The New York herald., 1874-08-17
ST. ANTHoNY's PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
moNr1NUEp FROM EIGHTH PAGE.l

ton concluded the following address was given by
the orator OF the day .., .
FrIJ0w CiTizENs-f maintain that IL Is anti
AmarIcan Tor the state to educate. Education is
tne hnsine OF the pal ents and the churches and
do 80 nroye from the constitution of the United
states and Of the State OF New York and other
states, and by the agtory o o sae p0nscai atners
LLOYD Garrison and the Catnoiic Churcn agree on
this point maintain further that IL is unjust for
the State 10 educate the northern counties of tne
state of New York are beng educated by the taxes
OF New York city and Brooklyn. 1t Is impossible to
separate religion fiom education, fOr religion en-.
ters INTO history and even INTO spelling books
foreign State which interleres in education mas
ALREADY begun to interfere with religion What is
the reason then, a system 30 anti-Amerlcan
should be supported The answer Is that the
politicians, who are not by any means tue most
honest class OF the community, keep US q school
bureaucracy, In which their political friends re-
ceive large salaries. These men control 10 a great
American system oil education, which we all ought
70 do our best to break down. The proper system
Of schooling Is private or paroehal. in winch cn+
republic can long last without honest men and
pure women. who have been trained from youth
TO believe In and practice the Zen Commandments g.
All conservative Christians. as well as the Cath
oics, should agree on this point, and, therefore.
all should be In favor OF parish schools These
young girls in white robes, trained under the holy
care OF the SISTERS OF Charity, WILL by their tram
ing In the parish school. become the ylrtuous
wives and mothers of the future, and these
boys will be trained TO keep the great COM
mandment Thou shalt not steal" The teacher
the Dad Guild without being afraid OF q school
trustee or ward politician. Can the teacher do
that In public school
Dr. Brann tEen MADE brief address in Italian.
calheg upon the sons OF Italy to remember that
religion was always the glory OF their land when 1t
was united with education. loud and prolonged
cheering.)
QUESTION OF NATIONALITY.
Early yesterday morning the Italian Society OF
st. Anthony's CHURCH came to Father James and
requested permission to join in the procession and
60 carry the national nag OF Italy, as the irish
were carrying the green nag Of Ireland, and the
Americans The Stars and stripes, and the Beigians
the Belgian nag, and lurlner stated that they
wished to escort the uptown societies from
Twenty-thira street down to the new school house:
TO this the worthy Father demurred, and
suggested that they should march under the
Ponufcai nag. To this one Lorenzo replied -
"Weid rather march under the Italian than the
Papal nag" Another man remarked, "We'i
march under our national banner any how; We
have our knives" At thus expression Father
James remarked :-"Since you are showing this
unruy spirit, pd rather that you did not take
a place in the procession at all At this re-
marx . good deal OF excitement TOOK place. and
some Of the men stated that "although we are
Catholics. we wish to march under the banner OF
our country" Some conservative members OF the
Italian Society then prevailed upon their brethren
to dlSperSe.