Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-12-16

would seem the trainers Of the Constitution accord
ing to K. OBS version of law, were the JhTsf Il
disobey their orn kaac, and guilty OF the sam
! crime for which he arraigns the Institute
| Again he asks: Will the executive OF th'
common schools. the County Superintendent, O.
the earnest divines, who attended this Institute
explain why they CONDUCTED the Institute lille
gany ?"
And pray, where is the ilIegaiity Ans fo'
opened the Institute with prayer, and Mis was IL
legal; and as proof, have / not said that 1t wa
| od:sobedience'' TO the Constitutions of the Uni
ted State, Pennsylvania. AID the school laws.
An. yes.
(Seeus a. .Selooi-CIass No 2, aged respsetirel,
| fsA ysars)
| Teacher-Boys. have you studied the ConstI
| tuition of the United States?
| Answer Yes sir
! T.-What does it say Of prayer?
| Att don't say moth in " bout that
| T-What do the ame ndments saya
A.-Why, Congress shsn't make no laws bout
| religious worship
T.-What moro is said
A.-why, Congress shan't hinder .'no body
| from the free exercise of their religion.
| T What does that moan'
! A-why, that We may pray and sing and reao
the Bible. when and where please, and the
| Constitution won say n word bout it
Ibid the ministers a. the Institute who
| prayed dsobey the Constitution
A-No sir.
T.-why did they not
A Cause the Constitution don't say an nything
against prayia'
P.-What else does the Constitution say
A 1t don't say nothin else bout religion.
(Ciass No. s. age. years
T-Boys, have you studied the Consultation Of
Pennsylvania
Aye S SIR.
T.-what does it teach concerning worship to
God!
A.-why. sir, it teaches that every body has a
natural right that can be taken from them, te
worship their conscience tells them is right.
That's very we'll my bsys Now tell me,
what does all that mean2
Why. sir. it means that Messrs Buckley
Hayes. Guysr. Shoemaker, and everybody. may
pray. standing. knecling. wherever whenever, as
long and rs loud, as they please.
T.-Dare any one control men in this right
A-No; the Constitution says they dsrent
T Does the law give a preference" to any
form ode of religion
A-Ne sir
What does preference" meant
E.-Why, that the Law does not care N orc for
one form N ode than another.
What oshsr meaning has it,
a Tia, the law daren't uphold one form. and
condemn ahotber
tbs that all il means?
No, sir; it means if Methcdists Baptists.
Presbyterians, uiherans, or CathOlsrs want to
nd nth -.
the lar daEcn t make them stop prayTn'.
Tan you prove that?
A.-Yes sir; the Constitution says the law
dare"'t give no preference to or control re-
lgion.
T.-Tbat'll do.
tCtas' No. 4, age year,)
T.-WeE little girl, what de the School laws
say about prayinge
A-"hy, our pap says the Catholic man don't
know nothin bout school laws for they don t say
word bout prayin. them don't
T.-But what do sch ool laws say a. out religion?
A.-Why, our ma am says, if We is Mesodits.
Baptizens, Pres,erians er Lucersns. er .asoliks
you dorent cay a word ginst us or fur u.s.
Here tie sce,ss closes.
Will the Gentleman still persist in the Insti-
tuts $ illegal conduct - Have not his owu si,.
nesseS' turned AS swift Witnesses agains, him
But is not The '.cloven foot unm asked in what
directly foilows2 He says: NO Catholic can
consistently Join in any worship except his own
Is not this the trouble9 0stensibly the illeyalty
is made res, op the Constitutions and Schoollaw.
but is il not after all found right here2 But, ii
illegal OF this ground, why not look at and meet
tho truth fairly and say the tenets Cor dortrines
of the Catholic church. have made it Illegal. and
not the Constitutions; for while the latter foybfd
no mode OF worship, they sanction all Let me
ask what has ade it Inconsistent for a Catho-
lie to join in any worship except his own? What
has taken from him Liberty OF conscience" and
hence illegal for him to join in worship a. the
Institute Answer; The religious tenets of the
Catholic church. Who, then are respopsib,e7
Not the Constitutions cf the United States or
Pennsylvania. but the trainers of the tenets of
the Catholic church Yet this Gentleman, for
getting himself, would hold the Constitutions OF
this fres land and the whole Protestant popula-
tion amenabie 10 him and HI, church, for declar-
ing that all religious worship IS legal. AID now,
: hear earth and give heavens to his
last and most selfish and inconsistent charge
Here 1t is According to this unjust practice
viz; of opening Institutes With prayer" ..he
(the Cathoic) would not be equality with
his fellow citizen. acho ctaims a.e right of rror-
S"tp'"g God as he thinks proper"
We take the last r, Of this sentence frst. and
We are led 10 say, oh consistency, thou art a |
Jewel L assure you, my dear sir the man who |
uttered that saying no fool
call upon the public to notice that after, as |
be supposes closing the tbs of these .divines'
oy law alter most unkindiy sluring them in their |
right to pray, be says, (the Cathoiics) claiu,
fhe right 10 1corship G,d IRE think proper Yer |
Ay-weii let th pass for the present.
-'All things are lawful. but not expedient,-l
just now. child can see what he means and
" hat ought TO be said 10 know that none of
the Gentleman persuasion. at the Institute ask
ri the right to worship; and 1 know further.
that had their spiritnai atrss>r been present the
'ams courtesy would have been extended 10 him
as to others
A word about the inequality of which he
'ompi 'ins aud we done The Institute can
u lan} more than our constitutions and school |
awsl hold itself responsible for an, Inequality"
which any society. in the lace of all American
laws and the vox populi. chooses to bring upon
ssif If men will make and subscribe to ,ba,
Shich p'odaors Inequality" can it be called eun
ust ami Illegal if those who have no voice mar. |
)r Iot in calling irtu existenee su.A $780,. |