The daily union., 1852-08-17
The Religious Test Fraud.

The country everywhere is settling down into the con-
yiction that the whole charge OF religious intolerance
against General Pierce is sheer raudgot up not only
without one particle Of reliable evidence TO sustain H.
but with the clearest recod-proof utterly exploding IT,
Men are coming TO understand that such tactics as these
against GeDea Pierce the first fruits oil "hghelaw-
ism ia politics as applied presidential canvass
Slieyexammon Robinson--a fit tool for such works.
kicked and cued for his late "Roorback" speech the
subject by all that portion oil the press that notices him
in way give great satisfaction to those who hold TO
the doctrine OF rebulion. The New Hampshire Patriot
follows him through the old records OF 1884, which he
Processes to have examined, and convicts him of gross
and wsnton falsehood a, every step. The New York
Commercial Advertiser. saunch Scott paper censures
and deprecatss his speech "key to say the least OF
it, to do no good to the whig party" Even the New
York Tribuae seems ashamed to defend him, though il
lent Its columns to put bis speech before the people
while the Evening Post shows him up in scahing ar-
Gle the we'll known foe and sanderer of the Irish
Catholics whom he falsely and wantonly charged "wilh
being driven to the polls by their priests p
With such antecedenls, it may well be supposed that
the leading Catholic organs handle Robinson and his
libel without gloves. Eminent among these journals
stands the American Celt, Catholic paper the pubca
ton Office OF which has recently been removed from
Boston TO Buffalo The Celt has powerful article,
headed Dealings with Demagogues," OF which we
copy the following portion, showing, in very concu-
sive way. how much Robinson has made with the Cath
ocs out of his Slievegammon' excursion to Concord
"Such characters may be despised over-nuch In the
mpuny which arises from contempt they may be suffer
ed do serious ncurabe evil IL Is, therefore, some
times necessary strip them Of their theatrical preences
and show them the people for what they are-alse
hearted, selfish, and degraded speculaors upon public
simplicity.
.n our present undertaking. he deserves the prefer
ence, begin with
"MR. WILLIAM E. ROBINSON, OF New YoRK.-Mr. Rob-
inson a native Of the north of Ireland Presbyterian
and graduate OF Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut
He commenced public life some ten ago by attend
ing party convention held with closed DOORS at Hartford
in that State At that convention Mr. Robinson stated to
his American audience that his countymen ,ore drtpen
fs polls by their presfs pote the iOeofoco cksa
VIGOROUSLY He after discovered that
there something TO be made by acting the Iishman
and then find him addressing an Irish audience and
declaring that he believed the Westminster Confession
had damned souls than any other of fath.' Il
he believed this OF the religion he proiessed be
hypocr,e in not fleeing from it as he would from The
gates of hell If he did not believe it, il the last
degree dishonest for any party personal pose
Our belief in Mr. Robinsons sincerity recovered
from the double shock it received from those speeches
OF his His frequent appeals to his counymen, Irish
and Catholic grounds 10 vote for MIR Hunt in this State
for Mr. winthrop in Massachusetts against General Cass
in lS4S and sustain his parry generally all corrobo
ratives 10 us OF his nnscruPuous nsincery This week
find the Times and the Tribune fall of speech Of his
going show that mo good Catholic for Pierce
Here Is audacy Here is the result Of silent contempt
long continued The Catholic bishops the publications
that represent them, have attempted such
liefsm No one in authority has said that good Catholic
might for either candidate. This position
served Tor Mr. Demagogue Robinson proe Of what he
calls "A damnable religion, and toady OF those he stigma
tses as driven to the polls by their priests the loco
foco ticket"
After this, Robinson may as well go.