Writings of Levi Woodbury, Ll. D. : Political, Judicial And Literary. Now First Selected And Arranged
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Plumer), — that parent, the Nestor of the politicians of that generation, and sole survivor of the convention of 1791 — that the provision T\-as inserted, in 1784, to repel taunts which had been flung out by some, after the French alli- ance, that there was to be an alliance also with the French rehgion, and the establishment of it here. The provision fell then still-born, — so few Catholics existed in the State. But, in 1791, the impropriety of retaining it on principle became so manifest, tha...t after one or two ineffectual efforts, the convention voted to erase it, and a majority of the people concurred with them ; yet not being quite two-thirds, the provision remained, though against the will of a decided majority. The principle of the test was even then so odious, that, as Catholics increased since in the State, from a mere handful, another convention would, I think, long ere this, 'have been called for expunging this alone, had they become numerous, or had the test been much more than a bi-utum fulmen, or used practically to oppress them.
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