Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-10

Catholic children Nor do doubt that at the present
time it would be subject Of unfeigned joy to the
Catholic laity generally if the clerical injunction
| against the common schools were removed.
Nor l quite sure that q portion OF the priest
hood themselves might not feel relief by such change
But their allegiance to Papa authority has been such
hitherto as to prevent this most natural and desirable
result
THE ROOT OF THE DIFFIcULTE WAS IN ROME.
The unsatisfactory result of the negotiation with
| Archbishop Purcell, by the committee appointed at
his instance aud the Chairman of which was a good
planned by this Papal allegiance. We have only 10
recur to the EncYclicaI of Pope Plus TX and the
syllabus Of Errors" ''reprobated, prescribed, and
condemned" by the Pope, to comprehend the stua-
| tion.
ENCYCLICAL AND SYLLABUS.
From the EneycIicaI Letter of December 8, 1864.
"Amid, therefore, such great perversity OF de-
praved opinions, we, well remembering our apostolic
office, and full of soiieude for most holy religion,
for sound doctrine and the salvation of SOULS divnely
committed to u.s. and for the welfare of human soci-
ETY. ITSELF have declined to raise again our apostolic
voice. Therefore by apostolic authority, we rep
rooate, prescribe and condemn the evil opinions and
doctrines, all and singular, severally mentioned IN
this letter. and will and command that all children OF
the Catholic Church hold them in every respect as
repr0bated, prescribed, and condemned"
Il is to be observed that the Syllabus is statement
of which have been condemned and reprobated
by the Pope and TO understand the position of the
Papal authority, each statement is to be negatived:
SYLLABUS,
Embracing the principal errors of our time, which
are eensured in Consisoral Allocutions Encyclicas
and other apostolic letters of our most Holy Father.
| Pope Plus TX.
xiv. The whole control Of the public schools
wherein the youth of any Christian State is educated
tonly the Episcopal seminaries being in some degree
exeepted) may and should be assigned TO the civil
authority, and assigned TO it that right be recog-
nized in any other authority whatever to interfere
with the school discipline the direction of studies, the
comforting of degrees the selection appropriation OF
teachers -" Allocution In consiSOridli, November /,
1850; AlocuIion QUbuS IuctEOsissfnlu September 8,
'XLvII The best constitution of civil society re-
quires that the public schools which open TO the
children of all classes and that public institutions
universally, which are devoted TO higher literary and
scientific instruction and to the education of YOUTH be
released from all authority OF the Church. from her
moderating influence and interference. and subjected
wholly the will of the civil and political authority,
Ito be conducted according to the pleasure Of the rulers
and the standard of the common opinions OF the ase
-[Letter' to the Archbishop Of Freiourg, Guam non
| sine, July a. 1864.
approved by Catholic men which is separated from
Catholic faith and from the power Of the Church. and
which has regard exclusively at least principally
knowledge of natural things only and 10 the ends
of social life on Letter TO the Archbishop of
| Freiburg Guam sine, July Il, 1864.
"LV. The Church ought to be separated from the
State, and the State from the Church.'-[Alocution
| AceTbiSsiTum, September q, 1852.
| ERRORS WHICH REFER TO THE LIBERALISM OF THE
| DAY.
"LXXVII In this our age it is no longer expedient
that the Catholic religion should be held to be the
only religion of the State to the exclusion of all other
forms Of worship "- Allocution Memo vesTUHl, July
| 26, 1865.
II is obvious from the 45th 47lh and 18th Articles
of the Syllabus whence came the hesitation of Arch
bishop Purcell in carrying out any practical arrange
ment for the union Of the schools By the 45th Art
Gle the Pope claims that the control of the public
schools shall not be assigned to the civil authority
and that the Church shall have the right TO interfere
with the school discipline, the direction of studies
and the selection of teachers.
The 47th article enlarges and makes the application
| of the principle more specific.
The 4Sth article condemns any method of instruct
ing youth which is not associated with the Catholic
faith and under the auspices of the Church and sub
iect to her interference By the 5th article the sep
araton of Church and State is denounced and by the
7h it is claimed that the Catholic religion should be
still held to be the only religion Of the State to the
cusOn of ali other forms o1 worships do not sup
pose that these assertions of Papal authority
re out to their full significance, will be at
schools, they are insisted on and 10 the power which
has constructed the Syllabus, must look for the
which has prevented all accommodation agree
| ment on the school question. Undoubtedly the
clergy have right to carry schools for their CathO
lie children. only 4egret and complaint is that
they seek the overthrow Of the school system
This unyieding policy of secuding the Catholic chill
dren from assocaung with other children, in the pur
suit of secular stadies lays so heavy burden on
Catholic parents in the SUPPORT OF the isolated paro
ehial schools 10 render opposition to the
schools almost matter of course Tho Board of Edu-
| cation in Cincinnati sought remedy by their
rules. The purpose was to collect the children Of
parents of every faith in schools, which sup
ported by general taxation 1t was stated and shown
before the court when the question OF sustaining the
action OF the Board of Education in Cincinnati was
pending that the children of Catholic parents had been
| kept from the common schools by reason of the
| Protestant religious Bible and service used in
| the opening of the schools. Acting that
state Of fact, the board had repealed the rules
curing that the schools should opened daily in that
form and excluding formal religious instruction The
Court was called to pronounce the validity of the
action of the board As of the Judges took the
ground that we could enjon the proceedings of the
/ board My brethren the bench of the Superior
Court thought differently. The opinion delivered
| has been much quoted and commented on, because
argued that the Board Of Education had power
| peal the rule, and that under Constitution we
were bound to respect the conscientious scruples of
citizens to the extent of compelling them sup
port or attend any form OF worship against their
will and that on the facts, as they appeared before u.s.
the Board of Education were justified in making the
rule which they had made excluding religious in
structions and making the schools secular in order
ssctarian objections to them, secure if
possible the attendance OF all the children. have
been criticised for putting the case oil the Catholics
| strongly, as hard one, because they had to pay
| taxes and be excluded from the schools by religious
exercises to which they had conscientious objections
have been disappointed in the result, in this, that
the children OF Catholic parents have not been per-
mited 10 attend the common Schools after the rule,
which was made by the board for them and others,
had gone into effect had hoped that all difficulties
would be ended. In that hope 1 was disappointed.
STILL reason to doubt the correctness of the
ground then took in favor OF regarding the eonscieu
uOus scruples of the Catholics the Jews and Others
and of permitting the religious forms which cons-
tuted the objection to be removed, adhere 10 the
same position now and the fact that the Catholics do
not so generally the Jews avail themselves OF the
privileges of the schools makes no difference in the
principle.
But when the Catholics now claim to be excused
from paying taxes because they can not teach and
practice their religious forms in the Schools the
case is entirely different They asking what the
Constitution does not allow and what think it ought
not TO allow. And when they to have the common
school system abandoned because their religious prln
cpIes do not allow them avail themselves of schools
without their religious teaching and forns and
plain that their taxes unjust penalty, they
met by the State, whose paramount duty to maintain
such schools prescribed by the Constitution, well
as by the highest interest aud safety OF the Republic
If they not avail themselves OF the benefit Of these
necessary schools which have been prescribed by the
Constitution see remedy. 1t is greatly TO be re-
gretted But If their religious principles
sistent with the principles of free republican gov
ernment who should bo expected to yield7
1t is a very severe burden which the Catholic tax
PAYERS bear; paying their for the support of the
common schools, and then another voluntary tax to
support the parochia schools. shall cease to
wonder that they bear il. have been expecting the
time when they would refuse to do it; and now be-
eve that the Catholic aity have il in their power to
do their Church and their country most important
service by refusing 10 bear unnecessary burden;
and refusing longer 10 seclude their children from the
children OF their fellow-ciIlzens who attend the COM
mon schools.
They have it in their own hands, and II they should
use their own good sense, and avail themselves
of the schools OF their country, for which
their country requires them to pay, neither the
Pope nor the priesthood could prevent; and II is
quite possible that they would De relieving the
clergy themselves from embarrassing position. The
The root of the evil is in Rome. If the Tie could he