, 1859-03-26
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SATURDAY, MARCH &c, 1853.
DE- nc MULLEN AND THE RE-
FORM SCHOOL.

DE-. nc MULLEN AND THE RE
FORM SCHOOL.
The attention Of the Chicago public has bccn
directed toward tho Reform School by the pub
lication Of a thin pamphlet containing the COT
respondence between Rev. Dr.. McAulIES, who
dates from the Bishops {Catholic) residence
and MARE SKINNER, Esq, President Of the
Board Of Guardians. The occasion Of the COT
rcspondenoe is, VIC believe, this:
Dr. McMCL1ES visited the Reform School
and while there made q. larangue to the boys,
in which he urged the particular tenets Of his
Church as those only to which their faitl1
shonld bc pinned Neither the form or matter
Of his lecture was Objectionable, except in 90
far as in violation Of rule Of the Board: I" Nl
scetar7an teaching shau be permitted under any
circumstances" In obedience to this rule, the
Doctor was requested to refrain from the dis
cussion Of purely doctrina1 theology, and con
fine limsclfto subjects in which all Christian
sects agree. He concluded his remarks with
an interesting and animated description Of q
few remarkable buildings and localities in Rome,
Of which city lie was long resident as mem.
Der Of the College Of the Propaganda. He now
appeals to tho public in, we are glad to say,
good temper and proper Language, to sustain
linn in the exercise Of the right, which he
claims, to teach Catholicism in the Reform
School in defiance Of the wishes Of those who
are legally vested with its control.
We take it that the public will not sympa-
thise with the Rev. Dr. in lis complaint. The
wisdom, nay, the urgent necessity, which has
existed since the School was opened, for the
enforcement Of some regulations like those
wllic! the Board Of Guardians las adopted i'll
regard to scctarian teaching, are so apparent to
all who ore not purblind with excess Of tHeo-
logical zeal, that the verdict Of the Catholic
community, even, will be ulfuyorable to the
Doctors pretensons. We're those who pay
taxes for tile support ftllc School as thorough
II convinced, as nc fear the Doctor is that the
illogical dognas touching tile mysteries Of the
Christian faith arc among the first needs Of the
poor, the frendless and the crring, they might
endorse tue principles upon which his argument
is based; hut new difficulty would arise
they would not agree with the Doctor as to the
particular dogmas which ought to be taught.
The current and the growing belief is that a
general faith in the great truths which under
lie al Christian sccts-the existence Of one
Supreme Beins-thc future life-rcwards and
punishmcuts- mission Of the Saviour-arc
sufficient for tie making Of good citizens and
honest men, without the adoption Of this or that
theory, in regard to which even the sects en-
braccd III the Catholic communion do not agree
THIS belief is the basis Of the regulations which
the Board Of Guardians las enforced, and though
they may not suit the Protestant clergy
man, who was silenced at the school for his
attacks upon 4 branch Of the Christian church
with which Ills opinions were at war; though.
they may not suit Catholic DR.. McMrlLES, Of
the Propaganda, nor tho Teripatctic saints Of
divers denominations who make a whitc-neck
neck cloth and sanctimonio,ls look the c1cl,sc
for theological inpcrtiuenccs often gricrous to
be borne, they will doubtless be maintained hy
those to whom Dr.. McMrLLES appeals. In
deed, without them, We do not sec how the
School could be successfully carried on If d..
McNrLtES may have full liberty to teach
Catholicism, Dr. PArTEs0S canuot bc denied
the right to teach Presbytcrianis,n, Mr. Ring,
Cniycrsalisn, Mr. MOVES Unitarism, Mr.
BARTLETT Congrcgationalisn,, Mr. KnEBEs
Mcthodi.m, Mr. TIFFANY, spiritualisnl, and the
first apostle, Of the 1attcr-Day Saints who
comes along, Mor1uonisnl. There is no half
way house in whicl, those who agree with DR..
McMrLLES can stop. There is liberty for all to
teach, or liberty for none. One cannot he
heard and another silenccd. II, then, it is
wished, By taxpayers by whom the Reform
School has been established. solely that thusc
who arc sent there may bc saved from perdi-
tim before death, the school-buildings can
instantly be the scene Of theological wrangles
and disputations which would satisfy the yeri-
est scoffer that ever brcathed. The theses to
he maintained may he nailed 10 the door Of the
main hall, and the ay-grounds shall serve as
the battle ficld-a world in miliature-wllerc-
in the disputants, when tired Of augmentation
may fight it out with apostolic blows and
knocks
We appeal to the good sense Of tue public
to sustain tile Reform School as it is-frec
from ecctariau teaching Of all sorts-an agency
by which Catholic and Protestant children alike
may he snatchcd from the consequences Of
parental misfortune, crininality or neglect, and
restored as good citizens and honest men to
the community that otherwise they would BE-
tor1nented BY their pauperism md crime 1t
is doing its work without the aid Of the doctri.
nal theology about which the sccts disagree.
Let well enough alone
THE MILWAUKEE & CUTOFF, >,
. Our rcaders are aware that the Detroit aud
Milwaukee Railroad is completed to Grand
Haven, and that two ncw steamers are to l,e
finished on the opening Of navigation, to run
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troit and Milwaukee road has been built
mainly through tho influence md tho money
Of the Canada Great Western road, and the
latter Company now seeks 10 make its invest
mcnt productive BY forcing travel and traffic
over this new line. The Canada Company, We
learn, insists that the fare from niagara Bridge
to milwaukee,, by rail and steamer, shall be q
dollar and half less than hy rail through
Chicago. The time by Chicago can certainly
bc made as readily as by Grand Haven, and
The dollar and half is intended to rcray the
traveller for tho vcxation, delay and danger o
crossing tho lake by steamer. And besides
the Canada road objects to the running Of tl,t
Michigan Central steamers between Detroit
and Buffalo, thereby drawing trade and trayc
from that line. Tic La Crosse road is alse
understood 10 be active in this combination
against the Michigan Central.
Our rreadcrs will easily sec that there is room
here for very pretty little quarrel, and how
the matter is 10 be compromised we do no,
exactly acc. For ourselves VIC have no anxiety
in regard To this Milwaukee "Cut-oG." Groa
things are expected Of it by Mlwaukec, and i
line can be established across the lake whic!
can compete successfully with the Chicag.