The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-12
stats Apprsprlasiona.

stats ApprsrEaations.
Our readers will remember the loud ont |
cry against Catholics on the appearance |
last year of o political document in New |
York entitled ''Sectarian appropriation of
Public money! It's statements were &C
cepted at once by the Protestants Of this
country as truthful aud correct. Its stat
istics, pnrporting to show that the Catholic
Church received in three years from State
appropriations, the sum Of 81 ,396 1888 for
religious and educational purposes, were
held to be unquestionable. On the strength
claimed from Protestant pulpits and journ-
ais against tho Catholic Church.
A writer in the October number of the
Catholic World. has subjected this report
to careful scrutiny. Its Inaccuracies are,
| on examination, not only found to be con-
credited "a donations to Catholics, while In
| reality they were received by Protestant
| institutions bearing Catholic names. These
| donations, when truthfully published, as
in the Catholic .World, are rather embar-
10 New hs
this writer are exceedingly interesting.
For Instance, he says Of the report just
mentioned we find that the " House of
Mercy" Bloomin gdaie, with Q 95 600 ''sb-
stractiou" In 1869, is classed as Roman Ca
tholic, aud it happens to be Protestant
with an abstraction of S457, is Protestant !;
German American School, st. Peters
Church." with its "abst-actionn of 81 500
is Protestant; and the German American
Free School, with it's abstraction" Of Sl4,
600 in 1869, So, 496 in 1870, and 81 ,960 in
1871, is Protestant; and the &c ermau Am
ericau School, Nineteenth Ward" with IFS
abstraction of 80. $50 in 1863 aud $1,000
in 1870, is Protestant; and the ''Church OF
Holy Name or St. Matthew" with its lab
~ Afa =.
and the 'fFree German School," with its
abstraction" Of SIS 900 in 1869, 50 600 in
, 1870 and 4.4SO in 1871, is also Prot-stan
and the "German Mission Association,
, with its "abstraction" of SIS, 600 in 1869,
and SIC. 600 in 1870 and 1871, rs also Pro-
+ testant; besides others. perhaps, impIo-
perry classed as Roman Catholic. In some
. other instances, the sum " abstracted'
4 we're simply amounts of assessments lnl-
o properly laid and subsequently, refunded.
Z Aud In connection with this snggestiou
\ of errors may be noted, also, among the
= the instance Of "The Society for the Re-
q formation of Juvenile Deiinquents" which
). is mentioned (onp. ll6 of the report Ii
h question: as receiving an Abstraction" o
y SO. 600 in 1870 and nothing in 1871, Til,
o is a Protestant institution, and SO classet
]. In the Report-to show, we suppose, how
"a small an abstraction" comparatively i
took. But will tho author of the repor
d tell us how large an abstraction tina
n society took of "public money!" AS hs
I. has not, and perhaps does not know W
,. refer him to lite annual report where b.
n will find as follows, viz:
r 1870 From State Comptroller COO
gos1a CITY 81 csa:: and Thea
" tres. 22.2l6
$40 als
9, 1871. State Comptroller $4,000
% Board Of Education .....".....--..... 5.76s $
n making a pretty total of $40, 21s SO for 1877
y and $45, 1868 for 1871.
10 There is also the ''New York Juvenil
j. Asylum" Protestant Institution, whic
70 does not seem to be mentioned in the re
y port in question, but it will be found tina
n in 1871 it "abstracted
From the City Treasury. oie
}, From the Board OF Educaticn. AIS
70 -..-.......,- esa,oss
y There are other "omissions"-that Of tb
"abstractionn by the "Children's Aid Sc
;. ciety," for instance-but these are enongt
!. for che purpose, although it may be adde
= that 10 1872 this Institution took from tn
- city SlO6. 23s. co."