Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-04-01
The Catholic Troubles in Boston.


catholic churches ordering boy who At
tended one Of the public schools in that
city, not to repeat the Lords Prayer and
the Ten Commandments IN concert with /
the rest of the school, an exercise he had
often performed, and which was one OF
the daily exercises of the school, and our
readers viii say very proper one
In consequence Of such disobedience, the
boy was punished by his teacher and
made to obey. As a result of the whole
matter nine hundred catholic children
were taken from the different schools by
their parents, at the instance Of the
priests of course, though we learn thai
the children have since returned to school
again. The teacher Cook, who punished
the boy, has been arrested in behalf Of
lhe State, and bis trial which occupied
several days has just closed. Below We
give the concluding portions Of the very
able argument Of Mr.. Durant for the de-
fence. Though quite lengthy it will pay
/ for the time IT takes TO read it. We copy
! from the Boston Journal -
I appeal to their gratitude now, to
Ithei- sense of honor nov, as l would sp-
peal to their generosity, if it were nece>-
sary, and a,k them if they would wish to
come here to share our liberties, to ask
our hospitality, to enjoy the liberty-the
/ free ducation-ihe institutions which
our fathers purchased at such price, and
then take our Bible away? 1t was that
they might real the Bible in safety that
our fathers came to this cold and barren
shore-that Bible lay in the narrow cab
in Of the May Flower'-'twas the only
star that shone for the Puritan in that
long night of toll and strife and famine,
which well nigh ended in despair. 1t
was with hands claSped above that Bible
that Washington prayed in bis tent. thro'
those seven long years of doubt and dis
trust, when the God Of Battles alone
sustained him. 1t has been the house
hold God Of the school room from the in
fancy Of the country. The schools which
made Us free, which viii make great and
true citizens Of your children, have
grown up under its Influences. And vii
you take it from Us now
May it please your Honor, I ask nov
: for a single candid objection to the use o
e King James Bible-not the Pro;es;an
: Bible, bat the Christian B55le-the Sax
on Bible, which We love. Are the par
= ticular portions of it which are used il
the schools Objectionable? Our children
ARE to learn Piety from it, not sectarian
, ism, not creed; but pure religion, unde
fled before God. They are to lear
from it Piety, a sacred regard to truth
Justice, chastity snd humanity. Was
from sectarian views that the Lord
y Prayer and the Ten Commandments wer
D selected as fit Lessons for these eardina
e. virtues? What -acf, Catholic or Prote,
; tant, has received ,he monopoly Of thes
IN portions of Gods Word Are they II
D.. deed offensive to The tender conscience
e ofcbildren? + :; indeed dangerous ;ha
they should hear snd repeat them?
a. Can it be- that even bigotry and faua
y icisru would take exception to the prayl
"A which Christ taught us-io the tables
te the law, which Jehovah himself gave
50 his children on Mount Sinai? Isit OF
I'D Of that order of priesthood which has a
sumed the name of the Society Of Jz
q US who has found 1t a necessity OF Chri
es tian duty to forbid his followers from r
be Peating the Lords Prayer? Has
10 forgotten that our Saviour who said .su
IferEffis children to come uatp me- and f.
bid them aot,'-our Saviour who babe
h disciples 90 forth into every land a
In teach the gospel to every ereature-tl
d.. he dictated to Lis disciples the lofty w
7f- ship, tle simple beauty of that mi -acDlo
:. PRAYER, in which all the nations of Il
~, earth might together lift up their hea
rsp tn God without remembering any disti1
in ton Of sect or race or creed 4? Sub
Dol and artfal as men have been in raisi
doubts, untiring as they have been IN G.
ma ating differences of opinioa-no sect,
the dogma, has yet been founded upon ii
marvelou<-ihat inspired prayer, VIII
the embraces in itself the who'll. Christian
ljgion-and the universal worship, Of G
an Was that Priest unwilling that his ac
,All Should unite with the children Of he
our tics, and joining their hands and tn
hearts, say with them Our Father VI
Ne art in Heaven, hallowed by thy nam
isiI Was he unwilling that the children
s'n the Huguenots and the Puritans-
ms children Of those Ppotestants who rene
mai bered the mountains Of Piedmont Z
ne' the Waldenses-who remembered
e u5uht If & Bqrfholorne,.- Oh IL 6