The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-03-15

e based upon the fact that Quincy, in Illinois la,
:, been established sport Of entry, and tha
your city had equal claims to that distinction
a, The editor, taking his wish for fact, proceedee
o to make some very unjust insinuaiions agains
: , the wa,chfulness of Gen Jones, and his devo.
!. ton and tia, Of .,e whole delegation, by i'm
e plicaton to the interests Of Iowa. Il so hap
pens that the record in this case as in all others
confounds Tie recrcant editor in his attempt te
o wrong those he hates, and earn his Whig pin
: money by stab at democratic On the
9 g 3olh of January, before the idea had birth in
the editors prolific brain, Gen. Jones introducs d
e a resolution insiruc:ing the Committee OF Com
merce, TO inquire into the expediency of con-
! sti,u,ng Dubuque Por, OF Delivery. On the
18Th inst, that committee, reported a bill in
3 accordance with the resolution, and that bill is
+, come 10 the knowledge Of the editor of the
g Herald - but has be had the manliness 10 re-
tract his insnnations, the magnammity 10
) utter one word OF commendation No, sir
his time is too generally occupied in doing the
, work of traitor, in sympathzing with Wings
in the way of Justice, or approval, to your dele.
CATION. Blu. it was not strange that he should
denounce them for a fgncied neglect in an un-
! important matter, when he joins Tie cry against
them for their fearless and answering devotion
to Instructions, which as democrats they are
bound to obey, whether they do, fail to do,
occasion will be found for blame, by him.
am struck with astonishment, when 1 re-
view the course of the man --astonishment, that
surrounded as he is by the great and generous
magnanimous, liberal and noble hearted people,
who so generally meanness, and would
rather die than live with the faint Of dshonor
on their names, he is, nevertheless, willing to
occupy the position Of shame and infamy he
has sunk to,-a position to which the pillory is
place of honor, and when the eye of the pu-
bc beholds him gloating over his treachery,
seeking the betrayal of reputation and thirsting
for democratic blood, while a cure he hangs
out the flag of democracy. Haynau could not
have disgraced that flag more-Gorgey would
blush to own such brotherhood But let him
live-Surely, nfter the brand of falsehood and
envenomed hypocrsy fixed upon him by Gen.
Shields, an Lis past Shameless career as ick-
sterer TO whg malice, there is no danger of con-
tagion and plague to the gallant democracy OF
Iowa, even though he tester in their midst, and
befoul himself before high heaven.
The Bill presented by Gen. Jones, and re-
ferred to the com nitee on Public Lands, re-
lative to your city cemetery, was reported back
by the chairman and passed the Senate, in the
precise form petitioned by your city coun-
| Gil
| You will see that Fillibuster Saunders, con-
sui TO London, has been rejected by the Senate.
This was partly owing to the H. Y. Herald's
taking him in charge.
O'Sullvan is confirmed after considerable
struggle, and an attempt to reconsider.
The Gadsden treaty sent to the Senate
last Friday--as usual, it was soon out in all the
principal papers, notwithstanding the injunction
of secrecy, which by the way is worse than a
farce. while SO many pretty, brighteyed wo-
| men are paid to wheede dotng Senators out OF
their secrets. Better to have adopted the reso-
| laton of your Dodge, and thrown open the
doors in execu i've session and adopted the viva
ycee system of voting, so that the sovereigns
may have an eye OH their servants 1t will yet
be DONE The treaty, as amended by the Presi-
| dent, will be ratified.
| The Nebraska Kanzas bill moves slowly.
! Already some ten or twelve "pitchet' speech
es haye been made upon it, and as many more
are to come. | doubt if a vote can be had on it
next week, bat the majority Of the bill will not
| be less than two to one in the the Senate. Mr.
| Badger in his speech, yesterday, pledged the
entire why vote of the South in the Senate for
the bill II has leaked out that they held
caucus on Wednesday and resolved to support
the bill, repudia.ed the "National lntelligen
cer,'-babtised Everett, Seward, Chase and
Sumner the debris of the Wing party, and as
| signed to them and their successors forever all
the old isms of the party the lntelligencer, Tri'
bune, ct id omne genus. In The House the
| Nebraska Bill, after much and fierce debate
will pass by decided majority You know
all Iowa knows where her delegation will be
found. The men who in 1850. Of all the great
north, alone stood up and boldly presented the
snbroken Senatorial strength of Iowa for all
the measures which so tended to quiet Section.
al strife and weaken the knees and break the
weapons Of faction, will be found now fear
lessly and patriotically standing to the support
of the declaration by Congress of the constitu
tonal and democratic doctrine Of "non inter
vention''-a decaraton-a principle, which if
adhered to, settles forever the unhappy strifts.
and heals forever the unholy wounds which
sintcrrcntion' in the local institutions Of terri.
tories has ever opened ard EXCITED.
Your delegation are not takers, and no thou
sands of public money have ever b, en- paid, that
they might send down to their constituents Bun
combe speechee, OF as little consequence here
as your northwe county will be in the next
election. What is said by them, is brief, point.
ed, and effectual, aud few men on be Sena' G
floor can so readily secure courtesy, or carry
point. But, if they don't talk-if ever deeds
, were eloquent--if ever the courageous, un-
shrinking, and almost unsupported stand taken
by patriots, for principle, and for the Union, ap
pealed to the respect of men, that such a
decd, when, amid all the thunder and fury of
abolition, treesol, and misguided legislative
; agitation swee ping down from almost the whole
/, North-when, of 80 Senators from the fee
States, 81 yielded to the storm, and shrunk from
the final and great encounter;-three ms n, and
two of those tue Senators from Iowa, b!easted
and defied it all, tenaiaed at the post of
! duty, cast their votes before the nation for
5 all those memorable measures which mark
ed the legislation Of 1850. Scarcely less
eloquent was their position against that hoa-
i ry, golden -siuewed scheme, that for fifty
!, years has s.reug hened itself, and sent ont its
relentless influence against all who dared 10 op'
|, pose, the French Spoliation Bill. You have,
5 no doubt, seen the DISCUSSION, and noticed how
: boldly and terribly Gen. Dodge denounced and
d opposedii, telling its advocates what judgment