Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-08-21
LOCO o-Foco TowSs.
COMPARISON OF VOTES.

Here Wing Dover gives nearly FIVE to one
for the convention; Locofoco Albany twelve
to one against it; Whig Keene gives over four
to one for it; Locofoco Ellsworth eight to one
against it! Yet Hon. Geo. NJ. Dallas says the
Wings and Freesoilers combined to defeat
the benevolent intentions of the Pierce party !!
In the Wing town of Keene it will be seen
there were but 90 votes for the Pierce Gov
ernor, but there were 2sl votes for constitu-
tional reform; while in the town Of Ellsworth,
where there were only six Wing votes, all
told, there wore sixty votes against constitu-
tional reform-that is, ten times as many
votes against it as there are Wing votes in
the whole town. But what use in summon
ing up storm of argument or wave of tes-
timony to watt feather or drown a-He?-
In the town of Ellsworth the figures indicate
that the whole Wing vote with one Freesoiler,
went for constitutional reform. and the en-
tire Locofoco vote with the remainder of the
Freesoilers, went for keeping the mark of
Cain upon the Catholics.
coNvENoEoN MEETS.
But notwithstanding Locofoco opposition,
the convention was called, and met in Con-
cord, on the 9th day of November, 1850.
Franklin Pierce was elected from Concord,
and was chosen President of the convention.
In his speech on taking the Chair, in place of
speaking a kind word in favor of Catholic
he passed glowing eulogy on
the wisdom, enlightenment purity, and pat
riotism, of those who, in 1892, fastened the
stigma on the Catholics Thus, when reli-
gious liberty needed champion, Franklin
Pierce, from the Chair of convention called
to reform the abuse, had not one word to say
against the iniquity but honeyed phrases for
those who made it. (See Concord Patriot
Nov. ~
The Patriot, P'erce.s organ, then and now,
land hereafter, should he be elected,) had
leading editorial on the convention the day
it met, but not one word in faver of Catholic
On the contrary, il warned
The convention to "be careful 10 do no more
then he people require" The people show
ID that they did not require Catholic Eman-
;ipation, as not one-sixth of the voters after
ward voted for it.
November IL, 1850, Judge Woodbury.
made motion to trike out the word prot
.stant" from the Bill of Rights. On the same
lay, Franklin Pierce made speech in favor
If retaining the word subject, instead of citi-
zen or inhd6itant, in the constitution, but this
Jealous champion" had not word to say in
avor Of Judge Woodbury's motion.
ANrI-cATHoLIc TEST.
Mr.. Bell, of Clifford, moved to strike out the
Whole of the sixth clause, except the provi-
10, which reads as folws:
GAS morality and piesy, rightly grounded
m evangelical principles, will give the best
md greatest security to Government, and will
ay in the hearts of men the strongest obliga-
ions to due subjection: and as the knowl-
dge of these is most likely 10 be propagated
trough society by the institution of the
public worship of the Doity, and of public in
truction in morality and religion, therefore,
o promote those important purposes, the peo-
lie of this State have right to empower and
10 hereby fully empower the Legislature to
,arishes. bodies corporate, OF religious societies
within this State, to make adequate provision,
t their own expense, for the support and
ofpublic Protestant teachers of
,ietY, religion and morality"
Franklin Pierce, of Concord, warmly
opposed this, in a speech of which the follow
ng is a brief report, given Officially in The
Concord Patriot of November II:
''Mr. Pierce, Of Concord, said he would be
orry to have the questson taken upon the mo-
ion of the gentleman from Clifford, (Mr Belly
o strike out all the sirth article but the last
clause Of the proviso. He was sure the mover
would, upon reflection, desire to retain the