New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-06


he ia q member Of our bar of good character
and fair practice, and would spurn the associa-
ton, outside Of political conclave, Of the
darker spirits with whom he mingles in Tam
many. Yet, once within the walls of that eii-
fee, he seems inspired by its genius-say
rather, its demon-to utter sentiments so re-
voting and indulge in language so disgusting as
to call down upon his head the rebukes even Of
compatriots who are not easily shocked By any
exhibition Of partisan malignity whereof
Wing is the target.
There are expressions employed by Mr..
Brady in his more recent harangues with which
We cannot consent to stain our columns but
the following extract contains no positive indie
cency and We give it as a fair illustration of
the spirit by which the whole is pervaded.-
Hear him
81 ask all who hear me, whatever their birth reg
ion TO forget her you who are native here and
10 the manor born always to remember, that Seward.
when Governor OF this state, In one OF his messages
made a recommendation more detestabe than sny
which ever before Issued from any American dem
sgoeue. You msy have forgotten IT; never will
They may forgive II; i never Will Applause
From this moment 10 the time Of my death there
can be no labor too severe-no sacrifice too great
which viii not attempt suffer, IN the hope of con-
signing the author OF the suggestion have mentioned
resurrection nor the hope OF it, lApplause. What DO
| allude to- You who are yet young must remember
that school in happy land, you sat on the same
benches shared your pleasures and no doubt pInvh'
rnenfs with boys OF the national origin or religious
tCneis Of whose ancestors you knew nothing You
knew not the religion of the boy who sat next you.
How delightful was that happy association And Ut
Seward proposed break up this brotherhood Of Amer
lean youth-io separate you into classes that the
Irish boy might 20 here the German there, the Catholic
on this side ard the Protestant on thst-and the Amsr
ctns stand aloof by Themselves He suggested that
schools should be established for the education OF the
children Of foreigners in which they should beinstuced
by teachers speaking the same language with them
selves and protesting the same religious faith
Bear in mind that the James I. Brady who
utters the above is himself the son of an Irish
immigrant, and that whatever religion h. has is
probably that ofhis Catholic ancestors. Notori-
ously, the Catholics ofthis country as of all 9th,
or countries, are jealous ofthe influence ofProt
estant teaching, though nOminally secular, on
the faith of their children and prefer teachers
of their own church where such can be had.
All this may bevery absurd and even culpable-
We are only stating notorious fact, not justi-
flying belief OF Catholic youth many thou
sands are annually arriving in our City, mainly
the children of very poor and not very enlight
encd parents. II is ofvery great consequence
at least, Gov. Seward thought and We think
sO-that these children should be attracted
tortL,cih to our Schools, and not left TO form
habits amid the vagrancy and vice Of our
streets Now at the time Gov. Seward made
his recommendation so execrated above, the
Public Schools of our City were VIGOROUSLY
under Protestant influence and concerned TO
Protestant ideas TO far greater extent than
they now are. The Catholics had no real
share in their management, which they
now enjoy under the School Law of 1912.
Their Bishop and Clergy regarded the Pub
lie Schools with marked distrust if not with
absolute hostility, as engines OF Protestant
proselytism. The Catholic laty largely shared
these prepOssessOns, and kept their children
from school in consequence. Suppose they
were all mistaken, what was TO be done about
it There was no law compelling attendance
at school, and no means Of enforcing il il there
had been. The horse could at best only be
led TO the water-the problem was to make
him drink. In this dilemma, Coy Seward
suggested tho establishment of additional
Languages, but employing teachers of the
same faith with the pupils and able to con-
verse with them in their mother tongues re-
spectively. There was of course no thought
of compulsion--the German, the Irish, the
Catholic or Protestant, would still he at full
liberty to attend any of the schools previously
existing if he chose or his parents preferred it
but there would be two or more schools in ad-
ditOn to these, wherein German OF Irish Cath
Ollie children, perhaps unable at the outset to
or speak English, SO as to hold
with most teachers, might be
taught plain English by instructors who could
address them intellgibly and understand their
or requests, while their known co.
incidence of faith would obviate all fear of in
SldlOus ATTACKS on tner cherished Religion.
In the absence Of just such teachers, many
children formerly were and some still are with
held from school, until they learn the rud-
ments of cur language, not from any well of
English undefled, but from the chatter of the
streets, of the markets, and of such meetings
as that addressed by Mr.. Brady-which, we
need hardly remark, is often more energetic
than accurate or edifing We have no doubt
that the success Of Gov Stewards proposition,
while it would have deprived no single child of
advantages previously enjoyed, would have
called thousands at once from the streets, al
eys ard crowded dwellings wherein they were
wasting precious moments, and brought them