Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

proDrlatlOn Oh the school money 70 any
religious sect whatever.
The idea is that the people of any one
religious sect should not be taxed 10 sup.
port schools established and carried on 10
the exclusive interest of any other sect.
But we are told that this is a strike at
the Catholic Church and is a declaration
Of war upon her. 1t is not q strike at
that sect more than any other except as
Catholicism Is attempting to use the
school funds and control the common
schools, in it's own interest. This church
claims the right to use the school money.
control the schools in her W iu>
terest and for her own purposes.
To claim less she would BE- false to her
y history, false 70. herself and her high
claims to infallibllity and to supremacy
over men, Governments aud nations. To
inforce her claims she has deluged Eng
land, France, Germany aud in fact every
part of the old world in blood. She is
of the same faith now. Hell claims here
are no less than they were il England
Father fleming recently delivered a lee
ture in St. Louis, from which we take the
the following extract:
"The Church, as we are all bound to
believe as Catholics, is infallible. She is
infallible in faith she is infallible in
something more:shc is infallible in every-
thing-in Lorals as we'll rs faith, and it
follows that the State can never he alb
solatcly separate from the Church /; that
the declaration OF Independence of the
State from the Church is simply political
atheism. God has appointed the Church
MS His interpreter in morals. aud as no
State can exist without morality, no
State can exist separate from the Church.
1t follows that u Catholic must be a
Catholic in his social, in his political
life, as well as in his religious life"
This We take as u concise and clear
statement of the case. 1t shows what
Romanism means and claims in America.
He says the Church is infallible 10 euery-
thing, that the State cannot be absolutely
separate from the Church, that the idea
Of the independence of the State from the
Church is %olitical atheism. and that nc
State can exist separate from the church
This is Romanism to the core. If the
State cannot exist sepsrite from tie
cburch-that is the Catholic Church.
it follows that in her view no school sys,
tenn should exist separate from or beyond
the control Of the Church. Professionalism
MAKES no such claim for itself and viii
couccde no such right to Catholicism
Here is the issue. The former demanl
liberty and equality before the law, thu
latter demands supremacy and dominion
The slavery question could have beef
settled at u time quietly and wi,hou
the shedding of blood. So the presen
issue between Protestants and Catholic
can be easily settled by taking the timel,
advice of the President, and by so doinI
will perhaps'save the lives Of many, VIII,
would willingly 80 to war to defend thei
principles.
The people have learned wisdom from tn,
past. They are not willing to bequeatl
to their children the necessity Of s~ettlin
in the battle field what they may nov
adjust in the quiet halls of Legislation
That an alliance exists between tn,
Democrats and Catholics is not ques
toned by aOy well informed Democrat
The action of the Democratic party il
Ohio is too fresh in the memory OF all t
DC overlooked.
In New Jersey the Priests advised thu
Catholics from the pulpit to vote with th,
Democratic party on the Constitutions
Amendment, in regard to Common
Schools.
Catholics boast that they can poll owe
a half million votes in the United States
Democratic politicians cannot afford Il
lose this vote and they do not intend t
do SO. In their great solicitude to regain
he control Of the Government they viii
make any concession secretly or openly i
hey dare DO SO. To sanction the Pesl
dents proposition is to give offence to al
good Catholics. To oppose it. is to incu
the displeasure of all good protestants
whatever may have been their forHe
politics.
On our first page we publish a synopsi
of the Presidents Message, and hope al
will raad IL carefnlly