The New York herald., 1871-12-18

their American birth, ana even their long Amercaa
ancestry; and at witnessing how grossly many such
can misunderstand and ignore the principles that
S naG SUPPOSED 70 be most essential TO the Amer
.osn syAem ana most dear and sacred 10 the Amer
s0au nenIs wnat can bo more essential 70 the true
conception a OF American liberty and Justice. ana
Constitution OF the United States and OF each indis
wa, ylaaa state than the great principle Of the separa
ms oa Oh omurou aaa SIae and the cardinal doctrine
THE NATION AND STATE TOLERATE ALL FORMS or
as II this we're q concession or hon ON
the nart oi the state that no person shall
oscc DC compelled % 70 attend srsct or
worship against his consent; that DO preference
shall s be given by Law 70 any religious sooietyi
States and STATE s a0 men S.1 ~
Almighty Cod according 70 the dictates Of their OWL
conscience" and that neither the nation the State
70 ave s M rsaoces u Or e
that Is common and public or TO forbid or
restrain them in prlvates Ana yet under theso
and justice petty school boards throughout the land,
that exist only by their authority In utter defiance
enforcing upon the children or the land the teneM
and practices OF sect or combination OF scots, and
the land Into temple Of sectarian worship, main.
taining in them constant reminder and badge Of
what should have been long since an
OBSOLETE AND ANTIQUATED SEOTARIAN AsCENDANOY.
By the abuse and misintcrpreta!ion OF their
powers, and In deference 70 the sectarian big0try
by appeals to The honest and laudable but Illogical
and mistaken minds OF the people, these school
requred G to wound she religious % feelings % and voS
the rights Of conscience and the equal rights aad
Sssss Of t1sv large portion q ss sns people
should open with "ihe reading Of the
Bible without note Or commentn they
all the children who frequent It, and. what Is espe.
oialy aggravatng, offensive and unjust to hun
adopting an oa %s
cry that was adopted expressly from the beginning
os sSss a Of S
teaches that the Bible is not to be read without
note or comment" and that the Bible Is an incom.
plete and fragmentary and frequently obscure,
record OF the word Of God, and
LIABLE TO BE GROSSLY ABUSED
connection of her living practices, traditions and
institutions, and Interpreted authOrltauvely by her
anS Aga 81 e fS os
her children to Join IN public worship with those
as me o saa not
reasons Of this teaching ana practice. And
now no one win pretend that the opening
and, as IS reluently the case, the recitation.
OF prayer and the singing OF hymns is, and Is in-
again. q large number OF Christians Catholics and
others, regard as IN many places false and corrupt
errors contary to the eac1nT OF tne
Church. Moreover, by wnat
PERVERSION OF LOGIC AND REASON
oan these school boards defend the forcing OF q
christian Testament and Christian worship upon
the Israetes who have here, In common with
christians. equal rights and llsersles-cly social
g be- Somps!Isd, t, listen SS 70, % tls reading reading
a. as at an act Q; worship to the reading Of Tesla.
ment that prOclaims the Messtahship and divinity
OF one whom they refuse to accept as their Messiah
ABUSIVE Of them and their religion, and TO take
part as In act OF worship In the recitation Of
I<V11a n M n M IN I'm ahn
THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION
for the permission or requirement by school board
OF any such practices would be In the unanimous
consent or request Of the parents OF az the
cnare without single exception G a And ,e
OF the law OF the State OF New York
concerning public education. where SO fec
leave it Undetermined wheiher 1t shall be read al
a and they leave 1t 70 the people OF the respective
school boards, whether the Bible shall be read, and
to determine which, II any version shall be USED 10
rallty should impel such officers to forbid ali such
practices, II the parents OF but one single child OF
the neighDorhood should object But we are tod
mand the exclusion OF these acts OF religious w0r.
ship from the schools Now, assert that all tue
their rights ana liberties must object. and that
THE CATHOLICS OF THE LAND.
United states, do emphaticay object to the reading
OF Protestant Bib.es or the singing Of their hymns
schools. And II any Catholic, whether layman OF
ecclesiastc, should assert contrary opinion IL u
charitaDy TO be presumed that he has either never
read or has forgotten
THE SOLEAN UTTERAECE OF THE COUNCIL
on this subject 1t Is follows being the 429th para
graph OF the volume OF transactions Of the C0un.
cil:-'As It IS evident that public education is
so conducted in most or the States as to De made
TO serve the cause Of heretcal sects and the minds
OfCathoic children are thus gradually imbued with
the principles OF these scots, we admonisn the pas
tors that they should all diligence IN providing
for the Christian and Catholic education OF Catho-
lc children, and they should spare no pains to pre-.
vent their using the Protestant version OF the
Bible, singing tho HYMNS or recittng the
prayers or the sects Therefore should
they be yigilans In preventing the introd ucti0n
into the public schools OF such books practices to
the detrimcnt OF the faith and religion OF the chill
drcn. They should everywhere resist with con.
stancy and moderation these efforts Of the sects and
endeavor to obtain from the proper authorities the
necessary remedy"
the school question by quotations from hlgn author
ites who held similar opinions to his Among
Others he mentioned the late Bishop FITZPATRICK. Of
Boston, and read letter written BY that prelAte to
the local authorities at Boston, In which the reading
or the Protestant Bible IN the common schools was
strongly condemned. and declared most unjust and
unfair TO Catholic children.