St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-10-28


schools.
V. Consider now filthy the ilIegitima-
/ cy of the conscience claim. If Ole con-
scienliously or even with stimulation of
Conscience, objects to the suhiection OF
lis cllid to the religious service Of the
school, it is certainly 10 he respected, 50
long as the state accepts the man as re-
spon-ible guardian of the child At the
sane time we may raise the query wheth
er theoretically, If the state has the right
to abridge this responsibility by demand
ing for the child some sort Of secular ed
ucation, it has not equal right to abridge
it 20 the extent Of demanding for it the
pruvi-ion for some sort of moral and re-
liglous education.
: But grant the Tight of this exemption,
the expulsion of the Bible and the service
wholly Irom the school Is quite an1thcr
matter lie who demands this cXpul-
lion has equal right to demand the exclu
sion OF every tantest recognition of moral
isy and rel. ZION from everything in which
the government has authority. And if
it i true that government is properly
rooted in religion and may ,y-ltimaiciy
regard religion a. one of its objects, this
i 10 demand a Goddess government. II
i, NJ to dcmpud an N, religious, but =
positively urciigious government. 50 tha,
in reality thi+ becomes a question Of one
class OF conscience against another. Aud
the true question is which ought to carry
/ the point.
/ The question Is. shall a few thousand
atheistic cons, ienccs carry it against some
shin. over 20.OOO, 900 'he>tic and Chris
tian com,cirncc- Putting the quality
! of the G, uScinuoc- ASIDE and the prtctica!
I question ct result to the welfare OF tine
nation, il i a very easy surrender oI the
maj rity principle il We g,ve it up.
\ to tine issue with the K pmani~i-
to-. HE question l. ought seven mill
ip.. cons fences II carry it agaius
,urr,. times seven millions, uut-l;lu /
,or-cicuc.~, ii | may 80 >ay. against
,.su-ciruc,- thnt are clucatcl by and
.vJr,hi,y r,prc-cut the -pirit a. our
R,quhii, We AZ, not a.-r, --orS in tins
movement. We are provoking uo war
of -,ctS VIVA; we claim i not the i4ul
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