New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-09
The Bible In schools.

The American REPUBLICAN does not JUSTIFY even
the slight confidence we had reposed IN IT. cai-no'
When it says that none propose TO ase the niu'e a.
,obo,lBook meaning not as ciass-booa-ii lrin'-
with the subject And when i points u' 70 I'D
.farces in which the officers OF certain Wards have
3,c,d.d avain-t the reading Of the Bible IN the Ne"
-cho,l. Of those Wards II says nothing 10 me pr
-o.... We knew already iha; many OF or ciiiA'l''
,e-, aver-e 70 the daily reading Of the biDe 20 .'
Common schools where their children were .a"'@
ted but We did not know. and We do not t'' INV
tia, they were unwilling that there should also d.
Schools IN ,rbieb the Bible sLosid be rcad - u-'
al might b. suited Has the Am n p any - ''''''
on this point Our own view i that % lon7 D.
,h- a.. rsren.s who choose 10 have thei chiiareA
...5 ,I. Ribie in schools. and other parents Who
49,. .l.., their children should NOT there read u.
~, ...,,.e- co.rse j. to suit both partie- Where
i. ..,,'nl..;o, i sparse a. in the Twelfth Ward
49,. ~. M, be- pracficable and there The Wi OF
~. ;or;,,. mus, prevail But where the poqla
,;o, +. 20 dense that each class may be suited We
I'll, desire that each should be- and We are sure
49,. ,n,ober of scholars and the usefulness OF ihe
schools viii be greatly promoted thereby
II yvo have not been blind for FIVE years
mas, all the trouble about the Bible in schools has
arisen. not because any objection was made 10 me
ovis,ence of Schools in which the Bible was read
Inn, because II was insisted ca the other SIDE ila'
tlere siopid be no Ppblic Schools ~ rtict me 81
bic ,eas not read Most certainly, Gov Seward ant
Mr. Verplanck never proposed or counienanoed tn
removal OF the Bible from the Schools aifeaay *
sting nor did they propose any interference VII"
n. commencement of those Schools by the PuoNc
school Society. They simply proposed that other
soc;e,ie. might be formed and other Schools es'ao
.bed. for the children Of Immigrants who did not
l;,c tho WAYS Of the old Public Schools. Yet never
was proposition met with such storm OF ooioquy
and yiiupera,ion. If they had proposed the burn
ing Of all the Bibles in the City, the 'umuit could
hardly have been greater
Vc think the reading of the Bible in Schools has
been rendered d.,a-teful TO many by the manner IL
which il has been pressed by liz most oihc'on'
though no longer official champions A good many
oeonle hate 10 have any thing rammed down theI
b,oats even 90 good thing as The blble 10 2
,reat many. the whole crusade has looked VET!
nDch Ike systematic effort 10 cast odium on CERTAIN
Religious opinions and win popularity and converts
10 rival denominations Can we marvel then 'ha'
hey resist the whole project Do we not coinpre
bend the difference between leading horse TO wa
Ter and hogeing him TO drink Do let Us giean WIS
dom from the mistakes OF the last i've or SIX year
Let those who desire the reading Of the bloe h
schools concede the right Of others TO dissent IRON
he propriety of such reading let each party o.
suited so far a. possible and all be anxious mat ou'
Common Schools be made universally acceptable st
az to attract 10 them all the children OF our city lie
This spirit be cultivated and there will very soon be
no objection to the very general reading OF the Bible
| IN Schools