The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-11

true, land it need not be questionedi for strange
are the instruments with which the radicals are
driven to work now-a.days;) and IL the nodsd
creature was insulted il was most likely what
she fsAsd for, aud, Of course, what she expect
ed and desired
II Is not the purpose of the writer either to
defend or attack the Catholics or the Protes-
tants. There are, doubtless, good and bad Of
all kinds-good and bad Catholics, Protestan',
preachers, democrats, nHHs, nigCers, and
came near saying good and bad radicals but
this requires consideration before 1t is hastily
written. There may be some good ones; and
/, is to be hoped there are but can an enemy
of his race, and worse enemy Of the poor no.
groes, be good man in every sense Of the
word Let us consider. 1t is quite possible
that there are Catholic priests whe ought to be
in prison, Protestant ministers who ought to be
in Jail, and apparently piOu' nuns that ought to
be spanked; but that nearly all Of each class
are faith fully discharging duty as they under
stand II, is charitably to be hoped; and IL
through the means Of any Of them, or all Of
them, we get out of this wicked world all right
for the next, we shall feel like looking back
with approval and blessings on their lAbors
while they were here. But the pen is dgres-
sing from the "objeetire point"
alt is well known" says the "Printcrs
Devil" that the collective point l2) (Which
all catholics have in view in this country is
our Public School SYSTEM" and it ia insinuated
If not directly charged, that some one suggsdsd
that ga separate appropriation might be made
for the benefit of catholic school" This Is a
surprising piece of news indeed To whom Is
this " objective point so "well knownG"-
Who of our catholic friends are meddling one
way or the other with our public schools ?
Arc any of them ia king action in Carroll to get
control of the schoolsi There is a large pro-
portion of highly intelligent and influential
catholics in this county; and If they were
aspiring in that direction, some Of them, at
least, might we'll demand a share Of the honor
of serving officially 10 the school boards but
the writer has been informed that there is not
single catholic in the school board, NOR a
catholic any where aspiring to be even a
trustee. The "Printers Dcvil'' ought now to
go to work with his per cent. rule and tell the
public from this data to what per cent. the
catholics have monopolized the objective
! point" 1t is truly said that the catholics
quietly paw their school taxes with as little
murmuring as any body and yet, with the
exception that few Of them are serving as
teachers at very moderate compensation, to
say the least, they appear to be counted out
Of the school arrangements. But of this no
complaint is heard from them. They, doubt
less, regard it accidental, as it no doubt is
How, then, dares the "Devir' charge that the
school system is the collective point" at which
| the rieked catholics are aiming, in the face Of
this community, when every one who knows
ANYTHING about the public schools, can testify
that the assertion is entirely gratuitous, as far
as Carroll county is concerned, il the writer
has been correctly informed. As this charge
has been made against the catholics, it may not
be amiss to state that ii has been said that ap'
pcals have been successfully made to the school
board for appropriations to German schools
not recognized by the Board, to neg.o schools
not controlled by the School Commissioners
and to other sshool operations; bat as far a,
can be learned from those who ought to know
all that has been asked for and done for a
catholic school, was the loan temporarily to a
teacher Of few desks not in use by the trus.
tees Of one Of the schools Apply to this the
| ''per cent" calculation, and see how much the
cath olics have in this encroachcd on the sob.
| jeetive point"
regret Mr. Editor, that you have not space
| 10 re-publish the whole of the "Printers
| Devils" article; for il it could be prrused by
any one capable of sitting the sense, II there be
any, out OF the rubbish with which it is mixed
it would be perfectly apparent that all that
| can be drawn from the devils false premises
erroneous logic, and ridiculous conclusions, |.
wicked effort to reopen the detestible Know
| Nothing balierY. NoN.