The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-23

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No question can by possibility be of more
Importance to people than that Of. educa-
other question, and, once satisfactorily
settled, of necessity includes the solution
OF every other difficulty. An educated
people, conscious Of its own strength, and
instructed in the dangers which beset its
path, and the means of avoiding them, can
do anything. The abolition of the penal
laws, which forbade Catholics to be edu-a
Gated, led inevitably to their more COM
plete emancipation, and eventually-for
that point is not yet reached-will lead
plete equality with the rest of their fellow
countryInen, upon which alone they can
rest contented. The Irish people have al
ways appreciated highly the value 0nSedRr
cation, but there in ono thing which
value more than education-or, PROF.
speaking, more than mere secular educ&~M
that is their religion, for which they nave
suffered and sacrificed so much. The Irish
Catholic-and, indeed, great numbers of
Irish Pyntestants aisO-know that educa-,
ti0n without religion is misnomer that
it is q semblance from which the reality
can but be nnmitigated evil instead of un-
alleged good For this reason the Catho
lie has always repudiated the temptations
of what is called the mixed system " of
education for his children. Primary, in
termediate or university he repudiates; and
from the poor man who refuses to send his
child to q school from which his religion is
excluded, to the nobleman who will not send
his son to Trinity College, the answer is
the same-we will have none of it. But
the time has now come when Catholics de-
mand and must have an absolute equality,
do ladn ar v ut Dnz- wi n
others in the country. They pay equal
taxes with their neighbors, they have equal
rights, and they demand equal privileges.
Facilities are given by the State to the Pro-
testant to educate his child as Protestant.
The Atheist is assisted and protected by a
professedly Christian State in educating
his child without knowledge of Christi
anity-State money is granted for the pur-
pose, and care is taken lest his tender
tconscience" be in any way offended. The
Catholic alone is refused assistance to edu-
cate his child in the only way in which his
conscience tells him that he can be really
and truly educated. To talk of equality"
while this state of things exist is a farce,
and Catholics now demand that it be put
an end to. If they show themselves united
in the demand it must be conceded. A
facile means of declaring their will has
been given them by the document which is
now in course of signature by registered
Parliamentary electors, lay and clerical,
throughout the country. We trust that
advantage will be taken of it, for it's i'm
union amongst Irishmen is attained we
cannot hope for our full emancipation. |
What real and lasting union ever existed |
without equalityf Let us then strive for |
perfect equality, in the full knowledge and |
perfect union will be one of |
it's first and most blessed fruits.-Freeman. |
The Irish Ambulance.-The Irish Ambu- |
hoy hoe oil i,,i
their exertions during the past week, and
we understand that the greater portion of
the work of organizing the corps and
the ambulance has been COM
pleted. We cannot too strongly urge on
local committees, intent ON cooperating in
this noble undertaking, the necessity of at |
Once forwarding the subscriptions in their
hands to the Dublin Committee. It will
be necessary to stock the ambulance with
D large and expensive supply of medical
ykores, and we are confident that our cOun-
trymen will not be backward in forwarding
for. this purpose. A letter
was received from CrossmOlina, from the
Very Rev. b. Costello, p. p, enclosing a
check for ESQ. The medical gentlemen
that they had passed about forty
medical assistants and q large number of
men to act on the field as assistants with
the wagons and tents.
The Dublin correspondent Of the London
says: The project of organizing
m ambulance corps in Ireland for the SER
vice of the wounded French soldiers has
become extremely popular--so much 80
that the managers of the movement labor
under an embdrras do ricltesses, and their |
only difficulty is that of choice among the
crowd of applicants for enrolment. None
are accepted who are not in perfect health,
and of unexceptionable moral character.
They are carefully examined by surgeons,
as il for actual military service, to ensure
that none shall be admitted who from ply
sical delicacy would be likely to prove un-
able to bear the fatigues of the service,
and thus become burden upon the corps.
In proof of the second qualification, the
candidates are required to produce testi-
monials from clsSgymen or other trust
those who havS kerto presented them
selves are said land probably are
A public meeting xas held in Dundalk
some three or four weeks ago, and resOlu
Iutions were passed and a committee APP
pointed to collect subscriptions in aid of
The French sick and wounded. A sum
to over S200 was collected, but
D difficulty arose as to whom the money
should be forwarded. Under these circum-
stances the committee called public meet
ing, at which it was resolved that the money
should be handed over to the Dublin AM
buiance Committee. .s
n London irish Ambuldnce-Wef find the
in the London Times: Several
Trish Iadiea and gentlemen resident in