New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-02
POPULAR DISCUSSIONS.
AN UNRESTRICTED SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AN UNRESTRICTED SCHOOL SYSTEM.
a RpooK,yN DEMONSTRATION IN Favor OF IT.
AGGRBssIoNs DENOUNCED
Ia, evan;np the Academy of Music in Brook
av Vas nllea avon the ases. the entrances being
crowded by an Intelligent approving assemblage wncn
A.a heeo drawn hither by the Importance OF the discus
AR .nnounced take place. upon the necessity OF de
aaa,pg the Common School system against Intolerance
nhs r. butcher b. +. Tracy, s. X Belcher the Kew -
u Pnlton, the Hon. b. f. Hale, the Hon. Daniel L. "eF
don snd Luther b. Wyman were among the ino'o
premineut persons upon the stage or these, MI Weu
was chosen Chairman, while Richard Marvin D. Il o'
A J. Warner, and Samuel J. Ayna we're eiee'ed Seoo
,aries. Mr. Weldon briefly explained the opec' % w
meeting stating that there had been sentiment o
rulgated u the community that this system shouu NC
restricted but they had come 10 combat that iieS an"
@ adopt measures the permaneney OF '0 Pu'
JIG school system. ,,s
He then introduced j. r. s. Van vleet who dehVereu
part OF an address prepared by him ana auop'eu ny
recent Convention in Brooklyn Mr. van 'ieets 'u-
dress was very voluminous beginning WIN Tue opens
n, the erusade AGAINST The Bible in the Public Schools,
reoiting with adverse comments, the Popes Encyehca
letter Of Dec. g. 1864, IN when ne cohuoinnS oNH
Authority in the control OF the Pubic SCHOOLS ana tx
manning the way which the priests have themselves
ebeyed its tenor and enforced obedience among the
Roman Catholics. The Roman Catholic press mad
united with the priests he urged and besides these In
uepces grand power lay in the Catholic Union, an or
SANITATION intended TO embrace every Roman Catholic
IN the United The speaker gave some OF the re
rlts OF the conspiracy OF the Roman Catholic leaders,
citing ST. Peters Parochal School in EewYOrk Bishop
(ilmour's proposition to the Cleveland, Oho School
Board and the Brooklyn Roman iCathohc Schools and
school books. In conclusion he suggested remedy
against the encroachment OF danger TO the public school
system. His concluding words
Another phase OF this conspiracy will soon be pre-
Rented. As their children are MltbdidWb from
the common schools, this clerical party VIII demand
ehare of the school fund-they already demand IT, ana
threaten TO resist the payment Of the school tax unless
they receive share OF it, Public meetings have READY
been held in some parts OF TINS state 70 ress t o
mand. Bishop GimOur advises them 70 demand their
rights the baiOtbOx and tins advice is reechoed DIV
the entire Catholic press. The demand however I'M
periOusly made, must be resisted 10 acceue 10 OF ~
AieD 70 the enemy, the thought OF WhCh
mnst not be entertained. For the whole people
can system national education. combining unity,
method and vgor. For the City of Brooklyn, radcal
change in educational sysem-one suited 10 tne ne
ocssfes and requirements Of our youth recOnstruo.
ton OF the Board Of Education This Board should
be composed men of the highest rcspectabinty-0i
mOralsof wisdom. and OF suincent cul-
ryatiOn ana sagacty discover the wants OF the com
munity: and they should he men thoroughly lmDneu
with American principles. and who cOud not DC lhuu-
schools: they should have political aims 20 graty OF
hidden purposes TO fulfill Our schOOhOuses s1Ouo De
constructed upon the most approved modern pan anu
The scboOls their departments rendered more al
naotive than they are at present. a, .v.--...
We demand gh schools Brooklyn so that Protestant
children need not compelled 10 complete their educa-
tcn nm Roman Catholic academies and colleges. We de-
mand normal school, more school libraries, anu the
Bible In the public school There should be no seetran
appropriations and all religious and charitable lnsutu-
should be placed like footing with other prop
eriy-owners, alike subject 10 assessment and tax
The Rev j. d. Fulton and the Hon. b. f. Hale also
made addresses, which we're loudly applauded.