The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-09-23
Thursday Evening, Sept Ie, 1852
TrE RELrerous TEsr-- Hedged in all Round.

AHArsuny Evening, sept 10, 1907
TftE REIrerous TEsr--- Hedged in all Round
The position of the New Hampshire De-
lmocracy upon the religious test in their con-
stitution, has been so well ascertained from
the records, that the party, not being able to
raise themselves up, are tryingto pull others
down to their own level. Gen. Scott's lib
erality is so we'll known that they dare not
attempt the game with him. But having
hopes in another quarter, they commenced
with our candidate for the Vice Presidency.
They made their charges without proof and
are now compelled to back out or repeat the
lie. Many OF them prefer the latter course.
They first commenced with North Carolina,
Whig State, but the clause had been a.
bolished. So that gun was spiked. They
then attacked Mr.. Graham and stated that
he opposed the amendment. But it turns
out that, in 1888, the question of revising
the constitution was agitated and among 9TH
er amendments the abolition of the test was
proposed. Mr.. Graham was elected to the
Legislature as an advocate of the revision.
A law was passed and an address issued to
the people advocating the amendments,
which was signed by W. A. GRAHAM and
others. In that address was the following
paragraphs: llri z.r.eiH rdT
''The thirty-second article ofthe constiiu-
ton excludes from civil Office all who may
deny the truth of the Protestant religion
This has no practical effect for the plain rea-
son that there is no tribunal established by
the constitution to determine mans faith
II is an odious badge ofprejudice, which the
enlightened liberality of the present day
should scorn to wear. 1t is an unjust impu-
tation against the Catholics Of this State to
attach to them any such Disqualification
The patriotism, personal virtues and hbili-
,.ty, and the disinterested public services of
single individual in the State, brand with
falsehood the idle fears that are implied by
this paper restriction. How far tbs consist
.ent with Professionalism itself-how far it is
compatible with the bill of rights, which de-
clares 'that all men have natural and in
a,ienable right to worship God according to
the dictates OF their own conRcience,' we
leave to thut bigotry which would perpetuate
But this is not all. The call for conven-
ton failed and the records show that Mr..
Graham continued to be the advocate of the
abolition of the test until the constitution
was finally amended and the clause stricken
out,
Can Gen. Pierce clear his skirts so well!
Can New Hampshire Locotocoism maintain
their innocence! While mouthing" "Democ-
racy'' and prating about "equal rights and
privileges" why do they not show their faith
by their works! Why have they not long
since followed the example of Wing North
Carolina and stricken the odious test from
their fundamental law! Their majority hus
been greater in proportion and more regular
than in the latter State, and yet they re-
main where they were ahalf century ago.
The name is nothing. Any one can preach
in the name of Democracy and profess to
cast out devils, but if their works do not
sustain what they pretend to believe, their
preaching is bypocricy and their professions
end in nothing. .'', Nhi+fiA
Our arguments are not addressed to reli-
gious prejudices. The question, as we stat
ed yesterday, is merely one of political right
so far as it has any application in this can
vass, and we refer to it, not because bigoted
christians live in New Hampshire, but be-
cause men there who preach Democracy, do
not practice it and are not what they pro-
fess to be--friends of ''equal rights and priv
ileges." ~ "ga
LoRAIS CoUETx.--A correspondent of the