The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-05-14
lansing Republican.
l&R an THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

Who's Distinguishing act was the destruc-
ION Of the Kingdom of Charlemagne in
he J }d century and the declaration that
l'e IVA chair was above that of the en-
'er' ". the doctrine of the temporal SUI
IRE macy Of the pope has been an estab'
Isl ed dagma of the Roman Catholic
'h' rch, The history of the popes in all
q es shows that they never abandon any
p ritual or temporal authority to which
il ey lay claim, and the clergy of al
! rsdes are bound by the most solemn
athes TO perpetuate and extend his au'
hOrity by every means at their com
naud Organized, trained, and welded
rs they are for this special purpose, hav-
lug no family or national ties to divert
then from church schemes, they form
most compact and formidable body
When they assail the established insti-
buttons Of government or community,
that fact should be sufficient to call
forth the gravel apprchensions and the
.--qnost strenuous defensive efforts. With
.-ehcm. TO form Il project means inccssant,
organized labor to put 1t through. They
may seem az times to slumber, but it Is
-0uly to awaken with fresh strength
Rolled il one direction, they attack in
,uother anG the slightest concession Of
their claims Is at once occupied as "a
vantage. ground from which to demand
she coutrol OF all things.
pRosELYTING TIE YOUNG
~ tie educating Of the young the
Roman Catholic church has always rec
ognlged fruitful field for prosclytes, as
well a for retsing her hold upon children
born Of parents already within the
church No Roman Catholic is so reli-
able az one whose first lessons in reading
bus mother tongue were taken from the
catechism whose spelling was alternet-
ed with an Ave Maria, and the monoto.
ny of his mathematics relieved by Pa
Gee .Noster or lingering the rosary.
INDEPENDENT THINKING.
Years ago the leaders of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy in this country per.
ceived that our common school system
was not only detrimental to their plan
of proselyting the young, but that they
were in danger of losing many from their
own fold, should these children be per-
mitted to freely mingle with those of
Protestants in the schools for from this
intimate relation there would spring up
in the Roman Catholic child bold and
manly habit of investigation and free
thought, which would render him intrac.
table and unreliable III the matter of
blipd!y obeying the bchests of these
-.self-constituted guardians Of his body
and soul.
SEPARATE SCHOOLS STARTED.
They therefore determined to destroy
our American system of free schools
aud as a preliminary step, to establish
schools wherein the specific tenets of
their church should form a prominent
part Of toe education of pupils, and to
gather all Romau Catholic children
therein, and as many Protestants as pos
Siblc. This scheme was at once carried
into effect. and the work began. Those
who were reluctant were brought under
tho fulminations of their priests. One
priest il New York refuses to admins
Ger the communion to parents who per-
t.in sending their children to the pub.
lie schools
Archbishop Purcell Of Cincinnati,
whose diocese includes Michigan, in a
recent pastoral repeats the rule he for
merly laid down, "torbdding any child
who has not attended Catholic school,
where such a one was accessible, for two
years previously, to be admitted to holy
communion"
PUBLIC FUNDS DEMANDED.
In establishing these schools they vio-
lated 40 law and have not been interfercd
with. But this was only an military step,
an the grand scheme of destroying the
-non.sectarian free school system of this
country. With a refreshing air of can.
dor, they claim that upon grounds OF
equity they should receive certain por
ton Of the school funds for the support
of their sectarian schools, because thy do
not feel disposed to take advantage of
those established for all, ignoring the
fact that there are scores of other de.
nominations in similar condition, to
say nothing Of nor-religionists who have
no attachment to any siytem of theolo.
81. A few days since, when the supply
bill Mas up in the lower house of the
New York legislature, a motion was
made to insert an appropriation of $50
00G for the support Of "Roman Cath.
Ollie protectory," but lost and the mi.
nority composed wholly of democrats)
were SO furious that they threatened to
kill Che most necessary appropriations
unless this sop wac thrown to the Ro
man Catholic priests
as5sIDEoUs UNION PROPOSED.
Foile! in their endeyors thus far to
establish schools at the public expense
for the propagation of system OF reIi-
gion having its roots in foreign deS
pottsm, the next move in the game is "a
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