The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-09-16
Che lOeeklu Gazette,
cry on LANCAsTER:
"Wednesday Eye'Rg, Sept. as, 1852
From the Ohio Eagle. !

recklessness OF the whig press in attack
ing General PIERCE on account Of the
"CathoIic Test'' in the New Hampshire con-
stitution, is perfectly characteristic. II is
undeniable that he has done more than any
living man in that State for the repeal of this
test. But the attempts made torepeal have
failed, though receiving large majority, for
want OF too-thirds ofhe Uotes cast, in its IA
vor. 3t-F Etg = -eN
The Gazeite, as we'll as other whig papers
in the State. have asserted that two-thirds
vote q not required The assertion is false,
ne the following quotation from the present
constintion of New Hampshire will show.
In the last paragraph but two OF that instru-
bent. the reader will find the manner of u
t"ouSment or alteration laid down. The
last sentence In the paragraph reads:
. -m,The delegates to be chosen in the, same
o,.nner, and proportioned as the representa-
t;.ss N the General Court; prouided, that NO
a, Tra 1TToN shall be made in this constitution,
Iafars he same shall be laid before The toWns and
;;,y,eornorated places. AND APPROVED BY
TW6. TWO 6.THIRDS OF THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS PRESENT AND VOTING ON
TEIE s,InIECT." .
The reader will see now, that though the
last attempt made by the Democracy OF New
Hamnshire, under the active and zea.ous
leadership Of General Pierce and the late
Jndge Woodbury, was endorsed by ma
iority equal to the Democratic strength o'
the State, vet that it was not sufficient be-
cause that party have not tioo-th'rds oi the
votes in that State.
The reckessness Of the above statements
and their utter falsity have scarcely paral-
lelin the present contest, We briefiy re-
ply. ,h.,.nv ,y;rc NJ. n
for the repeal of the test, the records show
that he scarcely did anything. He did not
even speak in favor of repeal while the ques-
tion was under consideration.
The Gazette never asserted that two
Thirds vote was not required to repeal the
test.
The repeal of the test was not endorsed
by majority equal to the Democratic
strength.
Somuch for the article. Why does not
the Eagle publish the official vote! We
have done SO, and will furnish that paper a
copy for publication. twill there be seen
that strong Wing towns voted for repeal;
that strong Democratic towns voted against
repeal This fact is significant and when
taken in connection with another fact that
the Wings of the State have in convention
endorsed repeal, upon whom does the re-
sponsibility rest! The ruth is, had the
Democratic towns joined the Wing towns,
the odious test would have been wiped away
forever.
Now why is the test not abolished! The
vote shows that very many Wings voted for
the repeal, and had Pierce the influence
claimed for him, or had he exerted that infiu-
ence MS he should have done, his town and
county would not have voted 50 largely a.
gainst repeal.
A few words more. Religion has nothing
to do with this argument. 1t is simple
question Of political right, denied to Ger
tain class of citizens in a Democratic State
tits an anti-democratic test, at war with
TIC spirit Of our Institutions, and opposed to
every principle Of American Democracy
We would not oppose man on account o.
his religious creed; but we would oppose
man who in high station did not exercise his
influence for the repeal of an obnoxious test
depriying unjustly large class OF citizens oil
Privileges to which they are as much entitled
as their neighbor,E on the simple ground thai
he is not good Democrat. The cry about
appeals to mans religion, is all CANNON
This is another question altogether. A test
of this kind, no. matter who it effects, is
disgrace to any State.
Now letthe Eagle, instead of falsely charg-
ing the Wings with defeating the abolition
of this test, publish the official vote, and
then. its readers can judge for themselves
whether the party, or what party, is respon-
sibe. The flightof fancy about the active
and jealous leadership of Gen. Pierce is
mere fancy; there are no records to show
that he did anything more than merely give
his opinion and his vote.
These "reminiscences may be unpleasant
to the Democracy who have been laborlne
tOF yours 10 lHClLe CeEIulu Cluooco vi Out VIZ
zens against the Wing party; but they must
blame their own organ, not us, for keeping
them before the people. Each week, it re-
iterates the above falsehoods in some shape
or another, and we can do nothing else than
show who is resposibe.
In March 1859, when the vote was sub
mittedto the people, the Pierce candidate
received 10000 votes the abolition of the
test only 1856. In Hillsborough, Pierce's
town, the Pierce candidate had 234 votes
catholic emancipation 10 votes. Thirty-one
strong Democratic towns, which gave the
Pierce candidate 4,797 votes, on the test
question voted $40 ayes to 2,966 nays
Nineteen, strong whig towns, giving the wing
candidate 4,131 votes, voted on the test ques
tion 1851 ayes to 79l nays. 1t is perhaps
proper to add thatve many, who voted 70,
Governor, did not vote at all upon the tes
question, But the above figures are signif
cant, aud instead of stating general false
hoods, let the Eagle explain away their force
We might extent the list and make still fur
tber comparisons, but we forbear. There
are very many other towns, which rolled W
heavy. votes for the Pierce candidate, tha