Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-01-07

VIII NNN NhAMiNf NNNi tlNliNii nNti
Rov. sir am iqAofdsi of Amcn
can law 3, Il is founded on King
James Bible his rule Of Faith this
religion done everything Caihollcliy
uothng-ior the "grcat American ma.
ton" 3 "Tho Institute cannot be
responsible for orocd they had no
tot or part in calling into eristoHee,'
(he isspoal1ing Of the Catholic church.
T. "Ihc uor popmf (voico OF the pco-
ple,) "is against you;" hence he has
concluded that my course, and not
bic, was illegal His argument rs tho
"retort courteous" as the epithets
"cloven foot,p "unsmashed," unmask-
ed" or "unmusked," "hood.wink,"
&c, clearly proves.
Objections answered:
l. "Strange, TO object 10 prayer"
No, sir, on neutral ground anything
else would be hypocrisy. Persons do
pray "amiss' sometimes st. James
says: "And many fatter God with
their mouths and lie TO him with their
tongues" Ps. sS-36) Why would
not Goods Benediction" be given as
soon for individuals prayer, on their
own premises, as at tho Institute |
asked this question in my last you
could give no reply.
2. "Catholics did not ask to wor-
ship" OF course not; they will not
force their creed, or their Bible, on
any one
3. "Why couldn't Catholics worship
with Protestants p because Christ
founded their church, and men made
yours
4. "But the prayer was Protestant" d"
Any kind would be Illegal
.. "Ihere is prayer in Congress"
No purity; all are free to hear the
prayer, or not, as they think fit.
Teachers are not on the same footing.
Even then, the practice is Calvanistic,
! introduced by the Congregationalist,
Samuel Adams, via Old and New
England, Scotland, and Geneva.) uO
6. "The school laws" p. IS. Was
not word of the law. Strange you
did not know the State Superinten.
dents advice from an Act of Assembly;
and yet you promised 10 "cnlighten"
the fgnoranP r. G. p. "Our Pap
says the Catholic man knows nothing
about the school laws" Very anus
ing, and truthful "Nothing more is
said on the subject" What wild as
sertion ! If this is your luminous ex-
position Of human law, what must be
your authority in divinity
7. "If Catholics and Protestants
want to pray, none can stop them
legally" Not true; all equal on
neutral ground. What nonsense this
"polly-piety" is Could you, sir, lis
ten to the Mass, Invocation Of Saints,
&c, at the Institute z or would You
approve Catholic saying his prayers
or reading what you call "Apocrypha"
(doubtfuD in common schools or insti-
tutesy 2 If SO, you would not be "a
jewel of consistency"
s. "The Constitutions profess to be
founded on King James Bible" Yes,
you say so. 1t might be as near to the
truth TO assert that the Model has the
British Constitution and the best
parts Of it owe their origin 30 the
Great Charter wrung from the tyrant
John, in 1915, by Catholic Prelates
and Barons. The version of the
crowned pedant was not even the fret
Protestant one, as you seem to think;
and the Catholic church had the origi-
nal for over fifteen hundred years.
under her sole care and protection.
.. Catholics have done nothing for
this country" The best Protestant
writers that ever lived refute you,
Rev. sir, such as Washington, Ban
croft, &c. pD Thus your own voucb-
CTS are turned "swift witnesses against
you. Catholics, for their numbers,
have done as much for their country
as their other fellow-citizens.
Your cause is a bad one, Rev. sir /:
hence even your legal lore, knowledge
orthodoxy, and general learning, have
failed to maintain IT, am none
afraid Of American jurors. This is
not my first brush With the "school
men," If l fail now, it will be the first
time. l flatter no one, but / state a
fact; l have never yet-"ignorantD
advocate as | am-appealed in vain to
American love Of fair play and impair
tial justice. As an American citizen,
! ask no more nothing less will sat
isfy me. X OBRANIGAN, r. C.P.
December goth, 1865.
-a-
ul Acts, ia t2)IB. 90 The Com. School
Law gi Pa, r. c. coburn. tl) Purdons Digest,