Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-12-16

T.! 4 - 4 ~ TO E'tlE1I ,etahNa 1Uty'
I6ce as the slsye Of .pp,y mans shOughss.T-
he isfa5Teemat, and indcpendanl master 9, Of I,
] a lree, press His Journal hos some times
been called "ArcbbishoP Hughes Organ = Z
and although you are better Informed, on
chat subjeci Than some other editors pretend
| 10 be-. aud proclaim, thai have no official
connection with, ,iL still, somewhat incon;
sis,enlly, you hold me accountable for It's
Opinions. These am a, liberty ,o approve
orcdisaPprove, no ass thap yourself; .rT The
paper makes its way on, its own merits, opE
/ which its readers are The best Judges. am
one Of them; and although ! may sec. in.
TIE Freemap'sv Journal, ,ps ! do in other
] papers, many things which ! would MOI,
4 write, or would moi write exactly in the
same way, sill, I hold iii, that, lake i, for
all in all, The Nsv YORK F'r,eseman's jour s
|, nal isya psry good Caiholic paper. But il
issmy organ only in as much as ] an, ip The
l habit Of publishing n lis columns any official
! communication which J had 10 make 10 The
Ca,helic clergy and people of This Diocese,
IN all else, The talented editor writes and
publishes on his own responsibility, without
die'a'iOn from any source WI tShlppieyer, he
VIII, His lis qgsini gan ny misfortune 70 differ
with you in, opinion regarding Common
\ School Education, Il is no. necessary for
me, hope. 10 say lha, | am an advocate
1 for general, nay, universal education, Ny
i efpus 10 establish Colleges, seats Of learn.
4 ing, and even day schools, for the education
of youth in. this Diocese, will be sufficient
|proof thai am no advocate OF ignorance.
/ Our, disagreement, therefore, is NOT in regard
|io. education itself, bu, in regard 10 the cir,
cums,ances under. which II is impaired
| The divided condition Of The community on
The subject Of religion has. led 10 Q, system
which effects 10 divorce the. religious doc.
trine Of, each denomination from the rudi.
mems Of primary science in schools. If
we were people Of unbelievers in Chris,
,ianiiy, this system would be in perfect har.
mony with our condition. And YET happily,
il is understood tha. the welfare Of society
and the State must rest, ultimately, on a re-
ligious basis Of some kind. We are sill a
Christian country, composed indeed, Of many
sects, in religion, and if you exclude from
education lhepeculiar doctrines Of each sect.
Ione alier another, you necessarily exclude
Christianity itself; for all the Christianity of
the land is made up Of The several "secta-
rian" doctrines which are severally exclu-
A deda Hence If we had lone other sect
among US, having fot i,s peculiar, doctrine a
lbelief inhhe expedency Of excluding from
| the minds Of youth all knowledge Of and
faith, in Christianity, our present Common
Schools might be denominated sas legal
establishment for the purpose Of causing
+ Christianity 10 die, out, and Of promoting the
interests and purposes Of one anli-C Christian
Isecl.y Nov, sSirs your opinion may be that
lsuch aresult is desirable. Mine is directly
the reverse. / believe il would be more ben.
eficial 70 The country, and 10, society that the
religious influences ef the least desirable
sect Of protesting Christians in the land
should be felt in the Common Schools, than
that all Christianity, under the pretense ol
exc luding all seclarianism, should be elimi.
mated. Wheeler any other system could be
1adopied in the actual stale Of the case, il is
no, for me 10 decide; but | am very strong
!. lin The opinion that the presen, system is MOI
Ecalculated 10 meet the requirements which
y Catholic parents, at least, are bound TO fulfi
: towards ,her Catholic offspring. Itnay sui
other denominations 10 have their children
brought up without any admix,ure of reli
gious teaching iniheir education, but ii doe
I NOT suit US. was otignorant that Com
mon Schools existed in New England be
fore they did in Prussia, but you will re
member that the people Of New England
commended, S,renuously, for the unity anC
exclusiveness Of religion, whereas the Prus
sian system was framed, in contempt o
:, distinctive dogmas, for the purpose Of anal
y gamuting in The new generation, religion
: hitherto separate. .J- 2'' EhF s-AHe
TX. have thus, Sir, given you m,
opinions on nearly all the topics in regar
! 10 which you have called for them. | fea
: they will be as little agreeable TO you o
) Iihe Silence Of which you seem 10 complain
' can only say Of them, however, that the
;, are entirely sincere, and am sure if The
} fwere not, you would not think them wort
y y having. Blu, my position will be rs,he
singular if after having called them fort
= you should be among the FIRST to censur
y me for their uuerance. In Conclusion
y whatever may be our differences Of opinio
= :. ON these OF other topics, / trust that we al
- both ac,ua,ed by desire Of promoting III
y good Of our country, the interests Of societ,
7 and the happiness Of mankind. ~ t.ae1'ls
.'" remain, very respectfully, q 1ns.
y =" t5ts" '' Your obedient servant" =.
!, tAJohN HUeHEs, Archbishop Of New Yor
~ Nep York, Nov! 81, 1885, is s1@E9
i, ~ oa, RED LAKE IN MINNESOTA, 2ia