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_005195895	nan	The Whig charge of intolerance against the New Hampshire democracy and Gen. Franklin Pierce.	1852		.txt	text/plain	21011	757	61	At the same time the subject relative to property qualifications was taken up, when Judge Woodbury advocated it, and concluded his remarks in the following language : — “ Without fatiguing the Convention with more on this occasion, I would only add that consid- erations like these have led to the abolition of such tests in many other of our sister States, and in the constitution of the United States, and, in my view, require us to imitate their wise example.” General Pierce followed Judge Woodbury; and the following outline of what he said on this day (Nov. 13) a^eared in the Patriot ; we quote from the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette of Nov. 21, 1850. * * * * * “Resolved, That we UNQUALIFIEDLY REPU- DIATE ALL RELIGIOUS AND PROPERTY TESTS AS CONNECT- ED WITH QUALIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, and sincere- ly regret that the constitution of New Hampshire recog- nizes any qualifications as essential except those of patriot- ism, ability, and moral worth.” The Democratic State Convention, held Oct. 18, 1849, unanimously adopted the following resolution : — “ Resolved, That we are in favor of a revision and amend- ment of our Stat Constitution, to such an extent at least as leHl free it from religious tests, property qualifica- tions, and all other illiberal and anti-republican features^* Such has been the varied and uniform action of the democratic party in reference to these tests and their abolition !	cache/_005195895.txt	txt/_005195895.txt