, 1875-10-25

I A"E!aA1 Vu 4-uUlkc Schools
Col. fornnT ~r7tes al follows on the public
| l'ress:
LoxnoS, Oct. b.--Ry this mail se5d vou .
number OF extracts from late English nsne,u
eommcntlng upon Ireaidcuk Grants speech a
ngs e oloincs, y. on tue religious question You
Wll, Perceive thst Ill parties unite in regarding
me defnonstrath,n Of tho President ~ Of crayo
Importance. II, decd, tbcro can bc no douht nf n
very aotid unloE1 among the protoatant sccts on
| posn continents Against tho recent assumptions
1aoa 1a ene osa hotaan Catholic proiatea. Men WHO
equanim1ry socrn to haye taken fro at Tho attott
TO overthrow th Hrstom Of popular education in
nmoTlca. Doguans liko rapal lnfa!.iLillty and
tno amnaeuhte conceotion. belonging as they
90, entirely to tito Church staelg produce lttlo
comparative effect upon outside observers, but
no" that tho edu ton OF tho pooplo has bccnma
= sols OF "atellsvord among the massos Of
Eu.ope; and - b'''ng eTerywhoro ncceptod no
attAck upon tho ct nlmou-Gcllool system of tlo
United States, whlc all sides hero acknowledged
20 10 tho model upon which thoy proDoso To
.osm tan'r now institutions causes quick and
angry resistance. 1 hayo too much cont],lonco
IN the Wisdom and III tho sagacity OF tic Komar
CatholIcs OF AmeTic1, to suppose that tcy Will
peFsesefo IN what IHnRt swell a reaistlees upris.
Ing nas,de aeatnsf ~ thom Tho history Of popular elu-
Ile g1andcr and Mo 70 perfect Bystom Of New
England, Should DO u sufficient warning to nil
those who indulge the hope that il ran hn
to pfoken en-. aoTn It Is 5ast forty scare ago since
9iId tho great whig h,ador. Thaddcus steyeus'
Joined banda In carry ing through the original
appropriation npon Itch has bosn erected Tho
raes pses9ht , superior orgai zaton Tlose Of who
fhaladetphta wlloso graduates aro scattered ali
over TUG Union, many OF thom now in The l1ipll-
cat "aikB ct life mud foremost in tho learned
hmtoiess,onH Pr and largo number Of them leading
Inv Il IL
uirls High-schooi. not TO Bpeak OF The acauo-
fu1cH and colleges which hayo blnssotnod and
ripe1od from thcso exs,n pies in every county Of
tne slate nor yet of Ghc wonderful primary
2reanzations In our thousands or school
districts, will autaron:o w,tI mora thsn
ordinary spirit The atteM Ut. como from rhnt
Quarter It may, to dslocnto this great establish
nGnt tn' and It's co-ord'nate branches.
ono special religion may t!aye au opportunity to
odncato Its people In pAl't rular way comes at a
most !noppoFtunc period, now that tho ncccs.
Wy y ~ o9 III tiG education OF tho wAo|n ncopIo os
avoided: But II thero is ny ono ih1no tn l,o
1oplorod in America, it il, such a contest Al
i,Fes!dent Grant foreBhad oss. recolIect dia.
tliGstty the two oras in our history both of thom
American riots OF 1B4t-'45, sud tho Kuo1-Nolh. |
ne excitement OF 1854, and 10th Of wh.ch resp |
utely opposed. Hostility Ia, a roligious belief. |
or 70 any portion Of our peo tIs born 10 another
tA' 20 aGAo4ASAt " t1PEf} ffn6 American
,'t1zon. and l should drentt another division Of
PARTIES ;, on those Questions" l,u. It ia vory
'r otherwise takos uparn.s agsipst 'pxtar poBn]ar
'ducaslon In tho United States, md II the con.
sst = Assumes this distinctive feature alonc,
here will 30. Predict, Uni I'D Aad irrcaistlhIs
Hosemehs IN support Of tho itloas enuncated by
sien e,1ch conflict may bo ,7recipl.ated, nnc It
70 10 hopod shat tho hunirth 10 and thousands
u NomAn Catholics IN Amt ! lea, who have en-
'are sent their children to our common schools,
w hare, sa fact. boen liberai lied BY our tst
atsons' vii Themselves prose mt preakwatof
4lanuty.