New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-02
The Papal Attack on this Continent.

them l scarcely recognized them, they "eft
SO haggard, sunburnt, bruised and dirty.
The Papal Attack on this Continent.
If any of our readers have supposed that
in our several articles of the past few weeks
explaining the com ined attack of the papa
hierarchy against the educational system OF
this country, we have any thing exaggerated
or set down aught in malice, We commend
them to 20 over with us as brief an outline
as is possible of the papal battle which il
now being waged from the extreme British
Possessions on the north to the farthest
boundary of Brazil on the south. For
many of our facts bearing exclusively upon
the United States, we are indebted to the
enlightened labors of Mr.. Eugene Lawrence,
of Harper's Weekly.
The heavy blows which have been dealt
at the Papal power III Europe-by Victor
Emmanuel in Italy, Bismarck in Germany
and Gladstone in England-long since per-
suaded the Pope and his cardinals Of the
necessity OF strengthening their power on
the continent where the governments had,
SO far, retrained from any active hostility
to their pretensions. The keynote of the
battle was sounded by the Pope in one of
his allocu,ions directed at the common
schools of Rome. The opening of
these schools he said, where, for the
most part, impiety reigns mistress, and EN-
ploys every means of corrupting infancy
and youth, should most excite your Jealous
pastors"
1t has excited" them. The Jesuits
throughout this continent have taken up
this open declaration of war. The assault
has been general all along the line. We
pointed out, some time since, the method
of operations adopted in Canada. Their
first move there was to Danish Protestant
ism from the public schools by a law pro
hibiting any religious teaching. The people
fretted sorely against this domineering at
tempt of the Roman Pontiti to debar the
youth of the country from the religious
teachings in which their parents believed;
but the demand was conceded, because of
lite apparent fairness to all. But, no sooner
was this step accomplished, and the Papal
following i'll the Legislature increased by
organized labor at the polls, then a new
measure was planned. aud is now being
vigorously pressed, demanding a large pro-
portion of the school moneys for the sup
port Of purely Catholic schools.
We pass now to the great empire of Brazil
and the republic of Mexico. The assault of
the Papists here has been too recent and
too violent to need any extended comment
In the former country, fortunately, they
have been met by ruler almost as enlght-
ened as strong and as tar-seeing as Bis
marck, and the Jesuits are temporarily
foiled. Ia Mexico, however, there was no
central government powerful enough to
control them. Expressive measures, of the
strongest character, have, to be sure, been
introduced in the national Legislature; but
the force to carry them into effect seems
wanting 1t ls but a few days since the
sacred precincts of IA Protestant church were
invaded by blood,hirsty Catholic mob,
and innocent men murdered at the foot of
the pull pit.
Turning now to the United States. we ask |
attention to the singular similarity of the |
Papal attack pursued in the several locali- |
ties. In Missouri, exactly as in Canada, the !
first step was made while the Republicans |
we're in power to exclude all Protestant |
teaching from the schools. The, at that |
time, large Republican majority, resulted |
in the move being carried much farther
than the Catholic managers had intended.
The provision tor bidding all sectarian teach
ing in the public schools was made part of |
the State constitution. No sooner, however,
were the ex Confederates and the Papists
again in power, than they introduced a
measure to avoid the constitutional pro-
vision, and just as in Canada, to apply q
part of the public fund to Catholic schools.
This assault says the st. Louis Globe, of
The twenty second of January, sis as stupid
"a it is malicious" We concede the malice;
out, unconstitutional as the attempt is, it
will be found far from Stupid and will
We fear. succeed, unless fought bitterly |
and to the DEATH
Turning now to New York, we find ex-
,ctly the same course pursued by the Papal
The first mOve-eXcludiDg Pro-
estantism from the schools--succeeded.
The second, giving the Catholics part of the
chool fund, is now being pressed, as we
lave heretofore explained. The great
strength OF the Papists, there, was ex
\, it.I ff, ala Sc l. Al |
United States Senate. "If you do not
dominate Mr.. Herman" said Governor Sey-
nour to the Protestant Democracy, you
will drive away thousands OF intelligent
md patriotic Roman Catholics from our
party Kelley, the manager of the New
FORK Democracy, and the right hand of
Governor Tilden, is the acknowledged
eader Of the New York PapaI party.
In Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts and
Connecticut the trains are being laid for
he same performance. In OHIO we have
,lreadv felt the first attack an exceedingly
mbittered oDe-to drive the Bible from our
chools. The Geghan bill was their next
move; and. before long, the final effort as
u Canada, New York and Missouri will be
prung upon us.
The priests have followed to the letter
he cue laid down for the III in the papai
llocuton above referred to. Father
minister the sacrament to a dog as to Cath
lie parents who send their children to the
ubhc schools Father Preston, Of New
'Ork, threatens that the Roman Catholics
will carry their demand for part of the
chool fund at the polls. Bishop De st.
'alais, of Vincennes, Indiana, threatens to
communicate any Catholic parent who
ares to send his children to the public
chools. The priests of Chicago, New
iaven, Springfield and Newark have pur-
ued the same course. Bishops M'Quaid
nd Ryan re-echo the mandates OF the
'atican in Western New York. Bishop
fillmore, of Ohio, thunders from the pulpit
gainst the common schools, and tells his
eople how they shall vote to abolish
hem.
Such are the features of this combined,
arefully prepared aud thoroughly organ
ed attack of the Pope upon the school
ystem of America. A cardinal has Just
cen appointed to press on the work. 1t is
all time that onr people were awake to
ne gravity of the situation, and to its
official bearings.-C Cincinnati Times.
How the Sultan Goes to Church.
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