New-York tribune., 1841-12-01

many Of lie Cathohc youth OF ttis city AND II nav
e>pous-d this qaes,.o" Of general tducatoa with zrs
z5Ich 70 sons usSy rXIayasant. Il - cause ~
own .aprsciatlon Of sast o~ed my God and 10 ihe
docs which Ht.. connitie 10 my csre made II ny o-
y do II hive sen The youn- ,on 81 'f'uo1s
pou snibu BE parcats ignorant fec thinker III me
sgeof III dlil Ole before he escheJ
the term 81 b. miGur!t III have hIs dlSsf:ce
ms usue ass society sfsr iha peF!cd Ill
h.se hiu. pu:sue his eyit ccur,es, unt ne
b;sAe fesrt o. the notaef IA hl III naNe
SEED s d8ush er, 100. hiia0-t h.s watched
cver vith care, groSius up, Win cGucnuoE, X
thcut any religious pGncIp-s 20 sIds her pa:- f-
fll!in. away until se brought grey hairs
OF her plr,t Gown 10 the srsEs ta sorrow arc - aar
ard y / could "a eiect, clear, a. NOR |
c.u,e> lrS con,equrnces ever traced. a dccc-
i've cCull sect4rian. ami unIes en oi educsr
;lcr t my ta,y 80 ny couSt a. .eiI Is 10 my Got,
10 cal ~ attention. ~ eVesy lawful 7c-As, 10 ~ II
Ne.tIz4ti1u of ii-t fIuogs 't>tefu
H. Ru; II i kei 'tAe7 vi system would be de n 4
iu.t b. tn. Cata lie, " lnsx-t, ANY system lhst vii
sayc ;he ccaosisauon- ea' ~ me ia POSE
.ion Of - rec-us rirht oscr Re minds of o"r chic
RS II t:e children arr = bH ucd1rd rom>csoasN
~ pc, eat ic gou every shape anu form be Nc ud
ed Let got the protestant vrr'ioa oi 'hs scfP sfe-,
fcrns NJ prayer protestant hN s> nc oieed
on the rit-eu Calo,ic 'erS, aat ohcrs as a pr
sent Ia schools for the support OF wFlch their pareus pay
axe cl pre>. ytrrlans- Ibe / = "eftV hS'eA
ent 90 teach their 0rH ctiGrcH that tour pvns Redeem
sho .rt u4co,a.ao' qlicHnrss of couoe1uoa 'onhu
c>s OF li-t incnL aud p-escuce OF mnt. but ceny
righ introduce sHch degr,d n aouoa> IL MS
Dlrsct-r The Public school, OF the cy' ard inpe'-
hem on N children 4 Ca.hohcs aRi protestant drnon
nations who believe aiche. aud heller things Of The son
Il God.
There IS another system zhich the Catholics would
fcem Ju.; and equal It - that each denomination should
Jr-scrb tse ana quality for rs 0R cliIcrcr e
religious instruction, wkjrh cou>i>eAtv with ;hs end i,
providing ciucatoH r,Icht Ne corporalec
~Iih IL This plan. u It were practicable would III ny
opinion be safer for tine welfare ami security OF
leiy. Eut behols the establishment OF re-
the Public Sch ol>, by the private authority of a.
rres poh>ibe Board of Iraiees-a thing for which ne
thcr the Legislature the Congress OF tie ned
Sa,es. ccuid c1ntltuIoray give thsn particle OF au-
thO5Ity.
H. il Is lh> private clande,tne. sarreputious Uniou
of Church aud STAT whlSh Catholics aryc pro
estcd Il Is lhis which hus driven frou the Public
: hoos. II thi. Tor whIch part OF n community
Nes; waist Tor annther. he tfxes turned into
ytaes Is has wnich for seventeen years pst Has sub
JeCe he Catholics 20 doubls aNat nr>t, 70 supl or
r.ucai MAJ >cciar Of the Pubic Schools. snd
20 support rriyatn scaools consistently with taeir
lusci-u-c>. F-r Cafbef rhs bsherss an tte trrs
81 ms Rsif-i0R Gti0r chd Of ms 10 frtqsh the
Pubic Sch10ts al present constituted ard dccof dirg
20 the system et;ch has preraed m bsm nitoni round
rg conscience, and .iaaiHg GgdiHsf G-d; ard
tt.s he is not ai0Hec 10 G0 fpr the cH0ic Horid
i3. ihcrc other nitterr 10 which stal
aude fos refer 10 The attacks rer'en, ard otherwise
made ty the Public Pos. To the statements made
respecting ~ public prints. 40 profess 10 be
nterclt lad If 90. Ger; ul should not boast o
u remember the Iccourt sh-ll lave 10 reader To
siud If creature sh.sld be 1t we're 10 hrns from
any uty tnrotgh fear of the newspapers or OF human
opuo1 Br>iuc We iva il su aEe aad county ID
ght tt the Public Press to scrutin o. nj
Judge ihc prhc c0uduc OF all 1t tlay 10 80 " III
sno lcdle just iu AMI III orc rs ug'
complun. that tie kuoEie ge Of the true state OF he
case -n;ing mary of t-Dse who r,s-ed me- 'ni
earnestly persuaded TL-s elorg 20 give tue colo
Of truth the fret Ci ~ c.co s tnht -
pub shed-lni this tc,luc tl- tcr from whic. hou-
saud presses copied. wogld rs'y oheni the cut-
IUciors of the Press ~ 1OAiG offend any OF or
q as of mea, Ely AL the -bHs ti. : ntn--
ed on me- ha, not awskcuod m NV bscnst ,mgls tee'
lnE Of III iii TO ward thcn Ih'lr Cy ght - udf ~
10 abuse /, regulated ony bs the i Eb' their neral
right be determined 10y taci5 srn,c OF aceounldb ~
TO God Speaking nov, - nSy suppose mS>ci to ire
Catholic BODY at lrg", wauld mp,tss on YOU "ith +
the pitic Ci To he upu> 10 regtdt
the character of the papers whci YOU admit mo your
.mcs. For, unforu dtely. un' 4 them nrs OF such
htTacter tta cannot hO to preserve ihc or
the IN\OCENCt OF your families, II Oh slow them nn-
Ter your roof Let the clergy ther docks against
thenlet the people kEON that thcy commit sn III nj
ing then-.nh greater III buying them Voltaire and
Ro.ssau are less dangerous 10 religion and mrraIs III
each of PRINCIPAL the CataOcs 1oulip tronIe
more newspapers. whic- would supply III IN
it all urul itiOrmliiou. tuut thit nNtnro oi bias
4hoNy. obsccGi'y. ant scandal III which too many oil
h NJ abound. Those have their patrons, whose prlnc
pies corrupted by the prnled mnorle> ~hich
sey read hem III the hand OF Christian a.
ccIalv Cithu ici dsgr1cc % The Chrsu>n nenc
tl my iorts the Catholic children from the da.
gers tnat surround them, vii b, If you do not
them, both by precept aud example the necessity
stunning the corrupt newspapers o: the day, they
would >hun picguc and pcs.ilence.
a. A. t. ;hrse Catho'ic-. (ns poor Ca bOcs, most
Of hem who joined hc crusa'e against tho rights OF
heir children a4t you.s, feel for them oaly senhioi
of pity.
-. Finally gcntcmcn I ami by no means surprised a
t5c very n-ra di,appro1atpn which every good man
of all religions sd parties ~ felt and expressed IN re-
ference subj hici gnye occasion you meet
tuu ol In no Of "A a
politicIEIf brought religion into poltc,-itl was bl
up the measure Of any s:uce character which the po
tica pa falsely ascrlbc me- that occaslon
agree them tina: terms of repTobaton wOald he toe
.trong to claracterize my conduct Bu they publ sh
these lhi tnrough malice, some through lgno
runcc tn- tut1 all under the fever of OF
iical struggles. dun- which, know By experience
otherwise moral enough, forget all distinction
hstSa truth aud flses1ud, except either may sub
the party OF The contest which they
engaged Of cOutse the readers of those false and dis
both OF action aud mO;.e, would assume
tra-, or false print very differ
from false ,tItemcHt conversation. There ~ no
ummecin= no bushng; DO Inconsistency or self cnn-
tratic1n ahoult The other trn- thhi nave copied II
like nany additional witnesses to corrobOralc the
testimony N-n naturally concludec that tue, and
pronounced lu1g gnent accordingly Il rrs " union oi
Church and Snte - bringing religion INTO pOliics u
Roman Catholic Bi.hop IN tIe p.litea na &c. &c.
Not ,oFi or syllable OF truth ~ all tins l. simply
n Pas warning MS 0cs aran.t pOitico religious
trgue aireay -prung npon thrm yng for It's object
brand the VOID ignorance .he f,r-heat. OF their
children, me psnd;y of not confirming the
a VI the Pubic schools. am ready TO prove by
jacfs that /, is aud defy any gentlemen Of any
party to prove by Jac;s that 1t ota than
ihis
An but II disturbed party arrangements. II party
ara ba,ed on inifuy they ought to be dis
tlro+d But ray object was I, protest flock, not to
disturb parry Neither am surprised tht the Calho
G trems ives should have stasg for under
the msrefIcseaiat Of the public Pres. Many
had not studied ths question Ihty know indeed that
never neddle IL politc-or IN my life have ad
'set nin, Caso ic or Pro estant, Ro~ he should
vote on mere polite questions nut when they
questioned by the'r Protestant neghhors the
'neat- Of the ueWSpaper' th, b;.Ildsred for
an."er Il ~ds pity II Ha-, and this about
I'll they had to say reply. Another cias Of Catholics
az least called looked tbs qus- ION through ths
dum OF the tte fices which they held or expected.