The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-14
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The school Question
To II EDI-oR OF TIE HERALD :

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Although passed the twelfth hour. and tho
SGnsoi BIZ Is law, would, with your per-
mission, wish to throw a few rays Of light on
.9e question. Lately seeing one of your brethren
i .ne quiil,houndering in the mcshes of doubt.
despair and ignorance, on this matter, | rendered
"sss i fpn,e sid' snd attempted to disPel the dark
ess rom MS mind; bat he sat in sullen silence
- ueished me no reply. He had just thrown
u%S"mn.s pen In agony and given up the whole to
re.c"e nG hn, rty moved me, and 1 came to his
.a., put IN vain Whether no was afraid Of
using sns subscribers, or political capital, or both. i
Sno~ NOT, ost suspect something of this kind. "A.
- Rn, ,o me .rIes to be oil things to all men.
this mater. ;fa.suon. IN saying a few words on
to an independent Editor who is NOT aSra;d Ayss1
out the truth on any subject. sen
IL. aom vexea question we may safely Law down
me iolowing as postulates = LIST The C,tSoI;csnr
inns city are determined not to have their cb;idr..
educated in Protestant schools ID IN. nmhi;n
VIII not support sectarian schools. And 3D.! II is
NOT proper tnat a private corporation should w;.ld
public funds. or direct public education ~
Are. any of your readers, sir, unwiU;nstr
these postulates Z II there are, we hes;,ais M,
10 lay them Town as propositions and demonstrate
nor the son of a Roman Catholic, yet | profes, 10
BE- a Catholic in the purest and best sense of the
WORD. have no sympathy with Romanism as a
system, nor with those pseudo would.be Catholics.
anas Ienioiisns' alias puseyitcs CT Oxford, nor
theIr servIie followers and inmates of Go ham and
those half dozen who lately held forth in 81. Johns
Sn9Icn, brooklyn, who would compress sea and
land to make presely ties, and contend for nm emntv
name as il it were an apple of gold. No. s;rPyy
care nothing about such wranglins and vi,ionaru
Polemics. They are not Catholics who wouId
s9a up me kingdom OF heaven against seven tenths
OF iheir fellow Christians, lille thew tbemselvss
instead oil gong in, are wasting their time in con,
tendiSg ABOUT names, and in denouncjng their.
ne'gnoors as heather, cut of the pale of Christiani-
y m ra.u ,ney are not, but the most contracted
name. "A Chris'iah
It's probably we'll known to you, sir, that 30.
taaa;"s ,a ana a. h.gh Church Episcopalians are con
Inc komanists. are inviting, what thew consider
their scnismatic brethren, the high churchmen IN
s s;.h into the bosom Of Holy Molher." The
s ssIb ..sac rGimen are returning the compliment,
ana oeseecning the komanists to join the church
For, SIR. you must know that high ch~urchnen ave
NOT satished with being called q church. or EDisco-
r psmrsI.nsy are par e%rceaance, the only true
such subiimated bigotry and spiritual pride. the
low church folks are ashamed of them. and Lee
them from day to day, while all other demo.
and ineffable contempt.
New, sir, with such religionists the Romap;sts
I oGon.enains Tor the mastery; and they wish 70
q ,ss.pi,se their own troops in their own way. nor
C.ns H. uu. ina. one day this vast continent from
ape morn y the frozen ocean, will be under their
sway, like Europe in the dark aees' / have nc
Tears that everhlgh church Episcopacv will con.
tome, but Rome, | have no doubt, will, ere
~IoSs ..P e'e'y hign churchman on the
slooeM!hey are now fast surrenderink themselves
ts willing victims.
Tou see then why the Romanists are stand;ng
nat Ior schools Of their own. They mpst have
lhelI own religion taught in their schools. They
must nave their own cate hisin tausht-I have
neard their leaders assert il time and .sa,u. They
have no Bible read without note or Comment.
lheir children must be trained from the cradle TO
90 up IKE Cog and Magog to compass The wboIe
and. 4! have talked with Romanists-I have at
.ended their meetings., and heard their debates and
rom all that have seen and heard, have come to
be conclusion that no compromise can he meSo
tnem In this matter. If they cannot have
uch schools as they want, lhey never will have
my THING to do with the public school aociety-
mo may go on making concessions to them until
ity. "' ''e'"-
But, sir, the city and State cannot and will ,ot
.uppoIt sectarian schools. This hardly needs de-
nonsiration.. If the Catholics obtain their w;.hs.
OF their own at the public expense. other
INTERPRETATIONS Will Immediately demand and must
oD'a1n the same. Pr0tes ant schools are 10 he ar.
rayed against Catholic schools, and there will be
war In TINS valley ? OF Armaa raaden. Such a plan
now ready TO be put in motiub. have hardofa
frotestant who will at once put down his
ior SSVOo, and several Others far smaller
'ums, to establish schools in which the distinpnisb.
ng features of Protestantism shall be tsmsht W
nust nor DC ruled, sir, by either Popery, Pusev-
sm' high churchmen, or the Public School Soe;ety.
|e must nave schools upon the true Republicans
ian-the district system. A private or close cor.
should no. weld public funds nor direct
.uolic education. But this | will demonstrates IN,
next, when l will make a developement in rels-
ION 10 the present movement of the Catholics.
Vhicn Will open the eyes Of many who, on this sub
ect, have all along been behind, from the editorial
'eiPs 10 the quaker ~oligarchy who rule with a rod
iren the public schools.