New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-08
Col. s.on. and the School Question.

DIV make room for the superintendent secoiG
ieter il not entirely irrelevant as wc as abusive.
All that Col Stone says about Bishop Hughes,
Irish character, influence Of Catholicism, the Car
roll Hall meeting, J. G. Bennett, '!ahdel and
semi. intidel sympathisers,' &c. may pass fo'
what it is worth. To be sure, we think the Col.
ought, in SO long story, 10 have admitted or de-
med Bishop Aughcs's statement that he Co! s.
copied HenGel's version oi the Carroll Hal meet
ing, and credited ii to.'a mornng paper. disgus-
ing i source; and we kn5;o his repeated fiourS':
aoout the laundering sound Of sh:llclahs al
Carroll Hel! had no foundation IN truth But
this matters not All Of Col. Stones manifesto
hat tee care ABOUT Is contained n the following
passages
The third aud Tor country the only plan Of public ed
ucst,on. whc. had any pIospec, 9i oe''s M,
nv |, 9racecds upon the theory thai, merely scientific
eencaton 10 the exclusion at morals not SIMPLY neSa
dercep but yo.i;ycsig peuiclous,-that moral '
nod found ,,ay m the fools calendar, unes fesEfGei a>
, ~. Ici osicnal charnc,e Tor should am at having
onei ind also national lansuase 50 aso na. III
uatonal reicion,hs tins 'eheon though mol es.abi'l
I'd N aug particular form OF MODE the NEE rtalEr. o'
he law aoee exist. matter al TACT III noe ishef t.h
lie Iy,-tit 4, the hcad. the niminr Sit oi o-i !awS.
40 y.r sou of III. ntoth4t religion the Ch'stian
= nei fs vsG ,, ns "a gssil rreSre al mo
m educati0n shJd 5e bail; Christianity and tnat ,ne
nled 10 the predominant, , feg9I ~ cnaeStft sc .,
he country aud finally that the oASfLD IN whieh
ms egin Is cn.ln=d should be the stand rd o moral Of re
,,u, taught the mos liberal aud t,erari
80, ~ rt ,nnv h. M CONSISTENT with the preerva,on n!
ne rel; aud vrIabl- prnci.e herein nvoiv 30 Hi ~
van vorI: might pcriaDs 90 theoretically, # not pactcai
~ sn Sc. m your second letter which YOU directed by ms
aHsae very nncn like which haye supposed to be EN-
,tiar IN his country predominant resion: although
hardly beleSe you mem, lhn' W. Mf,e o NOR m & ,
ict should NOT &c ;uken INTO the account II e' o NJ
There i. however, another pon; in this third theory having
-neenc. another national characteristic, whc mad 10 De
# h. olv cnptrvS /. 10 e employed, and here becomes
nscerry To consider that CHRISTIAN IN distinction
~ ,ct n pyotsst1at IN distinction from Pop nation; Tins
county had almost without exception been settled 1y Protest
0ur Dnrh and Anrlo.Saxon ancestors Protestants
o our peog M P,"e,an W eGl nre I a. a snd
as properly entitled ProstaNt rs Rome or spain
sanding the presence each OF lew Daurzed or ui
ga;uIa'zed foreigners OF deen opinion. OI eAe1e I'm
InIed furnishes why should lo>e Tie name m
which our fathers eloed and ior which many of them had
In tis vsy Of the case there had been used in schools
riauIe 90 well kno.yn a, the English Bible the Protestant
English Dhe; class book but IL e ouhGItoa ol az
m the rno,t liberal scheme Of education the world had ever
inch rGee ~ had en retehed to the ts beysad
ne was utterly qlaif s b,y 70 s" q" olr, to have predom
naa national Lineage predominant national tnsuase pre-
dominant naune. character md g thnt "!thout "ich h
nation ever yet existed and think never exist any
lra than bpdy without soul Predominant national rel!
non although God forbid should ever have nn ea' sie'
national Church. LAST though no! least IN importance una
as necessary consequence o: the preceding should We have
o95 1 t, % faersa s2o o;, I " FTsGat B
h tmTI then, the only alternative; a1G projecting
s1 the s.SpG aaa h m nd af5 s e he Eh Bbe
hook notwithstanding the objection o! the Indel. VINO e.
t greater c,unos by refusu TO nave taught TO the peo
,l a> the ues' COMPROMISE between secaiani,in ana
1te,y thlt could be made IL represented the SGE gf the
ration, Il carried 10 the extreme verge of oersy
We suppose the writer OF the above has some
notion Of difference between "a predominant
National Religion" such as he contends for, and
=. ar established National Church." though VIC
are not sharp enough TO detect il. Our essentia!
.dea of an Established Church is that OF a Church
whose writings, doctrines and pTeccpts arc the
ataadard oc moral and religious instruction, and
xhich gives its name to the religious character
f the country. Certainly il this is not an Estab-
'ishcd Church then France has none at this day;
for her Catholic and Protestant pastors are alike
paid from the National Treasury. The fact that
the disscnte7s from such predominant National
Religion are s,igmatized as foreigners, though
born in the country and their fathers before them,
would seem to settle the question.
And it is evident from Col. Stones whole ar
gument that not merely Catholics, Jews, Ma
comedians, 81, are aliens from his National
Religion but those Protcstants who are more
Protestant than his standards are also ouicast
its as d.mnatory TO believe too little as too much,
ard to be nearer Rome or farther from Rome than
he is, II is not enough 20 put faith IN the Bible
az God gave il, as the only Rule of Fa;th-we
tant Bible as though ronc could be Protcs,
ANTS but those VINO held 10 that version y Yet
il is perfectly well known that the English Ian
guage has greatly changed since that Translation
was made-iFat many words are now used in en-.
trey different senses from those affixed 20 them by
the translators, one at least in an exactly opposite
ssnss-,hat some words are obsoletc-many pas
slges disputed by eminent Orthodox critics as
greatly corrupted or misrendercd-and in one no.
table instance, the Protestant Bible contains an
mportan, passage John V. rs which is not
;ound at all in the Original Greek, from which
this Version processes to be translated. We be-
eve this is no longer disputed it is, we quail,
fy the assertion. and say that the most eminent
moderp Greek scholars agree that it is not found
in any ancient and well authenticated Ms.
Greek Bible, nor is it in the version most IN use
IN our colleges
We state these facts merely TO indicate the
unreasonableness OF making q Ppartieuler trans
lstion OF the Bible " our National Sacred Book"
1t wouid be just rational to decree that no
Bible would answer unless printed by the Ameri-
car Bible Society Butintruth this whole broad
assertion OF a ''predOmiaaet National Religion"
and that Religion no, the Christian but the Pro.
testant, ana no: the Protestant, but such Protest
ant sccts as the majority pronounce Orthodox
or Evangelical is fatally at variance with The
fundamental principles OF our Constitution
Whether The Government ought or ought not to