The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-12

RELIGIOUS TRAINING OF AMERICAN YOUTH.

Social, Educational. Benevolent and ESeii-
giOus Institutions OF the United states,
from Catholic Point Of View-Lstter from
the Archbishop Of Cincinnati, nnd Petition
of the Archbishop OF New York.
PASTORAL LETTER ON THE DEGREES OF THE SECOND
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI, BY THE MOST
REV. j. b. PURCELL, D. D., ARCHBISHOP OF GIN
CINNATI.
JOHN BAPTIST, GRACE OF GOD AND FAVOR OF TIE
APOSTOLIC SEE, ARCHBISHOP CINCINNATI TO THE CLERGY
OUR DIOCESE GRACE, HEALTH AND PEACE FROM
The FATHER, AND THE SON AND TILE HOLY GHOST AMEN.
VENERABLE BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY, AND BELOVED Gull
The LAITY -
Our present most gracious Father in God, Plus the
NINTH the Vicar Of Lord Jesus Christ the govern
be issued the 10th Of last November approbaory of
the acts DEGREES of the Second Provincial Council of
Cincinnati, which had been previously submitted TO the
examination and judgment Of the Sacred Congregation of
the Propagation Of the Fah il becomes duty to pro-
mitigate them as, henceorth, an integral portion Of the
laws of this ecclesiastical province.
In the letter Of instructions covering the Decree the
Cardinal Project directs that the symbol of faith which he
doubts not was protested in conformity with audabe
by the fathers Of the Council and which they should
be ready to affirm and defend to the shedding OF their
blood should be published with the acts This profession
Of faith was made by all the Bishops in the last in
former Councils and published among the acts OF
the Council OF 1885, We shall solemny repeat IT, such
Is the Will OF Rome, in all the future Councils which
God may permit 10 assemble for use the language
of the Ango-Saxon Apostle of Germany, St Boniface
We have decreed and confessed that VIII maintain
the Catholic faith and unity, and subsection TO tho Ro
man church, TO the end OF our lves With that great
missionary profess ourselves " ready 10 die If God
WILL for the holy laws OF fathers, that may
with them the heavenly inheritance and with him does
every prelae OF this province rejoice sign himself
Bebop and disciple of the Roman church, (Ep. o. 105
and 44) With the Apostle OF Ireland. St. Patrick vd
spicilegium Dacher) We say, " questions arise let
them be referred 10 Rome" With st. Jerome, we pro.
fess that only that ark s savaon and that whoever
eats the Pascha lamb out of that house is profane.r
Ua nlinvn parn or6 IN, hcx- prIc
address the Pope, saying You a great priest
great Pon; you are the prince OF bishops; you tho
ment Noah; in patrarchate, Abraham; 10 order, Mel
chsedech in dignity, Aaron IN authority, Moses in urs
dicon Samuel IN power Peter; and in JUNCTION, Christ"
We need not offer any apology for using this strong
language in speaking Of the Roman See and faith since
to the FIRST Pope Thou art Peter, and this Rock
will build church, and the gates Of hell shall pre-
vail against IT. and will give 10 thee the keys of the king
dom Of Heaven; feed my lambs feed my sheep; have
prayed for thee that thy faith may never fall confirm thy
brethren" 10 all of which the Holy Ghost adds the
Acts OF the Apostles what was not said OF another that
the sick were laid by the waysde that Peters shadow
may fall upon and cure them. We WONDER then how
could have been sad and sad the pretended authority
Of venerable name, and said without cry of remon-
and of indignation from the Catholic heart of the
United States, that here in some nameess but
peculiar danger Of severance from the centre Of Catholic
Unity We may, II Is rue-and the confession is humilat-
iDgbe in danger Of this great evil as we are of every
other while we are wayfarers in world Of and
oM ever there ,rds naor or an Episcpdte, that as de-
roted ne chair and the person Of Peter IN has
the See Of Rome, that nation is the United States that Epsco
pate is ours In all our councils have ted this
devotion by our acts. We have awaited ourselves of
every opportunity that afforded u.s. in times past to
send our future priests and bishops to be educated in
Rene We have yielded to none I" sympathy Nth The Holy
Father in erc. We among the foremost ENCOURAGING
and aFplauding mhen there question Of cro,cnig the
Immaculate And s fact as honorable to it is we'll
known TO the world that American preate scarcely
feels himself to be bishop until like St. Paul. he has
gone up to Rome to commune with Peter; until he has
kne at the shrine Of the holy Apostles and heard the
paternal COUNSEL and received the blessing of the Supreme
earnest OF the guidance of the Holy Spirit aud
Of the benson of Christ his Aposolate Educated in
such principles and such traditions we should lose
our reason before lost faith schsmatcs
We therefore, and God helping we shall ever be-
united in communion with his Holiness
1t s not to define the faith or TO settle controversies
concerning 1t, that Provincial synods assembled.
Their object is rather to safeguard the faith to illustrate
TO provide for the poor and the orphan and establish
pure and elevated morality in the souls Of the clergy and
the faithful, for whom they legsate.
Much Of the good that has been accomplished by
the American Church, which counts but sixty nine
years since the conservation of her first bishop,
Of Provincial councils. BY them, still more than
by increased facilities for travel have - been drawn
daily nearer to Rome BY them we have Been preserved
rom abuses which have imperied the faith obscured
the glory Of rome dioceses at least Of other Catholic
natons and by them has the uniformity discipline and
the unity OF spirit which the apostle desiguates as the
people. e' -"N
Inc rst decree OF the Second Provincial Co ,nc of Gin
cnpau epons the observance Of the DEGREES of the First
Provincial Council of this city and of the Plenary and
other councils held Baltimore while the bishops of this
province were its sufiragans These with the DEGREES
OF our Second Provincial Synod, therefore portion
OF the canon law Of this diocese and such to be faith
ay observed Every pastor Of souls should feel it to be
and make the enacments that concern them the subt
Of instruction to the congregation
Inc cause OF education must enlist the sympathes
and excite the lively socitude Of every order Of the cer
gy as well as Of the parents and friends of youth II
was the proud boast Of the citizen Of this State who
labo1ed more than any other to obtain legislation 10
ana endow the common schools that when they
were once in successfu operation the criminal statutes
would be dead letter There would be no more offences
more implicitly believed Never were heavier pecupiary
sacrifices imposed by the or submitted TO bv
1ne people than IN the vain attempt to realize this Utopia
The system has had fair trial for considerably more than
quarter OF century in this and in other States of the
Union. But what ia the RESULT Are crimes dminshedp
Are they committed especially in their most aggravated
form only or mainly by the uueducatedY The amswer 10
TO this questson Is returned to from the Senate Chamber
NE noei dining roo ne streets Of Washington the offices
y Sdte and county treasures the counters and dess Of bdn
he Jdtt and The jury room Of HaOesv,lle, Ky Education
m1tacM religon not at oil only questionable boom
mind Domestic education and the good example of pa
rents must be added 10 the instruction the school room
me injustice Of aring Catholics to support schools from
,chich they derire no benefit cease and the use of their
on money be allotccd them 30 educate their o,vn children
Or, II TINS cannot be- the common schools should be
placed on such basis as that Catholics may profit by
Mork Of God, the religion that conquered Poganism and
om ana bd7bdrtsm must not be repiled as an apostacy
uhtle secs that sanction divorce and deny the uure punish
,aen 81 me Scked and lessen Gospel truths the most essen
tfal and books that teach open and shameless insmoraluv
recesre e srdgs Of ne majority, and commended 70
the confidence and admiration Of ne pupils
We are not SO unwse To think, 80 unjust az 10 saw
that Catholics have not 10 for their full share of
the deprayy we dep0re Let the Church the State
let Catholics and Proestans do what they NAV TO arrest
the torrent CT evil will wholly cease 10 flow; for
while there are men there will be vices But we seek TO
control this torrent to confne To narrower limits TO
lcssen the volume Of s waters and preserve those por
tons CT society which has not yet invaded from the in
undstion The State, If eoU citizens icsll let us haze
our otcn money 10 make eSperimeu in our on
,dy ic hope succeed justice be denied u.s. Catholics
must only do what they TO redress their part of the
evils Of society.
Now, what is the duty Of Catholics with regard To the
right education Of YOUTH
In the first place. they must teach them the catechsm
or send them where they will learn ito the Catholic
school and to the church, to their school and 70 their
own church and not another Secondly, they must pro-
vide for them teachers who will know how TO teach
who will give them good example, who will not suffer
their pupils boys and rls TO be exposed the dangers
Of promiscuous unrestricted intercourse in the same
school room and Fairgrounds and evening parties where
the passions are prematurey developed and religion and
reason hold no control They must nterdict the democrat