The New York herald., 1875-12-22

or psalm singing contrary 70 their religious opinions
sucn rules should be at once expunged from she minute
DOCKS OF the Board Perhaps the best way 10 get rid
OF Ihe whole matter s TO say nothing al all about The
boie IN the public schools neither legisate IL in
Then you think that the two organizations whose
Sssenee you have indicated are unsecaran and not
directed against the Catholicsf"
y 40 Let US see: here is the plank In their plat
lorm winch am willing 10 stand by
oppose division Of the school fund for sectaran
form u me are M hsadns a. n
nostan % ~ Dur fathers and TO place al jointly IN
Romanism- "u themselves against she Asgrosaons o.
Ine clause directed against Romanism has been
Aoaed without authority 10 the original article There
ls but one way in which case OF constructive opposk
tion 70 komansm be made out against the socl-
- - INA. heCatholics more than any other de-
nomination nave shown themselves opposed TO the pub
lie schools, and hence they possibly iacne that these
new socleues are directed particularly against them
wno ~ must DC conceded that the attitude OF Bishop
McQuade and others has done much 70 agitate menfs
minds on this important and to Oil the ranks or
the new associations. ! know Mr. Edgar and believe
that Grant had been initiated az stated would have
known about IL Edgar never referred 10 the matter In
nus conversations WITH me and am enough IN the
report OF Grants supposed Initiation cannot tell
II the heading OF the article is the right name
OF tho association to which 1t is supposed 70
refer; don't know the right title Of the organ zaton
and would not give the names II they were known 10
me. Roman Catholic intrigues the school oues-
ton brought the battle two years ago and IL was
fought out In the last session OF State legislature
During the session before last the friends OF the
pass
Catholic Protectory bill BY tho provisions Of the pro-
jected enactment any magistrate or justice OF
child that might be found On the street.
whether IL might be vagrant or not, and hand
1t over to the tender mercies OF the Catholic
Protectory, and this institution would then have
jurisdiction over that chds person In the same man
If it belonged Is the Catholic Church, whether It
did or not The bill taken up-and very impru-
IDENTIFY, too--by the democrats, who made Il party
measure II passed the House, but was killed In the
Senate The next tlastl session, when the bill was
mn xuna dafaa ad in hnth nj
the Legislature and, result OF the effect upon the
public mind the republicans who opposed the BILL not
only retained their superiority in the Senate. but
qured control OF the House OF Representatives, the
democrats losing their majority of nineteen and the
publicans gaming controlling vote OF seventeen This
result speaks volumes OF the effect which the Catholic
agitation against the public Schools has brought forth
"You credited with being member Of the Senate
OF the 0. u Do you desire that this report should
be confirmed or contradicted Yn
"Thus far the Order has not been able to command
my services but don't know how It may. Pri-
vatc and domestic considerations have for time
intervened TO prevent my working with the So
ciety.. And even n | were in tho traces
would only SO far with the organization my
science could safely carry me, further. All the
talk about third term for Grant has nothing in It.
country not such would justify his asking IT, and
II he did the people would not grant lGran IT, Foster
might say that the President does want third term
but such Is really not the case sympathize fully
with that part Of the Presidents last message which
iers to the school question His views arc
just and right They are neither relis-
ious nor sectaran, bu. on the contrary
very -committa and genuinely unsectarian
Another thing believe with Grant-or without him
II you hke-that all property including every descrip-
tion of church property should be taxed"
.Do you recognize the travelling card which Is
shown In the cut accompanying the article ~
~ don't recognize the travelling card at all never
had one myself. Never one before Tho Catholic
Union of Jersey City society either Of
those alluded to in the HERALD of to-day Last year
circular of that union In which the members
avowed their intentions to do all In their power for the
purpose OF procuring pro rata aenominatonal divi-
sion of the school funds