New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-09

for want of two-thirds vote CtnM foco '"osiu
rule IL an awful thing D and 1t further appeared tnst
acme of the propositions rejected were necessary 70
make sense OF those accepted, so that committee ap
pointed to bring order out of that confusion, reported
that the parts accepted and approved by the people
"were inconsistent with the constitution and with each
other" yet the people had accepted them, nobody
could dare despise them.
The report of the Convention which examined 10
volume partly In manuscript and partly IN PRINT Wn,o
lie preserved with great in the Secretary OF 49,
office but II does not give the precise FORM IN \,
the clauses rejected were submitted 70 me peo anti
seems however, that notwithstanding rIe' o,i,.ed
Popery PENAL votes the term Protestant was ouh
In the ouaifc ations for offices for WHICH, ~"
able they we're rejected. BE this As II may, a,and
tee was appointed TO recommend wns' no Tina,
men should be adopted to PI the same old dsh re-
to.Laa I'D sddltionaly peppered Win fIo'7''auu'"
s e,,v ~ ,ult III taste OF the Pierce epicures
ard wss submitted again TO tie people on me 2'n o'
August, l19 1 r,,,v proprr
Tho Convention me, finally at Concord, september 0,
1902 when the votes were counted, ana II was ITInS
,bst the whole number OF votes cast was OO oi winch
o 100 we're for and 91S against the Constitution was
5n. carried by about s. than the necessary
tvotbirds vote 90 that there had been only - addon
al votes against this bigoted and dsgaceul Con'utuoh
II would have been defeated o,.,..
excluding Catholics from Office some OF the towns tns
are now Wing voted very decidedly against H. aus
the Wbe Of Exeter gave 90 votes against II anu
n III.
epaip,t il and only "a for H. While the Loco Foco
town of GiInanton gave IL votes for 1t ana mol one
against. The Loco FocO town OF NeW'DaTn gaVe
IA votes for il and not one against H. Inc LOCI roco
town of IIsborougt Benjs amin Piercei adopted town.
and If which he was the Representative, and RANKIN
Pierces native town, and which he aiterward repre-
scented in the Legsieturegave 10 TOR Il ana not one
Qainst H. Had il been necessary for some Dallas 70
make an excuse for the adoption OF that Constitution
he would heve said that II was owing TO some M sH
rous combination OF cyphers Ike the above that pre-
ves5d the tToth'rd units from defeating themselves.
There's he record, As ;ound II in carefully pre-.
served book in the Office of the Secretary OF Stae at
Concord in New. Hampshire, and there's the commend
able antecedent" Of Franklin Pierce
WHAT IS THIS CONSTITUTIONS
And thus WAS formed the Constitution which Ia now
in full force in one OF the States OF our American
Union which claims that the American people must oy
q twotbirds rule kill off Cass, Buchanan and Douglas
to make room for the Of the father who framed that
bigoted instrument and for the leader OF the party
which refuses to exert itself for its modification
There two three points In this Constitution 70
which wish TO draw public attention. / copy IRON
the official copy printed in 1852 by the State printers
BILL OF administration authorizes the towns, &C.
to make provision for the support and maintenance
of public Protestant teachers of pety, religion and nor
atty"
FoaM OF GOVERNMENT Section IA. Every mem
Der of the House of Representatives shall be
of tie Protestant egon aud shall cease to rep esent
such town, parish or place Immediately on ceasingto
be qualified as Aforesaid"
Section % provided, nevertheless that no person
shall be capable of being elected Senator WAC Is not
of the Protestant religion. 80,
Section AZ. :" The Governor snail oe oi tue
Protestant religion.
shall be the same as for Senator.
SEC IL shall be the duty of the Selecmen aud Assessors
of the several and places in this State in warning the
first annual meetings for the choice of Senators after the ex
patiop Of years from the adoption OF this Consnu-
hon "a amended to insert expressly ia the rant this
purpose among the others for the meeting 70 VII; 70
the sense Of the qualified voters on the SUBJECT OF
ofthe Cor stituon and the meeting being warn cd a;coa
inaly and otherwise the moderator shall take he sense
of the qualified present as TO the necessity OF reV
Ion and return of the number Of votes for and against
such necessity shall made by the Clerk sealed up enu az
recea the General Cout at thsir tnen next 'eo'
il il shall appear the General Court by such return ta
the sense OF the people Of the State has been TAKEN ana A
in the opinion ofthe msony Of the qushed voers Ia te
State p sent and voting said meetings. there aneces
sity for revision Constitution shall be the duy OF
the General Court call Convention for that purpose
otherwise the General Court shall direct tue sense OF
oeop TO be tken snd proceed the before
mentioned The delegates 70 be chosen In the same man
ner proportional as the Representatives, 10 the oee
Cont provided that alterations shall be mate IN this
Constitution before the shall he laid before he 70 Fs
and unncorporaed places and approved py twotn'uS VI
the qualified voters present and voting on the SUBJECT
SIC 100 And method of taking the sense OF the
yeption for that purpose shall be observed afterwards al tbs
| expiration OF every seven years
HONEST OPINIONS ON IT
Now, then, here is the Constitution OF the State OF
New Hsmpshire fostering in Its bigotry in religion ana
arstociscy In property, under the blaze OF the noon
OF the 10Th century and unchanged, ana with u' al
tempt change IT, from 1872 10 1850 and yet tor over
halt a centur-duIiDg which time Benz. Pierce was
member Of the Legislature, Counsellor and Governor,
end Franklin Pierce, for period OF over twenty years.
the esuDg man OF the party in power m7nl'er oil
the LEGISLATURE Che year his ather was hjVtrn'
or and Speaker Of the House OF Representatives the
two succeedr yesrs-iUr dresry ,lf century of
penal laws member OF the Pierce family made one
single speech urging the justice OF Catholic enamel patton
Nay, more, 1t will be that bare majority of the
people could have ordered the Constitution amended
every seventh year by simple majority, aud pere hound
to vote every seventh year whether the Constitution
should be amended Four times did these seven year
trials occur since Franklin Pierce was elected member
and Speaker of the House of Representatives, yet
dumbss an oyster aud dark a. a dungeon did ne keep
himself Thus did be champion the cause Of Religious
Liberty Well may every Catholic cay 10 Mr.. Pierce In
the language of lsTaes Inspired Provebs-" Because
have call ed and ye refused also will laugh
at your calamity will mock when your fear cOmeth"
Let us what this Eew.Hampshire enormty Is. 1t
Is enoTmiIy In the of all men, only Catholics,
butlberd Republicans of all sects. 1t Is the penal and
test idea OF the House of Brunswick and Ieph. Il 10
the enoTuiiy which the British Tory Administration of
Peel and Wellington abOlisht for sh Catholics in lr29
when Franklin Pierce first took HE seat IN the New
| Hampshire Legislature. New Hampshire Loco FOco
lem remains to-day more biguted aud besoued than
British Toryism was % years ago, and Lord Roden,
! Tresham Gregg or Lord John Russell has stronger
claims than Franklin Pierce has to true Republican
votes for their parties roes though they be) opened
he door Of the British Parliament 70 Calhoics, while
| New Hampshire refuses to open her Legislature If
Thomas Francis MeasheT should get nsturaiz there,
Charles Carroll # CarrolOn, the last living sguer Of
Declaration Of independence lad chosen TO reside
there or II present Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court OF the United ST tes Hon. Roger B. fancy, should
choose to live there, aud all would be excluded
from the right seat M the New 3mpshire two PEN
ny L. gsatuTe, unless they perJmed themselgss, or
foresuOIe their creed and this Is the kind of Osmocra
cy which every man endorses who votes for Franklin
Pierce, the lseder VI that Democracy In New. Htnp
shire whom he LocC.Foco Press informs as il in
tended to conpfuen by his nomination. Well might
Judse Woodbury. cay a. he did in the New Hampshire
Constitutional Convention, that this New Hampshire
tnormiiy trauded the Catholic, though educated and
talented ard vruous, with iDiamy and disgrace and
cent hin sud his family through our streets aud social
circles, marked hkt Gaia as a sort Of degraded oItcas
or heui nO 1T 10 be intru,ed with either legislative
executive rights, though bestowed fully the mos. ig
norsnt and repTobGte.'
PIERCE'S OPINION OF 1T.
Such wss the opinion OF Judge Woodbury. such is the