Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-08-28
MORE COMPARISONS

MORE COMPARISONS
Fellow-citizens, look at this, and then iook
at Mr.. Dallas and the false public opinion
which his speech has created throughout the
country. Brentwood could muster 81 for
Pierce's Govener, but not one for Catholic
Emancipation; Northwood 1852 for Pielce's
Governor, and only one for Catholic Emanci-
patton; Madbury 4s for Pierce's Governor,
and not one for Emancipation, Wolf borough
29l for Pierce's candidate, and only one for
Emancipation Pittsfeld 228 for Pierce's Gov
ener, and not one for Emancipation And
yet we are told thatit was only a combination
of Wings and Free-Soilers that prevented
the hosts of Loco-Focoism carrying Catholic
Emancipation Did any one ever suppose
that fallen man had fallen so low as to utter
statements SO shanefully false?
JUST LOOK AT IT.
And there is the sickening outline of the
constitutional history of NewHampshire
Throughout that whole history Franklin Pierce
and Benjamin Pierce were leading men in the
State, filling the highest offices, and controll-
ing party organizations Benjamin Pierce fas-
tened the stigma on the Catholics; and Frank
lin Pierce gave himself no trouble to remove
it-not so much as a human man would un-
dergo to save blind puppy from drowning
in pond.
Will any one who has not yet abandoned
all beIiefin yeracity, look at these facts and
compare them with the arguments put and
kept afoat by Locofoco speakers and writers,
from Dallas to Medary, up or down, if from
the lowest depths you can ascend or fall, and
hear them all talk of the eloquence, energy,
and toll with which Franklin Pierce contend
ed for Emancipation, and that he and his
par ty were only prevented from carrying it
| because the party we're not able to get two
/ thirds of the votes over the Wings and Free
Sellers, when il is fact that Franklin Pierce
never opened his mouth upon the subject
when the question was up for discussion, and
that not one-tenth of the votes cast for Pierce's
candidate for Governor, voted for Enancipa-
ton, and that even if, with the above COM
parison of Wing and Locofoco towns before
us we should grant that one half of the
votes cast for Catholic Emancipation were
given by the Pierce party, still these figures
would show that the Locofoco vote for Eman-
cipation was only 3,7a3, while at the same
election, the same party polled 10000 votes
for Martin, their Pierce candidate for Cover
nor AlasI "Hot0 this world is given to ly-
ingl''
OTHER TOPICS.
There are many thoughts crowding upon
me, to which l should like to give expression,
but l have already detained you too long
and I want to say word upon some other
acts of the Pierce Loco-Foco party of New
Hampshire, and one or two words more on
Charles O'Conor's favorite antecedent, Benja-
min Pierce, from whose veins Franklin draws
his Democratic blood.
ALIEN AND sEDrT1oN LAWS.
On June 6,179s, the New Hampshire Leg
islature met at Hopkinton. Benjamin Pierce,
Franklin's father, was member from Hills
borough John Taylor Gilman was declared
elected Governor. Benjamin Pierce was one
of the committee appointed to wait on the
Governor.
June I, Joshua Haywood was appointed
Chaplain.
A MINISTER s1IENeED.
twill be recolIected that this was during
old John Adams's Administration, when the
"Alien and Sedition Laws" Federalism,
&c. &C., agitated the country.
| June 8, I find this record "voted that, IN
consequence of certain expressions used by
/ MT. G10yHOOuS III LIS JtoyS III IAO AANuSN2
and his omitting to pray for the President and
Congress of the United States, this day, that
this House do not wish any further services
from him as Chaplain; and that the Assist
ant be directed to furnish him with a copy
thereof" This passed unanimously. And
thus, because this honest old Republican
preacher refused to insult Heaven, and to
pray for the authors of the Alien and Sedi-
ton Law, Benjamin Pierce voted to insult and
starve him.
Was it for this that Charles O'Conor
praised the "antecedent? ?"
June IL, Gov. Gilman delivered his mes
sage, in which he eulogized Adams, and de-
nounced Foreign Agents,&c. The address in
reply to "the throne" echoing the above sem
tments was adopted June IA, and Benjamin
Pierce voted for it.
June 16, an Address to the President of the
United States John Adams) was adopted,
which says:
"Permt us, Sir, to express our entire salts
faction in the wisdom and energy of your Ad-
ministration. It is with pleasure
we contemplate the increasing frmness of our
National Legislature. The oppo.
sition in the State Of New-Hampshire to the
Administration of the Federal Government
is much too contemptaSle to merit the name
Of division. Accept, Sir, our uni
Al 5ooIorot;o,,s 70 eUoy,Ork and doeond tho aor,