The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-06
rF.o.S<he Irish Citizen.l
ESTABLISHED scaoo1s-.-EsTAsIIsHEo
CHURCHES.

Churches stand upon precisely the same
footing. Erery reason which can be alleged
in favor of '.Common Schools" controlled
by the Government, and supported by COM
pulsory taxes, may be alleged with pre-
cisely equal force in favor of maintaining
the Church Establishment in Ireland. And
there is no reason, not one, for dleestab-
fishing the Irish Established Church that
does not apply quito as well to the dis.
establishment of the Common Schools OF
the State of New York.
In the one case, a government offers to the
people( lat the peoples own expense)a Church
which the dominant power in the country
declares to be the true Church. Believe in
it or not, as you like for it is a free
country attend it Or not, as you please,
with your families-for the penalties upon
non attendance are no longer in force but
pay for it you shall at any rate: because
we are able to make you pay. You can
haye-value for Your money, if you will: II
not, You ma3go to tile devil! In the other
case, government offers to the people lat
the peoples expense) School System,
which the dominant power in the country
an Albany majority of blockheads = de-
-elaTes to be coed and sound systemof
education. Send your children to share in
its benefits, or not, just as you please: but
you must pay for it any how.
And how can any rational human being,
or good citizen (says Albany, possibly OBJ
Schools, elaborated "by the best minds OF
our country 81 And how (says Disraeli),
how can any we'll regulated mind refuse as
sent to our self-evident Thirty-Nine Arti-
Giles, or fail to be enraptured by " cur beau
tiful liturgy 7"
there are people who do object, who repel
with both their hands, both the Albany
Established Schools and Disraelis true
Church. Nay, in Ireland, the great mass
of the people, though poor enough, God
knows, and almost ground to powder fol
support of the London true Church, yet
have contriyed to build other churches
extra parliamentary churches of their own,
and sustain body of clergy, quite I'M
known to the law, to serve the affairs there
And so, here in New York, and in every
other place where law and authority set NJ
State Schools, Established Schools, there
are found people who will by no means
send their children to be taught in them
but give literally of their substance, aftei
paying the compulsory tax upon schools
which they cannot use, to set up Other
schools which they can use. 1t gives us
great pleasure to know that the Catholic
people of New York, who chiefly abhor the
perfecting their own school system; more
and more resolutely declining to conform
to the Established Schools. The same kind
of movement is going on in some Other
countries; and has much troubled Belgium
The ruling party in Belgium has long beer
Liberal" Ia word utterly odious to us)
and accordingly undertakes to force 1T
liberal system of Common Schools dowI
the throats of the Catholic people. Bel
GUM, indeed, is by far the most " liberal
country in Europe. 1t is there that Social
! ist and revolutionary meetings, which coult
not be held on the other side OF the Frencl
! frontier, can freely meet to abuse "th'
| family" and the altar, and everything
1 that man holds sacred. 1t was there, n
/ the City of Liege, that certain French stu
dents of the Sorbonne assembled, abou
/ two years ago, and having drunk mucl
wine, b'asphcmed to their hearts content
/ and prayed to Progress" One of thest
/ Youngsters asccndcd the tribune : his face
/ was very red his knees aud his tongu,
were wSbOly'; but he was able 10 stand an'
yocifcrate. :" Guerre Dieut lie Pr9Jre
! est la.- Such and liberal is Belgium
I and of course they have 4 system OF Com
/ mon Schools contrivcd 10y the best minds il
their country, And of course, also, mos
of sic Catholic people refuse to have an.
thing to do with these schools. We iin'
this gratifying paragraph in the Londol
| Tablet:
| TIE Schools IN BELGTM.-The strug
gle of the Royalist Government of Belgium