The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-17

ana our worthy Albany logielatOrS-tno
most enlightened and religious Of men
ting upon their Catholic fellow. citizens this
blister Of Bible-reading. Now OF the pn-
pills attending the public school at Hunters
Point, very large majority-at least two
thirds-were Catholics; and when the new
arrangements were put in operation. there
Crimmins, the Cetholic priest, had exerted
himself to obtain some kind of compromise
which might enable the young people OF
his flock to avail themselves of the facili-
ties for school education without being
obliged to listen to anything from King
school is Mr.. Seiberg, who had no idea
of suffering this gracious opportunity "
worrying Papists to pass by; 80 when pro-
tests were made, and even ordinations, In
the courfe of reading the obnoxious work,
he on the Monday of last week, after the
calling Of the roll, requested all who object
ed tothe reading oft Bible to arise. Forty
pupils, who were members Of Roman Ca
thOlic families, at once arose, and were Or
dered to leave the school.
Since that day the excitement has con-
tinued and grown moro intense. Some OF
tho morning papers try to mako their read
| ers believe that the Catholic people of the
neiehborhood are resorting to violence, or
at least threatening violence against this
Jealous principal; probably not true the
people understand well enough that the
| law is against them, and under the advice
of Father Crimmins they were certain to
copfine themselves to peaceable protest,
ing enough. Here are all the Catholic
children Of that Catholic neighborhood ab-
solutely dsbarred from the public educa-
tion that their parents are taxed to support,
and they must find schooling where they
best can, and pay for Protestant children's
%1,n Il Nf 4h0 a.
pulsion several efforts have been made by
/ children, unwilling to lose their places II
their classes, to try whether they might
not be permitted, during the short time o
these religious readings, to keep their hng
ers in their ears. But to do this. they hat
contrary to tho disc pline. We read TIT
result Of this maueuvre in Saturday
i, Iribune:.
, Among other improprieties INDUCED in b.
, the malcontents during the religious service
, the elevation of their elbows and puttin
are ,chipped. Katie Deunan, the girl who ha
been the leader in the distur Dances, and wh
was expelled, presented herself yesterda
b morning, but was refused admission.
a In fact, as the same paper informs u;
q thereafter the principal will only adml
. those known to be orderly" Seiberg wi
= have no squaring Of popish elbows at hin
All this is no mere matter Of local or 81
= burban Importance, The Hunters Poir
= Bible war connects itself with the far wide
- struggle which is fast approaching an
;, which will spread over all New York an
= the United States. 1t is we'll that til
trouble has arisen somewhere, and 9S;a an n e,
;. force draws attention to the whole subjec
o If the forty or frty Catholic children ha
: been quietly withdrawn from that scho
and made no noise about it, nobody wou
- kt,1 Ava
II heard of it. Now the question is up, t!
y real issue will be stripped naked, and Il
20 real issue is this: Are we or are we not
40 40 set up an established church in our schoo
W W and to mulct all dissidents.
20 In the meantime let US repeat the cauti.
~ We gave last week. Let no VIOLENCE
~ used by way of resentiDg this wron
u leave ali the violence to Biblical principe
IA of schools, who have the law on their sic
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