New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-15

P p.'s i'd might ask you ~ - nan Who has
more unexceptionabe witness Of the Papa sys-
come himself out from inc w. Of that system, man
tenn WIN J slncstion, true ana novs "n shs
oil h'gn o,I'n aas;6ced every PERSONA 80 Ioo;c
I.a Sc b;s couutrys freedom, .o. nerfe,tly OPEN
b"rounb ACQUAINTANCE with the "werf almost un-
frank and fearless, and Of Is nothing in his ecres
eNaEPeu ost refined taste, nothing u Sb;,,sr
IS sac,srsnsm but directly against ", but in.
ress ,oward any religionists oil "a! Pho,;no mower
deed inyectives of TREMENDOUS, rrnv in all Surely
against hypocrisy intolerance 49,? ,r,s bsraty in having
yeu must rejoice as INN oil true ;~,a sch hands It
~: ~ iS;t of Romanism taken INTO sum ;,n.a
onnn, Ss that Won would shut up sucn uan osinst
because YOU arc,afraid he wisset tue no"""''
cur Public Schools. r rr public School sys-
ron, h., Ia Joes moi believe that the INTERESTS e shc
and freedom are 10 be promoted oy coo snl,s tbera
LIGHT II Won desire 10 know VIVA. 49, .n.ntrvmen
can be from his own efforts go 70 MS psts espec-
Inquire of the large number oil and see II YOU could
iay that attend Gayazzis lectures ana ne; ,oanenco
oet their vote that these oupourngs ., ns *. Po.
against the Papai system be suppressed n~ Public
mansts are endeavoring to oVer,niom Tn, ia the
Schools They would probably teii Wv" ;s thunders:
very why Gavazz should coninu u nr liberty OF
but at any rate We are not going 10 na's % it.r Of
inouiry and of speech sacrificed, not even 1 L, os
yonr Public School system II your fucuc - ,or;b.
TEN cannot be maintained without s1u'.as vnanm,nd
of such men as Gayazzl then lei IL go uo~ r., p.r;sts
that the Papa system be let alone, IN order tns' ap
NAV be GOT into our Common Schools; and WIFI .
tants your argument is that they WI" oc.oo bav.,
tants but with Papsts, your argument is, .na 80! 18th
so clearly expurgated the system oil All s1a - ~
that there is no more danger for Romsn cnu' .nan
he had been born between the leaves Vi 'no A""N
purgat0rus in the Vatican . -. .h.
Now in regard 10 the Public Schools, II We s,atv VIC
matter in reference to whole country "hicn ~
pose We ought To do, we are Ia remember, aS " %
~, ia
would cOncede all that possibly can do; CONSISTENCY
with truth and duty, we have some twenty'three noS
10 take care of that not ROmansts, 10 some ,"o mn
lions that are II We take the question as relating
cusively To our own State, the dlspropor.on may
quite so great still is overwhelming ana taxing n.o
consideration the admitted fact that alter all our Efforts
only part of the children of Romanists can ny any
means be got into Public Schools the dsPropor.on
rs to that matter is immensely increased HOW mucn
shall sacrifice that is dear tn those WHO are ny
Romanists at the demand-the sectarian demand-oI
those that are five might have the Bible ior tweity
three millions, shall renounce IT, for tnen ior tno
sake of getting tive millions without IL! Let DC sc-
membered that our School system never begun III
scctarianism never established under any sectaah pre-
udice ought to be altered at any sectarian de-
mand.
all essential to the existence and success OF our
Common School system that the R0manlsts patronseH
Can it not 90 on without their aid Certainly II cam
YOU will answer bat then desire to benefit them oy "
Let us see then how this course strikes multitude Ot
others In order to gain the patronage of the hoanss'
the very elements must be stricken out OF the system
that have rendered sacred and valuable IN the eyes VI
many thousands of our citizens For what object they
will ask should wish to gather children into schools OUT
of which every element which the R0nansts are pleased
To designate and prescribe Protestant truth has been
eliminated Their schools any schools were as good
as ours such a model after such dephogstlcatiOn.
DO we hope make better republicans OF them by ex-
purcatng our Schools of the Bible and our school books
of all Protestant truth Can expect to convert them
10 God by paying the very first price OF gaining their
ear the sacrifice of all Gods truth banishng prayer and
entering into covenant never to say word against
their system oferrori II would take great many s~ce
common schools to convert any from the error OF
his ways
But YOU will say, we do not wish TO concert them by
our Public Schools they not instituted Or any
such object neither is religious instruction any part or
their business neither is reading writing nor arithme-
tic ndel because 0i the want OF religious instrucuon,
any than the benches on which the boys Try tner
knives in whiting. Very well. Admit all that but
when comes TO the prohibition Of religious instruction,
when comes to the prescription ofthe Bible and Ofthe
Lords Prayer and the careful eXpurgaton OF books ac-
corng Ia mperous command and Oh par
cuar religious Sect claiming thus to have the whole in
umenaltes of education for all sects quardnsaed BY
the rules Of their sect and carefully altered and cut down
O.uit their opinions then you are upon dfcnlt and un.
tenable ground The moment you forbid the Bible and
the Lords Prayer for example, at the nstgati0n OF
sect YOU make your schools nt0erant towards all the
other sects that unite to maintain them You say it is
no part Of the States business to NEEDLE with religious
instruction but this is meddDg with it, in the most
offensive manner. FOrbidding it is medding with Il,
and introduces a greater evil by far than If you had
really let it alone And by such d you will have
accomplished just two objects in regard to the whole
Public School system; first, the schools themselves be-
ing so emascuated, will be brought into universal con-
tempt and second, they will be denounced by the Ro-
manists themselves as Goddess and infidel.
This is the gulf TO which seem to be advancing.
There very little prospect of gaining ROmanista
our Common Schools by any concessions whatever But
the other hand there is quite certainty Of repellmg
large number of Christians from their support. Rou
argue that must shut out the Bible at the demand Of
ROmaniss But have you no regard for the conscien.
Ous scruples of far greater number Of the axpayer
who demand that it be retained You say, Make ak
these concessions for couple of tweneths of the peo.
pe in opposition thewishes OF at least ten tweneths.
Is this to be the rule Of our Republican IustitWiusg
Are the majority or the minority to Determined AMI
when in opposition to the convictions and wishes Of tho
majority you have prescribed the Bible and rendered
it penal open any school with prayer what Christina
think you, will hold such system of education in apv
respect On the contrary, the demand for parochial
schools will increase, and with them the demand to be-
released from taxation for system 80 profoundly ntol.
Grant towards Protestant Christianity and notOously
favorable to Rome.
And when do you expect to satisfy the Romanstsf Do
you imagine that they will stop with the present conces
sons made to them that they have any other object in
view than the destruction OF our system for which these
concessions just efectually pave the way, Yon have
had some knowledge Of the tricks PLAYED mon our.
schOolbo0ks. Can you tell whether since the for.v
Of Protestant School Commissioners with past anx
printers ink on the pages Of that standard ola scboo
BOOK Murray sequel, any Romish expurgated edition
OF the same been published for use in our Pub
lie Schoosl You have some acquaintance with Gold.
smiths Poems Can you tell me whether our Protest.
ant schoOmoney has ever been enployed IN nublish am
e1purgated edition Of The Traveller with those fearful