The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-05

republican State 10 incuLcAtc, and cherish, and en-
>oniaeo between the members Of the various re
gicns eccls and what place on earth for this. is
Slua 20 the public schoo,house! Goodness cstraugs-
men', uncharitabencss, ill-will, and eventually the
most dreadful feuds, would be the certain result.
But WHIT does Archb-hop hughes care for all this,
II his church can hut prot, by the general ruin!
Public schools, OF various grades. have been pro-
sdodior Ireland ut great expense by the government
and the Catholic stddcn,sin them secured against
any intci ference with their religion; but, because
these schools fioe Tor protostan.s also. DR. Cul
lem the !r,Ise, and the Pope have set their faces
against them snd have procured synodcal enact
menis forbiddng Al their clcrgymcn, OF every rank
snd order. md roics ors, to take any Office in the
Queen > College, in any way to assist in their
Administration .ua copy of these s'Statutes Of
Ihurier, rs tSus ara dcnomnatcd. ia the CorI Err
0m;r Of the ST. .. last January, and the fifth and
sixth seem to b. ''lende To prescribe these colleges
altogether. M. make short extract from each.
Concerning ,..o aforesaid colleges, because Of the
grave and intrinsic dangers to which, by the judg
ment Of the Holy See the faith and morals Of stu
dious Catholic youth exposed in them, we de-
clare that they are such that by all they arc
to be rejected and avoided by faithful Catholics"
sc. I'VE shall admonish and cxhort all the faith
FIJI. with weighty and charitable words, that they
wholly abstain from rcqncnting ;hese colleges, lest
then faith contract some san or they be infected
with some pestjierous doctrines" The Protestants
OF this country apmehend no such danger from Je-
suit institutions. The Queens Colleges admit Roman
Catholic tsnchera en- an equal footing with Protest
ants; yet, sooner than encounter the influence OF
some Protestant professors and Protestant students,
the l,ish Catholics forge al! the advantages of an
excellent education. But our Protesants send their
children and daughters, to Jesuit schools, in
which are no Protestant teachers, and where tho
Catholic students, in the presence and hearing Of the
Others, are daily instructed in the religion of their
church, without the slightest fear that their chill
degree % infected with pestiferous doctrines
The present Popo, in hs encyclical letter Of the
9Th Dec, 1919, and which find in tho Boston Pilot
of the 9th Feb, 1850, after lamenting the evils of
the press, says" Still more, making Of bible
societies already condemned by the Holy See. They
do not hesitate to spread Holy Bibles, translated
into vulgar tongue (withOut seeing if they
formed with the rules of the church), profoundly
altered, and rendered into bad sense. With un-
heard of audacy, ard under a false pretext Of rei
gion, they recommend the reading of them to the
faithful You, in your wisdom, venerable brothers,
perfectly understand with what vigilance and soi-
citude you ought to labor, that the faithful may
fly with horror from this poisonous reading, and
that they may remember that no man, supported
10y his own prudence, can arrogate to himself tho
right, and have the presumption to interpret tho
scriptures otherwise than our holy mother tho
Church interprets them, to whom alone Lord has
confded the guardianship of faith, judgment upon
the true sense, and Interpretation OF the divine
books use all care, employ all yonr influence,
students may be in thing hformed to the rule
of Catholic doctrine" There be used in the schools
no books but those which are exempt from all sus-
picion of error. Warn those who have the charge
OF souls to be your yiglant co-operaos in all that
relates to the schools for young persons. Let them
be entrusted only to masters and mistresses Of ap-
proved faithfulness; and that for the purposes Of
teaching the elements of the Christian faith to
young persons. there be only used the books ap-
proved by the Holy See." snake the greatest efforts,
employ every means, struggle with an mistaken
n n
thing that the schools, the instruction and
education ofchildren and the young persons of both
sexes "There are no means that they do not en-
poy, there IS no audaciouS enterprise that they do
not attempt, for the purpose of withdrawing from
the authority Of the Church and the vigilance Of
the sacred pastors the schools and every establish
ment intended for the education of youth"
The Pope's extreme solcitude for what he deems
the right education of the children of I" tho faith
ful.' and that sl should forbear to read the Holy
Scriptures. translated into vulgar tongues, without
church, accounts for Or. Hughes opposition to tho
present systems of public instruction in New York
and New England His course, in regard to educa-
ton here. is SO perfectly similar to that of DR.. Cul
len, the Primate of Ireland, that whatever may be
said OF the one iii such reference will apply well
TO the other Hope may be allowed, therefore, to
quote single remark of the editor Of tho Prov,ncc
Of Munster. an Irish Roman Catholic paper, ef tho
nth September last, from an able and judcious
article letter Of the Primate, having reference
to the subject ofthe government schoosi Ireland =:
: DIR. uullens arguments for separation of chill
dren Of different cSccds arguments against all
social intercourse between their professors, through
out the duration of their lives. But we will not do
bis Grace the injustice to say that he would shrink
from the literal carrying out of his principles. We
believe implicitly that he would do nothing Of the
kind. We have doubt that he would gladly
fence in the faithful with q Gordon san,tanr,
which would exclude all intercourse with the un-
believing. He abhors mixed education because
honestly and sincerc!y-hc abhors all social inter
communication between his flock and the wolves
in Sleeps clothing who prowl about. He has
good downright intolerance of character, that
makes no pretension 10 liberality' conciliation,'
or any such namby-pamby sentmentalisms Of an
age Of ind Aerent;sm like the present. This wo
firmly believe and readily admit.
But, il SO happens that all the educated, inte-
gent, rejecting members Of his church, in these
islands, and more especially in Ireland have become
imbued with thee. came sentmentalisms The Irish
Roman Catholics "a those classes which have been
brough much lilo association with their Protestant
fellow. ccuntrymen, have not the remotest idea of
adopting his ystein Of isolation They find it called
for by no necessity, recommended by no advantage.
They believe ii 70 be the mistaken introduction into
secular life of purely monastic notions. They know
that IL involves total Reorganization of society,
and they regard the advocacy off by the chief pre-
late Of their island, with ming feelings pain and
humiliation. They themselves understand how I is
bst we should be the champion of principle 20 re-
IugDant 10 all their own ideas, and they can find
excuses for line Of conduct which they regret TO
witness. But il Is distressing task for persons in
their position TO have to apologize for in his "
DR.. Hughes people, doubtless, also understand
how i is that he is the champion of the princ
pie on this side of tue Atlantic: but where has one
been found, like the editor Of the FroriEce of
Nnnsfer, independent enough to condemn his
course!
We have now come in regular order TO the Arch
bishops remarks On the s.Colony Of Maryand; =
and my object in the next number will be to show
that he and all Others who have ascribed merit to
Lord Baltimore and his Roman Catholic colonists for
religious liberty in that colony, under the propric-
'tary governments, have grossly erred.
JOSIAH 4. Polk.
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