The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-20

9..l1.1se
,An9s oscs' isessessly, she nsng psFsoas WIS
s,si,u t. be better Informed. TAe NsRsess pptS
sisas We - "tlsn Mar Of are. am prs.saa@6,|
gM up in sim hr wsy. Petition seavrrs e"s.-
monty 6nd Tat the senrsi ~" Il pe"PDe will
81 n any pap,r 4a c'nhde",, sfser invests
CATION Of the maitrY, that NOS m"ve than some
halt dozen pers,ns knew tist whst they were
dung when they sgned the Convey docnnse"'
know that s1ine here refused 10 sign the paper
and vet found their na,n.s appended 10 it.
Never he e.s there were i,trliis ent and epre-
table Catholics whose nance where reQniredy
but, who would nat sign the Psper. Yet these
names we're requisite. So the coac"ctor-, after
NEST of the names had been obtained, changcd
th. whole document, a. the 6fst was Of N ~
iecriosable character. A frw names ". Re ob.
tanned to tisc second runrnt, and then Ne
bulk Of the sinynatures icers tras.fs red by the
conc nctrFs of the paper, aud with Vt leave, 10
the new document eli il nso = cu nen',
b cause !, d fired in several very mt r,at res
poets from the old oue. i va. different docu.
| m.nt. Tharsorr, nearly all the sssns'ures I"
the d,,e~men nov before the pubic DeTs forged
Pers ms signed th,' second who would MT sgn
| the frst Mos, Of the persons whose names
| app or never saw the second
| Then the concoct,rs, In company with the
EDITOR Of whig paper, came T., N" { ask me -
certify that all the siyners were Catholic.
| c0u u no! do il. True, | 'ihrd To- the White
signatures. Bat they werc few, and knew all
Of III IN; whereas do not know half the sign
prs Of his Manchester docu,nrnt, admitting
that all the nance appended to it are names OF
pers ms really exis ins Secondly, because
would, in signing that paper, certify II an un-
truth, hasr uch as n, true Catholic would b..
guilty Of signing paper Tublcly slandrring
any n, much IRE a man now circu,nstanced
as Pierce Is,
/ knew that, IN rsh .c'i m. the t~e fr.t names
on the FIRST lnnn, and the hrs "n tn second
CO umn, OF signers vii! repent, if no brf're the
election excitement is over, u, least after, tor
having endorsed the public defamation of
man who has tried to befrend them and their 9
who has been acc tied, after a thorough ex
animation, OF the charges they bring against
him by the Catholic pap,rs-by Mr.. 3 ownson,
who s,vs in the number for the present month
that Pierce is no b. got and that he is well Known
10 have cxcr' cd himself for tn, alb ,ltion Of the
, test and that lie has the ms. bound!ess con-
tempt fos those who try TO get vot.s for Scot, BY
having on the should RS Of Pierce the blame for
the failure Of tt,, revised constitutions. Arch.
bishop Hughes tells " that bnth candidates are
worthy of equal support Nay, the respectable
wing P prrs scnrn to notice this new and false
Iissur pfes.n.ed TO Cath hc voters, and even the
q
1 own that II 10 not trur.
i / have son,eth, to say Of the Concord doc
, unent. To be brief, they vino signed it hbored
under the same misaPpreh D. nsion, and were i'm.
posed upon in the same way, with those who
{ signed the Manchester rchastr My, more -
MIR Cnonay is also responsible for the Concord
document MIR Ch"nrv. all the way from
: Albany Finding that the Concord town. records
sustained nothing that Robinson had not already
, II r1in free
soil nn1abe., it was drcdcd that another doru
. n.nt should be- prepared By the aid "f a
!. partisan postmaster and certain mill agrAts .
I Baskerville, few Irish Dan were morally eoer
: ced to sign the paper These persons assured
n me that they knew not what the paper contain
ed They would have caused th erasnre o
g their signatures, but did not think il w"r'i
= while. convinced, as am, that the dec,nn.r
8 will a.. u" harm.
At West c ,ncord Mr.. Caoney and his alb III
p ZIONIST friends find few lrshmrn. The names
Of Jim & lila rher and john Lynch were in thu
' CONGO certificates . sn-d by mc,and two men
= also hearing these names, live at West Con
n cord Thcse were asked whether they signes
= tn. White certificates endorsed by me. No
:. said they ,tn ConeOrd. and you will flint
II another JOHN Gala rher and John Lynch. Til,
O 60 7coctors pr"ftssed t" know no such men u
n Concord and that n such mi'n would be t"upd
g S tl,af ,hn Gallagher and J'ha l.ync'i, "
= st Concord, were ,nluc d l. g'v- IN ahdav'
n TINT they hid ~, s'ynrd the White certificate
Il Their on h " ~ M hopes, one. of cpurs'.
l. Tn. Jphn Gallagher and John Lynch who ts
:. sign w h.r d, cu,nentlvr a. Concord. ! know
Y tie n, AMI know tina, they 81 med il. The,
are rcady {, mike an aft 'ivit to this effect
The cootirv cerl'd ate says that one tii'pil
4 did nn, sig, the White cnaent. HIS em
- plnysr - whg. and he, together viii. t"on'y
o,r~u.ci..d ila.p.n to swrar that he did mt sig
'ha, rt.clte II will be collected that
. did nnt get "a, that cntnrnt simply cert
, ned hr the rsrs whose n,u."s W re 'iP.' nj
I'd /" it WE'RE Ca'hnlcs, and .h,i believed tn
. | contents Or the i,'i,sr Ia b.. pert city true.
!, find up,, inquiry that .ialpin when asked t
:, Syn The paper, answered, vii, bu, pm dow
uivsnrrir ynur<rN THIS circumstance, he con
:$sSA sv IN i.iied him IN swearing that be did no
:, siyn'it.
These things Prove that The Triumph which tn
C."nryres supposed they bad gained, with r.
, irr.nse io these three eases, is no triumph a
>, all.
- Coon"y went t., NOS, of the lrishmcn knav,
| to b.. III the employment of" wings, and, as
:, matter Of conr-", far, most # them signe'
, tn paper 8 far Hs know, only one man re-
Tvs :! lila mime i, Co,nsr.. The conc c,or
. 81 thu docurn ut cplxnf and ALTERED him nth u
, success The amiahl. and accomplished dau- b
I ter of the rInLl yer of Gonna. ais end avorcd t
! persuade HIM to Sign the paper. 'thi" was
;, hard trial bl. Cnnnars, who understood,
would seem, the cnnen's tthr d"cu nent, stead
;, lily r. fused. Il was brought up to be demo
- | crat," wa, his constant rrplY.
s. With reference To the n ,shIa ana d ,v-r Ger
81 tifcates. | cina i speak flo r."nai kn wi
, I'd re. bu', II be- correctly iaf.,raf.d, IN ir HIS
:, tory is very similar to that OF the Mapchrsfe
| and Cuocord dot.umpafS
. From IA. above fcts It WI be evident t"
| public that The Co"nneyits papers processing Il
. | mbody the Catholic sentiment of New fIaHp
! shire with reference TO the test, 1.-THE only mat
:, ter | have a. any time touched upon.) MUS; b.
rega rded tho produc ion ot few poliica
>, enemies Of Gen. Pierce. They do not in tht
= slightest degree att CT the truth!ulness OF IN,
! testimony heretofore published. In the Ian
= qua re Of Brownson, Pierce is reH kno,cx Il
, have ,xertrd himself in advocating the abroge
:, ton Of the test.
If the dem ,crsts wished to rest their cas-
, upon the number of signatures, they would,
donbt not, have pracured an array of signatures
:, thai would overw helm the Cnonryi,r documents
; Perhaps they would now, if they thought
worth " hlle.
Respectfully, yours,
T. Wm MCDONALD.
t Catholic Pastor Of Manchester and Concord
General News by the Asia.
e i.ord Hardnge is appointed c,mmandrr-il
Chief of The army in Mace Of the Duke OF Wei