Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-08-31

amendment, but you shall have 7
Legislation or power to enforce il
provisions" To the great Churcl
whose unbroken, solid vote this part
desired and expected, the Democrat
House said by this proposed amend
ment, "We are your friends. ES
anime our amendment. 1t mean
nothing. BY it we will quiet th
fears of the friends of free school.
but at the same time they have n
more power than they had before.
When were duplicity and cunnin
ever more expertly practiced in al
of Jesuitism than in this action b
the Democratic House of the Unite
States?
Fortunately this Democratic cur
ming fraud had to pass through til
crucible of a Senate, of whose mem
bers a large majority are Republi
cans. 1t was referred to the Judiciar
committee of that body, and on th
10th of August that committee re
ported back the following as a sub
stitute for the House amendment:
REPUBLICAN AMENDMENT. .
Resolced by The Senate and Hou
Of Representatives 1.-TWO thirds
each House concurring therein
That the following article be propo
ed to the Legislatures of the sever
States as an amendment to the Col
stitution of the United States, whic
when ratified by three-f -fourths of th
said Legislatures shall be valid as
part of the said Constitution, nam
ly:
ARTICLE 16. No State shall maxi
any law respecting an establishment
of religion or prohibiting the fire
exercise thereof, and no religious tes
shall ever be required as qualifica
tion to any office or public trust vi
der any State. No public .propert
and no public revenue of, nor an
loan of credit by or under the a,
thority of the United States or an
State, Territory, district or munic
pal corporation, shall be appropri;
ted to, or made or used for the SUI
port of any school, educational ol
other institution under the control Ol
any religious or anti-reIigious seek
organization or denomination, c,
wherein the particular creed or tenet:
or any religious or anti-religious secI,
organization or denomination, shat
be taught, and no such particular
creed or tenets shall be read or taugh.
in any school or institution support
ed in whole or in part by such reve-
nue. or loan of credit, and no such
appropriation or loan of credit shall
be made to any religious or anti-re-
ligious sect, organization or denomi-
nation, or TO promote its interest or
tenets. This article shall not be con-
strued to prohibit the reading of the
Bible in any school or institution,
and it shall not have the effect to i'm
pair rights of property already vest
ed.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power
by appropriate legislation to provide
for the prevention and punishment of
of this article.
Here was an amendment that
meant something. The hand of the
Jesuit was not visible in it. Here
was the protection that the friends of
free public schools demanded. Upon
this proposed amendment the Senate
voted, and, strange as it may seem,
the '.solid'' Republican vote was cast
in it's favor and the 'solid'' Demo
cratic vote against it. Upon an is
sue being made every Republican
Senator arrayed himself under the
banner of free schools and every
Democratic Senator voted as the re-
ligious sect whose "unbroked, solid
vote" is promised to his party, wish
ed
Therefore, we say that the Demo
cratic members of the House of
Representatives have been guilty of
assembling in dealing
with our free public schools.
We say further that the Demo
cratic Senators of the United States
have shown by their votes that the
Catholic Church has a prior claim
upon them and that they will carry
out her wishes.
Friends of free schools! The ac-
ton of the Congress of the United
States shows that your friends are in
the Republican party and that your
enemies control the Democratic par
ty.