The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-25

Baltimore, on lest Monday, proposing
an amendment TO the Constitution to
cover the school and religious cues
ti0ns, Ia attracting 80 much attention
from the fact that he IL q Catholic. II
proposes 10 submit to the people the
following new article, rs article WI.
of the constitution:
Section |. No state shall make any
law respecting an establishment Of re-
ligIon, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; and no minister or preacher
of the gospel or OF any religious creed
or denomination shall hold any office
OF trust or emolument under the Unit.
cd States or under any State nor shall
any religious test be required asa
qualification for any office or public or
public trust in any State or under the
United States.
Section 2. No money received by
taxation In any State for the support
of public schools, or derived from any
public fund therefor, nor any public
lands devoted thereto, shall ever be
under the control of any religious sect;
nor shall any money 30 raised nor
lands so devoted be divided between
religious sects or denominations; nor
shall any minister or preacher OF the
gospel, or Of any religious creed or de-
nomination, hold any Office In connec-
ton with the public schools IN any
State, nor be eligible to any position OF
trust or emolument IN connection with
any institution, public or private, In
any State or under the United States,
which shall be supported in whole or
in part from any public fund.
The House Committee on Appropri'
atoms has unanimously decided to re-
port adversely on the bill appropriatlng
$922, 797 to pay interest on the $50 Dis
trict of Columbia bonds, on the ground
that Congress Is bound only to see thai
the interest shall be paid, and that aS
$780, 900 Of the sum appropriated re
main in the District treasury, u part o
this should be applied TO the payment
of interest, and that hereafter the IN
terest should be paid from the Dlstric
current receipts.
The correspondence IN relation t
the Cuban question are voluminous
and comprise much that has hereto
fore been published. 1t appears that OF
the 5th ofNovember last, the Secretary
of State addressed two letters to Min
lister Cushing at Madrid, the first o
which refers to the neglect of Spain t.
comply with the stipulations of TIN
protocol of November, 1873, and par
ticularly in relation to the trial OF Bur
riel according to the terms OF said proc
tocol. 1t appears that no steps ma!
been taken to that end by the Spanisl
government, but that 1t was even thei
discussing certain abstract question
when it should be making the investi
CATION without waiting for any com
munication from the United States
The Secretary says:
at has been and is our desire to ad
lust this and every question, ana l.
this desire we have been pressed al
most to the limit Of endurance. L
the same spirit you have again beef
instructed to represent Spain the inJl
nv that her course in reference to Ger
eral Burriel involves to both countries
and its effects upon our relations, ant
therefore, it is earnestly hoped the
representations may he received an
responded to In the same spirl
Whether this question shall precede
follow the treaty question or coniisca
ton case is left to your discretien."