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

that the of the people Of the State has beer
Iaaen, aud that, in the opinion the mi ,rity o.
the qualified voters the State present and vot n
said meetings, there IS necessity for revision
o. the Constitution shall be the duty OF the Gen
/ eral Court 10 cIiI Convention for that purpose
otherwise the General Court sh Al direct the sense
oi the people 10 be IA EN- and then proceed in the
( manner aforementioned. The delegates 10 be
chosen IN the manner, and propoFtioned a.
I the Representatives To the General Court; provi-
del thai no alteration shall 3e made ii this Con
stitution before tie same shall be laid before the
towns and unIncorporated places, and approved b,
/ two-thiFds OF the qualified voters present and yo-
/ ting the subject
Section 100 And the same method OF taking
the sense of the people 10 revis8on OF the Con
sTtution, and calling Convention for thar pun pose
shall be observed afterwards, at the expiration
/ every seven years.
/ Now, then here is the Constitution Of the State
1 OF New Hampshire, fostering in its bgotry in re-
Aglonand, rIsiOcTacy IN property, under the blaze
of the EQuInox oil the 9th century, and unchan
ged, and without attempt 10 change II from 1892
/ 10 iSJ0-and vet tor over half century-(du
= ring which time Benz amin P.erce was member OF
I the Legislature, Counsellor and Governor1 and
Franklin Pierce for period of over twenty ears.
I was the leading of the party IN power, mem
Der OF the Legislature. {the year his father
was Governor. and speaker OF the House OF Rep
Tesentaryes the two preceding. years for over a
dFeary halt century O. penal laws, no member of
the Pierce family made one single speech urging
the justice OF Catholic I'm inei patton Nay. more
II VIII 5e seen, that bare majority OF the people
could have ordered that Constitution amended ev-
cry seventh year by a simple majority, and lrere
bound 10 every seventh wear whether the Con
sTltution should be amended. Four times did these
seven year trials occur since Franklin Pierce was
elected member and Speaker OF the House of
Repre- eutatIyeS, YET dumb as an oyster and dark
i n.
champion the cause OF Religious Liberty. Well
may every Catholic say TO Mr.. Pierce IN the Ian
guage OF Israel inspired Pro- erblst-~ Because I
have called and ye efused. also will
laugh al your calamity | will mock when your
fear cometh-
Let Us see what this New Hampshire enormity
Is. II Is an enOrmity in the eyes OF all men; not
only Catholics, but liberal republicans OF all secs
II Is the yeHal aud dea OF the House OF Bruus-
wick and Guelph 1t Is the enormlty which the
British Tory Administration of Peel and - e.
lngton yielded the Irish Catholics in $50 when
Franklin ierce first took his seat in the \ Hamp-
shire Legislature. New Hampshire Locofacotsrn
remains 10 day more bigoted and besorted than
/ British IoryI~m was . years ago, and Lord Ro-
den, ITe-ham Gregg, or Lord John Russell, has
I stronger claims than Franklin Pierce has 10 true
Republican votes, Tor their parties Tories though
they be- opened the door of the British Parliament
10 Catholics, hen New Hampshire refuses 10 O.
pen her Legislature Il Thomas Francis Aleagher
should get nominated there If Charles Carroll of
Carrollon, the lasi living sIgaer OF the l eyIara-
ton OF independence had chosen 10 reside there
or II our present h.et ustlce uf the Z s Supreme
Court, Hon. Roger B. fancy, should choose 10 live
there, and all would he excluded from seat in
New Hampshire Two penny Legislature. unless
they peJuTed themselves, foresw ore their creed
and this is the kind OF democracy which every
man endorses, who votes for FTanAIn Pierce tue
leader OF that Democracy III New Hampshire
whom the Locofoco Press informs IL was in
tended 10 compliment " Ith ms nomination.
ell might Juig ige Woodbury. s-y as he did in
/ the New Hampshire Constitutional Con1 enrion.
thar This New Hampshire enormity branded the
IA hoIic, though educated and Ia .ented- aud
tuois, wJIh infauy and dis grace and send aim and
his iam'ly through our streets and social circles
MAJ aeu Hze Cam. a sort OF degraded ou cast or
hariot nor nj 10 be Intrusged nth either legisla-
uve OF eNrcuriS rights, though bestowed fully on
tie most suo ant and reprobaIe
uch the opinion o J udgp Woodbury. such
: the opinion OF every honest republican o. every
sect. Now what has been Frsualiu Pirrces de-
. nunca'on ut the suoTmIty Did hp concur with
Judge Woodbury. III denounci' il as a disgrace
Truly. no. We told that cid Benz Pierce
got Franklin PIERCE 70 write has messages. as ne
could not even spell the word but Tins Is quite
likely. Well. Franklin Pierce a member nf
The legislature 1929 In June, 1879 Benjamin
Pierce being governor OF the >tate. sent IN ms ALI
nual message TO The House o. Representatives, of
which Franklin fierce was q leading member -
Wen his ErerE ,- erce I- sat aTsf.H Hai message
of his father SsIf just a:-er sv aafu@ 70 C"nsyI
tuition hich excludes Catholics from the four
principal Offices OF the state:
To look abroad and behold every citizen
t-ith0,d dis'iac'loa If seq rank, srsrcslag fhs
full and equal rghs Of carl a1 religious itteTy %
are alone sufficient 10 excite emotions OF gratitude
( too strong ever 10 be obIiterated
/ Here Franklin Pierce put il into the mouth Of
his father the governor TO insult deliberately
I ~ lover Of truth, equal rights and Republican
lbzrality by saving thai his emotions of gratitude
were too strong ever tn be obIiterated in gloriiy
. ing in thar bogus system of equal rights which
/ marked the most numerous Christian sect IN all
Christendon with the diSgrase of the harlof. and
the mark Of Cam. hv should the people of New
Hampshire change their Constitution when the
leader Of the Democracy Of that tate then and
the leader Of the Democracy of the United states
now. saw the Catholics branded as outcsSts and
harlo's and excluded from Offices open to the ne
grnes with feelings Of gratitude too strong ever
! 10 hr ohlitsra'ed g.
Z There l. Franklin Pierce's idea Of championing
/ Religious Ibertv-that State where Catholic
cannot hold an office, even should the whole Of
the people vote for him. is such political para
disc that admiration burns II so deeply into MS
affections that time cannot oblteTate the record
wears Fight times since II has been submitted
10 the people whether il should be reformed, and
never has the domnent party in the State made Il
a test Of principles. Never has Franklin Pierce
called a meeting 10 denounce the bjgorrv The
mote in the eve Of the Rhode Island Constitution
was seen through msguifying glass in the DoTr
Rebellion They reversed the instrument when
examining the beam IN their own.
Cn>ST'TUrTi0S - EvFNTIoS or IsEa-y2
now beg your attention the history OF The
effort made for Catholic Emancipation in 1850
/ 1881 and 1882 In the March election Of $50
I the question was submitted to the people of the
( state whether Convention TO reform the Con
/ sritution should be called Il was carried BY
majority Of the votes cast bur if it had depended
on Pierce's party. it would have failed. Two or
three Wing towns compared with few LocOfo-
I co towns will suffice n show this I give the
votes for and against calling the Convention. and
the vote for the Whig and Locofoco candidates, al
+ the General Convention the same year. 1909
WHIG TOWNS
ow CONVENTION. on GOVERNOR
( Towns Yeas Navs. Wing. Loco.