New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-31

epoch IN American history when the rights OF men IN
different churches arrayed against each other and
war was declared to the knife and the knife to tho his
. srREcH OF THE HON HIRAM KRrcnUM.
owing TO Illness Mr. Ketchum was unable TO he pres
s sS, he mad was @ is
o, new one TO my personal knowledge II has at
,ury. No subject has been more thoroughly discussed
anS po1' better settled by public authorities than the
~Sd pLpepe IN the Of hs state that
OF foreign brth"W6ether white or solSeds entte1
AZ the expense of the State be instructed by competent
make him Intelligent citizen able TO transact the
ordinary business Of life Beyond such instruction tho
female, has right to be instructed how spell the
-, hgnsh language, to be taught arithmetic the rndimens
3i English grammar OF geography and of bookkeeping
Beyohd this the State IL not bound to go. The
schools Of the State 5oOoO the of money
he State pays for the support OF these schools Is
by tax this vast amount OF money the State ought 10
provide for the expenditure OF the This the state
through long series OF years, in which 1t has
built the Common School system. the crown.
"st every citizen of Ne%yorS Sad REASON to
be Proud OF his st for her action in this regard But
the state ought to raise the money for the education OF
Church they give Just good secular instruction
~ the State. and give religious instruction beside
We regard it as a conservative element of so
cicty. and will protect every citizen. and every
and worship but have right to tax the people for
the support OF religion T. must derive its support from
voares." These American principles. so well under
their truth to an American audience. 1.-THE State pays
for the support OF religion 1t wond seem proper that the
worship and doctrines This interference would be
submitted to for an instant Mr. Ketehum concluded
upon the Publc School Fund.
IN. SPEECH oF JOSEPH p THOMPSON d. H.
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: Before shall sep
arate this evening We must attend to the practical bust
hat fheyn aV
acquant Legislature with the fact that the citizens
charter Of their own-lgreat appause-a charter reaf
rming those principles Of civil and religious liberty upon
which this nation founded and by which alone can
stand charter forever fOrbdding the introduction Of
intolerance blgOtry, and scctaranism into political and
Itself to the common sense and the common honesty
the American people that when the truth Is seen there
will be unanimous vote for the repeal OF this 10Th
section, and a prohibition OF any Ike legislation
future. This question is not at all question OF
charity The attempt has been made through lhe press
10 elicit public sympathy behalf Of class OF poor and
destitute children in Newlok who are SAID TO be unable
TO attend the common schoos as no" % oi
lack Of suitable clothing il there be snch children as
unhappily there are, they should be clothed, put VINO
should do IT. II the state undertakes the TASK IL ehters
on regular process Of demOrallzng Its own cltzens
lArpause Even granting that 1t should attempt to
be ntasted strictly civil board. and not to ecclcs
asca organizations. Much less is this question OF
charity in the matter OF education user, rs not the
manly of every American stunned by the nsnu
alton the education OF his children is charity from
tLo state3 No man would tolerate THAI idea. We are
free born, every man of u.s. and stand upon the same
| u,
needs even more than do Nor IL this question Of
sufficient school accommodations There has hitherto
been an average increase Of 5000 children per annum in
the public OF this city, but last year there
falling of of about 5000 ana TINS IN the very ward
the state We not here representatives of the
| rious denominations to protest that We have not re-
| ceyed our share Of this fund. hope every Pro
| testant school in New-York will refuse to accept
any OF it under any pretcnse. We have no right as
have always taned) to impose upon the child OF any
any sort OF religious teaching against which that
| man protests. lAppausel But the exclusion OF the
| uOtl cIu q
wish to-day is to train mp the children To be true and
waverng Catholics lhisses and that Is what they want
Dr. Thompson read numerous extracts from The Cono
lie World for April 1870 aud dwet with caustic severity
on the cnltes ana dvantagcs of the WORKOUT aud
inefficient method Of sectarlan education All expert
encc In Europe said he. has shown that where educa
ton is left private charity TO individual enterprise.
aud to ecclesiastical arrangements, the classes OF The
people fail be reached. Pray. not Ireland edu
Gated before ii was shipped over heref Laughter aud
the speaker then read from the same periodical an
extract asserting that the Roman Catholic Church
dvney ordained 10 govern kings nations, and every
God to judge. Ilaughtcrl The Romanists have
CURED their power this State through the politicians,
and they the men We must look after Tic Catholic
World that their opponents trust 10 woman sur
iSnghterl for Says thsperodca Catholic women have
too much m9deGy too % n1 re f"g odesy which 40
becomes the sex, to be seen voting iLaugh'er qua,
earnest feeling the speaker said that the question
was "A most solemn one. We must prepare to WORN
mand AT our Legislature the repeal Of that infamous law
which subsidies religious schools lappiaustI LOT we
have right To suffer such provision TO Una.
viii divide us INTO bitter factions and bring about
bloody struggle. Begin now we must say 10 our repre-
seUtaiyes ut Albany, Repeal that act tomorrow"
Amid thunders Of applause the speaker concluded ana
tbe Key DE- stewart introduced lie was an lflsh
pintcs.an he said and then proceeded TO bitterly at
tack the Catholics but wished 10 deny the assertion OF
The ureyous speaker that Irishmen coming to tins
were Ignorant II such emgrants thcre were,
they were the Observation-Disclosures In explicit language
he predictcd tile arTaying OF sect against sect
and smoke in admiration of King William Ill
and the OIangemen He urged ms hearers To iso aGis
| 1, nd.
cited called upun his hearers 10 surrender. Inc motto
" n, surrender" said shut the gates OF Derry kept
back James, Popish army, aud saved England rom
Roman conquest Rome tIemDles Inc iIsn d .inet
Feniansm He hoped the POntn wOuu De Ica an
immaculate aud nfallble faint, which would further
ycotcu Them for no reasonable man, even 'dthonc
,.onId swaow That We must he sure our representa-
tvcs are bribed by Jesuit money III c9G"son ne
said: "Put your trust III PROVIDENCE al" A''p jun
powder dry" -
The Rev DR. CAN'T was then introduced. Discussion
of This question scarcely necessary nc sdu' nc
called the attention of his hearers To what had peo ms
tnoJ Inv Tho prcy ous spcaker-namey, that TINS -
moi an sue between Catholic and Protestant ne peestu
them TO calm. II wrong To can UP q soopln ~
lions raucor lAppausc.I II comes up too easily. we
need no calling of hard names, no referring ,, ~
the past history Of Ths tins mo suiG mpersona we
can make This discussion the better. We must respect
vhat a man saws his conscience demands, nut We htsi
tate say when he goes 100 lar MS @ ana we shall
trnunh IApplause.l Cool words but strong hearts.
appeal to you to circulate inc pctiilon, lVu0 i h
which are distributed through the hs III ,o,,sIy
acnin offered the resolutions which had Dce pre- ousy
used and when he called for "A vote III lh'It iN"
Matching shout went up that fairly shook III. naIi
The resolutions were declared uhdhlhluuaS "'oF''''
and ile immense cuncOurse slowly DISPERSED