The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-08

with provisions aud liquors, free of charge
they may spoil the estimates of Heiss, Walker
Wendell, Bowman, Brown, and all the starvin,
editors of Washington and the provincial pa
pers. We shall endeavor 10 watch the progress
| of the game, for that it win involve large
amount of log-rolling, buying and SELLING
bribery and corruption, and personal abuse on
all sides, there can be no doubt.
The BIBLE AND THE BOARD OF EDUcArToN-
THE PAY OF THE REcUsANr TEAcHEHs SroppED,--
The question Of enforcing the order of the
Board Of Education directing the Bible to be
read at the opening of all the public schools,
came up for decision yesterday in practical
shape. 1t was pay day, and the question was,
would the Board direct payment or non-pay-
ment Of those teachers who declined to obey
the order, and wisely preferred to obey the
trustees, who have the legal power to dismiss
as well as to appoint them? Just as we antiei-
pated in an article yesterday, the principals
had their pay stopped. to the number of twenty
four, whose nanes are given in another column.
And, what is 30 inconsistent and absurd, the
pay Of the assistant teachers was handed to the
principals to distribute among them as usual
According to the bylaws Of the Board, these
principals have loss their situations by the fact
Of their disobedience of an order, and yet they
are recognized by the Board as still holding
Office, and directed to discharge the duty Of
paying the assistants.
The majority Of the Board have thus exer-
cised their petty brief authority by stopping
the pay Of these principals Of the public
schools, but We apprehend mMdamus issued
from The courts will compel the President and
Clerk Of the Board to sign their pay checks.
Tie Board have usurped authority which ne-
Their the constitution nor the statute gives
them. They have no legsl right to order
the reading of the Bible in any school, no1 any
power to- prohibit the reading thsreof The
words Of the act are very explicit Nothing
herein contained shall authorize the Board Of
Education to- exclude the Holy Scriptures, with
out note or comment, or any selections there
from, from any of the schools provided for by
this act; but it shall not be competentfor the
Board Of Eduoatoo to decide what version, il
any, Of the Holy Scriptures, without note ec
comment, shall. be used in any Of the schools"
Now it is clear from this that the Board, can
neither excluds. the Scriptures rsr order them
to be reads and if the reading of any payticulap
has no power to,couneermand it. So THAI even
if the Boara had tho PAzer to nf.rce thsread-
ing of the, Bible in, the schools, the tsrstees-
could render their order nugatory, .having.the-
undoubte4right to select the particular version
The teachers might comply with the msrdate-
by reading the Bible, under the direction Of the
trustees, either in the original Hebrew OF.
Greek, or IN ,any translatiOn-FrenoA, Spanish,
German, Italian, Irish, or Chinsse--nst. q
word of which, the. children cesad. under
stand. u is therefore evident, that, it
was not TIE intention Of the Legislature to.
clothe the Board of! Education With athe power
of ordering the reading Of the Bib,S.at ALI. IL
it was their intention, they would not oa3t de-
clare it, but point out the way in. ws,schit
could be samiediinto. practical effect.
Furthermore, there is . constitutional, diff
Guilty in the way Of this ASSUMPTION os, the.
Board of Education. Art. I. sec. 3, Of the
constitution,of this State Declares TAe free
exercise and enjoyment Of religious profession
and worship. without discrimination .or prefer
ence, shall forever be allowed in this, State to
all mankind" Now suppose a, Mshsamedan
or Chinese to become naturalized.in this coun-
try, and that hssent his children to ,ouxsoh0ols,
to order the Bible to be read to, 4hemwOula be
a practical violation Of that section Of the con-
stitution,. as ii would be to read the, New Testa-
ment to, Jewish children; and ia, schools where
all Christians but Of different seets {Gatho-
lies end Professionally, to order the Protest
ant version is making Discrimination"
against thu Catholic and giving 4prefer-
encer to. the Protestant; while 10. order the
Catholic versiea would be establishing dis
elimination and preference in the opposite
direction. So that the safest and most
constitutional course would. be to. exclude the
Bible altogether from tho public schools, and
leave the religious training. of the children to
the parents and their srsetiyeolergy, to whom
Improperly belongs.
As this vexed question. now stands, the prinr
cipals of the public schools IN three wards ara
placed between two fires, AMI left in position
which never could have been contemplated by
the Legislature. No man or woman can serve
two, masters. The trustees, it is admitted, haze
the appointing power, and also the sole right
to dismiss. That the Board should, therefore,
order the teachers to do anything contrary to
the wishes of the trustees, under pains and pen
alties, is simply absurd. If they ordered the
trustees themselves to have the Bible read
there would be some common sense, though
just as little lsw, in their order. There can be
no doubt that the Board Of Education will be
brought to their senses by the Courts.
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