENY tina, the leader OF the
i uu..; Nebraska forces in the Senate-W H.
Seward, of New York, the opponent also of
| that popular sovereignty for asking which the
German, the lr'shman, the Frenchman, and the
Italian, have been driven from their father lands
is, with all his pretences, The worst enemy the
adopted citizens have in that body? We refer,
in proof OF his remark, to his extraordinary of
| fer 10 Gov. Smith, OF Virginia, made few
| years ago, al Richmond, that he ,oas ,ouitng to
exchange the free negroes Of Virginia for the
honest German and Irish emigrants of Nep
| York; This remarkable declaration can be es-
tablished by Gov. Smith, now on eloquent re-
presentation in Congress, and cannot be sue
| cessfuIly denied by Senator Seward.
| The fnlsehoods in the address of Mr. Grimes
10 the people of Iowa, are too g!aring for us to
| notice in detail. Its absurdities are no less
numerous. profound point in his argument
| Is a tear that "pnpular sovereignty in Utah may
empower the Mormons to make their creed a
| condition 10 citizenship in the Territory" or it
| may empower the Ca holcity as the religion of
| New Mexcn.-as if the constitu' ion, with it's
| broad shield, did not interpose against any such
project as this Mr. Grimes NIGH as well try
t. convince US that the Mormons could make
Mahomt danisn an institution or that the Catho-
! lies should declare the recognition of the Pope
ia preparatory step to citizenship into New
Mexico.
A few more observations before we close
Mr.. Grimes, as the organ OF the wings of Town
| and as the echo ofthe abolitionists IN Congress,
performs a labor of love, -no doubt when he as
| sails and vi lilies the Sou h. and when, in coarse
and inscriptions language, he agns their
motives in support Of the bill for the orlaniza-
ton of Nebraska and Kansas. Kindred with
these declarations Is his monstrous assumption
that Iowa will be slave State should the Ne
braska bill become lava stretch Of imagina-
ton which even an infdel preacher would scurn
to indulge in. Throughout the present discus
sion. the senators and representatives from the
South have displayed the most commendabe
Iiberali,y and candor. Not to speak Of Mr.
Badgers amendment-which substantially de
clares that, when the Missouri Compromise is
set aside in what remains of the French cessinn,
and what It is now proposed to erect into Terri
| tories, the whole region should be as a clean,
white sheet of paper, upon which the people
may write their own laws-it is a spectacle
worthy ofcomment that: within a few days
| without scruple or a doubt, that we know of,
| and by the votes Of the South in the Senate, ten
| millions acres of lands in the Nebraska and
Kansas reglon-an extent OF territory equal to
| the three States Of Connecticut. Massachu
| sets, and Rhode island, with a front Of three
hundred miles on the Missouri riyer-was con
firned by treaty to the United States, with this
very Missouri Compromise still hanging over !,
and thousands of citizens of the free States
waiting to come as soon the territorial bill
becomes a law! Before such examples, how
| false the Tears Of slavery in iowa-how vile the
doubts upon the patriotism of the South-how
| reckless the nntrurhs this would-be governor
are made TO appear.
We halt here, not deeming it necessary to
ylndicate Judge Douglas from the aspersions of
Mr.. Grimes. That the eloquent senator from
| Illinois has done with extraordinary ability in
his own surprising speeches; that others have
done; that we have done in the columns of the
Union. The people need few fur,h arguments
to show the purity of the motives and the disin
terestedness Of the course of that indefatigabIe
and invincible champion of the constitution
Nor need we notice certain other empty clamors
against the bill of Judge Douglas echoed by Mr..
Grimes, and now grown feeble from the ex.
hausted powers and falling hopes Of the aboli.
tionists. These are old stories, and are well