The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-10-21

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! man Catholics of Manchester and Concord, New
| Hampshire which has been going the rounds
| of the Whig press The slanderous document
| it will be seen, is branded with the 1nfamy 1t
deserves, by the Catholic clergyman OF the pla-
ces from whence it originated. The incident of
| the names of the two documents, as they have
accidentally occurred, is most sigmhcant The
true unvarnshed, .and honest tribute paid to
Gen. Pierce, will speak for itself, whle the IN
sidous and malicious SANDER, originating as IL
does with Cooney, who has for years been despl-
! sed by the upright Democracy of the country,
! will fall to the ground by the weight of its own
| baseness.
| To the Editors of the Boston Post.
| GENTLEMEN-ln the Manchester American,
and in several other papers, have been publsh-
ed documents or certificates, numerously sign
ed and intended as answer to the letter
which I. in conjunction with few CATHOLICS
OF CONCORD, addressed to NIX. WHITE OF
MILWAUKEE, exonerating General Plerce from
! the charge of inactivity or lndlHerahce III rei'-
I ton to the abrogation test
| I deem II a duty to myself and to the signers
IF that letter. to show how those counter state
ments were manufactured. Before doing SO,
must premise -
lst This is nv fifth year in Manchester, Con-
cord &C., and during that time L have never,
! in any way, interfered in elections. ct at
( tentively watched the movements OF the polltl-
|
! the convention for revising the constitution was
! in session As n Catholic, was Interested in at
| least one measure before that body. Hence L
read and filed the daily reports of Its proceed
| ings. From these. it was evident that MOOD-
BURY and PIERCE EXERTED THEMSELVES
STRENOUSLY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE
TEST
q When Gen. Pierce was so unexpectedly
| nominated as the candidate of one party, he
was at once accused, by n certain no torlous par
| tisan, of being the principal, II not the sole
| cause of the failure, on the part OF the people,
! to abolish the test This accusation so astound-
ing to honest men in this section f the country
who knew Gen. Pierce had labor ed zealously in
| behalf of the Catholics led me to wish that
some means might be adopted to- dlsabuse the
| Catholics of the Union of the false impression
which this most untrue charge wa likely to Gre
ate 1t was nothing to me how Os,tholics voted,
but was not willing that party hacks should
| be permitted with impunity, to trade upon what
they called the Catholic vote. .-
| g. Yet it seemed to me, that rs the Catholic
press throughout the country promptly exposed
this unworthy artifce for entraT ping the votes
| of Catholics all had been done that was requl-
red under the circumstances. et to the as
tonishment of all persons here in New Hamp-
shire who are totally blinded by party ties, the
same charge was repeated-for the IVES lEhN
market l suppose, rs FEW persons in THIS
I quarter would be deceived by tho story, unless
!
but determined to be deceived.
| Mr. White. of Milwaukee, wrote to some friend
| in New Hampshire, that this repititlon OF the
| charge against Gen. Pierce was industrlousiy
circulated at the west. A few Catholics In Con-
cord, who were supposed to know something
about the matter, were requested to state what
thev knew Accordingly they affixed their
| names to the White letter. At this time knew
nothing of the letter. But lit was brought to
me, and was requested to certify that the
names appended to that document were names
of CATHOLICS LIVING IN CONCORD. not
on1v comnlied. but AS [ ALSO KNEW THAT
gen. PIERCE HAD BEEN SHAMEFULLY
RELIED IN THIS MATTER, I ADDED MY
TESTIMONY TO THEIRS. 1t is true that l
do not fully agrse, politically, with the party
which has nominated Gen. Pierce, BUT l RE
/ SPECT THE MAN. KNEW THAT he HAD
DONE ALL THAT MAN COULD DO IN OUR
BEHALF. AND THAT HENCE HE WAS
I GROSSLY CALUMNIATED. l saw that the
| votes of Catholics were made into stock IN the
vilest markets-the political market-and apart
from the indignation which Catholic would
| naturally feel under these circumstances, | felt
that COMMON DEREQUIRED FROM
us. THE CATHOLICS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
A CLEAR RECOGNITION OF THE FACT
THAT GEN. PIERCE HAD TRULY AND ZEAL
/ OUSLY LABORED IN OUR BEHALF, AND,
IF HE FAILED TO COMMAND THE STATE
IN THIS MATTER, THE FAULT WAS NOT
HIS. .a
certainly Supposed that the matter, so very
simnle in itself would rest here. No question
would have been raised about 1t II Gen. Plerce
: had not been nominated-no question will
he raised about it three months hence
It seems, however, that the document
sipned by me, and the unanimous testimony
of the Catholic papers, well nigh destroy
ed what the Pilot calls the trap for catholic
votes. It was resolved to mend the trap. So
Mr.. Cooney, of Albany, an Irish Catholic, be-
lieye. visited New Hampshire. His object was
tn qet nm a counter document signed by Irish
Catholics. Another partisan, whom need not
name was also interested in this matter The
| result was that documents, numerously slgned
, | were obtained from Manchester, Dover and other
, towns As Broac,ason in has number for the pre-
sent month, speaking Of this rery matter Says IN
fools are not all dead get, ana ne" prooa
hatched every year. The perso" ,cho gof "p mos
counter certificates regard the caoHc coters as joo
suppose had determined TO oesto" no al
tention upon the matter but, upon readihg tht
documents in question, L found, not ohiy INA
they contained contradictory statements-t
thing which did not concern me-put that 'hey
were intended as an impeachment OF tne .ru'l
of the certificate signed by me-nay, the docu
) ments insinuate that our signatures were not al
genuine OF course my honor was here con
ecrned. 81 s.-.r..- .,v-E -r.-
know something about the manner IN whict
E the signatures were obtained in Manchester ano
Concord Fear, of the signers believe, are Uoter'
When state that Manchester is Wing city'