The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-09-16
POLITICAL.
IRON the Ohio State Journal.l
THE ANTI-CATHOLIC TEST.


i II is amusing to witness the various mi
nnuvres Of the Locoiocos TO throw off Ii
stain that rests upon their candidate f
the Presidency, Ia consequence of the e.
isting Of the anti Catholic clause in tn
Constitution Of New Hampshire. The
are sensible it II stain. New Hanpshir
Us Locofoco State; Gen. PIERCE is pre-
claimed as The ruling spirit in the Locofe
/, co party in that State, and yet the anti
Catholic clanses have been transferred fron
The old TO the new constitution Of iha
J State. The chain Of connection here be
tween cause and effect is short, and ever
link can be seen at a glance, and every on,
draws the inference for himself, that Iii.
Locofoco party are responsible for the con
tinuance Of this moderation.
/ The Convention that framed the new
lconsiitulion closed its session on the Sd o
January, 1851. FRANKLIN PIERCE was a
tmember Of this Convention, and was cho
sen its President. He found time 10 speai
on almost every snbject, yet be never
spoke Ia favor Of religious emancipation,
while that subject was before the Conyen
tion. lie reteraed 10 in speech on an
other topic, after the question was settled.
The old constitution prohibited Catholics
from holding office.
The clauses making this prohibition
were stricken Gut by the Conyention-on
| ~ seven voting against the motion 70 strike
oui and they all Democrats! The consti.
tuition, IS amended. was submitted to the
lpeople on the second Tuesday in March
1851, on the same day that the vote ior
Governor was cast. Tho vote for Gov.
|ernor was as follows:
/ Dinsmore [pleree's candidnte] 24,42E
Sawyer [Whig1 is,45e
Atwood LFreesoiI 1908
The vote on the costitution was:
For Catholic Ema ncipalion 1876
Against it 24,o7l
Now, what evidence does this presen,
that the Democrats as party were for the
repeal Of the obnoxious clause? ATWOOD
was s,aunch Democrat, and had been
the regular nominee Of the party for Gov
ernor, but was afterwards rejected for bis
Freesoil notions. So the votes cast for
him may be counted as Democratic votes.
The total nutnbcr Of votes cast for the two
Democratic candidates was 35,f7A. An,
yet, according to the Locofocos they went
as party for the repeal, bu, cast only
1858 votes for il cut Of from "a, 600 t.
10000 votes! But little more than one
half of one, or one-third Of the other, even
fclaiming every one Of these votes as Dem.
Iocratic. But there is conclusive Evidence
that the larger portion of ,hessvc,es were
i Wing. The towns that gave malHities
for the Wing candidate, gave also MAORI.
tiles for emancipation, aud those that gave
} lmajorities for PIERcE's candidate gave ma
,ljori,ies against emancipation. Fren
these facts, the inference is ir.esistabt,
that the Locofoco party were opposed q
emancipation, and The Whig party in ia
or of IT,
! At a Locofoco State Conveatian, held
in June, Of the same year, resolution wal
adopted congraiuiating the Democracy OF
|ths signal triumph il bad gained in tht
late election, which had left its fundamen
tai principles unchanged. The main re-
form was the removal Of this prohibition
lagain.t Catholics, and that was left IN
3AGu tHp SoUxt htu
Hated themselves on the result.
i ln March, 1852, the question was sub
mtied to the people again. Before, il
vas submitted in the same amendment
with the property qualification; now i
was submitted aioae. This was done il
iopposition To- the wishes ofthe Wings, wh,
told them that if submitted alone, it woul,
Fl he. 1rf, tol Ga, .pb,
suit proved the truth Of their predictions
Catholic emancipation, which received ii
i 1851, 1855 votes, in 1852 received only
1856 votes. There is conclu.ve evidence
that most Of these votes were cas-, by
i Wings. In 81 towns which gave pierce's
{ ,Icandidate 4,797 votes, and sent 81 Loco
foco members TO the Legislature, only 3it
Votes were given for Catholic emancipa
Ition, and 2,aGG votes against it. The
whole number ofvotes cast for the Locofo
leo candidate at this election. was 3O,999
land only 9,D66 were cast for emancira
hion! Does this look as though The Demo
tcrats, as n party. went for ita
i But what didthe Wbigsf In ID towns
.lgiving 4,l35 votes for the Whig Governor
ttntSc WcfG ~ySck v1tGS E3l ut0Eitp0tf1fi
land only 79l against il. III one Viii.
Etown, there were 2l7 votes for emancipa
ttion, and not one against it. Cheshire
Ithe only Whig county in the State, tht
residence Of the Wing candidate for Gov
|ernor, gave heavy majority for emansi
Ipation. Numerous Instances like lhi
|mgh. be given, all tending 10 disproye th'
Iassortiou Of the Democrats, that the Wing
las party, went against the repeal OF III
obnoxious clauses, and establishing tn
contrary, showing that tho Wings are the
itruc reform party in New Hampshire
! The facts all goto prove conclasiveiy ths
Itacis that the Locoiocos, as party, wen
Iagnnst the repeal, and the Wings in favo
Iof it,
/ We congratulate our Dayenpor, liowa
Subscribers on the election of that goot
Wing, John P. Cook, TO Congress, and tn
ldefeat Of Laurel Summers, who It IS to bt
hoped has received such lesson, that b.
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