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air. W E. Rsbinsdn. active and enseFprisins /.
rshre IA ii New York has beca down 70 Concord New
fla ashire 10 exaeae the records 10 ascertain the
aae vA;ch Gea Pierce pursaed en- the clause in the
Constitution ds4uaylas Catholics from holding oiee.
IL has discSsa<ed soae strange things about shc New
Hampshire Yankeeswhich 60 far TO prove that they
n. he greatest chcats in this country.
il viii be recocc;ed, that the day aier Pierce was
nominated, SIR. DalSs made speech in Philadelphia
and vniested Gsea n. from the chargewhich. s. the
a,. had never becn Iaadehat he IA f4vear Ofihe
b;sotcd caase ia the Sew Hampshire Constitutions As
he wicked dec whea no man rursuch, Mr. Rabifsons
as;cioas were excited BY this premature sinication
and he explored al the records He finds, that the
rsual claase was Inserted IN 1884, the Instance Of
Gen Pcrce's fathefthat that old gentleman "a,
rioas champion Ct tbs alien and ssditioa law-and
Clergyman having sad prayers before the Legislature
without pray ing for She President ofthe Uuited States
and Congress as repaired by Law, On his motion in
formed that tley had no farther use Tor him.
He also discovered that IN the Convention Of 1850,
General Pierce nada speech the Catholic clause
Judge Woodbury. raale sE4h a,specc51-but Pierce did
rot open his mouth BY an agcaioes forgery, Pierce
is saddIed with the credit Of wooaburys speech That
speech favour Of abpliShlng the clause published
then fellows line Of lssericks (thesc powerful
weapons in the Neg Hampshire armory--witaess Mr..
GamPbell's ccrtifoAte} -thea comes speechof Gen
Pierce, which was delivered different subect-bat
b. the axa-potioa madeto appear in favour of Wood
barys proposition had been decided long before
Pierce spoke. We have no rcc3lectioa Of a bascr
more c1atcmpbie fraud than his 1t is enough TO des
troy al: confidence in Pcrces ntfgrityor twas per-
petrated in the New Hampshire Patriot, directly under
his nose has been permitted to be circulated uncon
tradictcd throughput the Uaion We shall refer again
II this subject.
psbsasr, al, that NEGROES
nitted 70 vote in New Hampshire. That's the Com
monwcalth over which Joseph should rule! Would to
Heaven that he and his brethren would take il into
their heads that that is the Egypt, and bctake
themselves thiiher ~ Richmond I'.htg.
t1g Since his nomination General Scott has
been the Best abused man." that This country has
ever seen, Locoiocoism has never been able 10
see really good act that he has done. No not
one. Whether our Democratic friends ever enter.
tanned very high opinion Of General Scott or not,
we really have no means Of knowing That they
prefessea great admiration forlhim previous 10 His
nomination, we have the mostcoaclusYe, evidence.
We furnish the proof:
LoceFo1o OPINIONS or ScoTr-" They Che
Whiss) row prefer candidate distins uis red net
merely Tor military rehown, Int for The pecu..gr
qualification Of having oEmtd no opinion upon HE
leading political questions which 81 long divided.
the two parties d our country iae Galt.At Sci,
tkeGeaefal-in cAief OF our army, tic coa3ueger Of
Mficoi FitglaiaNb by bsftR-has been entirely O.
versolted BY his Wing brethren IN his 63rH .Sate-
he who though military cbi{ ftain, has iormcd and
expressed 0Pti1as on fe iSSReS and in accordance
with their cherished principles and their most ar
dent desires. H. Tifriaia Lceateco Adircss 49,
Having been defeated ia dur lastconiest, when
I'VE run statesman against captain, without any
qualification for The oicej il now becomes OF The
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