Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-09-02
From the Washington Union.l
The Religions Test Frnnd

The country everywhere is settling down into the con-
vction that the whole charge of religious intolerance
against Genera Pierce is sheer fTaudgot up only
without particle OF reliable evidence to sustain IT,
but with the clearest recordproof utterly exploding it,
Men coming to understand that such tactics these
against General Pierce are the first fruits Of "hgher-
lavish" in politics as applied to presidential
SlIeyegammOn ROblnson-a hi tool for such works
kicked and cued for his late Roorback" speech on the
subject by all that portion of the press that notices him
IN way to give great satisfaction 10 those who hold to
the doctrine of retribution. The New Hampshire
Patriot follows him through the old records of 1892
which he processes to have examined and cOnvcts him
Of gross and wanton falsehood at every step. The
New York Commercial Advertiser, a staunch Scott
paper censures and deprecaes his speech "key,
say the least Of it, to do no good to the wing party
Even the New York Tribune ashamed to defend
him. though lent its columns 10 put his speech before
the people; while the Evening Post shows him up in
scathng article the well known foe and sanderer of
the Irish Catholics whom he falsely and wantonly
charged with being driven TO the pools by their
priests ~
With such antecedents may well be supposed that
the leading Catholic organs handle Robinson and his
libel without gloves. Eminent among these journals
stands the American Ce, Catholic paper the publca-
ton office of which has recently been removed from
Boston to Buffalo. The Cet has powerful article
headed Dealings with Demagogues," of which we
copy the following portion, showing, in very conclu-
sve way, how much Robinson has made with the Cath
ocs out Of his SIievegammon" excursion. TO Concord:
''Such characters may be depised overmuoh. In the
lmpuny which arises from contempt, heymay be suffer-
ed TO do serious or ncurabe evil 1t is therefore, some.
times necessary strip them Of their theatrical pre-
tences and TO show them the people for wh; they
false hearted selfish and degraded spectators upon
public simplicity.
SIN present undertaking, as he deserves the pre-
ference, we begin with
"MR. WILLIAM Z. ROBINSON, OF New YoRK.-Mr.
Robinson native Of the north of Ireland Presbyterian
and graduate Of Yale College, New Haven, Conncti-
cut. He commenced public life years ago by
attending party convention, held with closed doors,
Hartford, in that State. At that convention Mr.. Robin
stated his American audience that his coutrymen
drisen to the polls By their priests to roe the lOcoco
tick-a staement VIGOROUSLY untrue. He soon alter
discovered that there something to be made by
acting the Irishman; and then find him addressing
Irish audience, and declaring that he believed he
Westminster Confession had damned more souls than
any other form of faith If he believed this of the
religion he professed he hypOcrite in fleeing
from it he wonld from the gates of hell If he did
believe it, 1t TO the last degree dishonest say for
any party or personal purpose, Our belief IN Mr..
Robnson's sincerity never recovered from the double
shock it received from those speeches Of his. His
frequent appeals to his countrymen Irish and Catholic
grounds, vote for Mr.. Hunt in this State, for Mr..
Winthrop in Massachusetts, against Gen Cass in 1913,
and to sustain his party generally all coroboraves
TO us OF his unscrupnlous nsincerlty. This week We
find the Times and the Tribune full Of a speech of his
going to show that good Catholic vote for Pierce
Here is audacty Here is the result Of silent contempt
too long continued! The Catholic bishops, the publ.
cations that represent them have not attempted utter
such dictum No in authority has said that good
Catholic might not vote for either candidate This
position reserved for Mr. Demagogue Robinson,
professor of what he calls "a damnabe religion and
oady of those he stgmatises as driven to the polls by
their priests to vote the locoloco ticket"
After this. Robinson may well go and John H.
Bradley with him.