Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-09-16

One great aiseAood of this campaign Is saying
that Franklin Pierce advocated Catholic EmancI-
patton when It was before the late New Hampshire
Convention The great forgery Of the campaign
: The pretended letter OF Gen Scott 10 George "
Reed Oh NaIIvIsm-
And here be gave sketch of the Constitution
al History OF New Hampshire.
lie FIRST Constitution was formed in Exeter ia
i7T6- and was called the Temporary ConstItu-
aoli-' read II in manuscript and found ~ il
no anIICaihohc test, 80 thar We had no bgotry tlA
attcT TIE keUoiHioH. This Temporary Constitu-
ton continued tor eight years and SIX months
In II7o, Convention was called 10 meet az
Concord and submitted the form OF a Constitution
10 the people IN 1919. and that was rejected An
other was formed and submitted IN Isl and that
also was rejected Another was formed IN 7S2,
and that too was rejected. A fourth form was
agreed upon, and this was accepted BY twothlrd
vote. II was known as the new Constitution.
Inns continued IN force tll 1892, when another
Constitution adopted. which still continues
IN force, and IS the one 10 amend which the az
tempt was made IN .S59-5I, and this IS called
The Revised Constitution
And this brings us to the opening of the Pierce
dynasty IN New Hampshire. We shall find hence
forth, the name OF Pierce and bigotTy concomi-
taEt
The Convention 10 revise the New Constitution,
met at Concord, september :. 1891 Among It's
members, hud several OF the old Revolutionary
names, and prominent among them, Mai Benia
MIN Pierce, (as he IS put DOWN OF HiIlsborough,
the father Ot Franklin Pierce. | also find Jeremi-
an smith of Peterborough, Aaron Greeley. of
hoPkInton, MAJOR Caleb stark OF Dumbarton, and
Bow, &c. Samuel Llvermore. OF Holderness, was
chosen President and John Gale, OF Hampstead,
Secretary.
On the second day of the session, q motion was
made 10 strike out the sixth article Gas il now
stands IN the Bal OF Rights. providing for the
support and maintenance of Protestant teachers. "
The yeas were Il. (IireeIeY, Whipple Hu;chIns.
tiFk, DC among them The nays s., and
BENJAMIS PIERCE, Franklins father, and Charles
o Conor respected and confded-ih ~auecedent,
voted against Religious Liberty
September To- he fourth day of the Convention
. motion was made 10 strike out from section Il .
under form OF Cover nment Gas II now stands
prescrIbIng qualifications for members OF the H.
Of Representatives the words shuH Be Of The Prot
esta4f Religion" Upon this. the \ eas and Nays
were taken: Yeas tor Religious Liberty, 80, and
among them, Jeremiah Smith, Aaron Greeley, " N.
Plumer, Caleb Stark, &c. Nays TOR the Penal
Laws and Anti-Popery. /. and among them Ben
JAN1N PIERCE FFanklIns father, and Charles o.
ConoT iavorIre antecedent A form OF a ConsJi-
tuition was finally agreed upon, and was ordered
TO De submitted to the people on the first Monday
IN May, 1872, and the Convention adjourned to the
3Jtn OF the same month.
On the first day Of June, 1892, the votes of the
people were counted, and II was found that some
parts OF the Constitution were accepted. and some
parts rejected, tor want of twO-thIrd vote (that
LoCoioco o-thIrd rule IS an awful thing) and il
further appeared thai some OF the propositions
rejected were necessary 10 make sense Of those
accepted. 50 that committee appointed 10 bring
order out OF that CONFUSION reported that the parts
accepted and approx ed by the people were neon
sts'eu, with the Constitution, and with each 9th
efr Jet as the people had accepted them, notody
could dare despI-e them
The report al the Convention which l examin-
ed Is volume partly m manuscript, and partly
IN PRINT, VII ch i preserved with great care IN the
Secretary o. STATE Office; but II uoes not give the
preclse form IL y hIch ,Ae clauses Ttl, ed were
submitted 10 tie cop II seems, how eT, that
not"IIhsland Hs Pierce anfI PoPery penal votes,
the term Protestant omit ed he qualiiica-
tons tor sous ONCE tor yyuICh Is probable .h~y
were rrertea be t4as 1t may, a committee
"as apIoHt-- 20 EecayutucHG y Aar new amend
meI''s should be a-gP;etI 10 please tne people
That coaD.,'se r-por.ed pretty much the same
9i1 c'sH, aasaed and aduIllonall, prPP~rcd with
Professionalism eHd property. 10 su4t ine taste OF
Pierce r-.- ..es, and was submitted again 10 tue
people on ne eth Of August 1892
The Convention met finally al Concord, Sept
;. 1922, y hen the votes were counted, and II
.--a. hat the whole number OF votes cast was
L"" oi which 2.l22 were ior, and 97o against
4 vas thus carried bv about IS votes more than
-He necessary two ta;rd vote, that If there had
1e=n only 2S additional votes against this bigoIed
sr- a.-gTaeetul Constitution, it would have been
5eieat,d
II Is remarkable that on the voc on this Con
s'I-urrnn excluding Catholics from cfhce. some o.
;he towns that are ROW Wing voted very decided
y against II. Thus The Wing town EXe'er gave
SO votes against H. ana NOT one Tor II. The g. hig
'own OF Dover gave 43 votes against II, and only
p for II. While the Loco foco town of Gilman
ton gave : votes for il. and no, against it
The Locoioco town of New Derham gave Il yo-
les for II and not one against II. The Loco town
Of Observation-Disclosures Pierce adopted town
and Of which ne was the Representative. and
/ Franklin Pierce-s native town and which he ai;cr-
wards represented IN the LegisatUre-gave 6 Tor
II. and moi one agaInst H. Had II been necessary
tor Nj. Dallas 10 make an excuse for the adoption
Of that Constitution, lie would have said thai il
was owing 70 some mysterious combination OF cv-
pliers ike the above. that prevented the twoihiTd
units from defeating themselves
There the record as found it in a carefully
preserved book in the office Of the Secretary OF
>tate, al Concord. in New Hampshire. and there :
the cammendlbe ~an'ecedent of Frank Pierce.
And thus was formed the Constitution which Is
now IN full force IN one of the states OF our A
merican Union, which claims that The American
people must, by two-rhird vote Kill of Cass Bu
chanan and Douglass, 10 make room for the son Of
father who framed that higoted Instrument. and
for the leader Of the party wao refuses 10 exert
himself for its mobilization
There are two or three points in this Constitu-
ton 10 which | wish 10 draw public atten ton. I
copy from the official copy printed IN $50, BY the
state printers
BrIL OF Rrears-Sec. 4. Among the Nation
al Rghts,,Some are in their very nature unalIena-
bic. because no equivalent be given or recei-
yed for them OF this kind the RIGHrs OF
CONSCIENCE.
Sec. authorizes the town. &c TO make provi-
sion for the maintenance of public Pro;estdn;
teachers Of piety- religion and morality"
FoEs or GovERSAESr-Secrion Il. Every
member OF the House OF Representatives .
shall be Of the Protestant religion. and shall cease
10 represent such town. parish or place, immediate
II on ceasIng TO be qualified as aforesaid
Section %. Provided. nevertheless. that no
person shall be capable Of being elected Senator
who IS not Of the Protestant religion"
Section -. The Governor shall be
Of the Protestan' religion
Section 6l- And the quaihcaiing for Coun-
sellors shall be the same as for Senator
Section 90. II shall be the duty of the Select
,r,4 Z 80 Ill