Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-08-21

8, And in word, in fine, ths: the father
Benjamin Pierce, was a red hot enemy OF th'
Catholics, ard supporter of the Alien and
Sedition acts, and that Franklin Pierce, the
young chicken, so learned to follow lhe old
E@ne that he raised not a voice in favor of
abolishing his fathers bigotry, during the
whole time the subject was under discussion
in Convention Of which he was leading
member and President.
4 Mr.. Robinson referred to the fact that ir
the Loco-Foco Baltimore Convention there
were some thirteen candidates found with
marks Unpopular favor upon them.
i Two-THIRDs DEMOCRACY.
A dog in by drophobia could not have
manifested more rage at the sight of water
than these aristocratie Baltimore Delegates
exhibited toward everything on which was the
mark of popular favor. Nor did the "pho-
bia' get off till every vestsge of popular ia
vor was removed from their sight, and buried
beneath the aristocratic device of two-thirds
rule. And then shout went up. not that
anybody had won, bat that everybody had
been defeated, and that everybody favorte
was dead.
/ THE OLD CANT.
Mr.. Robinson disclaimed any wish to use
epithets, but he knew that the whole politi-
cal capital Of the Pierce party was bogus
and without intending to apply the epithet to
any one when he found falsehood or a for
gerry, he would call it SO. If he did not ex-
pose falsehood and forgery, he would be false
to his native and adopted countries, and
false to the cause of true republicanism.
He had labored through II years of his
life in this country, with all the strength
which God had given him, to tread down all
sorts of bigotry, political and religious and he
would continue in the same path in despite of
all the abuse and Misrepresentation which be
had already met and would yet have to en-
counter from some unprincipled presses TO
which he referred, but which he said he scorn-
ed-as conscious rectitude can well afford to
scorn-the rusted shafts Of calumny failing
from impenetrable shield.
He referred to the forgery and faisehood
with which na:uralized citizens were appealed
to against Harrison and Taylor, which history
has proved to be false, history will yet
prove the charges against Gen. Scott false
He pictured the blood hound venom with
which these same pack of slanderers hunted
Henery Clay into grave which even their
superhuman mallignity could not rob of its
tEanseendent glory, and around which these
same blood hounds, now changed into croco-
diles. pretend to shed oceans of tears at the
death of one who, while living. they tried to
make naturalized citizens believe was worthy
of dogs burial in place of ofpesthumus honors.
To what lengths must our patience be abused
as naturalized citizens? How long shall we
be insulted By being put 20 draw the water
with hich to drown. or hew the wood with
which to consume the alters reared in
American hearts to Clay and Scott, to
raise ia their stead alters to the idoLa of a
Polk and Pierce? How long will it be ex
pected that we shall paltry or break the arm
that humbled the pride of England, to raise
and sustain the arm which refused to move
muscle to remove the disgrace which the el-
der Pierce had fastened On the necks of all
but one sect in New-Hampshire?
One great falsehood of this Campaign is
saying that Franklin Pierce advocated Cath
oIic Emancipation when it was before the
late New-Hampshire convention. The great
forgery of the Campaign is the pretended
letter of Gen. Scott to George w. Read, on
Nativeism.
NEw-HAMPsHIRE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY.
And here Mr.. R. gave sketch of the con-
stitutioHal History of New-Hampshire. He
said:
The first constitution was formed in Exc
ter in l776, and was called the "Tempo-
rary constitution" Tread it in manuscript, |
and found in it no anti Catholic test, SO that we
had no bigotry till after the Revolution
This Temporary constitution continued for
eight years and six months.
In I77s, convention was called to meet
at Concord, and submitted the form of
constitution 70 the people in 1879, and that
was rejected. Another was formed and sub
mitted in 1871, and that also was rejected,
Another was formed in 1882, and that too
was rejected. A fourth form was agreed upon,
and this was accepted by a two-thirds vote.
Ii was known as the. New constitution"
This continued in force till 1892, when an
other constitution was adopted, which contin-
ues in force, aud is the one to amend which
The attempt was made in 1s5o-52, and this
IS called HThe revised constitution"
CONSTITUTION OF 1892.
And this brings us to the opening of the
Pierce dynasty in New-Hampshire. We
bigotry concomtant.
The convention to revise the New-Con-
stitution met at Concord, September Z, 1871.
hHOuS ITO m0nooIS' Huu se'SIoi VI 'hS Olo
names, and prominent among
them Maj Benjamin Pierce. (as he is put
1own) of HiIlsborough, the father of Franklin
Pierce. I find also, Jeremiah Smith, of
Arron Greeley. of HOpkinton,
Major Caleb Stark, of Dunbarton aud Bow,
&C., Samuel Livermore, of Holderness, was
chosen President, and John Calfe, of Hamp-
stead, Secretary.
On the second day Of the session, motion
was made to strike out the sixth article las it
now stauds) in the Bill Of Rights, providing
for "the support and maintenance of the pub
lie Protestant teachers" The yeas were IA,
(Greeley, Stark. Whipple. Hutehins. DC,
among the yeas) The Nays we're 80, and
Benjamin Pierce, Frauklin's father, and
Charles o'Conor's respected and con6ned-in
'antecedent," voted agaist Religious Liberty.
Sentember 10 the fourth dav of the CON