The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-30
}}|gtkly jtliurr5' Grnfas.
BY WI. IL. MERRITT.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 80, 1851
THE QUEENS SUBJECT DlSCOukS
ING UPON AN AMERICAN
STATESMAN

ING UPON AN AMERICAN
t& STATESMAN
The man who could not y.te at the as. elec-
tion, because he has never taken the necessary
| steps to absoive himself from his allegiance to
the peitic0ai monarch of Great Britain, has
1 given the people of Dubuque the henef OF his
opinion respecting he character of the Hon
| Augustus C Dodge of this Stale This opnion
is adverse to that which majority OF the
/ c;,zens-- mot alens-of the STATE, entertain Of
the man, thu: we feel il duty to copy such
portions of tie editorial in Monday mnfnings
'sObserver," reflect unjuslly and injurlousy
upon the character of Gen. Dodge. In com
mentinI upon some remarks Of ours compli-
meniary 10 Gen. Dodge, the Qaeens subject
| remarks
His fu.some adulation of a man. having
less claims To political honesty ard pure demu'
cracy than any other political hack in the Stale
If not rewarded by The gih of some "petty
office" is, in our Estimation, time and capitol
poorly expended
This, reader, is an unsolicited opinion from
the editor of the :. Dubuque Observer" OF the
integrity of Gen. Dodge; man who lives in
an a,mosphereot ut political purity, far above
| the groandting Of the Observer, as il is posi-
bl.. to separate two mat rial objects 1t is not
improper, SO loug as the Queens subject has
made issue of character, to contrast the two
Gen Dodge, and Dr. r |. Thomas Who
then is Gen. Dodge He is the son of the
venerable Henry Dodge. of Wisconsin, who
migrated TO this country early as 1924; raised
a volunteer regiment and defended j. he frontier
| settlers from the barbaraus savages which n>
| Tested the country, overthrowing In battle and
| suhduing tie noted Blackh hawk and his mad
ialiowers in 1891; repre sented Wisconsin as a
Delegate in Con .ess after that Territory was
separated from Afchiaan; subsequently, filled
The office of Governor of the Territory; aud is
now representing that Stale in the Senate of
the United States. Augustus c. ID, dge is an
honorable off shoot from this parent tree, who
was reared in the mines of Wisconsin whose
education was CLEANED from the light of camp
fires; who has represented this Safe in the
Halls Of Congress Delegate and Senator
ever since 1889; and WHO has emphatically
been the az ,liiect Of his own fortune. Reared
| in obscurity aud fa removed from the advan-
tages of cultivated society and institutions oi
learning, this gentl.n has, by his OWE na
| tive strength of mind and indnmr,able energy
! ellis oi the nation and in popular egaFd, little,
ii any, shor, of the first statesmen Of The day
Go TO Washington City and enquir,, who,
amorg the Senators il Congress, stands pre-
eminent IN public estimation for his uniform
courtesy, untirias industry, rigid INTEGRITY, en-
iigntenrd craftsmanship, devotion tn county
| and consistency politician, and tie answer
| will lie Augustus c. Dodge, %! Iowa. Who
has directed the destinies OF this prosperous
| state prosperous beyond her sisters aud beyond
example more than any other man 1t is
| Augustus e. Dodge. Who chained for the
State, when Territory, donation from Con
gress, of five hundred thousand acres of land
for purposes # education, out of which prince.
| ly school fund for the free educatian, OF The
masses will be raised Augustus G.. Dodge
Who obtain. d means for building state
pito, grounds upon which TO place it and a
library To ad IN it with Augustus c. rDodge.
Who obtained the immense grant Tor the Des
Moines River improvement, embracing between
one ard two millions acres of land? Augustus
| g. bod ~. VINO has been instrumental in ob
tanning appropriations for improving the naviga.
tlon of the Mississippi and facilitating and
extending its commerce' Augustus e. Dodge
Who has urged the necessity and accomplished
the negotistion of treaties for removing the
s,raggling, discipated and troublesome bands OF
Indians that infested the country in its early
political organization? Augustus G.. Dodge.
Who labored for, in conjunction with the How.
Geo. w Jones, and succeeded in engrafiing
an amendment upon the Bill granting lands te
the Stale of Illinois for rallroad purposes, to
extend its western terminus to Dubuque, there.
by giving 10 tas ci,y advantages wh,ci, IT couir
never have attained without it' Augustus G
: Dodge. Who aided in procuring Act, do
} mating the Islands opposite the town to tn,
City! Augustus C. Dodge. Tho has sue.
!, ceeded with the assistance of the Hon. Geo
!. w. Jones, in having three distinct Bills pas
! the Senate, for grant of lands TO the State 0
Iowa for railroad purposes Augustus c
: Dodge. Wac has aided to secure two apPro
priatlons for the Harbor of Dubuque and o
IS every occasion manifested warm interest 70
the prosperity of this Citys Augustus c
n Dodge. Who can put his finger upon singI
l 1. l. /, Ill r. At
looked TO the sacrifice Of public, for private in
,erest, or that would convict him in the eyes
Rs an impartial tribunal of either moral politics
;" delinquency Not ,unan being in the wid
world
% And now let US enquire, who is this ma
DO who presumes to cal! IN question his polite
" integrity and 10 assall him as political hack
90 An obscure individual, who dropped down he
" some three years since and stuck odt a shingl
oo Pills for Suc-come from nobody knows " he
was likely to starve TO death at the pill ira,
" and roped in a gentleman of the craft for Il
materials which are used to make war upon fo
eipners, religion and the unsullied character
90 one Of our first and abest meD-and refused
v,.e at he last election because he knew th
W there was isf dozen men ready to challen
his vote as lawful subject of the Queen
Great Britain. This is the indiViduai, W
" arraigns as political hack derost OF fnfegra
100 a gentleman, who has been identife q with
100 claiming the country from the savages, us
700 ganiza,lon into Territory, subsequently in
IS state and every line of its rrosperi'y-w
has rendered services to the State which will 7
d be rsotien, while there is ariver 10 navigate,
school to instruct the young, or heart will
i,s borders sufficiently honest to. bestow me-
where stable industry and enlightened 70
eight, have reared innumerabe monuments
WA his Just fame. Has this city no praise to aw;
VI to this gentleman and no rebuke for such
prostitute their position to traduce his tau