New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-17

RED him th,ough-that, In any othef year, nc
would have been defeated, in spite oil lo'ooo wing
majority-Whigs preferring a Loco-foco to hlm
on account Of the School question. AT tnis same
Election, the Catholics, being generally OF the
other party. voted to man for the candidates Of
that party. without the least regard TO the School
question:, and without raising that question IN any
way. Judge, then, who first mingled this cues
ton with Politics.
Butte come 10 1871: Then, we are told, John,
Bishop of New York, had the effrontery to head
political me e,ing of his Sect &c. &c Yes,
but is this telling the story fairly Why does
not the Journal state that the opponents Of the
Catholics first procured pledge from all the
Wing candidates that they would oppose what
the Catholics desired in regard 10 the Public
Schools-that Mr.. verplanck vas constrained to
decline the Wing nomination for Senator, because
Wings declared that he should be defeated If he
run, solely because he agreed with Gov. Seward
on the School Question and the Van Buren,
candidates, with two or three exceptions, were IN
duced to cone out with Gard denounclng Gov
Stewards proposition and declaring themselves
opposed to any such Legislation as it suggested 7
Here were the Catholics hemmed in on all sides,
and any exhibition of sympathy for what they
regarded as their equal and Just rights made
sentence of Political outlawry and Punishment
from office. Their cause was prejudged-thelr
claim was to 90 to the Legislature with the ap-
pearance that nobody here dared to advocate it,
so general was It's odium Thus straitened, the
Catholics held a meeting few days before the
Election, set forth their grievances, and adopted
such candidates on the Temmany ticket as were
not pledged against them, making out the bal
ance of "a ticket for themselves. We cannot see
why they had not the same right to do this that
Mechanics, aggrieved by the direction given to
State Prison Labor-Merchants, opposed to sales
by Auction, &c. &c. have to adopt similar
course nor why Bishop Hughes may not as
properly appear openly in matter he deems
right and essential to the well.being Of his Peo-
pie, as clergymen OF other denominations may
actively and rcsolutcly oppose him. We hold
that clcrgynen have the same Political rights as
other men, are in duty bound to vote, and to act
Politically for what they esteem the highest pub
lie good; and we much prefer that they preach
Politics in Political meetings rather than in their
Pulpits. The great venom with which Bishop
Hughes and this Catholic meeting are treated ap-
pears to have been melted rather by the fact that
they were successful in procuring reluctant &C
acknowledgement of the reality of their grievances
and a laundering attempt to redress them. But
can any fair man assert, in view Of all the facts,
that they were the authors of this commotion
AS to the Journals talk Of the Bible and the
expurgaton of school books, it is most unfair
The Catholics have objected TO passages in school,
books which they consider injurious to their
Church, and giving a partial and false view of
Ecclesiastical History. For instance they OBJ
jected to statement in one reading book that
" Jerome Huss was burnt at Prague by the de-
ceigul Catholics" Now suppose this had been
fair and true account Of the burning of Serve
tus at Genera-docs any man believe it could
have obtained and held place in the books used
in our Common Schools Let us be honest and
fair-minded and these difficulties can be smoothed
away. Every man knows that false and inju-
rious impression may be made on plastic un-
formed minds by the exhibition Of part of the
truth.
With regard to the Biblc-supposc the Jour.
nails statement were true, and that the Catholics
did object to the reading of the Bible in schools
at any rate, deeming this an improper use of that
Book-what then? Have Catholics the common
rights of citizens Recollect that they ask only
some control of the education of then orR child
rem, and wish not to intermeddle with the man.
agement of others. If we do not entirely mis-
take the character and genius of our Government,
a majority of those who send children to a school
have Just the same right to direct that any par.
tcular book shall not be read therein as similar
majority in another school have to say that it
shall be. Does any one suppose that any good
effect is to be produced by the reading, even of
the Bible, on compulsion Our present disputes
about Schools are all wrong-there should be
schools suited to ALL and in which all should be
suited-as would have been the case had the bill
drawn by Mr. Spencer prevailed. What we need
is peace, concord, content, and these can only be
secured by guaranteeing equal rights and free tol-
Grafton TO all differing creeds. But if we are 10
regard part of our citizens g foreigners, and
their faith foreign religion" there will In
cvitably be discord, contention collision, out of
which bad men will excite riot, devastation and
murder. In defiance Of the preudices of the
hour, our voice shall still be raised for Peace,
and the recognition Of absolutely Equal Rights.
Let those who pursue different course look well
to their responsibility.
y correspondent asks if we ere to have
NETWORK DIRECTORY this year. We answer al
hazard, Yes. While Rochester and Albany can
have good Directory annually, New-York ought
not TO be without.
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