Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-09-16
WISCONSIN TRIBUNE,
An aaIstsraae-~ ra.as,so4y
SPEEGE Ct Fa. R9BIkS0S.
The Religions TEST Question and Gen Pierce
DELIVERED At >Ea YORK, August sFH.

Geo VI. Dallas mede IN the Museum at FhIladel-
Phia IN which thai gentleman said
The aSpersiou ag1inst Pierce Of having favored
the Catholic e~t st.il retained IN the Constitution
OF \ew Hampshire. l. weak invention OF fright
eued enemy He s3Id II - a. true such provision,
excluding Catholics from nrrupving a seat IN the
Legislature or becomlng Governor. was ensra ted
on the Constitution OF that stare bur II also
true that Ley5 = oo1bary and Franklin Pierce had
obtained the passage of laws providing tor the ho
ding OF two state Conventions 10 amend that Con
stIrution- ln both cases an amenied Constitution
was subnirted 10 The vote Of the People, bat
two-rhird vote being requisite il defeated by
combination Of Wbigs and AbohtlonIsts.
Mr Robinson also quoted from the speech Of
Charles % 'Conor, Of that ciIy, made IN Iammanv
Hall. on the evening OF June 9th and published
in The Trlah Teller Of July 3, in which he stated
that Franklin Pierce comes recommended
II y all his aHfscefestts and all MS connections
He IS the son Of Benjamin Pierce
He (Franklin PIERCE and his political associates
bToHght forirard amendment aboishing this
(the anti CathoiIc) unjust-this odious distinction
BY means Of his jealous adyo-
cacy, THIS benign reform was adopted by the
Convention He also advocated It al the polls
~ hen religious liberty needed
a champion, he found IN Franklin Pierce
Mr. H. also referred 10 the assertion Of Mr.. o.
lin Pierce. who expressed strong hope that Cath
OlIc emancipation had been or would be carried in
New Hampshire, and that these assertions Of
Nessrs Dallas and o Conor were now received
throughout tie country and unfortunately some
Wing papers deceII Ell BY the respt Ctabihfy Of tie
authority had Joined in receiving them as ac-
kHowlrdgrd pabIc opinion though there was not
one word oi truth IN either assertion
On the contrary. Mr Robinson laid down the
following assertions and earnest was ne IN cha-
lengIns an Inve>tIga-Ion- that he announced that
he would deposit IN the hands Of Simeon Draper,
one huHaytd dollars, 10 be forfeited and gwen up
TO any one who would prove that in any one OF
these propositions he misstated the faCts-the de-
cIsion 10 be leI1 10 Robert Emmet.
l. Franklin Pierce id not speak al all in favor
OF Catholic emancipation during the whole time
the Catholic test was before the Convention,
? He had nothing 10 do IN bringing forward
the suiJrct The resolution abolishins the test
was draw up by Nr. Parker of Nashua, & u ing
and was brought forward by him, November "A.
when II a dscus>cd in Convention
3. Il was known throughout New Hampshire
that Ca,hp.c Emancipation was finally defeated
5y Az over, h~imIng vo-r. =ou.e or 10 weeks
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