The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-22
Omr Common schools.

lirude upon the columns OF your valuable
paper, bul our subject is 80 importaul
that We deem ii right 10 speak frequent.
.iy 10 the public aoout il. Our oppo.
lnents arc 80 Immensely wrong, that me y
lean only reply 40 us ia the following
; language .jic don't know the truth
} 'and don't wish 10 teach il 10 others.
!" ! hv ministers Oi the Catholic cnurcll
liiaNe been siandcrcd. amd sci ,hcs have
}, mol pOin,ed out either error vr sander
iCompiaint has been inadc that LatLoic
ministers have been Iidiculcd. and then
We are sagely iOlu that the Cincinnati
Enquirer - IA favor of surrendcrng The
schools of Ohio, 10 The ,arc o.. The
italhOhc church, ana this is pointed out
a. verdict ~ lavur oi taat cnurcn.
but what arc tic iacfs IN The ease. a
question has arisen iu Cincinnati con-
l,craiug the reading ot The Bible in the
Common schools VI that city. Catholics
oppose, and the Lnqulrcr fayOrs their
opposition. y man who would allow
fhIusrli iu make such a bunder ouyht
40 Ur ridirucd.
There j. no expression on the part of
,ihr Inquirer ia,orimg lhc Surrender OF
The sChoVl~ of ONO. 40 The care Oi anv
chia.n, riihrr IaihViic or Protestant.
Al ihs l. nj the Nlndication the tallio-
nc cidircia hrs. che J. Yet unNlndicai,d.
We nave bciore H.. la Catholic frii-
lodicai, a lrciurr by Father Eoyinn. on
the common SchOn4s vi the county.
lie tr,is u, "a mixed system uf cdtc:i-
uvn IA ihis country has i,na a iair trial,
land The r,sait j. ni artificial ciViii1i-
lnotL We ~Iii make ho complaint inat
aIi nswll lii~ been offered 10 lne lntclii-
l-,nI people of his country nat ii
~asi0nc, navc superior ciNIlizltlou 10
oars. They iiayc nDi ~ yet shown u tOus.
% 'h.t nc caI. tel in " iiat II consist.
VI a. venture the n-sri1i ioH Nitnuut IA.
fear =. 4 successful contradiction. thaf
ia. r.,lillftson growing out o.! our toln-
al.'n Svn",i> j. oqua. 10 amy found ia lhc
aIrldum5ns ca,noiic,.
! Bat tl.e speaker a>-.ii- The moral ci-
iiccI os our schools upon The ,oulh ~
iilr cuGnirs. tiut Catholics. how ere,
either ~ iEIs country or Europe, present
superior innrai~ 10 lroiesians.
The argument against our system Of
common >chOul cducatiun on moral
grounds. j. iruii indeed. unless a higher
-radc al Hora4- can br shown some
wiIr.c anon. Catholics. than can 70,
iuu"d ainvng ,i4c Irotcstants vf this
.yuinftv.
Bon The Rev. Father goes on aud SAYS.
EVERY student oi history kuuNs taAi
tir professors of different crccIs have
uway- lycd in tar greater hirmony
" irn ihvir schools were lraci,caii, sep
srltc. We are able 10 contradict tai,
u different denominations agree .us well
when their chndrca gu to The same
schvoi. when they 20 10 different
schouis. Attending scho"l together docs
not makedivi>iou, among y.ym.
Catholic and Protestant children can
20 Ia tie same schools and Vel have no
strife about religion. We iavc witness
ed ii ourselves in schools wc have
taught. ANA we sec the Slnnc thing ia
some paIi-'os this county. Catholic and
Protestant children rtu and vii 80 60
the sinle schools with The greatest of
peace among themselves. Ii uulsdc In
iIucn,e is not brought TO bear To destroy
il.
But the lecturer goes on ANA says.
..tle pupils are Utmost invariaiy COM
PEELED 10 hear the Protestant lib.c read.
and listen tu tac singing ui Protestant
hymns. o. course THIS Rev. Father
never heard that out here in tie Public
schools OF Dubois county, ludlana.
Protestant children have been compelled
to hear the Catholic caicchism taught.
and sume of them have bocn sent home
to their parents when about three fOurth-
of the school day had expired. The
complaint is small indeed, th.t hc ~ ,kcs.
in comparison to the injury done Prot
estant children here.
Again we lind the following: "Con-
fine Yourselves 10 your own sphere the
less you interfere with individual action.
the better our free limbs will not bear
the clothes of state control What does
all this mean? If Catholics are the
friends Of the country they profess 10 br
why do they refuse to submit TO state
control?
A friend TO n couniry should obey It's
laws, and il is always very dangerous
10 the peace Of community. 10 set the
example OF disobcdience. II is always
necessary for "A civil government TO ex-
ercse control over its citizens aud
there can be but little peace in com
muniiv, or safety 10 life and property
where the state cannot exercise control.
This lecturer makes great complaint
that but one Catholic is on the Board OF
Education of New York city. But Com
gregationalists. Ilap'i,t> and Mcthodists,
all religious bodies OF respectable size,
have no representatives un il Of their
church. hut they never complain that
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