, 1876-01-24

tho value OF the SIiaa4on whch IL .Hn;rahi. :.
located, could bo increased hundrstl-foid.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
hao'hos' via
..,.'.e 'a' ~ w'eD's1" ~ ~ a"e th'e1'a Tribune,
n... ~, "'n.' 80. 19--enf's"aas he1e take
s's.. -. ea.eAs !Ao" 1no no7e 'opnents OF
~ ~" ~ ~ ~ 'a''o "oulu oo !a'!lng
n,,.s ~. 49,. " "n't"e ehn
o"s sas '.o4o Vs. '7.se "ses'n5 az sas
~ ~ ~. nis,.." n sH'a @'ie'"ooa' Aooieneea
~. , e"A"' a!6'as ~ caoo'e chfiSt
sa,rs, -, "'A.s .,'s 'aose a' u'e!srlns thom'
T..s,. -. ~" na1 vino on tae
s'uo "e'o na'os prominent oistnesF
"sn' iaeee "Aa largo ana dseply Interesting
young peoples meeting early this evening, Io,t
by Mr. iiosoi. TIN C,noreeat;o,,, f,hrr,h -.a
crowded At n nnion maotIr, ~ n;,.,,. .s,... "a
~. .t, ~, ,, .ae .o'"ha'' @ooEossaa
- '1' nes. naSe6' atteF WHICH !asge numEcr
fesPonuea 10 tue call Tor those who had All inter.
ozt on Christinu 1ifc. It lsa becn decded 10
continue thu meetipca throurh III, wcck ,,,-
dAfIr. Ne8'
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uss1cIAh1As PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
10 tAs Editor a. Tx Chicago I+1otn:
kEoKuK. 1s., Jan. al" Hon1r to rhop honor
h DUE" II all Tho Catholic and p,ots.,.n,
prlosts aud aymen Of A,nrr;r, Tsro =, hra.s -.
tn.;r x,a-s ~ 49,. ..t,a'. q. ~ "slo 10 pfc1a III
W soo ouojccs OF EDUCATION ~ u thu
Aon j. d1bbonf. Of tlH town. tho question
would soon DO settled. slr. Gibbons, although
Catholic has no fenr Of st iuRopt "a, IIber.l le9
-, -, S."se s. ~ w.? p'ou'o'' 'ao o'7s'oh
VI ocnoo''tonos ios dcetaslan purposes, Buch ~
10 bsTo In Fort Msd.son. West Point, AMI else
~heto In this Esatc, bat he would upko tho
schools ,bo,ouo1v nn.act.,,,, ~ou,d .-.an. @
nnv C.,ho,, I'M prot....., 's"n ""1n ns.ss' nu9
49, 49,. ~ 4'o'o''An1 naeaahae WIN
!!suen' anu p1aco 1hom uuon oaaR equally lutt
to al. THIS basis Is secular. And whas other
position can be taken which cna bo nafnt,,nc5.
.onnd ,,o,,,,o.t 49,. ..1, ..r VI
'Drna ~. pvla''sa' tone9 vi" hppfoqe!
4nst toe 1htof"ss OF true morality will be
endaucered- and. therefore, tho Interests Of =
secular education. III Al !dea which SHOULD 10
slow to crcdls to any man With anr faith in God
or tho SOUL or anY faith 10 tho pe1maoenoe Of
truth aad Righteousness.
suppose yuu take tho Dib!o out Of the publto
eehoois, Mill tE'.t nilence tue 7oics at thess
Gren. moral ycritiea which through ,hs aoen,
aud through raet array Of ud1erse jnt,uences
nayo been growing in cltaruesu. aud growing
uuti, shoy arc now stamped, III chasao era not to
bo nlata3eu. uroa tho literature aud lussitu.
stons, tho legslatlou aud religion Of .as world =
Suppose the proetpla Of Newton were commit.
tod to the slAsnes, would the light Of Nonton's
sublime discoveries be e1singuishe.l ills
light has becu wrought into tho v.ry substance
o! orr intellectual lie, like the sun.
boams Of old into the very strat.
Of tho easth. 10 with eyery great
discovery In scicnco from whasoycr source It
has been derived. it has now become indcpsu-
dent OF that source. Just 80 With great rnoral
truths. II, in this groat ph, sical laboratory
which We cali tho Universe, thefa ia = constant
correlation and conservation Of foscos, 40 tta,
10 forcc. great or small. IL oyer e1hauated Of
lost. arc we 10 bon,o that the potcnt moral
forces Of tho untyerse Mill Iose their potency be-.
cauao book ia excluded from tho public achoos?
What comment thin would 10 ut,oo tho yitxl,ty.
and vor.u. aud power Of that moral force which
o. all forcos In the world. IL Tho most important!
preue Wisdom and Goodness which Afc believed
to rula tho Universe Ibyt,cAl force pnrmauenti
hoya' forco transient, aud depundent UPON =
single bookl And rat ciyiiizstion ttrnnp1s nm,
this force nay, more, salvation, hsre autl hefa.
after. Can this DO posable?
1t seems to uo that nothing can po.siblv bo
moro gfouudicss or mors uu:,biosnnh,r.j fha,
the common proteatau. idea that thc i,h1c H.
tho public schools Ia esasntlal 10 the csusa of
morality and civilization. II sacninr tesch;nt,
wero necessarily i1nmorni: If Hcierc" isnnr.s
lied tho soul: il tha lessona of histnr. ,,nno.na
nnon aho mind nsrTnwncsa hian,ru .apoaea
tlopallam, and loyo Of f.jsnhnoI ~ n"r
Juvenile and advanced Readers fos scholxrn
are. aud tocuIc.,si ytco instes,t -, v;r,na e
aud II narrnt. .ntl ssnri,..n - 'H.uu' ti,"'
ture md lcc,s,ation, ths npcsa sna r.o'a nn.','
LAT sentiment. yoto hopo,essIy ,}cmo,,iissd.
or II thoro snr, tn s,inhtast 'ns.,,, ,,,.,',, ,.t H.,
human son, m,rhs di.ns.n ths Instx .1t ;t so
vhlch Iaye thns fsT Tivcn /, ;n!,1s.n, 'ua1 .,.
streuuth nni ynn5cr snnes,," t,n+1',o" .sv. " snu
Neros aud moral 5nan.ts.s af his.nrs ~ ~ ,'n'
10 e,,c}, IN esLys.vnu rontrc,,,a n.of} ana not
ti,s wnrj1s grs1'1 hsraos -, tr,,. - ri.bt au
mess-if tbis rera liz condtion ~ thincs .nS
tho reading or a chsntsr in tha nhia r. na tnc
schools would remedy II. I should r.rtuiny say
tt,as Trotostants h,d cood rn.so,,s nv t,S,,
coursn. mi tho dirsct reyo1sa ~ .iI tb,s % /.