The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-02-11
PRO eo,to f'nI,Iteo."
FEBRUARY =, 1850.

III answer tO " Pro Bono Publico's" last
TRADE, 1 would simply state that the
gentleman has suddenly become very
voluminous. II would appear rs though
ne had swallowed all the words in Web
stcr's unabridged dictionary, which,
after having become sOurcd upon his
preitdiced stomach, he vomited forth OH
poor unfortunate pOpcs and priests. His
hatred for these, anJintcd of God, pre-
vented him from adhering to the main
question on docket, namely, as he said in
his first TRADE: The Catholic Church
has always been opposed to free educa-
ton" Ii was shown him cOnclusivciy
that the above assertion was baseiy
false, by the fact that Catholics at the
same time that they paid the tax which
thc State uniustly eXtOrted from them
for the support of the free schools; they
also built their own schools, colleges,
universities, etc, and even "P. Ii. p"
acknowledged the corn when he con-
fessed "tilat the Catholic schools of this
county are of a much higher grade than
those described by Mr.. al" Who in tine
common sens. is this Mr.. "H?' Is he
u historian? Certainly not texit Mr..
"H.") Now, if "P B. p" and his one
sided man, Ill" will lay aside little
of their prejudice they will see that the
Church uses thesame careand diligence
in regard to the education of her chill
dren in every country on the face of the
globe, where "the Carbonari the COM
muncs, the Besotted Victor Emmanuels,
or the idiotic Bismarck" other fools
have not deprived the Church of her
schools and sent to prison or To exile her
venerable bishops, priests, andteachers
Such from time to time has been the
case in Spain, Italy, England, Ireland,
France, parts of Russia, and to-day in
Germany. l repeat it, then, sir, the
Catholic Church is not opposed to free
education. In order to substantiate nIy
propositions let the following facts speak
for themselves. They are the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. Facts do not lie like men. Docs
the Catholic Church object to public
schools or free education asevii in them
selves? No. The Catholic Church is
the founder of public schools, us she
is the fosterer and guardian of educa-
ton in all history. 1t is only the
ignorant who stupidity deny this historic
fact. The Church never has and never
will lose sight of Christ's command 10
His Apostles, namely: ''To teach all ma
tons" Let us go back and inquire into
the origin of free public schO0is. We
take the following extract on the subject
from a book entitled, "NatiOnal Educa-
ton in Europe" by Henry Bernard, l..
l.. D., Superintendent of the common
schools in Connecticut. He says: "But
not in Germany, OF to any other people,
or any civil authority anywhere, but in
the Catholic Church belongs the higher
credit of first inStituting the public
schools for elementary education of the
poor, which was the earliest form which
this mighty element of society assumed.
After the third century of the Christian
era, whenever church was planted or
religious institutions were established
there il was the aim of higher ecclesias-
teal authority to found in some form IA
school for the nurture of children and
youths for the service of religion and
society. "A Council at Rome in $50,
under Pope Eugene III, ordained that
there should be three kinds of schools
established through ChristiendOm: Epis-
cOpal, PaFOchial in towns and villages,
and Others wherever there could be
found place and opportunity. In S35
/ also, Lothaire promulgated decree to
establish eight schools in some Of the
principle cities of Italy in order that OPP
portunity may be given to all, and that
there may he no excuse drawn from
poverty and the difficulty of repairing
to remote places" The DEGREES of the
third Council of Latern in ll79 and that
OF Pope Innocent iii in the year 12l5
We're somewhat similar to the above.
Such was the origin of the popular
school, AZ now generally understood,
everywhere the offspring and compan-
ion of the Church. And yet certain
promoter Of the peoples welfare tellsus
that the Popes and Priests are opposed
to education and have always tried to
crush il whenever they had the power.
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to
lyingr' EdlstdD, act ), Henry "
The Catholic Church then, is not OPP
posed to free education, but she is OPP
posed to the present system of educa-
tions which some designing politicians
and bOok-peddlers are trying to dissem-
mate in this country and many parts Of