The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-05


BISHOP KAN does us the honor to cx-
pla.n more fully in our columns this
morning what he means by the statement
tina, the public school books are open to
objection from Catholics on account oil
,hr nased views which they inculcase
up,n certain subjects. lie discIalms
having used certain expressions at
,rhutrd to him by our reporter. We
,cr,rl him the benefit Of his disclaimer,
although IN Justice to our reporter we may
r,.prcriulIy remind the Bishop that he
spoke AS hehimselI says) without notes,
ami may not accurately remember just
what he said. Our reporter, as regards the
expression about Professionalism, feels CON
fdent that he did not misnndcr'tand nor
mi.ipterpret the Bishop, But let thai
p,int pass: it is not specially material.
We will take the objection to school
books a. precisely presented by the
Bishop this morning, lie claims, as we
understand him. that il is next to impos-
dble for Catholics toget justice outside OF
school, distinCively Catholic, According
10 the Bishop, the dictionaries, histories,
phlosophics, &C., are not impartial and
reliable lie makes the broad asser-
ton that history and philosophy are
"sudics from which all religious bias
cannot he bani.hed." This being so, will
the Bishops assertion not assert too much
br hi. own side? Is It not tantamOunt
ma confession on his par! that the his
toric. and PHILOSOPHERS used in Catholic
schools are not free from religious biasY
Thi, must he the case II what he says Is
true.
As regards the citation made by the
Bishop IRON WOrccsler's dictionary 1.-THE
word "jcsuitical'J We may say that so far
a, We are informed, WorCstcr's dictiOn'
my ~ not used in the public schools Of
this ci,y as textbook, nor do we know
that it i,uscd inaDyo the public schools
Of the country, nor yet that II is
any more Of an accepted standard
dictionary with irOtcstants than with
Catholics. II there is any standard
dictionary in this part OF the country 1t
isWcbstcr lie defines the word "Jcsuit'
icll" thns "pertaining to the Jesuits,
or to their principles and acts. Design.
Ing, cunning, deceitful-nn apprObriouS
USE Of the word" We understand this
definition not to reflect the opinion Of
Webster in regard to the word, but simp'
hisimpartial record Of the conventional
meaning that has come to attach to il,
lie means in other words that the term
has a well understood sinister meaning,
and in the estimation of great many
people is the synonym Of cunning and de.
ccit Bishop Hain Is n man Of intclli.
ycnce, and we need not explain to him
how the word "JesuitiCNl" came to have
an odious meaning. The dictionary
makers are mot irresponsible. Kings, prime
ministers, and even POpes, made II
odiou4 long before Worcester or Web.
.tcr, or any modern authority, attached
definition to II. Pope Clement XIV,
contributed his share 10 make 1t
olious when he issued his famous brief
in the latter part Of the 18th century for
the suppression OF the order Of the JcSniS
throughout Christendom. And in like
mannCr, the famous "Provinciul Letters"
Of Pascal himself a Catholic) had a
prominent agency in attaching oppro'
brium and urousing hostility to the
Jesuits. lie Is credited with having
brought about the expulsion Of the order
from France.
But enough Of this point to-day. We
agree with the Bishop that is difficult to
yet up school books, or any other kind Of
hooks, that are free from objection. Ger
tainly the books gotten up in the interest
Of scctarinn religious views have never
been considered FREQ from objection. OF
all hooks, perhaps, the world mistruSts
these the most. The "Odium hsOlogitum" !"
has an uncnvinble notoricty among sin.
cero students Of history, philosophy and