The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-02
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION
Expressions From the Catholic Press.

+. ON the Toledo Catholic.Review.]
The Catholic vote should be cast solidly
for the Democracy at the coming election.
1t is the only possible hope to break down
the school system.
From the N. Y. Freeman S Journal, Nov. l3.l
Education is not the work of the State
at all. 1t belongs to families, and should
be left TO families, and ito voluntary as
sociations. The school tax in itself is an
unjust imposition.
From the N. Y. Freeman's Journal, Nov 90
First-We will not subject our Catho-
lie children to your teachers You ought
to know why, in multitude of cases.
= Second-We will not expose our Cath
olic children to association with all the
public schools Do you not know why ?
From the Catholic Telegraph
1t will be glorious day for Catholics
in this country when under the laws of
justice and morality, our school system
shall be shivered to pieces. Until then
modern paganism will triumph.
From the N. Y. Tablet, Dec. Al
We are not opposed to public schools
supported by the State, if the State pro-
vides schools for us in which we can
teach our own religion; but we are op
posed to infidel, goddess, or purely secu-
lar schools.
From the N. Y. Freeman's Journal, Dec. III
The Catholic solution of this muddle
about Bible or no Bible in schools, is
hands Off No State taxation or any
donation for any schools. You look to
your children, and we will look to ours.
We don't want you to be taxed for Cath
olic schools. We do not want to be taxed
for Protestant, or goddess schools. Let
the public school system go where it
came from-the devil. We want Chris
what Christianity is.
From the N Y. Tablet, Dec 25.J
We demand of the State, as our right,
either such schools as our church will
accept, or exemption from the school tax.
If it will support schools by general tax,
we demand that it provide or give US our
portion of the public funds, and leave US
to provide schools in our own religion,
under the supeerversion of our own
church.
We hold education to be function of
the Church, not of the State; and in our
State as an educator.
We have prior claim upon the Demo
cratic party. The elements composing
the Democratic party in Ohio to-day
are made up of Irish and German Catho-
lies, and they have always been loyal and
faithful to the interests of the party.
Hence the party is under obligations to
US and we have perfect right to demand
of them, as a party, inasmuch, as they
are in control of the State Legislature
and State government, and we by both
our means and votes placed them where
they are today, that they should as
party redress our grievance [Geghans
Letter to Murphy, pending the Geghan
bill in the State Legislature.
The political party with which nine
tenths of the Catholic voters affiliate on
account of past services that they will
never forget, now controls the State.
Withdraw the support which Catholics
have given to it and it will fall in this
city, county and State as speedily as it
has risen to its long lost position and
power. That party is now upon trial.
Mr.. Geghan's bill will test the sincerity
of its professions.-[C Catholic Telegraph,
during pendency of Geghan bill.