New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-30

! wol'd So this i po.sb'e | would exhaust az srga
meat TO tee people of those Wsris: bu, il that did
TO. slcceed wout march masse to the Board #
/ Education anc demand o. tnem that they pu, back
tie Bible there. know their powtrs ald as laxyer
,ay that in the course OF distraction marked DO xu
/ ly them, they may mike the morning reaiiGs
# the Bible ard The mcrr'tg prayer the frs exercise
o. the dsv Now, DO ven know the men who have
tsen selected by the parties 70 toto this Board
Hsye you them altogether Aud thpk thst
this proud Empire City. filed with nearly million
IF people. ana hupcreis Of thoGsancs OF men of in
teigenoe and feeling, that they should s be passed
By, and q al should be elected whom would not
in ary cOntngetcy trust With sn agency OF hundred
col.aIs-;his IL shsmeful AIN 10 party man; have
rot my eye epon any particular party of uel, tor
wage against them all. Why. ont ot tai, body OF
meu before me cosld select sch'Sl officers here who
would elevate the school room. AID when they passed
il would Inspire respect in the teacher and scholar
Il schoo. officer s6oud be OF refinement eiu
cation, energy, and father Llm,tI. that he might
know low e. take of the hundreds ct htG!e eal
eTer that were fstherless. Hs character Saouli be
al cxsmpie 10 the chlid-,n whose instruction
wss under his charge, and, above all, he
should have no axes u grind. Cleers.
Now whose fsali is It that you have got this Hob
who deals out grog, Johu Jones who deals out junk
majority ot them ale utterly unit for the station
utterly tit. Now whose .ant il l. lours. You
Will here aud Try 10 cure the evil after II nss
occurred You will Try and shut tue stable door after
TIE horse has been stolen. The public politicians and
public yagabond- have got possession ot your city
end il j. arc for you to shake them OIL 4 vu are 10
blame; yor have given al t1e power ot TINS com
meical city t. utterly unworthy 10 govern II.
TIE g;ea, bcdyo the prsseet Bosrd is composed Of
two classes of met tee uCs are people who have no
business except as members of tte BOaid, aui the
otter half ere desers-out of bad fum. Mark me,
an no temperance man; have no Wild theories; but
ttese are Lot tbe men to e1tor the schOoifoom,
they are not TO be he'd up - your children exam
ples f,r them 20 p,w they arc tot the men to whom
you should couide your u.htegs some OF tnem 10
of y The nft In
with toe thousaud female teachers ct tie city; they
are oily FIX for Aldermen aud Coducl.mtn n. Loud
sud long continued applause. Ny friends, don't
want to deprive these men ct office. doUt want to
keep them from goiug to tue Legislature; don't
want TO deprive the nation Of the benefit OF Their
character but n the ualne OF tae parents
Of Il is great city, the of 1900 cLi lien who
are TO follow the example ct th.ir school officers for
good Cr tvr evil, prUtts Il hgsiust such men cOntam
mating the pure atmosphere ot Il school holse.
Lock at the men put up here, and you will find un-
knovr." Their on y trade Is pOcS their only game,
to prey upon the public treasury. lCheers. They
come 10 me, and because had given my time 10 ele
vste their ct lldren, they wanted me to pay them
moi ey to put me ticket where would have
chance TO ele yate them could not understand
them they scratched me inspector, and L got IN
by a majority O. only twelve votes. The Bible must
not be surrendered Sooner than surrender tue Bible
I'm our Public Schools | would surrender the whole
system. | only hope that the balaUce of the week
there may be stirred up feeling which wLl give us
the best men. Form l,ttle association each Ward.
70 them ard yon will raise a powerful voice which
will sweep anything that opposes You ike cnaf before
tie wind The public wi. sustain you. Pablo
opinion reyer will give up the Bible 10 the Pabic
Schools. Loud applause.
The following resolutions We re then read and adopted
unanimously:
he Ie ,sio, pipcip,s p-or Bible the
1 % S 81 s p, sSG ss & as '''nd'a 0'as'
Rsniref That win rot give support at III. ensuing
election aIy candidate for school oc-rs sho known
believed to be the Blb any
the Pablo Sot oos of city.
The President then introduced
Mr HIRAM KErcaun, who said that tho B.bls,
more than any other book, might be considered the
An ercan book. The American Bible Society had
circulated once lSi7 I32i5,l?7 copies of the Scrip
turs for which 361 n33 ~ mad been subscribed by
the American people. let now It was cast out OF
twelee schools in ibe heart # the CITY OF Ne~-fork
where this CREST Society wa. l0cated-the Bible WAS
cast Out Savior cast out the seven devils. APP
plause II was not the vast number Of ii titels who
bad done this Who dare deny that ii was the nilu-
ence of the Roman Catholic Church lCheerng,
continued for minutes. lie had been 10 the schools
50 years, and he knew all this question by heart.
Suppose that the Constitution of the United States
were schC oil book and an attempt should De made
TO turn IT out But the Bible Infinitely above
the Constitution OF the United States. Continued
chee5iIg.l BIt the Roman Catholic clergy would
no, like the schools any the more # the Riblc were
expelled from every one OF them. They wanted to
par cipate ia the school fund, educate their children
in their way and If they could not do that, they
wanted to abolish this beautiful system. NJ. ketchum
gave the history of the way IN which the Catholic
Orphan Asylum WAS admitted 10 a participation IN the
sch col fund, ard from that time down To the recent
git; OF 20 lots Of the public land to it, worth half
mIliOn." IL that land was given to secure Roman
Cattolc votes II WAS a conupt motive, aId should
se1d tie giveIs where the dogs could not bark at
them. Appause. MIR. ketchum traced the history
~ the discussion IN 1910 before the Common Council,
when the Corporation decided unan nously that they
would give the gnus schools any portion OF the
pubic fuud.. Then Bishop Hughes went up to
bany and to his -ide the Governor of the
State Seward 10 get bill Introduced into the Legis
iatue which to-day would give half the money paid
ior public schools To the support Oi the Catholic clergy,
provided that they made teachers of the Catholic
Schools. The Catholic clergy cared nothing about the
Bible in the schools They cared oily r participation
IN the school uid; they wanted 10 abolish the system
II they could Tot share 10 its funds. Aud when
saw this were not an invaded country Was not
the foe within our borders Let 10 it that We
did Lot et The foe into the citadel and give them equal
Advantages with ourselves. lAppihuse.
The Hon. EKAsTUS BROOKS introduced amid
hsses and applause. lie charged the commission Of
the great wroBg Of excluding the Bible from the
schools 10 the omission Of School Commissioners to do
their duty. THIS meeting originated with tue Ameri-
can Protestant Association and the Order OF United
Americans. These VISITED upon the Board OF
Education soon after it excluded in the Fourth
Ward, and reminded The Board Of ther duty. The
Board recommended Us rtstorstlCu-h recOuimculh-
ton which had lot been heedei and never ~Oui be
hesded until 1t chang;d into a command. This
was now the leadf Y question. Political man rs he
vac. be would vote Tor Republican or Democrat who
was rgi, this question. He thought the election
Of Com cllmen and Controller unimportaut compared
with the proyer Administration of the Public Schoolr.
lie hoped that combination Of the good men of all
parties stronger than that Of last year, might be
formed which should sustain ard preserve the
Bible IN the Public Schools. His friend had
said that the Bible was higher than the
Constitution. He believed that the Cons tuition was