, 1876-08-21

desk, Lad been long uscd within the Walls o1
school, but oil At once, without any instructions
Io,s,, ,hsa.r ,hn ,"@.,. M, -, ,,rrs ma
i'o"'" Lure" 1'e l""h WV " u"o'" -"
m Unfit tenant Tor seat IN semi
nary uf learning. AMI whit wis tho supreme
wi,,,Dm TINT ,noyel the board to drive this
o,a ,iw.i,.r n,,t ~ u. ntarr1 ncran.c. fur.
"'u ""s'.' 80 ~. 'lo ,"'',t..'' ~
soo.n' .hc oook IN tnc sclsoo'' "Ie oolst''on".
blc to Catholics sud skeptics. And a" the day
has come when tho feelings OF many Protest.
nnta n,u.t In aarrIrc,, on,1 irnurc in t1cfcrcnro
.'.'.s "u ~ Ta.,.'.,t. .,.a..I N.
II Catholics Ind actually given their hearty
roi,izc1 our schools and filled thcm with their
children , then We Nigh, see something reasona :
p'e ~ tne 'Mel'usss =, Ing noa'u ieuius.'s "nat
muntty but do Catholics commend our
school systcmt by no means. Tho hierarchy
Of that Church hare condemned our system Ut
p,,t!lte elucatio they invu branded our schools
"A defective aud god'ess institutions, they have
Of Catholic children; Rnd In view Of this, we
aak, II schouls wcrc godless With the Bible, will
they be less gUdacas without III II objections
bio tu Catholics with the bible, how Gun they be
less objcctLonablc without the Biblet The
Doar1 of Education IL very hhort-sEghtcti II
1t cannot SEC what tho Catholics nto aiming attn
their objections to our schools. To Rolhantze
them may appear to them somewhat iopccss,
but to change the educational systuln Of the
lan1 appear 10 them posslDle. For this they arc
working. Ii they can accomplish this, then there
Will be secAriail e,llratioil, and they will get
their el'are oi the school funds, either this, or
the frce-scllool system VII ls abolished Alto,
gctller, aud then they will l,c free FROM school
tax In this matter tho aetOn of tho B0hrti ot
Education Is open To Bcytru criticism. They
have offended n.any. of the friends Of frce, I'M
ecetartan education lR rn!n attempt To please
IL mall, 1LAN hI IIftitfk tI1I TIA
enter which n!ay be driven farther and farther
until this noble Institution, be split aud sattcr-
cd, aud Its opponents, In their iny, shout, "snc.
cess, rtetoryl" Had tho Beard, which should
plan of edueatiot,--l'ad they been p!lcd, as
is supposed, with any outside INFLUENCE
to remove the Bible from tho selloois,
they might lave SAID, VIZ must bs rnt.
tious: .hG Bible is ,tot sectariaii BOOK IT.
schools; to elect tho change slspy taisplcase the
friends Ut tho systcnl nloFo than It will please
tllose that are not ttichls; VIC must he sl"% to
move, ai,l II the llbGb 70 removed Mt nil VT l,,-
!teSe that 1t should llc the action of tie people,
Had tho Board Vi Eateatfot taken that lmplr-
tIal course, then We might hAye llal no mtlr1cr
connected with this question: md no sur!!llses
about rings and cllques !n the School board
running inatsurs tu selfish aud scCtarlan In
tcrests.
But some may say, Had II not kind Of Sec
tartan louk TO ask RuIlsnn Catholic children to
rcnH tho Protestant TRANSACTIONS U[ the iNbc!
Well, ! would say to TINT, that wu,lid not iorrc
III sclool During The rca1lng u the Bible II their
parents objected. And With EesarI to the trans-
satlon used, that difficulty might have been
solved by MI arrangement TO have our English
version IND the Douay translation used by the
Catholics read On alternate days or alternate
weeks. This don0, Of course, without note ur
goninent. But certainy to l,avc the Bible hurled
out altogether III nn attempt tn please ono sce-
ttXI$tI 1it
a!lutllcr section nu less the patrons aud friends
of our school eystcIn appears oiic-shcd, Aht
htEll-hantled exercise oi privilege uu the part nj
the Board. Au act so glari.gly partial cannot
arr managing aetool matters; and, while Say
tbLs, 10 SO i'll no offensive spirit ID any one.
u looking ut this combined opposition to tho
Bible III the schools, how strange tho coalition Ut
forces In this crusade against ths book! Catho-
lies aud skeptics! Extremes will meet. 11cfu III
thu army division Of skeptirs We have men who
call themselves ratlonallsts, who will believe
nothing that the iivo SENSES dun't prove; ailu
here In tho arjuy Division Of Catholics We have
men WHO believe what thc i've senses dsprovc.
They believe tint iozcngu, Mt the Magte
word Of q robed priest, becomes 4 nun
with body and DoNcs; anu still nlorr,
tllat this lozongc becomes the great God,
who ns!ule I'LL thngs; still mOre, that thls
lozcngt, now both 1nun antf a God, thry
swallow down their throhts, body, bones, aud
boMndlesa divinity. We haya henri Of r,agIcians
swallowing swords aid all sorts Ut things but
their tricks nrp nothing to this. Thc lnltnn1l
sto!aacll receives an entire man, YEA, llste,ls
sufficiently to contain that Being wflosu n.
cnre fills immensely. katlnnaIisss luugt 1t ;.
this as stupe1doua eretiullty, uMl Catllnii,
curse rationaliats for nut believing ull tIlis
magic transubstnttMtton; aud still tlirsr two
ludies VI men, wAuse cseeIs are 80 fur apart,
unite In one graad trusudc tu exprl the Glblu
from the atmosphere Ut our free public schools.
Marvellous coalition! As these two parties lave
no sentiment in common, the uitinluto object of
eacll must bo vide frum each other Ms thu poles.
Catholics use skeptlcs to destroy our free uIl-
scrturlan schools, aud sketties use CutlolIcs to
destroy all prospect for the Bible.
Now, VIC max Htttohal!sts IL this coalition with
Catholics against the Blblu consistent und
setmlyt kAtiu,allsts urc tic profcssed Mlvo-
e4tes IT frcc thought, frro speech, free opinion.
priestiy tyranny tE,ut ct,saves the mind, fcttcrs
the intellect with suprrsttiols and fears, atl
commands = blind obeuscnce. !tattonallsts aro
t1lu proeesed iric,,lA uf mental liberty uni free
federation. How, With these graul ,liott,es on
the banners Of Rationallsnl, In 1t sccIuly and
consistent In Ratiuunllsts 10 form II coalition
With Catholics, whuse rclly!uus system llas
proyel itself illt0lrrant utNt cruel, and wl,oae
batt1c-crv hns been St,I,l,Ij.slu or hfautI,trr