The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

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as a specimen of hundreds of
similar instances which might be adduced ; and as
a proof that the Church of England without anyloud
boasting is doing far more for the sound instruction
of the rising generation than all other denomina-
tions put together. Mr. Holt should remember
that it was owing almost exclusively to the kind of
instruction imparted in the Corporation schools,
that during the recent cominotions all over the
world the population of this country (who were
avowedly educated on this plan) were " content with
their wages," and "meddled not with those who
were given to change," and that the wealthy
portion of the community retained, and still enjoy,
the quiet possession of their ample means.
The second assumption, which may be urged by
Mr. Holt and his friends, is that we ought to ex-
clude religious teaching from the system of educa-
tion in our schools, in order to induce the children
of Romanists and Unitarians to avail themselves
of its advantages. We have observed little anxiety
of late, however, on the part of either of these
classes of sectarians, to be furnished with an edu-
cation of the non-religious sort, which, we presume,
Mr. Holt would prescribe. He is, in fact, a
volunteer upon this question. His educational
mania is educational philanthropy going a-begging.
The worthy gentleman wants a grievance and an
excitement; something that will create a stir at
the coming November elections; and the educa-
tional hobby is therefore revived for the occasion.
What class of the community would the exclusion
of religious education from our schools conciliate ?
The Romanists, it will be said. The poor children
of Roman Catholic parents cannot, it is alleged,
attend schools in which the Bible, unmutilated,
is read. Roman Catholic parents, however, we

know from experience, feel little scruple on this
ground. Their children attend even our Church
of England schools, in which the Catechism of
the Church of England is required to he taught,
They value the excellent system of education af-
forded there, and in our Corporation Schools ; and
they value also its fruits. It is not the poor child-
ren, or their parents, who object to the present
system of management of the Corporation Schools.
It is the priesthood of Rome almost exclusively.
Romanism loves. " darkness rather than light."
Romanism fears the spread of knowledge whether,

scriptural or secular. It was Romanism which
anathematized Gallileo, pronounced Fust a human
demon, and has done its utmost within human
memory or tradition to keep mankind sunk in the
depths of moral darkness. Mr. Holt would aid
them in this holy work; would exclude the Bible
from our Corporation Schools, in order that Roman
Catholic children might exclusively enjoy the bene-
fits derived from them—for let it not be forgotten
that the Protestant public of Liverpool have
already, unmistakeably, by the noble effort tnade
by them on the occasion of the establishment of
the present Church of England schools, evinced
their determination to secure for their children the
blessings of a religious education. But what will
he achieve by his movement ? Peace ? We can
tell him that Romanism will never be satisfied with
peace.' Romanism seeks to be in the ascendant.
Romanism detests any teaching, which does not ad-
vance the spread of its own dark and debasing
dogmas. A proof of this fact is within our reach.
We recently conceded to the clamour of a portion
nf our Irish Roman Catholic population an exten-
sion of the facilities for academical training. We
es for the education of their youth

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