The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-30
GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE.


Mr.. EDIToR The members Of the corporation
having adjourned without giving US the additions
public school which we desired and towards tlIt
establishment of which every voter at the last elec
ton contributed his dollar; 1t is full time that the
people who are interested in the subject should in
vestigate IT, and see whose head the odium should
fall. Let them at once be pointed out, SO that We
can at least bring them into notice by saying, there
goes man who refused to educate our children
after we had paid for it.
| The Roman Catholic portion of the Corporation
! shall not in the least attempt to blame, they
having acted in good faith towards their church,
which commands them to seek the advancement
OF their own creed and assist only In the establish
ment OF such schools as will advance the religious
faith OF their children. They, therefore, are not
to blame; We only have to deplore our own fully in
selecting such men to represent US. But how the
other portion Of our Corporation, the Protestant
members, who, believe, can all read and VIZ te,
saw tit to lend their aid to the Jesuts In this mat
ter, ismore than can tell They certainly love their
native land and its institutions too well to acce ut of
college bride. How, then, has it happened
TO be charitable with them, we must suppose them
all to be one.idea men, and that one idea their i'm
mediate selfinterest Poor things If they would
only devote fifteen minutes every day to some
solid reading, they would find out that the only
true and sure mode Of advancing their own inter-
ests, il advancing their country's, and that their
countrys interest can never be advanced by help
ing Jesuitism.
have never, Mr.. Editor, been a prosecutor of
any religion, nor am now; but when we find
the most reverend Archbishop Eccleson denounc.
ing In holy horror the conduct of the King of
Prussia for introducing Protestant ofice-holders
into Catholic countries, and seeking to marry
them to Catholic females, we ought to be guarded,
indeed, In lending ourselves to any Of their
schemes. And do not consider we could in any
manner more efectualy loan ourselves to them
than our Protestant members did who refused to
give us school. Had the committee on schools
only been of the right stripe, so that Jesuit
tutor could be selected the school would long ago
have been in operation. If we cannot, therefore,
get school upon any other terms, we would re-
specially request the present school committee to
resign, and let Jesuits fill their places for school
we are entitled to and must have. As to our Pro-
testant members, we will leave them to the plea
SAINT reflection that for 80 signal service done to
Rome, the Church may possibly suffer their bodies
to be inferred in consecrated ground, they hav-
ing done all in their power to raise up more
Popish priests, and make eur children worship
Virgin Marys, or bend the supplant knee to beads
and crosses.
!. With pleasure we see that public attention has
been called to the lawlessness and reckessness of
a party in your city rallying under the name of
"the States" Why Washington should tolerate
their presence when it is well known they were
driven out of Baltimore, is more than we can tell.
1t may not perhaps, be amiss to mention that they
paid our town an official visit on the occasion of
the late fire on Water street, and made their grand
entrance by fiourishing revolvers, &c.
Our town is quiet the suspension of specie pay
ment by the Farmers and Mechanics Bank Great
ing no uneasiness Yours, &c,