The daily union., 1852-10-03

nation Of man who has tried 10 berend them and
lhelrs-who has been acquitted, alter a thorough
M exaTna'on' OF me eha,Ses they bring against him By
number Tor the present month that Pierce is no got
aud that he well known 10 have exerled himself for
the abolition OF the and that he has the most bound
less contempt for those who try TO get for Scott by
laying on the shoulders OF Pierce the blame for The fail
ore OF the revised constitution, Archbishop Hughes
tells us that both candidates worthy OF equal sup
port Nay, the respectable whig papers TO notice
ms new aud faise issue presented 10 Catholic voters
and even the papers which started the story are begin
nng to own thai il is not true
have something 10 say of the Concord document TO
De brei they who signed lahored under The mis-
apprehension and were imposed upon in the same way,
with those who signed the Manchester Tehash Nay,
more Mr. Cooney is also responsible for the Concord
documenl-Mr. Cooney, all the way from Albany
Finding that the Concord town records sustained moth
ing that Robinson had already twisted and after con-
sultaton with certain soil noabes, il was decided
that another document should be prepared By the aid
OF partisan postmaster and certain mlll-agens at Fish
efvllle, few lshmen morally coerced sign the
paper, These persons assured me thai they knew nc,
what the paper contained They would have caused the
erasure OF their sgnaurcs. bu did not think it worth
while, convinced as ! am, that the document will do no
harm. 1 sE
Al West Concord Mr. Cooney and his aboli,ionisl
friends find a few lrishmen The names of John Gala
gher and John Lynch were in the Concord certificate
signed by me, and two men, also bearing these names
live at West Concord. These asked whether they
signed the White certificates endorsed by No, said
they. Go 10 Concord, and you will find another John
Gallagher and John Lynch The cont0etors proessed 10
know no such men in Concord, and that no such men
would be found So that John Gallagher and John Lynch
OF Wsst Concord, induced TO give an affidavit that
they had not signed the White certificate. Their oath
was an honest one, OF course.
he John Gallagher and John Lynch who did sign the
White document live at Concord. know them, and
know that they signed it They are ready to make an
affidavit to this effect.
The Cooney certificate SAYS that one Halpin did not
sign the White document. His employer is whig and
he together with Cooney, persuaded Hapin to swear
.hat he did not sign that certificate will be recoleeted
that did not get up that document simply certified
that the persons whose names appended it were
Catholics and that believed the contents of the letter
to be perfectly true. find upon inquiry that Hapin,
when asked TO sgn the paper, answered, | will but nut
down my name yourself. This circumsta ce, he con.
ceves. justified him in swearing that he did not sign it.
These things prove that the triumph which the Coo
neyes snpposes they had gained with reference these
three cases, is no triumph at all.
Cooney went to most OF the lrishmen known to be in
the employment OF wings, and, as matter OF course,
fear, most OF them signed the paper So far as know
only one man refused His name is Connars The con.
coc,ors of the document coaxed and a,tered him without
success The amiable and accomplished daughter Of the
employer oil Connas also endeavored persuade him to
sign the paper This was hard trial; but Connars,
who understood il would the contents OF the doc
ument, steadily refused :" was brought up to be DEM
ocrat" was his constant reply.
With reference TO the Nashua and Dover certificates
| cannot speak from personal knowledge, but, il be
correctly informed their history very similar that of
The Manchester and Concord documents.
From the above facts it will be evident to the public
that the Cooneyte papers protesting 10 mbody the
Catholic sentiment OF New Hampshire with reference
to the test, he only matter have any lime touched
npoh mus, be regarded as the production OF few po-
li,ca enemies of Gen. Pierce. They do not in the
slightest degree affect the uhfulness of my testimony as
heretofore published. Ia the language Of Brownson,
Pierce ue knopn to have exertel himself in advoca
ting the abrog alton of the test
II the democrats wished to rest their case upon the
number of signatures, they would, doubt not have
procured an array OF signatures that would overwhelm
The Cooneylte documents Perhaps they would now, if
they thought it worth while.
Respectfully, yours
WIN. MCDONALD,
Catholic Pastor Of Mancheslef and Concnrd