The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-03-16


40 "FssRs EniroRs:-It appears fruin c.
10 'ain correspondents Of The courisr. ihat
ne have touched a tender spot somrw here sbo
ns the interior, and have aroused th.s,a,h
certain would-be lords Of ycur Quiet i /,
10 town, BY 'sking few simple questions re
e n'ive 70 The management of ,our school
TO &c. did not suppose, when sent Va
e mat article for publication. that +, worl
q arouse ne wrath and Indignation ~ N
d Pope himself .nd AK his College Of cara
. nals' and the whole iiculiy Of The prop.
e sanda. y was not my intention 10 en,e
. 'n'oa newspaper war with your young On.
y ros, nor should have ever noticed u.ssr.
Vox Populi and Phialathes, had thev 80
s"ered my enquiries 10 a way thar The pub
nc would have believed Them. and h,d ,ha,
moi triet 70 mielrad the minds uf ,ho.e ! 4
: are unatquaint,d with The management D,
ne public schools in this township. nor a,
= hereafter expect to reply l. anything ina,
may come from the sume rec, FOR reason,
known only 70 myself.
Now, Mr. Vcx Popuii, I shall only no,ice
few items in your yiole,t and malipnan,
article. You say you do no, know v no wa.
'he author Of that repo I; i z. that Z .tholic
boVks were destroyed in lhe school house.
nave only 10 refer you 10 the Courier
where got my Information. IT'S evident,
you are not subscriber for The Courier or
YOU would be better posted relative 10 vh,,
= gong on ~ your town. would advise
you, slr, 70 subscribe for your county pap,r.l
aTc not derend on your ncishbors ior yourI
news. man that Is too pe nurious 10 sup.
port his county paper ought not 10 be sl-l
lowed the use OF its columns; and / doubt
= neither such a msn knows anv thing about
Catholicism Or The manage aement Of pub Va
schools either. hope, sir, before YOU IN
dfrtake 10 set yourself up as az advisory
counsellor, YOU will recolect that The peopIe
y THIS township are well posted 10 your va,
,f teaching school.
Mr. PhiIalathes, sir--you have given us
ong and labored article in defence a, a..
hoi'eism, aGd have tried 10 make il look 4,
'ure az ancient Democracy. and would have I
'eople believe you were ss Democratic ~
~ your operations as our fathers were in !
establishing the institutions OF The country 3
lou Try 10 make II appear that you are per
ectly satisfied with the Tree school ,ys,em a
nd that you are making il work like we'll. !.
egulaied machinery. You ore 80 certsip 1,
bal you have, by your language, darkeneJ u
'e minds q your readers, that y,u even Y
* The editors Of The Courier how they IA, :
. You seem 10 reere, that YOU did no, Il
ndertake the thing sooner. r. too. think !, 10
great pity. for i The ProIestant portion or|is
Dubois believed your article 10 be true.
ey would most assuredly confess a qrea, 81
formation had taken place in your people DC
should begin 70 think the year u jubilee ~
rs at hand. 81
The language you use 10 speaking or nv na
licle, shows thst lis influence Il ,remen- foI
usly fel'. Did You not feel guilty OF mis- GU
your public schools you would !,
make such ado abour my few simple ques- ~ -
ns relative 20 the burning Of your looks an
VII venture 70 assert that you have not lee
" been been acquainted with this Town. ms
p or else you are lover Of iorEcifulness. ~. IN
your name indicates; for il bas been h., ~
short time since you taught your PRAYERS. ser
erliism and foreign language in your pub. RAJ
schools, and when you allowed Us one 80
lstee, you employed the SISTERS Of Ciari- f,s
without bis knowing il, 10 teach sectr- inc
school. and paid them out Of the prblc lof
Dc. Your school did DO, vary then The ',l'
ment you entered the district school. sno III,
= history from The days Of lioody Mary Tor
70 70 The present time would not allow me I
elieve you would vury yei, had YOU The ref
'er as you had then. - -
trust have feeling Of patriotism when pro
me TO sprak Of your subscription school for
We 10 objection 10 your nine months s's''
'ol; Nor wcu'd any reasonable man have. s,a ..s
ou were 70 employ our whole time, IN a new
crp'ion school. teaching your religious iis 0
ts. KS your privilege; The law OF the 'ers'
TRY gives you The right. But Il does no. ~
an,es you the rieh, 10 set yourself Up a. non.
cnty, and allow ycu, in certain localities,
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