Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-10-21
Pierce and his whig sIanderers.

Inasmuch as the Journal a few days ago published
the Cooney certificates referred in the following
article we publish from the Boston Pilot, Catholic
paper the following overwhelming relutation of the
lies contained in those certificates. Read it,
A Mr.. Cooney, of Albany, went to New Hampshire
and in conjunction with several others, succeeded in
getting the of great number oi persons, pro-
Tossing to be Irish Catholics, to documents setting
forth that Robinson right; that Pierce has done moth
ing for the Catholics of New Hampshire, and that the
Catholics who, with their pastor, the Rev Mr.. Me-
Donald signed document, some weeks ago, stating
that Pierce friendly to and had done all in his
power to aid in New Hampshire, had signed their
names to a lalsehood. These documents obtained
from Concord Manchester Dover, and Nashua We
do thak much of these documents, and will
make short work with them. Here, in America peo-
pie who sign documents seldom take the trouble to read
what they sign. 1t is easy for get up eerti
icae numerousy signed, asking for anything, testi
flying anything. The Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald published
statement, last week, in which the four documents
e1ectually disposed Of This letter has been ex
tenslvely copied and presume that most oil our
readers will have seen it by the time this number
reaches them. We know that forged documents crcu-
late brsky in these electoneering tlmes and 1t may
be that some Of our readers will suspect the authen
city of this letter We assure them upon personal
knowledge that the letter is genuine Its publication,
on the part of Mr. Mcdonald, was called for Easmuch
the truth OF statement signed by him, called
in question: and because Catholics under his spiritual
charge called upon to 90, Catholics, to the
polls, and because the story told to make them do so
was wholly false His letter confirms opinion of
those documents. Few knew what they signed Sew.
eral forced to sign Most of the sgners were led
to believe that the paper anything but what IL
ally The oyofseers and employers, in some in
stances used argusntS calculated to make their work
meu sign.
Then the documents look marvellously as if they
drawn up by Protestant hands. Moreover, it is
strange that the Catholics of New Hampshire need two
Cooney, all the way from New York and AL
bany 10 help them understand that they badly treat
ed But 1t was quite enough TO convince us that the
documents not to be at all trusted, when we saw
that they recommended Robinson's most disgracelul
lecture as a true statement of the N. H. question.
| The documents contradict another shockingly.
For example, Of them says that Pierce did some
thing for the Catholics and another denies that he did
anything One of them signed by number of persons,
few of whom believe, voters, very graveIy and
most comcay conlesses that the certificates par
y documents and that the signed them to hurt
party and TO help the other. We convinced that
the Catholics who signed il did not know what they
were doing, for several reasons. Catholics would hard
| ly come out in that way, against paper signed by
their pastor Irish Catholics are generous none in
the world more so-and they never forget even a kind
word Ingratude is not of their ailings. Hence
II is not likely that they would be ungrateu to the man
who had abored earnestly, though unsuecessuly, tC
serve them. Finally, Irish Catholics would not, we
trust, publicly attest to Iie. For no lie of this cam
paign is gross than the story that Pierce op
posed to Catholic emancipation, that he did nothing
for the cause Even these documents contradict them
selves by admitting that he did something. The ac
Is, he made the best speech the convention in O1I
iavsr, and, If it not properly reported, he may
thank his own negligence in either speaking extempo
raneousy, in not preserving notes OF his speeches
He made another in the Concord Town Hall. He wa:
earnest in the matter throughout. 1t is well known
that while a majority of the Wings and Democrat:
were opposed to the Catholics, the party leaders
almost unanimous in their favor. Even those docu
mens before confess that the Democratic pGpeTs
throughout the State adUocated the repeal of the test AL
this proves that bigotry, among the common people
has taken deep The fact that Gen. Pierce is the
friend Of Catholics has been admitted even by Greeley
who that Pierce spoke cice their favor that he
Interested in their BEHALF and blames him only be
cause he thinks that Pierce might have done more
Greeley also says that many Wings voted against al
the amendments because they hated the Catholics
but because they determined to oppose Pierce,
system of distrcting part of the State. We find in
Tribune of last week the following paragraph:
1--WE blame no party exclusively for the non-repea
oi the New Hampshire Test, and excused one. There
much latent bgotry in that State but not enough
uphold the prescription of Catholics, if the people haC
only been thoroughly awakened to this issue. Six pub
lie meetings in favor of Equal Justice to of what
ever religious Faith would have secured the desired
suit. We blame Gen. Pierce, not that he unriend
y to Catholic Emancipation, but that he neglected tc
make reasonable and seasonable efforts to secure it
Half the labor he expended in crushing John Atwood
would have sufced At the first trial he might have
suspected the strength of the anti Catholic prejudice
but the result OF that trial developed that strength,
called for corresponding efforts to overcome it."
against Pierce is this He spoke repeatedly in favor
the Catholics, the papers of his party, and the Demo
cratic leaders the right side, but Pierce did
make extraordinary efforts,-he did call meetings
all over the State, and take the stump in behalf of Ca
tholic emancipation. Pray, who asked him to make
extraordinary efforts! The charge against him lca
that he made none luhatecer Now, the lalsehOod il
pared down that it only charges him with not max
ing extraordinary efforts in favor. We willing
to let it stand thus.
1t is very odd that Catholic in the land should
allow himself TO be deceived by the Greeley and Robin
son story about PIERCE when all the authorities whic
Catholics accustomed to respect Genera
Pierce from the charge Of opposing Catholic interests
Last week we gave the testimony OF Archbishop
Hughes and Of Brownson. The trhoIe Catholic Pres
OF the country speaks the purpose And it
testimony is peculiarly valuable, iHasmuch on
Of the Catholic papers is Scott Pierce paper.
men will not believe these authorities they will not be
lieve, even if one arose from the dead.
/ New Law of DescentS.