Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-03-22


country. II is not confined TO sect or party p
particularly, but is engaging the thought u
full consideration oil christians ana GU
zens of all denominations and neighoor- Il
hoods Good men everywhere begin 10 81
think-very wisely too-that it is lar oelter
to look the causes of the increase oil VICE {
and crime in the face, than to longer aouge f
their consequences under the foolish lear Oh I
doing one denomination harm or another =
good, by the Introduction of religious in- =
strueiion in the public schools as purher l
Of the morals of community through 'ne !
medium of proper early training. :
The following is the substance oil dls-
course recently delivered in New York, by {
member of the British Parliament, on the
subject of education. We give the extract
as we find it reported in the New YORK
| Times;-
| EDUCATION IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
John Francis Mcguire, ESQ.,, NJ. I. ior
Cork. delivered a lecture last evening before
n large audience at the Cooper Institute
The honorable gentlemen on coming lorWaru
received most enthusiastic reception
He said il was not his intention to speak
on the great question of education. In this
country, above all others, edueatlon neeueu
no panegyrc its great good was so patent 10
all. for to all its advantages were lreeiy ga
tended. and the country from end to END gave
evidence that these advantages were under
, stood and appreciated His purpose was to
advocate tonight, as he had always anVo- |
Gated. that system which his lifelong ex-
t nerience had taught him to be the best lor
d the peace and morality OF people-the ue-
n pominatonal system of educaion-tne sYs,
tenn that expressed the sense ol Juss,.isv1e.
3 this country, and offended the sensinlnues
), of no individual member of it. The learned
e gentleman then proceeded to illustrate the
p Successful working of the denominatlonal
;. system in the different countries Where IL
y was protected by the Government lie re-
Is ferred to the act of the Constitution Oh tne
ie kingdom OF Prussia, Protestant frussla,
that education throughout that hihgoolh
should be UNCONVENTIONAL. In that coun-
nj try. he said, the value of true edu-
ne cation was fully realized, and in none
of other was the opinion of its value more
exalted. There the respect for the rellglous
denomination of the citizen was NOT markeu
as in character. The Kingdom contains seven
of rn;Il;on Catholics and eleven million Protest
ants. Its elementary schools, its gymnasia
or HIGHER schools, and its normal schools, all
'n- we've denominatioual. There were Cathohc
nd and Protestant schools of each rank and in
ing the Catholic normal schools the Catnolie
teachers were educated for their WORK, II
a, the Protestant normal schools the FrotesIah
Jay teachers were fitted Tor their labors. The
nal father If zach child was assumed to be it
ext RELIGIOUS guardian, and the normal training
in every school was under the supervisor
Of the pastors teaching the faith oil the chll
ue' dren therein. The Catholic Dean and IN
nan Protestant dignitarY Of his church were eae
he local inspectors of their parish schoois
10 From this liberal system 1t was iounu lne
-. all good proceeded There were no peu
a1c antsronisms among the children, no bickel
inps no insulting each other in their chile
orn is6 Ignorance because they differed in u
4ror particulars of belief, but each instructed
true Christian charity, was taught 10 loN
his neighbor as himself. NO one hau near
rted of any evil growing out OF this most liper
the system. that permitted to each church Il
on guardianship OF lls Young. 1872; NJ ohe ~, uo
was no charge that any of Prussia's childrt
had been unfalthful to her flag when the
rushed in thousands to defend her not loI
New ago She is now one of the greatest OF mi
ion tary Powers in Europe--scarcely second
.'o his one, the American Republic, the create
To military power of the world. LIremendo
ruck cheering Where would have been !
rain. virtue Of her needlegun II there had not be
and the men to charge and fire, and charge a
fire again? where would have been her
was tories if there had not been union amo
arm her sons? In England the system was a
purely demonstrated. Under the ve
ou,b. shadow of Westminster there stood eau
POINTS ,vai, and where the children were not afr
star to make the sign of the cross when the cl'
heinp struck The schools the colleges, W
r;ua freely subsidized by the State and nj
''-'S' ouarreled with these State donations bl
few insane bigots whose names are not wo
threw their indignation. 1t was hoped one
n the that the lion and the lamb would he 90
together, but he feared that aspiration '
liking , sow crew ye' M became bererent and but
.rd to each other iercely Such was the resul
hung the mixed system of education, the jlbe
the taunt, rrelgion and infdelity, ill-fee
and ultimate disunion and detestatlon.
VIM believed, he said, in the Influence OF &
II last, christian teaching, whatever be the pu
in the He believed that the great lesson OF the
should be TO teach each child the d.
truths of his church, be IL what it might
CTS Vi and the first great precept of the chris
I'd and law was from God-to love your neigl
!. have as yourself This, he said, was the $
which had always stirred his heart, and
before God he believed to be the sacred
open ing which lived the heart OF Catholic
t, New land from end to end. The mixed sy
o have of education IN Ulster, the northern prov
,ror,l,, of Ireland, had not been productive OF
results; the quarrels on the street and il
schools, even in the churches were
entered enough of this, for they could be CT
ell, near traced TO It, The charge was made b
rdarouo malicious, and swallowed by the ignC
that the Irish priesthood were the EN-
Juhus, of education, how little did they knoN
'ney or truth who imbibed this calumny II
hot and land the mass of the people were still {
his son nc, r vue ltstanem sI
ol 'le that of its population of 5000 600, 4,5l
: Bach were still Of that faith. In Leinster,
at him ster and Connaught, three of her prov
o,vever of the 100000 children who attende
schools, 3SS, 900 were Catholics, was evi
ave mus of opposition by the priesthood. He
enumerate instance after instance {
iued $50 most extraordinary personal sacrifices
N blacL by these worthy men to organize schoC
ling. n M TG' 10 saw that The Catholic prie
], G. W., the enemy of progress, the foe to edu'
" night was a vile, vlllainous SANDER. ~
turer then proceeded to read extract
tue report of a commissioner sent
.ouTu University of Cambridge to report
'-.N - working Of the denominatona syst
lngs ever education on the Continent, and v
1t Column spite of all the prejudices he carrie
* cele- him, returned from his visit to /
age of the Austria, baVarla, t1e sMiss Canton !,
ny NV a true Christian civilization was best
5. Sena- by the system of denominatiOnal instr
rthur the The difficulties attending the mixed
Gibbs od. SYSTEM he said, were insurmountat
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