New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-30

% n,,nou,es upon the kgalty o. any od>ers
.s,. nd DECISIONS and especially thors Of one 70
bs ,.rec and corfdenee Of the e neces
70 gvs stability and cnsgy ~ Cur scho system 9. 70
-, s,,,s sur.rir;sndsut Of Common SHOOK do not
,,.,, nat aIy ofioer judicial ohrwise above TN
criticism But eergste sbould he the sst men to unseibe
,b 20, 6depee OF tie people in their nsssr.y by carog
and railing sccuss:ons They should be the last men 70
,eo forth without e1arI soD whou knowlsdge OF 'ne
IA. ~ tie faets in the AID with the vulgar auda y
of 1tbouse swsggerei. proclaim high julal OH ~.
cnfv Of ajustioe Does 10; DR. C5eever ind sertsiu
te1,s in he BOOK which be Pioses TO preach sinon
i,hire hin against fuch courses'
1h mex, charge Of Or Cbeever is still unfor'uni'e
iere the s rance 20, be inter to *
eusehs errrs Hetss deliberately MIR pfesenid and ms
ss,ed Tie contents Of the naare Il
iudca GcisioL o says tbsti decided coar sry 70 he
cuiom and q al and common aw ofour school sysep
At 1etber tue Bbl. may be red flgous instruc-
5ns given Il cur schOoo, he continues 70 say thai
they must ao be given prayer he offered IN sch ho
~tours is 10 banish ihon eL,Iey And lie add: he
"sot i defIoc Unauthorized illegal
port Of he above staten. at is true Cen Dix, when
State sure1lteldr repeatedly held in oee' tia, prayers
canro be oeTed il schos hours and tia, pupil be
oompetd 70 si;Id them out Of schoohours Orders and
oecfoDs Of Sul4rniendL: il Secre ay OF Sta.es office
vol 6.p l45; aiso, sane, 5yll Hon John Spencer
vixen sureT n;enden uniformly sustained and carried out
the same Vows In tie Of BsrLRgare vs re TcE'
lS Il D.ar,d No l3 ~ > t0rs i COlErbHs, Orders apd
Desisi,ns vol e. p lO2.l b sa,s:
Tsyt. part q s school sIsres' 9r be rsEa
te6 ty discipline Il had a. s they saoad bs I'D -
fse hour Of ooei Tie ss7A Ao1I Of reneias .-o n
s of LaisG ei df-p to the P'-eee o. th.9 s 'hr
Cs q He 'oie on dlr5. ne n.ss a. & i s,
ebse q The sch,I fT h PePoe h5' neitnf ihsy nor me
oeet the ps-ee from a,hke q tbs iteivii11 ia
re 6s, g : ss t Il. , e 'In, s no 1 ss. 70 Is: fe
H. oietuss ovt.tsey ae.1 s..eee eay Both ~, h';s
tie Iehf q he oh.I has peeee can te z hnsd or 's.o
ooek the ehieieH Of Lo'e Ps nt' y 10 ee.e I'm - es5aa
eet, i' e' hen End ne ee.ei 81 ms 40 ~ &
e II they peTs't in reusinins ere Thy Des e9nll
rot eotG,e; tleJ nsy be oes't with ss .asf.asTs"
II would appear from the official records in the sesrsta
ryg Cce et The above remained the settled and judi
oaod construction OF tie law for long te OF years and
down to te period when the successor OF Messrs DIX
end Spencer called upon to decide the sane question
tocl tie same view Of il with my predecessors Ample
rejection saiisftd NE that their decisions were based noi
only on fOUnc lGw but sound utility At irt blush
certainly sounds badly 20. that payeray mt be offered
I'd TO the Giver Of all Merces r2uar exercise in our
schoos PRAYER Ned net be any secaran than those
notes Of Alteration and Thanksgiving which constantly coup
from tyCIy created thing hat maD-f,Om beast and bird
and tree snd running brookfrom worms crawling IL the
dust and from psIes wheeling through me imt
able fields space. Many teachers undoubtedly could and
would discharge the duty of opening and closing their
schools with prayer in manner iha. would be objeedona
BE 10 none But OF them are young aud inoxper
erced pero1s-some Of them, in every other class
innrdeIt persons How would DR. Cbeeyer Ike 10 have
bis op Children fcled daily tn TO the prayers OF
CoAohc teectH WHO, p,IbaIs actuetcd by sectarian
spirit ss bitter and ndiscrmnatng Is his should m)rn
ofD Drotes,
Dr. Cheeytr is, believe Presbyteran How would he
like to have Bis children daily compelled to listen at pub
lie school prey BY Protestant OF another sect asking
tha, Lis own eyes and those Of his children might be
oIenCd 10 the falaci6s in the view Of the teacher,
Of his PrtsbyeIi8n creed Grsy headed clergymen some
times Irsy thus 1om their pulpts Tnen Why no, young
tnd irexperieuc,d sclooteaches' Would these things
oorduce the prosperity OF schools Ay would they
conduce the spread Of true religion the infusion Of
sound religious sentiments among the rising gen ration
Would they not rather lead to strife controversy ami dis
ruplon in ha Of the school districts of the Statsl Would
rot such men DR. Chsever be the first and foremost in
tie frsy tier cban ed to be the stepped upon
Iiturn now the charge that DR. Chesver has dehbe
raly jaIeE,d tecord lie dos this in declaring that
dcdtd that the Bible may not be read in school IN school
hours Ny decision wien he wrote had been Gently aud
widely published lie ssw il, for he immediately com
m,uced preaching and lecturng on It's depotc, uaau
"ihorztd I'll Illegal coctiIes Tie main burden Of bis
dolcroui song was hat al attempt making e1cu IL
the Bible from common schools aud that despotc
State Superintendent had made decision in aid OF such
st upt Finally he has embodied and sought to perpsiu
ae these sweeping assertions in book The ler OF the
ivo is tie only which concerns me- and therefore
sha corfne my reply to And if show that. under
the cir jus, nsrratCd that assertion
Untrue both IN spirit and N ter-no OF charity
rfgfG 70 say, requires me 10 presume that the uu,ruh
was unin,ebtcns The folowngi. the language rsrbam
in which gave my views the propety and legality Of
reading the Bible in schools, in the of Q4giey
G6ord. which is the one referred to by DIR Cheever
believe ihs. Holy scIpar.s sspee4y the portion Of
them tnswn the New to be read in schools
to uL1 1eIsiAbe their import believe they matter Of
,sh ts read book BY th.. ~boe parents desire IL Bat
S,r.ion '-' ''"'
Here it distinctly ard unequivocsy held tbs; the Bible
may matter Of highland these words imply legal right
be read by all tie sclociroom and ~ seiool AoErsi
The only stricon reservation s ths, shall be
compelled TO read version Of il contrary his conscience
Leaving Dr. Cheever nailed TO the cOunter let ask
you my frsnd il in your judgment any liberal sensible
man however ardent his pety and bis Prostansm would
desre TO see tie last three likes stricken om the above
Judicial opinion Does any true Protestant find il neces
ssry TO his relish OF wha; him the br al Of Life thai be
the time be allowed and directed 10 force wis,
them the bread of bitterness down the throa.s of others
l. it in tie piiit OF our American institutions Of Con
sttuons and our laws that any religious shsl b. inter
posed between portion of citizens aud the gs sud
privilege enjoyed by others Is it fair to tar the Catholic
support schools and then tel him that be shall
enter ihm. excep; the condition that he violates his
Corsoenee Is IL expedent 10 thus drive thousands and
Thousands of children out OF choomany OF them the
children OF the hard lsborrg poor who elsewhere