NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE


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It cannot be too widely known that the
Constitution of locofoco New Hampshire,
which sets herself up as the shield of Dorr
and the champion of Dorrism, requires a
Property Qualification of every civil Off
Ger. The Governor must possess Real Es-
tate worth 81, 2,500-Dorr, therefore, is not
qualified TO be Governor of Neu Hampshire,
and could not serre. eren If he had all The
peoples rotest


But, worse even than this: New Hamp-
shire imposes a religious teste. No CATH
oLIc can hold office in the State And yet
her demagogues are prating of the inaliena-
bic right of all men TO an equal share of po-
litical power. and building on this the mons
trous assumption that State Government
may be peacefully. legally subverted by The
sole action of those In whom it vests no pow
er whateverl


We entreat the people of our wayward
native State to haul the timber out of their
own eyes before they begin to hunt for straws
in their neighbor's. And while they are
about it, we hope they will just have the
good sense and consistency TO declare that
the only qualification required for holding
a pubic office shall be tegrity of character
and a majority Of htelegat rotes. All our
American Constitutions, from the Federal
down, are grossly, glaringly wrong on this
point Let New Ham pshire lead the way
in real Reform.-N Y. Tribune.