The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-27

VOLUME XIV,

VOLUME XIV.
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W The Lee County Plaindealer asset
that office holders under the general Cover
meat in this State received their app 'intmen
on condition that they should b,,it all nnmiL,
tions hostile to our present senator's in COZ
gre.s The following rorresp ,ndence effect
ally d spos . oftha,iie. Mr.. Patterson is pos
master at Keokuk.
For the Disp,tch.
Mr. Error :-l do not ask The use Of w,
columns for the purpose Of vindicating m
character, from the assaults OF the Fort Ma,
ison Pla,nd alrr. have lived 10 poor put
pose for now so many years in Lee County,
my reputation is such as to require ut this d.,
vindication. against such men as control tn,
paper. l ack, owiedge myself in no way res
p"nsible t. them Tor my course at the late elet
toni claim the privilege Of dying for my
self in such matters, and they are At liberty
think just what they please ofmy conduc
they will probably want my vote long befor
shall have occasion to ask any favor at the
hands; aud If they, whose bread aud butte
ty, are satisfied to abuse and m sre2resen
democratic voters, and widen the branch the
have been instrumental in creating-be it SC
they will perhaps be the greatest losers in tn
game.
My object in this communication, is to se
another matter tight before the public
A labored effort has been made in the LIE,
County Plaindfa aler, To produce the impression
that Gen. A. Z. D"dge ought To be he'd rec
ponsibie Tor the political action Of myself an,
others in Keokuk. This charge was known Il
be false, AID those who made it had no evi-
aence whatever, TO sustain it, but it was r.,
,essary To make il, in order to accomplish the
,nly political purpose its authors seem 10 have
n view.
To show that at least acted not as the par
isan cf Gen Dodge, bat rs an independrn
roter. publish below letter received from
lin in reply to one written BY me TO him som
lfter our County Convention
WILLIAM PATTERSON.
WAss,sers, d. C., July -, 1854.
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Ny EsrKEMEp FRlEND:-
Your kind favor Of the
9Th inst is received, giving me the names y.
he nominees tf the Democratic Convention
Charleston. Although some Of the nominees
re well known for their hostility 10 myself
nd other friends OF yours, and although there
gere unfair and aggravating means resor,ed to
3 am informed, to effect the nominations,
m glad 10 hear from you, that ynu will vote
,r the whole ticket. This is right aud in char
cter with the life OF devotion to democratic
rinciplrs, which have thus far passed. trust
hat my good and true friends at Keokuk, and
your county, will initiate your ex.
mple in thus supporting the ticket High
onsideration of principle, and difference TO
usages and party discipline alike
i.tate that you and they sh"al6 sustain
ic Nominations made at Charleston, however
e may personally feel ag:ri we'd at the course
hich some OF these nominees have pursued
wards ourselves
do rot view any ofthe ticketas being pied
ed against aud hostile t. me, except Messrs.
ample, Thurstnn aud Damon, but whether
ley are 10 or n I. they should b. elected, fthe
emoc-acy hav, power, for in this election, =
tmocrat whn is notorious kn.wn To be hos
ls in caucus, may be eq"stly as important to
y success, is should he candidate, as If he
ere friend. Although should MT be in.
and God knows will MT, in caus
y the detea, any at eur nominees in your
suuNys Nue os WEI kubWu Et'Evuudi
I'd pahlical friends to sust in our party nom
a,i ms would give my nncrupulous enemies
opportunity to inlure me in the minds of
democrats, sus.s, as BY no means
,sh them To have. In haste and sincerely,
our frierd,
III A z. DODGE.
PENNSYLVANIA ON NEBRASKA.
The following is from The address of the
tate Central Commirtee TO the people Of Penn
i .ania:
A. Pvnnsylvanians We are no, the advocates
the extension =. slavery, and we deny that
e principles of the Nebraska and Kansas bill
induce that effect. II rely leaves il to th..
."ple to determine This question for them
Ives. Ba the soil, chma,e aud predictions
that region are not adapted 10 slave labor
10 our 6rm belief tha, SLAVERY will not enter
nee territories. Those who are sensitive on
10 point should MT cl"se their eyre TO the
'idrnce that surrounds them The indications
Z all opposed 10 It's extension to that country
ach II the belief of the ablest men in the
llion. those who advocated aud vated for the
ebraska and Kansas bill. As well as those who
tied against il. e
Mr.. Douglas said
I" l DO not believe there is man in Congress
ho thinks il would be permanently slave.
,lding country, have no idea that i could.
Mr.. Badger said. .n,.,ss a., .-s.s.
. have no more idea of seeing slave pc-
llation in either OF them (Nebraska or Kansas
an have Of seeing il in massachusetts,"
Mr. Edward Everett said $50
+" am quite sure every rybody admits that this
not to be slave-holding : gion,''
Mr., Hunter said ::
/" Does any man believe that you will have
slave holding state in Kansas or Nebraska
confess tha. fur a moment, permitted such
J illusion 10 rest upon.my mind
Mr.. Bell said, that n respects the south, " il
ls a csnlest fora mere abstraction
Mr.. Benton said in his first speech lgainst
e bill aols asdgssa ggsYls *
: The question II slavery in those territories,
thrown, uposr to territorial action, will be al
,estian s,f numbers-a question of the majo-
y for or against slavery; and what chance
ould the slaveholders have in such a contes,
o chance ut all. The slave emigration will
outnumbered and compelled to play ut al
ost unequal game, not only in point Of mum
.rs but also in point Of states.
In his second speech, Mr.. Benton again said:
believe in the utility this bili-its abso-
tie futiliIy in the slaveholdinx states, and that
1t single slave will ever be held in Kansas
! Nebraska under il, even admitting it to be
lssed."
Gen. Houston said: M
.The was no more probability Of slavery be.
lg intr ,duced Into these territories than into
lin0is.' es~e So. $3.50 s5fs w 1
Even MIR. Steward, who 10 astute on this sub
ct thus expressed himseif:r sgfs stF5
81 feel Guise-.~se- that slavery at most can
r nothing more than Kansas while Nebraska
he wider region will escape, for The reason
.at its soil and climqte are uncongenial with
le staples Of slave culure--rice, sugar, cotton
nd tobacco. Moreover, since the public a,ten-
on has been so well aid SO effectuaIiy di-,
.cted towards the subject, 1 cherish hope
lat slavery will not be able to gain foo,hold
ven in Kansas." M as
But to render assistance doubly sure, we have
vena stronger opinion from Judge Pollock
imseH, the vhig candidate EAr governor, who
lys in letter dated June 10Th, 1854 S.a-
rfy can have noiegai existance in those ter
tories, either BY actof congress-, VT under the
Ilse Pretence Of popular sovereignty
Il may in fact be safely said that Of all the
cqusitions Of territory from Mexico, there will
ot be Z slave state added to the Union, and
'at the territory embraced in the Loui.iana
n.ch,se not already admitted, will come in as
ee states sse 14s Ua ssesa
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