The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-08-16
Pierce and Catholic Emancipation.

Pierce and Catholic Emancipation.
Mr.. e. Robinson made n speech last week
ut New York city. He remarked that he had
just returned from Concord, n. Hampshire,
where he had examined the fountains Of De-
mocracy. He alluded to Mr.. Dallas defence
of Gen. Pierce, and the denials from other
quarters, that Pierce had anything to do with
the obnoxious clause in the n. Hampshire
Constitution, which prohibited Catholics from
holding Office. Mr.. Robinson then laid down
the following assertions, which he backed in
his after speech by the documents. So earn
est was he in challenging an investigation,
that he announced that he would deposit, in
the hands of Simeon Draper, one hundred dol
lars, to be forfeited and given up TO any one
that would prove that in any one of these
propositions he mistated the facts. The de-
cision to be left to Robert Emmett:
/. Franklin Pierce did not speak at all in
favor of Catholic emancipation during the
whole time the Catholic test was before the
convention.
?. He had nothing to do with ''bringing
forward" the subject. The resolutions abol-
ishing tho test was drawn up by Mr.. Nashua,
Wing, and was drought forward" by Mr.
Parker, November IA, when it was discussed
in convention.
3. 1t was known throughout New Hamp-
shire that Catholic Emancipation was .facAy
defeated by an overwhelming vote some eight
or ten weeks before Mr. O'Conor spoke in
Tammany Hall.
/. When Religious Liberty needed cham
pion General Pierce was fOund-wanting.-
/ Though, after Catholic Emancipation had
been carried in Convention, he found time,
while making speech on the Property Quail
I iiications, to excuse apologize for the test of
bigotry, by saying it was Il dead letter and
blank, which was simply stating that Catho-
lies would perjure themselves 10 get into of
fee, by swearing to support Constitution
which expressly shut them out from office.
| D. That so far from all his ''anteced ,nts''
being right, his father, Benjamin Pierce, vo-
ted to put the anti-Catholic clause into the
Constitution, and voted for the Alien and Sc
dit on Laws of OLD John Adams!
6. That SO far from Catholic Emancipa-
ton failing only for a want of two-thirds
vote, it had not one-fifth ofthe votes through
out the State at the same election for Gov
ernor, and did not come near a simple ma or
lily of the small vote cast on this question.
7. That in place of there being any high
confidence in New Hampshire OF Catholic
Emancipation being carried, the general
opinion is, that unless we draw line around
New Hampshire, saying, that while the
plague spots is on her, and the ship is unpu-
rifed, no man, captain or crew shall land, and
thus, by the defeat { f General Pierce, bring
his bigoted party to their senses, the Catho-
lies in III State stand no Glance Of being
emancipated for half a century.
8. And in a word, in fine, that the father
Benjamin Pierce, was red hot enemy of the
Catholics. and supporter OF the Alien and
Sedtion acts; and that Franklin Pierce, the
young chicken, learned to crow SO glibly from
the oil one, that he raised not voice in favor
of abolishing his fathers bigotry during the
whole time the subject was under discussion
in Convention of which he Was a leading
! member anu President.
One great falsehood OF this campaign i.
saying that FRASKLIN PEFscE advocated
Catholic Emancipation when IL was bplort