Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-17
HOW SHALL WE EDUCATE.
NUR CITY SCU0nTC

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shake it with. our theories. BY the way
Z" Another of Very Many" don't know
the platforms 1S es Feat RepubIesn p par
ty or not. Being no politician, and bound
Sx t;{es ps Eaf5 tSa9see4 q M gsEP1ses he hs
pretend to quote my language, Mr.. I" Cos
stance, say: " For the Catholic clergy
ercl,tsio,s Sofl TIE iBi6te 1r6ni ,oaarl eohnao,,
schools, aS they have done in some places,
betraysla want of delicacy,u .&c.r You omit
the words italfzed above, and thus entirely
hide from view the act complained of. An
act of shameless efronte7y. Perhaps this
is as fair course of argument as we ought
to ssgsstA Ag frq 0ns sfy 9fryogqF ogqFFSHf FSHfo 9f 9fF fps
With the. old Know Nothing. motto,
Americans shall rule America we have
no sympathy. Other qualifications being
equal, we would not have the least prefer
ence given to an American born over for
eigh born Candidate for any political lof-
/ flee, save those high offices of President
and Vice President of the United States,
for eligibility to which the Constitution
requires nativity.
But, if, by the motto, Americans. shall
rule America is meant, those shall rule
America who are thoroughly imbued with
| the american, institutions, with the social
and political principles that are peculiar
Ito the American Republic, and who will
| be true to these principles, and will MAIN
tain them at all hazards, then / am for
that motto with all my heart. If a man
Twill do this, then he may be safely en-
trusted with political powell, be he Catho-
lie or a Protestant, a. Jew or /, a Infdel..
Whether a Catholic. viii, do, this, despite,
the supposed interests of his religion and
the authority and dictation of his church,
whose head is an irresponsible, ipfalliable
foreign, potential 'clainifng supreme 'ab-
thority over the, conscience, judge ye.
You deny that this is a. Protestant ceun-
try. Very well, Suppose you deny, at
your ihStdDY dehfa aI7sliutTus aH 1up in
Egyptian darkness? All historis, all sta,
fiscal tables Of re1igiofi &C., even of Catho-
lie authorship and compilation, classify
this country as the foremost Protestant
country on the face of the earth. That like
begets like isithe irreversible law of de-
scent. And pray, what people were the
Originators and founders of our institu-
tions? The Puritans, the very enibodi-
ment of all that is distifctfvely Protestant;
a people to whom the infidel Humel
said was to be traced whatever of civil
liberty there was in England. 80
/ But when you say this is aoocountry
where adj religious sects and 5denomina
lions have an equal right" SO say we.
''Public schools ought to be free from all
Protestant, the Catholic 6ftlfe Sew" That
is our doctrine precisely. In this country
all denominations and sects are equal be-
fore the law. The law protects all, and
neither supports oraids any; except in 10
calities where the Catholics WELD the
power. Witness New York city. And
there the, law, perverted and trampled un=
der foot, is made ,therright arm of sect. loss
/ But because our schools are no1,-sectdrian,
are common, shall they be Goddess? In
givingIAo AouF youth Ian .Engiish ieducation,
shall we ignore the Bible-the best and
most important English classic in our
language? Shall our youth at school study |
the great masters of eloquence and poetry, |
but ignore the Bible,s which contains the |
sublimest strains of the one and the most |
finished specimens of the other which our
race has ever produced2 Shall they study
biographies and ancient histories, treaties |
ON mentaland moral science, on the prin-
ciples of virtue and political wisdom, but |
ignore that Book which contains the most |
interesting and instructive biographies, the
most ancient and important histories in
the world, and from which have ifowedi
the elements of all mental and moral
SCIENCE, and the principles of virtue and
wisdom? s. ~ - 1loi haf t'''ia 97A. arg
In many common schools in our land,
representing all religious denominations,
the Bibleis studied and recited just as a his
tory or geography is, to learnits contents,
without any reference to-, the plan of
therein revealed, or the various
steifets founded thereon,
and regardless of the question, whether |
the teacher or teachers OF the school
are of one denomination of another, or of
4; Cd IN, |
This is as it should be- The Bible is in al
most every family in the land, and great
National Society is in existence whose
business it is to see that this book is placed
and kept in every family in the land.
And surely such book ought to be found
in every school. No course of education
ought to be considered complete without
it, No individual ought to be regarded as 4
adequately educated without; a knowledge Il
of it. 1t should be studied and recited
just as geography is. All this complaint
ing of the Bible as a sectarian book; Of
religious instruction as persecution, and
of the system without sectGridn instruc-
ton as a goddess system, Is mere twaddle.
Our common sehppfs are open tOTall alike,
Of whatever nationality or religion, as re-
CARDS both pupils and teachers. School
boards and commissioners, whose duty 1t
is to examine and certify as to the qualifi-
egtions of-candidates for position as teach
ers in our common schools and municipal
schools, arc, allowed to inquire only as to
the literary qua] fications and moral tchar-t
acter of the candidates. No candidate
ian be rejected because he is a Jew, an in
ide1 or Catholics Now, what do say is,
and nd privileges m With Pf6festants, IA !, III q Pro
Iestant country, to, demand a, portion Of
The public money for sectarian schools,
schools anti American and antagonistic to
the fundamental principles of our institu-
ions, is an act of shameless effrontery. r.s-,f
ANOTHER OF VERY MANY,
sysd vago7 atit Arrpfs ised orr baA 1sst
ii hessTbe 1sefreshment Question: ks rs7f
will not ioar0 City Board repeal, ,that7oldseb-j
boziou 2uritanllaw of 1885, land allow esfdry-
ind thirsty" the privilege, on. Sundays, Of re-