Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-18
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"a 3S ~ = 1879
New Boston speech, ii III comments tpof
thh a~orfsspoidnnos u Tint gentleman
with EDWts. De t,nas, uils Of tte edisafs
Ut the Southern Parss, deeu,s tic position
taken by The Democratic NOMINEES MI esi
dence Of mental alteration, and says
among other things equally pointed
"f1e General rfrnor) certainIy would
not, uiiless tutoring Under some fatal hal
Inclination, venture no make all issue oil
yeraei,y against ne many unimpeechable
citizens as have already sworn to the ac.
c1fHcy Of the reports Of his New Boston
speeel, lie 4istss be insane
ttHefore God aud the hundreds WHO
heard that speech he hys0sDs that i,e utter.
ed the sentiments attributed 10 him, In all
their length md breadth. lie knesos That
he uttered similar sentiments III Eraaf0yd
aud III This tdlo,t. And yet be dishonest.
" or insanely denies them, and claims the
Presidency OH the ground that iie never
uttered a tegya ID Interpretation Of ala We.
ry, nor performed any a1 inconsistent
with the office Of 4 blood. ioundt ftny,
he utters b downright ~uiltrttll III relation
to the Independent Democrat. when lie
Gays It has been "insparing In it's attacks
upon him personally"
There Is ono great satisfaction 10 The
party having tile truth upon It's side Ia this
issue, that the Witness il tile cause are
their " neighbors and fellow.cftizepa.
The witnesses 10 disprove the charges are
like those OH which the Dutch justice ae.
quilted D tibet, 10 wit: Here come three
men who swear they snw The prisoner
steal the hoe and here come six who
swear they did not sec The prisoner steal
the hoe therefore tho balanee of tcstimo.
ny II The prisoners favor 10 six to three
aud he must he discharged "
N~ATomTocies AND TINE NEw CoNsrtru
TtoN-The Natclitoches Gbrontc te OF III
9TH inst, says:
From what we can waiiier Of public
opinion in this Parish, we cannot believe
that any serious opposition will be made 10
the adoption Of the ueW constitution There
will undoubtedly be- some platoon firing
--but 1ofie along the whole line. Those
who doubt the policy Of some particular ara
ticles, will trust 10 their amendment In the
mode pointed out IN the instrument, rather
than adhere TO the constitution Of / sd5, az
be subjected To- the heavy OK pense OF call.
ing another convention. The spirit Of party
Is no where excited on The subject"
GEN. CAss AMP GEN scorr-Gen.
Cass, IN a late speech, rebuked, in strong
aud polluted terms, the low, personal abuse
Of candidates for The Presidency, and paid
the following fine tribune to Cen Scott,
which Is, IN itsslf, u singing condemnation
of the defamers OF that illustrious hero:
"Now SIR, I mtkk take no payt NOR lot Ill
inch apagfaye. Ihave M appetite far such
vtctoas food.---5mr myself. 4 yepuaian
anil reject II. IbeIiere Mat Gen. Scol is
an ho,aorable anil p~atyiotic citizen, md
that he has a0yattea his name ana his
deeds on Of The 1,vghtest pages Of his
cotnt1y's hssfyy,, and not 0qe breath IF
caiunayff tom nc shall err sDahey n sin.
gle Aea3 Of The MuYel Mat euctyezss his
byoa1. LIS soreath mas fairly uou. anil
I WAU nat Be ous 10 prevent ii. from Icing
aoors. ( ham en1oysd his person
al friendship tv aloug series n years
and I do nat mean, al Ills day By any
ca11nnyto prone myseb5f wz'corthy af IT.
/ FRANKLIN PIERCE did not speak al
Ill IL. fu.,-e af (feft.Af.n AD....I L.. /
the whole time the Catholic test was
before the Convention.
2 lie had nothing TO do with bring.
ing forward the subject. Tie resolution
abolisIIing the test was drawn up by Mr..
Of Nashua, a Wig, and was
brought forward" by Mr.. PARKER Nov.
10, wien it was discussed III Conyen-
ton. 4
3 Il was known throughout New(
that Catholic Emancipation |
was fnally defeated by an overwhelming
vote some eight OF Ten weeks before Mr..
spokei in Taminany Hall.
4. When Religious Liberty needed a
champion Gen PIERCE was found-want.
.ng. Though after Catholic Emancipa-
ion had been carried In Convention he
'onnd time. while making d speech on the
Qualification, 10 excuse and
lpoIogise for the les. bigotry by saying ii
vas d dead letter and d blank, which was
stating that Catholics would per-
IRE themselves 70 get into office, by swear
ng 10 support q Constitution which ex-
,ressly shut them out. /,
8. That 50 for from all his"antecedents'
,eilig right, his father, BENJAMIN Pierce, i
'oted to pilt the anti Catholic clause into |
he Constitution, and voted for the Allen
md Sedition Laws Of old JoHN ADAMS!
6. That SO far from Catholic Emanci.
alton ia Hug only for want Of two.thirds
'ote, il had not one-sixth Of the votes cast q
throughout the State at the same election /
" .oyernor, aud did NOT CONC near d 4
majority Of tho small vote cast on
hts question. i
Z. That ii place Of tlleif being any high i
oufidence 10 New Hampshire Of Gafiio- b
q Emancipation being carried, the gener- q
] opinion Il, that unless we draw d line i,
round New Hampshire, snyiug, that
,hile the plague pot Ii Oh her, mud the
hip i tnpuritied, no man, captain nor
rev shall land, and thus. by The defeat {
I General PJEacE. bring bis bigotted par !. J
/ ~ their senses, the Catholics III that !
tate stand no cIiaDce Of being E.nanci I
ated Tor half d century. I
8. And III q word. In fine, that the fa- J,
BENJAMIN PIEncr, was q red hot on !.
ny Of the Catholics. and 4 supporter Of J.
le Alien nnd Sediflon arts anil fhat n