The Morning herald., 1875-11-10

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>. The. school Question
:. Editor Of the Herald: .,s4.J ....
Your admission into this morning
HERALD of an article headed ''Scho
Question:" is surprise to many. It VI
supposed that you knew enough Of Cath
;, lies and Of Democrats, not to see = falls
:. hood insinuatsd in every line Of the lit
piece. 1t could be written only by
Radical who va, slyly helping the Know
Nothing move. Catholics ars not movin
the School Question. They are not con
bining in any attack against the Publ
: School system. 1t is true they are not sa'
isfed, that the taxes collected from ther
for educational purposes, are not applie'
to the education Of their children, and tha
they are, whenever able, obliged, in sddi
ton of these taxes, to impose on them
selves other taxes, for the proper education
Of their children. Now and then prizes
or bishop in one locality or another, Pc
titisns Board of Public Education, te
assume the control Of the Catholic schools
in their districts and govern them in all
respects az they do their public schools,
with the exception of allowing to the
Catholics the choice of teachers and books,
or he petitions Legislature for some act
that may secure = similar benefit. In a
few Localities the petition has been granted
without any injury to the public schools,
but generally it has been refused. Some
times priests and sometimes bishops have
preached sermons and delivered public
lectures, showing the justice Of their
claims. This is all the Catholics have done
in the matter. They have nowhere en-
tered the political arena and made their
claim any part Of a campaign document.
They know such course would be use-
less. They know that one can neither out
vote nor sut-6sht seven.
But the author ot the piece that calls
forth these remarks says, 'it is believed
that in this enterprise they (the Catholics
have or can have the aid and support Of
the Democratic party" to carry out their
determination 10 break down our public
school system." Neither the Catholic.
nor the Democrats have formed any COM
Iination or determination. The Catholics
as body, have never combined with any
political party, for any purpose. FL lar
.er number Of Catholics belong to the
Democratic party than to any other, it is
lot from any superior claim arising from
;ratitude or justice, Or from the teaching
# thier clergy. No intelligent man be-
ieves that there is any understanding or
cheme formed between Catholics and
)emocr Is on school or any other question.
If all religious bodies in the
United Safes the Catholics least
Interfere in politics. There cannot
Q shown half dozen of occasions
hen Catholics combined, by a show Of
otes, TO obtain even their just rights-and
few Catholics in few places united
'eir votes to obtain some local claim, l
'ese aininutive exceptions to the general Il
lie, should not be nagnifed int suck q
gantic ghost, as tosfrighten halfthe Amer F
an people. IL
There is indeed no fear of Catholics in e,
e American mind, Catholics have shown .
emselves to be among the most peaceable
d conservative citizens in the country d.
cir conduct throughout the know nothing of
mpaign. when they were everywhere gra- in
itously assaifed, testifes to this. But "
: Radicals from their defeat in the elec- m
ms last Fall felt they would have to look at
some foreign aid to retrieve their failing tn
lse, and politicians never seruple to lug 70
religion or Ignorance of il when it is an
ely to assist them. Hence Grants n,
,hool policy" F.. ii,
There was no move by Catholics about Co
school question in Ohio when the Re. Wa
blicans lugged it into the recent canvass. .
was shown, at the time, that the consti- Th
ion Of the State Of Ohio expressly for ma
Is any grant Of money by the State to fee
tartan schools. But who cares for truth an
Justice in political campaign if there in.
good enough illorgain " to carry the a G
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