New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-07

j. IL was known throughout New Hampshi,. A. \.
Cstnonc Emancipation was finally defeated By an oy.
whelning vote some eight or ten weeks befo,s ~
| OConor spoke In Tamrnsny Hall. "'
- When Religious Liberty needed cbanploa a,
rieice was fouod-wsniing. Though efS Cs,Aol.
Emancipation had been carried in Convention hs 80
| time while making a speech on toe Prooerts a. ."s
ton TO excuse and apologize for the test 81. o,ry ),
ing 10 was dead letter and blank which vas sl,c
stating that Catholics would pcrare Themselves n ~
into Office, by swearing 10 support CONSTITUTED hS
! expressly shut them out from Office s
D. Thatso far from all bis "sn,eceden" belny 49,.
bis iaiher, BENJAMIN Pierce, voted TO put thu sntCs,s
lie clause into the Cor suiion and voted for tie Ius,
and SedhiOn Laws OF old John Adams 's
T. That so far from Catholic Emanci3,tor f.u,
only tor want OF two-thirds vote II had MOI onast
OF the votes cast throughout the state at the sae go
ton fer Governor and did NOT coms near smDia ~
| joriiy OF the small vote cast this question "@
g That In place Of there being any high eopfas,..
la New Hampshire OF Catholic Emsnclpa.ion bess 80
RED, tie general opinion IL, thai unless We dra sa.
around New Hampshire, saying that while tas pl,ns
spot Il or her. and the ship Is unpurfed no mar 49,
crew, shall land and thus By the defeat OF ss
Pierce, bring hi. bigotted party TO ther sense. ~
| cipated for half century a'
9. And In word, In fine, that the father. Ben,,,.
Pierce, was red bot enemy Of tho Catholic. ana
supporter of the Alien and Seditlon act. ana 49,.
Frsnslin Pierce, the young chicken learned n cro. -
sliby from the lod one that ne raised DO, volcs 4,
favor aboishiDg his fathers bigotry during the 49,
time the subject WAS under discussion In Convent.
OF which he was Ieacing member and President
Mr. Robinson referred to the fact that ia the Locoy
co Baltimore Convention there we're thirteen a..
ditstes found with marks Of popular favor upon tasr
| dog in hydrophObis could not have rnanii,,,ax
more rage at the sight Of water than these ar.oer.s
Baltimore Delegates exhibited toward ever,taln, an
| which was the mark Of popular favor Nor dI1 "a.
"phobia get OF vi every vestge OF popular favor WA
removed from their ishi, aud buried beneath the ara
| tocratio device OF two thirds rule And then shm,
went up, not that anybody rad won, but hs, eversav
had been defeated and that eyerbodys fsvori,e wa,
dead.
| Mr. Robinson dscalmed any Wish TO use epthe,. Ma,
he knew that the whole political capital Of the Pierce
party bogus and without intending 10 souly The
epthet 10 any one, when he sund fasehood or forc
cry he would call IL II he did not exno.e ..,aa,a
and forgery he would be false to hs native soa adnoei
country, and false to the Of true repubcaniun
lie had sboTed through II years OF hi, life this coun
Try, with all the sire gth which God had given him. 70
tread down all sorts OF bigotry potcs aud reigous
and he would continue In the path 10 despte OF
all the abuse and misrepresentation which be had a.
ready met and would yet have 10 encounter from soms
unpDciped presses 10 which he referred but which Ia
said he scorned-as conscious recttude can well afod
TO the rusted shafts OF caumny falling upon har
| impenetrable shield.
lie referred to the forgery and falsehood With whl
naiuralized citizens were appealed 10 against Harrison
and Taylor which history has proved 10 be 6sa a.
history will yet prove the charges against Gen Seon
false He pictured the blood hound venom with which
these same pack of sanderers hunted Henry Clay into
grave which even their superhuman msllsui,y could
not rob OF It's iranscendent glory, and around Which
these same blood hounds now changed into crocohes
pretend 10 shed oceans OF tears at the death OF sh
while living, they tried to make naturszec citizens 10
leve worthy of dogs burial In place OF posthuma
honOrs To what lengths must our patience DO abused
nc naturazed ctzensi How long shall we be nsulled
by being put to draw the water with which to drown.
or hew the wood with which 10 consume the ass
reared In American hearts to Clay and Scott
to raise In their stead affairs to the idoIa Of PO
and Pierce How long will il be expected thai We
shall palsy break the arm that humbet the pride Of
Eng land to raise and sustain the which refused
move muscle to the disgrace which the elder
Pierce bad fastened on the neczs OF all but sect IA
New HamI sbirel
One great falsehood of this Campaign Ia saying nat
Franklin Pierce advocated Catholic En- Incp alton sssu
1t before the late New Hampshire Convention Ths
great forgery OF the Campaign s preteni led letter
of Gen, Scott to George w. Reed, on Nstvism
And here he gave sketch of the Constitutional He
| tory OF New Hampshire
Tue first Constitution formed In Exeter In l776
| and was called the Temporary Constitution" read
1t In manuscript and found Ia 10 snti Cahoic .est
30 thawe had no bigotry I'll aer the Repoitioa This
Temporary Constitution continued for eight years
| and six months
In ne Convention was called to meet at Concord
sud submitted the form of Constitution to the people
IN 1872, and that was rejected. Another formed
aud submitted in l76l, and that also was rejt cied
Another formed n 1884, and that too was rejected
A third form was agreed upon aud this was accepted
by thirds vote II was known as the New Con.
stituIiop,"
This continued In force till l792 when another Con-
sti.uton adopted which still continues In force and
Is the ore 10 amend which The attempt made In
1862 and this is called THE Revised COnstituton'
And this brings to the opening Of the Pierce dynm
ty Ia New.HaDpshire. We shall ind, henceforth the
| name Of Pierce and bigotry concOmitant
The Convention to revise the New Constitution met
/ at Concord, September 7, 1891 AmOrg It's MEMBER
ind several Of the old Revolutionary names and promi
nent among them Maj. Benjamin Pierce, as he .pa
down OF Hl'borough, the father OF Franklin Pleree
| find also Jeremiah Smi'h, OF Peterborough, Aaros
| Greeley of Hopkinton, Major Caleb Stark of Dunbar
ton and Bow &C. Samuel Livermore, of Holdernea
was chosen President, and John Caltc, Of Hampstead
| Secretary.
On the second day of the session, motion was m.Ss
TO sake out the sixth article (ss il stsnds) Ia tho
Bill of Rights pro vidng for the support and man.ea
ance OF the Protestant teachcrs' The yeas were IL
| Greeley Stark, Whipple, Hutchins &c, among lac
Franklins father, and Charles OConOrs respecteisDd
conhdedin "antecedent,' voted against RslsOU
| Liberty.
September 10, the fourth day of the Conysrion,s
| motion made 30 strike OUT from section H. under
| form of government (ss IL now stands preserving
qualifications for members of the House of Repnesenss
lives, the words shaH be Of the Protestant RiSim'
| Upon this the Yeas and Nays were taken Yeas for Rs
hgious Liberty 80, and among them Jeremiah Smith,
| Aaron Greeley, William Plumer Caleb Stack &c.
| Nays, for the Penal Laws and AntiPopey, 81, and
among them BENJAMIN PIERCE, Franklin. father,
| and Charles OCOnors fevOIite az tecedent 'Orm OF
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dered to be submitted people the first Monday
| In May 1892 and the Convention adjourned I'LL inc
| 30th OF the same month
On the first day OF june 1872 the votes oil the peeps
| were counted, and 1t was found that some parts o. n
| constitution accepted, and some parts reec'a
for want Of twothirds vote, Chat Loco oco tsotn
| rule ia awful thing and It further appeared iah
| sCne OF the propositions rejected were Necessary
| make sense OF those accepted, 30 that committee
pointed bring order out Of that confusion, fe2ns
| that the parts accepted and approved ythe Peo|
"were Inconsistent with the constitution and win ea
other" yet, the people had accepted them, noo%
| could dare despise them.
| The report Of the Convention which OK lnireas p,
volume, partly In % and partly In print s.
is preserved with great care Ia the Secretary OF go
office but it does not give the precise form 10 s1
| the clauses rejected submitted 10 lhe peoPe
seems, however, that notwithstanding PiercssL
PoIefy pens votes, the term Protestant was el1s
| I'm TIE qualfc shons for some Offices for whchkhP.
able they rejected BE this It may, ecSey
tee was appointed 20 recommend WHIST nes ~
ments should be adopted to please ths people -
committee reported pretty much the sane Old dss,
dashed and additionally peppered With PfO'ss'sao's