The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
From the Republic
The attitude of the Roman Catholic
church towards our public school sys
tenn is one of aggression. 1t desires OF
get control of the education. of the
young with view to priestly instruc'
ton. Our common school system is
the offspring of free people, and could
only exist in a country of free instltu-
tions. Indeed, it is unsuited to the
habit of priestly tyranny, which could
only alter its character and destroy its
virtue. The Romsh Church breads
the public school because the youth in
structed there know nothing of priestly
intolerance. Bishop McQuaid at Gin.
cinnati denounced the public schools of
that state as Goddess schools" as there
was no religious teaching. The out.
rare perpetrated by the Bishop, and of
which he ought to be ashamed, con
sisted in the fact that the reading of the
Bible in the public schools of Cincin-
natl was dispensed with through Ro-
man Catholic influence. A State does
not undertake to teach religion; but
among Christian nations, in the education
of children, the Bible is not an un-
known book. A religious sect in this
cruntry like the Roman Catholic
Church, which banishes the Bible from
the public schools in locality where
the ignorance of its church members
abounds, cannot stigmatize those schools
as a." Goddess" on that account without
deserving and receiving severe rebuke.
What it gains in Cincinnati in this re-
spect, it will lose with contempt in
States where the Roman sect has less
power
Is it not strange that in Rome, where
the Pope dwells, and the whole ma
chinery of the Catholic Church is at
work, the Roman people neither love
the Pope nor the church They desire
to break away from all priestly instruc-
tion and have their children educated
to become good citizens. They find
that schools under the supervision of
priests are not such as they desire to
perpetuate. Even the Romish Paro-
chial Schools" now clamored for by the
Catholic priesthood of New York, the
Romans hate, and will not have. There
are, therefore, Goddess schools" in
Rome which send out pupils better
trained for the duties of life than those
taught by the priests.
Moreover the political power of the
priesthood is curtailed in Rome, and
the Romans are not to be hoodwinked
as 80 the political character of the
Catholic Church. In the Goddess
schools" in Rome the Bible is read,
and the boys and girls are taught to
love their country and be loyal to their
sovereign, while the pupils in clerical
schools are not, but taught that their f.
deity is due first of all to the Pope
The difference is great. The Gle
ments Of patriotism and obedience to
law are wanting as subjects of instruc.
tiou in clerical schools, which exist in
the public schools Of this country.
The founders of public schools and
those who support them desire that
they shall be made available for the
instruction of children in the best and
noblest precepts of citizenship. Where
the Roman Catholic Church is power
less for political evil, the children read
the Word of God with profit. The Re
publican party is the party of educa'
tion; and has done more to extend the
public school system during the last de-
cade than the Democratic party during
It's whole existence. The Democratic
party, for political reasons, is in league
with the Roman Catholic Church.
That party will aid the church in its
designs for the sake of the Catholic
vote, which is cast at the bidding of
the priesthood Free public education
is one of the cardinal doctrines of the
Republican party and it expects the
support Of every right thinking man;
for It's principles are those which. alone
can preserve the freedom of the coun.
try, and keep it in the true path Of
progress
THEY MUST BE CATHOLICS FIRST.
From the Elyria Republican.
The Church and the State are, and
must remain, Sc parate and distinct or
CARNATIONS, not conflicting and antago.
nistic, but sympathetic and co operative,
each laboring in his proper sphere to
accomplish the same benefcent end, i.
e., the present future and happiness and
welfare of the human race. Upon all
matters relating to the government of
the State, the church as an organiza.
tion, has nothing to do. every citizen
owes an allegiance to the State that is
supreme over any and every obligation
he may be under to any church or
party This principle is not in accord
ance with the pretensions of the Pope
the head of the Catholic Church
He has declared himself infallible, and
claims his church to be above the State,
and that his followers owe to him an
allegiance above that which they are
under to any human government.