The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-07
Tho Public SCHOOLS.

tho Fubt1e SCHOOLS.
TO THE EDITOR or THE HEaALp:-
"Catholicus" informs US In last Sundays HERALD
that 1.-THE Catholic Church demands UNCONVENTIONAL
schools, ana this can be the only satisfactory solu-
ZION OF the question:" And why cannot our chill
dren meet together 10 learn the sciences rs their
iaihers meet and practice them IN the everyday
AFFAIRS ol ineY II Is very poor compliment 10 q
man and his wife, aud their pastor TO tell Them
they cannot imbue their children with their pc.
cuiar Ialth SUFFICIENT 10 counterfeit all they arc
likely To hear 10 the contrary III our public
schools, which amount TO nothing at all, compare
lively speaking and would become still less were 1t
not for the ins0Iencc and threatened ''pOwerH OF
snch Dig0ts as 'CathOl icus.n For sOence IL Is OF
Inc most offensive character for he says. PLAIN as
CATHOLICISM can only learn evil or nj least. are
mucn more evil lhan those oil CainOllc mould. That
~ Modest, TO say the least wnen we contrast The
pf0uuct OF the system ''CnthOllcus' deems so per-
ncious with thai that has never listened TO Il word
except from Eonilsh hps; as for instance, The
seml-cviliZed robbers and cuttlr0ats OF Mexico,
The still more degraded II possible hOrtcs or South
AmerisiA ana those other hories one can reach in
days RIDE from the city Of New York the giDbcrng,
tnievlsh ana fantastic heather that swar along the
banks OF The ST. Lawrence. Is not IA tree known by
Its iruitY
But what Is taught In our public schools Is not
what's the matter; IL Is what Is taught ana that
Is k0nanisni. This would DE done, the Roman
POntir tells every occasion Iccls called
10 treat The subject, II he had tic power; ana
"Catnolcus,n with an oDesance ike nIndoo
fakir and IL hollow sounding hump on the breast,
uticrs dolOrOus .'Amen.n These are the people
who remind US 80 often OF the rights aud
guarantees or the constitution" What blessed
constitution that would have heen had ga
tholicus' anu tnose Of his leather mad the
serious doubts OF their being enabled 10 'amcnuu It
very soon. so they ''dcInand" sectarian schools
the next best thing. Scctlrlan Is the proper word;
and this 'dcmand" II complied Win IN the OF
Roman Catholics, must he IN the case OF Jews and
prnsp pi in our our consutlon would nms become
dead letter, Tor children mus 'educaied' would
take 1t TO the ballot box, and the question would
not be who Is the nttest, out VINO IS The Catnolcf
who IL the Protestant? VINO Is the JewY 'CathO-
!cus' tells us that the Catholic Church knows TOO
we'll that the heart or the young Is like soft wax,
tile Church Is therefore ANXIOUS to secure
all OF this sort" material possible TO cast and cool
III It's mould 4 very natural desire on the part or
those WIN whom The warmth necessary 20 a recast
QhaL is, the rebirth spoken or by our Lord and
without which lie assures us we cannot enter the
Kingdom OF heaven) Is rendered u dead letter.
'Catnocus' tells us what the word "education"
really means:-it means ''leading iorh-oudding
fOrth;h and then lie quotes the PJpes syllabus OF
1864, which says ''tne Catholics cannot approve of
q system OF education unconnected with
rs ihe way the man sought 10 lead ana bad
his horse into living without eating, but when ne
thought he had MIN 'cducaledn the stupid brute up
and died. That man might have been classmate
OF "Cathollcus' IN his favorle "denominauonal
SCHOOL,
Finally, viii "Catholicus' tell US what he con-
siders should DC me central principle of all true
education, especially The spiritual, love force and
OF what Tie one and the otner Is born
And, finally, let me tell 'Catholicus" and his
brethren that If they not very careful
they viii "hard timcs;n They VIII have
their own challce pressed to their
own lips-the btterest draugnt ever drank
by bitter m0rtals. They will not only not get ode
UNCONVENTIONAL schools" supported out OF the public
funds but they VIII be compelled 10 send their chill
dren TO the public schools lfthis had been the law
of the land know OF more than one '.goOd CathU
Iic, born and bred In the United States, who could
write their names ana "tot up" upon paper the
total OF three or four items, feat that Is now
impossible to them as 10 draw man through q
single hair Of his beard. PATRICK WELCh.