The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-04
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Father Sotsaht and the Free Schools Of Nashville.
On the first Sabbath of this month this Catholic
Father commenced his assaults upon the free school
system of this city, to be continued, We suppose to
the end. We have long expected to hear the first
note of the Catholic anti American in this city
sounded. What has been done in every other city
we have expected to be done here. The priesthood
and Catholicism in Nashville are imbued with same
spirit here, as Neutrality-suspicious., at open war
with the religion of Christ, the avOwed and implaca-
BILE enemy of republicanism, OF civil end religious
liberty and the foster parent of ignorance, superst-
ton and intolerance. y
Our reporter furnishes US with the following ex-
tract from Father Schacht's charge to the Catholics
ofNashvlle:
"The Sisters school commences in the morning
and hope every Catholic will send his children II
PRoTEsTANrs ask if they may send their children
to the Sisters school, tell them NO! mteSS then DiSh
their children tobecome CATHOLICS. 1t is Catholic
school, and none but Catholics and those intended
to become Catholics will be admitted
The Free school of the city will also soon be in
operation, and Ihope no Catholic child wU ever be
found in that school. We have a right to send
there, you will have to help pay the school tax, but
it is better to lose your money than lose your CHLDs
SOUL. The honorabiy begotter and the III begottei
will all meet aud mingLe at that school, and Ihope
CATHOLIC UiH be found there"
There are three items to which we would call
the attention of our citizens and of American cit
zens everywhere:
/. That Catholic Schools are intended to make
Catholics. That unless Protestants wish their chill
dren to become Catholics, they need not send them
to Catholic schools.
This is the truth. We have long since said the
same thing, and have been pronounced uncharitable
and disposed to prosecute Catholics for saying it.
This Padre is at last frank and out spoken. We
commend his truthfulness and righteousness in
thus putting American Christians on their guard.
2. This Padre appeals to the ignorance and blind
superstition of the Catholics of Nashville He tells
Them though they will be taxed to support our free
schools they must not send their children to them;
that our FREE SCHOOLS WILL ENDANGER THE SOULS
OF THEIR CHILDREN That it will be better to lose
their money-have their children grow up in total
ignorance, than to destroy their souls by sending
to these free schools We ask this Padre what is
there connected with these schools so dangerous to
the souls of Catholcs9 Is in6dety taught in them?
No. Is any creed studied read or recited in them?
No. What is the dangerous feature in them?-
Why the Bible will doubtless be read-ouly read
without note or comment. This is all, and this is
sufficient to array the whole Catholic Priesthood in
arms
3. The priesthood are unwilling for the children
Of Catholics to associate with American youth
with our little Republicans-Young Amortization
fear they will imperceptbly imhibe American sen.
timsntsl But he knew it would not do TO say it in
SO many words, and therefore approaches his peo
pie on the " blind side She appeals to their pre-
JUDGES.
The Catholics would degrade their children by
allowing them to associate with The children OF our
citizens! What, degrade the children of Catholicss
The association of our children corrupt the morals
and manners of Catholic children and injure their
standing in this cityf Yes, says Father Schacht.
"The honorably begotten and the III btgotten Uil
meet and mingle in these sehools And pray sir, is
larger proportion Of the children of our citizens
H bcqotte,." than Of the children of Catholics p
But we iorbear TO meet this nllusion as we might
We commend this subject to the notice Of the
secular press and to the philanthropists of Nash.
villa