The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-07

Thurlow Wssd-Bishop Hughcs-0overnor
seward.-The Nataves.-The Public schools.
The Pope and the Bible.
We have been watching with good deal Of in
terest the columns Of the Evening Journal, the
gan of Governor Seward and Thurlow Weed, for
the purpose of ascertaining what they would say,
or how they could get out of the labyrinth of diff
Guilty into which they plunged themselves by their
conduct in the School question in this city, and
their labored and protracted attempt in connexion
with Bishop Hughes, to carry out their miserable
political intrgues to catch votes from the party OPP
posed to them. On the publication of Bishop
Hughes last letter of ribaldry, fasehood, folly, and
the most vulgar coarseness, We find that Weed.
who is a sort Of under-sfrapper of the nquisiter-
general of New York, has the following paragraph .
BnHoP HuoHEs' SECOND LErrER.--The letter of Bishop
Hughes which We publish to day deserves not less for
its tone and temper than for the facts contains care
full unparalleled perussl The public mind has been mis-
led and deluded in relation the questions which elected
with many, and deliberate Misrepresentation by many
others and among the latter class the albany Argus
journal Of Commerce and NsW York Herald stand most
conspicuous. Truth has been obscured by falsehood
But this delusion dark and deep will ultimately
pass away, for truth Is mighty and must prevail"
The proposition of Gov. Seward prompted by an active
and enlightened philanthropy sought the education OF
were bringing them up ignorance and vice. Bishop
Hughes his return from Europe actuated by motives
which should have commended him to the respect and
confidence of all good men, seconded the Governors
benevolent effort The chidrea referred to- for the most
part belonged to the most destitute portion of his pastoral
charge Instead OF desiring we had been taught to be-
ieve that they should grow in ignorance he entered
warmly into the effort to bestow upon them the blessings
Of Common School education And this ahject was to
with the conceded usefulness Of the public school So
ciey. The bill introduced by the Hon. Mr. vEnrLArcx
would have raised ten thousand children from idlcness,
ignorance and crime without in manner disturbing
the organization of the Public Schools This and this
y tl.nIa ,oT Cows andRI Qh
And incapable now, were then, to under
stand why Phanthropss and Christians resisted this e
fort Education surely makes better Citizens and better
Christians Indeed Education is necessary to enable the
human mind to discern the true from the false Faith AS
opposing the Educstion Of Catholic children. we should
have regarded as triumph for when the mind i'm
bued with knowledge and then only are men capable Of
Let Il be remembered always that this question has, by
means OF Perverson and asehood, lost all its original
indebted Wholly t 10 our opponents Nehsr Governor
se,ard nor Bishop aashss ere, proposed o. onsm o. es
abshns Secaian Schools They only asked Tor the sx
city of New York that neglected children might be gath
cred into Schools free from sectarian teachings and nhu
Nor did either Of these distinguished men, as Is
falsely alleged against them, attempt desire to drive
the Bible from our Schools"
more impudent and atrocious attempt to mis-
lead the public mind-to misrepresent facts-and
to escape from that general condemnation which
the good sense of the community has heaped on
Weed, Seward and the whole of them for their
conduct in this matter-lt would be difficult to
imagine. 1t is well known to every one who can
read that Governor Seward, induced by his man
Weed, was the first person to introduce the agith-
ton of the Public School question into the politics
of this State; and it is also well known, that the
object was to carry out a mean and miserable IN
trigue of humbugging the Irish people Of this city,
who happened to have considerable vote in the
election. Whether Bishop Hughes knew the mo-
tives which actuated " one of the best of men," as
with cruel irony, he styles Weed and Seward, we
cannot tell. Butthe Bishop adopted from them the
movement, and carried II on in various shapes and
forms, until he committed himself openly to the in
dignant criticism of the American people, by at
tempting to organize his flock as political party
for special purpose in Carroll Hall. And here
was the first open and daring attempt to introduce
sectarian influence for the purpose OF controlling
legislation, and establishing sectarian schools, which
Thurlow Weed has the audacity in this article to
deny.
Bishop Hughes never hesitated to declare that
his object was to establish schools for the "poor
forlom children of his flock, in his characteristic
mock pathetic style,-as he called them-schools to
he founded on religious opinions in conformity with
the Catholic faith and Catholic principles. We need
not say that in this country, where happily there
is no established church, the Catholics are but
sect, and minor sect too. And never till the agi
tation commenced by the Bishop, was any fault
found with the Public Schools by the Catholics.
These admirable institutions gave universal salts
faction, and by no class were they more properly
appreciated than the Catholics, until the Bishop
raised his cutlery about the Protestant Bible, and
insisted that sectarian schools for the instruction
Catholic children should be erected. Then it was
discovered for the FIRST time that the schools and
school books were not fit and proper for the instruc
ton of the Catholic children. The whole thing
was political intrigue from beginning to end-a
miserable piece Of humbug for the purpose of catch
ing few Irish votes, and all too, done under the
garb of sanctty-under the specious plea of ardent
zeal for the education of the "poor, foron chill
dren;" to whom all the benefits of the Public
Schools were free and open. Who ever denied
who ever dreamed of denying to the children OF
Irish parentage these benefits! No one.
Mono. Thurlow Weed can never hope to escape
from the odium and indignation which justly follow
ed that great of his political life. But was
quite natural to expect such a piece of miserable
humbuggery to originate in the mind OF man who,
out of the murder of Morgan of Batavia, fomentej
the bitter passions OF the vest, untl ne created
party, on which he rode into some consequence. -
The charlatan who could, out of the death of Nor
gan, divide and distract whole communicable
fame venerable, benevolent association, and con-
struct step for himself to leap into consequence,
was very fit indeed, by the creation Of false issue
about educaton TO distract the peaceful operation
| of the Public Schools of New York, and instgate
silly and vain Bishop to- put the ban upon the Bible
the Protestant Bibe-and lay the foundation for
all those movements which have originated a new
party in this city-occasoned burnings, murder
sacrilege and every sort of violence in Philadelphia
and done more than any thing we have ever ye
seen to excite prejudice against the Irish and the
Catholic faith ALI these sad results may be traced
with the accuracy of mathematics, back to BishoT
Hughes, Thurow Weed, Governor Seward, and