The Morning herald., 1875-09-22
POLITaCs AND RELIaIoN.

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1t was Brete Harte that said il one of &
poems For vsys that ars dark sspd tricA
that are vain, the Heathen ehinee ir pecu
liar" The Chinee is not the only ON
that possesses traits Of cunning for they ez
tend into parties and in none k 4 60 iorci
bly, illustrated than in the Republican
You will always find thA 5euts about tn,
time that the elections ara pending, apd ~
numerous, yet fimsy that by the slight.
eat accident they are revealed and recoil
upon their authors the same as did the
trick of The Chinfman who was playing
euqhre with an extra pack of cards cram
med up bis coat sleeve. The latest Of
these vain tricks that has emanated from
the Republican party is the cry of the
Common School System, which they are
endeavoring to make an issue in the State
elections, and beyond doubt will try toforcs
it into prominence in the Presidential CAM
paign against the Democratic party. In
Ohio, where it was a cardinal feature Of
the campaign and the Gheghan Bill formed
its subject it has been entirely exploded
after careful Interpretation Of that bill
has been made. The same fate has met it
else that can effort has been
made TO introduce it into political Affairs,
and will while people continue to reason
properly upon such matters. The Church
and State are two questions that the Dem
'cratic Party make entirely dissimilar in
political significance and never bring them
nto such close relationship as that the one |
hall interfere with the other. '-"
The school question is one, it is true, that
very citizen has right to entertain his
Jews upon, and SO they all do, of every
'arty, sect ami creed. But that the DEM
cratic party intend to make it main is
ue in politics is undeniably false. It is
latter that affects social affairs, and over
'hich its rules and customs alone must
overn. Any fanatical excitement over
, or any insane religious enthusiasm that !
ould so antagonize denominations as to :
ztend into politics, must result from I
lose who are now trying to force it as one d
the issues Of the Democratic politics.
bis Is not the first time that the Republi- !,
n party has endeavored, by this very n
me means, to bring about dissentions in cj
e Democratic party, which have each n
ne proved as futile as it will now. The
nerican Government guarantees civil O
religious liberty to the people. This is =,
e OF the guarantees of the Constitution "
1t the Democratic party has striven TO III
lh'ain, while, upon the other hand, we tn
In the Republican ranks an antagon. ttl'
| TO Catholicism as degrading to Ameri- n,' ,a'
institutions, as it is groveling trait de de
anatlcism and bigotry in any Of its ),
pie. And after it has failed to affect the
lreh, the blow is now aimed at the ,
anon school system, and the a.,
ne Of such contracted views hidden ali
Ter the Democratic ermine to avert its
sequences from Its own authors. True
nocrats are never guilty of such illib-
views as this, and they only find ad. Goa
ltes among such as have sprung from
in the Merchants Re-
movement, in Baltimore. Through y.
own organs the Republicans have n I
'antly agitated this religious question, l II
the Harper Brothers, in New York. g.
even gone to the extreme of imnort- -
an Enslish artist to caricature the IA,
0lic Church in hideous aspects. And picl
tiiis Is the people that talk of the I'm
ocra's raising religious dissentious hv and
ting the common school question. For MAD n;
hat we should put our hands into the you
water of the Republican party. won