The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-17
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Father Walkers Denunciation and What
the People Say.
LETTERS PRO AND CON.
Does This Jesuit" Express the
True Catholic Opinion?

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your editorial In to-day's issue on Rev. Father
Walkers attack on the public schools, an sare,
speaks the sentiments Of converts ana right
thinking American Catholics and other members
Of the faith who send their children TO the public
schools These continued ana uncaled-f0r at
tacks on the public schools Will eventually keep
away converts and others from the church. No
Catholic or Protestant parent would send their
children to immoral public schools II they knew
It, and no Catholic child going 10 . public school
can be Influenced or drawn from It's faith unless
the parents themselves are negiectful OF their
aha are
OF the sacramento of the Church II they persist IN
sending their children to the public schoolsP for
one send my child 10 those schools, and at the
same time give my support to the schools attached
to the churches, and viii not submit to any such
lished law Of the Church. Such laws might be en-
forced IN European countries. but never in the
in the church there would be more prosperity. l
would like TO ask Rev. Father Walker and the
the pubic SCHOOLS OF the
NEW YORK. March Is. 1875. -
SEND MY CHILDREN. AND WON'T BE DAMNED.
MARCH l6 1871.
To THE EDIfOR OF THE HERALD
In the HERALD OF this morning have read with
surprise and pain the sermon OF Father Walker
yesterday in st. Lawrence's church. denouncing
Catholics who send their children to the public
schools. and for so doing threatening them with
death and damnation, and calling such Catholics
pothouse politicians and poor, ignorant Irish
igrants, who perJure themselves in becoming citi-
zens. With all due respect to Father Walker, l
am an adopted citizen, not perjured and not
afraid OF going TO hell for sending my children to
the public schools. l know as good Catholic
priests as he IL, and lar more reasonable In this
city. who nave laid the foundation Of their knoNl.
edge and virtue In the public schools and many
more who are converts. and finished their
educarion before being converted. They are
at present priests OF The Church, and might
be poor pothouse politicians, and perjured emil
grants, were they to take the counsel OF such ex-
tremists as Father Walker and omit attending
school, am poor, uneducated man myself, Dut
confident that education enables men to know
and love God and also enables them to guard their
rights, whether spiritual or temporal, from such
men as have been instrumental In making lrlsR-
men both poor ana ignorant and wanderers all
over the earth. Ignorant men, whether they be
irish or not are more easily derrauded than intel
ngent ones, and lar more easily kept in awe by
men who viii admOntsh others to be poor while
they use all means to avoid It themselves and Will
protect and pray for the rich while they very
often contemu and discOuntenance the poor. l
am Cathonc and Will continue to hope In the
goodness and mercy Of God until do more than
endeavor to have my children educated in the
public schools. Respectfully, LABORER.