Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-15

taught the principles N constitutional lib-
| cry. AID o sect could stand In the way of
te en.e sseai Peolic acts; He had hopd and
semocreuc, 30 republican rs this In every
sense or the WORT, would have met the APP
pfovsl OF all men OF all parties Tue public
schools Of the country were dear N the hears
oi All American citizens, aud the moment
ihey Ten the whiff OF danger TO them they
mental principle OF constitutional nberiy-
popular education. No amount OF ne dtaiert
OF sophlstIy could beat them out OF It. Toe
Senator from Maryland Mr.. whytc) was
mistaken In saying that The Calholics ia
MAIy land nrst planted religious liberation
en- ms continent There were emigrsats
| nations, and they all agreed, like wise
men, that all men should worship God &C
cordins to the dictates OF their own con-
| science. There was a sect In this country
which did not believe our public SCHOOLS
| were justified by their eligion, and IL that
ees sn11a get Ind Power ,4e teness o. 1ns
schools. Mr.. Edmun6s then sent to the
| Clerks desk and had read encyclical letter
| OF Pope Plus the Ninth and tue syllabus OF
errors issoed on the slh OF December, lisa,
and said the Senator rom Maryland Mr..
Whytel had said this letter had been
oranges, tnst II was twelve years Old. DE
would rise In his plsoe and show that this
letter was not the Official doctrine OF the
Ron an hierarchy. The supposei infaln5illty
| OF the Holy Father would be a sutfi cent refu-
.atlon OF The Argument OF the Senator fro n
Maryland. The Pope being infallible, never
enlarged 10 his teaching THIS dogma, put
iorlh IN 1854, was at this moment tue DOGMA
| o. The most powerful rel gious sect the world
ever knew or probably ever would know IL
was cnurch active, aggressive, FESTIVE AID
unuring. he Mr.. Edmunds) believed IN
| preserving the public schools from that sort
OF com binat.on. II was his duty 70 resi- 81 N
oy every constitutio2al amendme at aud by
every law. He denied that the substitute
proposed by tue Judiciary Committee shut
our rom Tue dying pIls 1ner the last offices OF
his creed, and said no ingenuity could push
such construction upon It.
| Mr.. Stevenson Ky said as member OF
the committee on the judiciary he did not
concur IN the proposed constitutional
| amendment. He saw no necessity for Il.
! While he impugned no mans motive, a re-.
| ngion discussion at the end OF q long session
wa was IN a. osd taste, and cid no good; he was
| 10 foot. He then referret TO the teachings OF
| Mr.. Jefferson in regard TO religious liberty,
a fsh sac S oonid ne nave nesrd the argu nent
| told him that he knew nothing about free
| government. Kentucky did not want YER
mont 70 tel ner what her taxes should be;
| what her religion should be. No man could
| mistake the object OF this debate. All saw
what IL came from, but he hoped the people
| In This nineteenth century would see though /,
| there was no necessity 70 60 10 the Pope of
| Rome 70 scare the people OF these thirty
seven states into the belief that they could
not manage their schools In their own way.
MI. Bogy MOI said this discussion was
| most singular for the American Senate. He
almost imagined he had been transferred
all the members were cardinals, with the in
fallible Senator from Vermont Mr.. Ell
munds) as Pope. That Senator was con-
WINGED OF his own tnfallibility. He did as he
pleased, reported from the Judiciary Com
mittee what he pleased, and kept back what
he pleased. The African race had played Its
the bloody shirt no longer enraged the ma
Dull, and another animal was 10 be brought
into the political arena; the Pope, the old
Pope OF Rome, was the bull that All were 70
attack In the coming campaign. Laughter
III his friend from Vermont Mr.. Edmuucs
had been Roman Catholic and rose TO the
tyrannical Pope that ever swayed the scep-
ire OF the Roman Catholic Church. IL wa.
In him: tGreat laughter.l Tyranny and H.
libeTality were part and parcel OF his nature
VINO i'm This Country was in favor OF array.
ing the church against the state? No one
The encyclical letter OF the Pope which TIE
Senator from Vermont had had read was for
the purpose OF arousing feeling against
principles therein contained. When the Pope
OF Rome spoke he spoke as the bishop of the
s cngren' AND ne told all people that human
God, and that all human governments un.
derstand that they moved and performed
their function under the Supreme Being
that there was divine power TO which gov
erDments, like men, were responsible. To
deny this was TO go back TO paganism. He
commented at some length on the Language
|
Committee on the Judiciary, aud said 4,
must have been drawn by the cler K 10 the
committee or by the Senator from Vermont
Mr.. Edmundsj after be had his dinner. He
took his pen 10 prepare this after ne had
taken something else lLaughter.l He spoke
OF the constitutional power of Congress, aud
argued that this whols question OF education
should be left TO the states.
| Mr.. Morton read from the encyclical OF TIC
Pore, and said be bad ~ comment 70 max,
on such language AS that
L nj
whole school question should be left with the
states. Connecticut could take care OF ber
own schools. Let the Senator from Indians
Mr.. Morfon) taKe care OF mis- own state and
he would have all he could do during the
coming campaign. This whole amendment
originated as an elec tioneering dodge.
| Mr. Harvey, OF Kansas, asked IL IL did not
originate In a democratic House OF Repre-
1 ser tatiyes.
Mr.. Eaton-It originated with James a.
Blaine. Did You ever hear OF him? IL was
one OF his lodges to get the nomination. 4
have been sorry ever since he did not get &c,
and you have been glad. The whole on ST.
| ness was partfzan trick put upon the Sem
say the Catholic church was to be stamped
out In this country. He was not Catholic
put he recognized the great good zone oy that
Finally aSote was had on the Joint reso-
| luton, and IL was lost by vote OF % TO IS
not two thirds voting In the afirmati The
| vote was strict party vote.
| HOUSE.-After our report closed
| A message was laid before the House from
| the President in regard to the yer and har-
| Dor Dill, stating that IL IL had been compul-
| sorry on him TO expend the money therein
appropriated he would have vetoed IL, bat,
| that as IL was not, he would take care Ii at
no public money should be expended on use.
| less works, or upon auy that were not clear
| Iy national. The message, after debate, was
| referred TO the Committee on Commerce
At 5o'clock the House took recess until
| p. m.
A report of the lively proceedings at the
evening session, which lasted all night will
be found on the first page of this paper