New-York tribune., 1880-10-30

OF the country to, schools conducted by Ro,
accounted forf In answering this question he said OF
the Roman schcos They practically fail 10 recos-
continuous and successive evolution OF The idea o ne
aud of humanity THey who arc eduealed IN our S'i.U &
for a world THAI ms ceased exist. They come out
i'm, rant of contemporary ideas. contemporary habs
of l9.nd contrmp5rary intelligence and tcudcnce.,
uId large numbers of them SINK Dto oI'"Il ~ " uo
unf1inI FOR ther re Lyon their county. Compare
lively few of Them take stand. scholars or az men,
on lovs WIN tho Graduates Of Catholic co iegcs
a oso Who 40 take the stand, n most cases, do 10 by
fbro,n aside nearly all the ideas thcY learned from
t..fr n a uater and adopting the ideas and prnci-
ls,,r {i" d"d in The general cvIizaton Of The
country in which they live. rbe cause Of the failure
ol what We tenn Cah'nc education III our judgment Is
fact tha eddcato not for the present or the M
ture, 0ut for The pa, which can never he restored
aims % .eS'oie ",l aSe ahI orGeI o. inns, "lou
neither possible nor desirable 60 rest9Ie ior u coId
Ihe view thAs expressed hY Df. bronson o. roman
education iu America, corresponds with tnat OF the
5s calculated To give lhen ah'rla'ilotC ahr anu
National tendencies, false notions OF italian history,
childish superstition and very llte rea knowledge
however. we arr not now ulscuslug olsto'hS' nor
right Of ihe Roman Catholics 10 conduct plroehlal
Ss IN aSS SS RS %dy "sn Wa.rc thcy ' are q' u.c
We have no controversy win the priests or
T,mmauy only rs tac cnosen ''atorm for tins crusade
AGAINST tn, puhhc schools of rsNNork. ila NOV
campaign oi "cnaugc" ,hat have nccn bearing oucn
anou. However, do NOT regard his a. b'mo,raiic
party. Good Democrats viii oppose ii, as ~'oi h,pdD
nc!Hs wii u-ii against H. any 5ifr Ven, 10 @rt
fcribed un,u 30. tn Gods name 10 him dolL But no
man ~ r' ~ of i,y own aHi sna exercise Il
o1 T,I,nany nan or If members Of tAe Democratic
party. want T. be icl IonS Win Ijue ao-sttiu% a."
Eni it Is the great issue before usf Let me tell
Won: Il De- the maintenance of tue tmehouorcd ers,om
OF sch sol education. From 1921 0 20 ty Ic
Roman Catholic Church has been .ashe IN Its Efforts
to undermine common school =ystcm. u hcNcr}ti
at any umo has succeeded IA volcc-" Ana II 'shaut
succeei No, Il sla not 81 cccd! IL must never sue
ceed must ,taud oy our system ms its blenders
and We must leh. as we wond fight IN oe-
fence of our National hae. W. are here now
to rehuke any who would strike AGAINST our common
school A. early IS 1s22. efforts were made 10y
IN RomSh CHURCH 10 interfere VII olr SCHOOLS, anu ID
1881 the school system received its first open attach
Roman CatBoAc orp an 1sJ ldm came ID SO HlnnN
po ra,a Oi the common schuo iuhl or lt I
of schools Toe MethOdlsjs then came forward with
ptllioh 10 ,,r , ',ne & ~ Az h. 5nt ,',l f,r
MAXIM 0i hShtng hte WIN nie. iI,' UesuC'tI tuc
movement at that tlme III lsi0 the Roman Catholics
reopened tins question: ana 'hen Tor me ng5 uns; II
year meeting was held under the
direction or Archbishop Hughes. ana 1t was tAer' rc
solved tnat the present system schools
q gross violation OF civil aud religious hoeriy In lSil
manded people vote against the school system.
but his nee ings and commands avaiiod liile. They
alive and hOurishlng to-day.
We are here o-nIgn, meet attempt to renew the
od conf Ct, To fight against policy OF cHauG'.'
mere assert without fear o! cnnuadeuou 1rom man or
from history. that since 1924 the Roman Catnoics
system. | also assert that the plan for the
mantenanc- OF that system has new altered since
1874 The Oi the schools ior political m1cinatO on
begun Archbishop Hughes has never been ren unc a.
and the II man Catholics are uow using a part
OF the Democratic party 10 accomplish their oe-
signs against the schools If Nj. Grace Is cec cd
Mayor common school system Will be set back "a
generation. With the appointment OF Roman ttthollc
school commissioners he would put our system into th
control heal OF the ROnsh Church. o, n IS vcry
pleasant Mr.. Kelly, to have the non and the lamb
lie down together, but Row about the
result as afecli,g the ambl THIS tlune
of putting schools par with Roman CatAo-
lie paocniai Is like asking Us III tie nineteenth
century put the pantalcttes OF the tan tttLtl.
But must avert tins danger, ana aup~dl 90
you, Of NeW-G0rk, 10 support Mr. DpWd Tor
fhc MayOralty. He Is our champion IL rD-..t t.I-
new aggression upon the public school system, Wa" W
L. the dty been the bu walk o. ihs acucrdDOu.
call uDuu n pUTc NOn, 10 del nd ,hIs -~tIh iit
to you as your heritage. Shah this sl stem ur
an CXotlc u re where 10 was born snail II DE-
uurootci here only 10 flourish abroad. cOu" ilcs
winch learned IT from us W shall pari with tie
lerage lcft to Us and to our children J. lou are lu-
tcrestcd in obi uuiug Ollie vote % obtain
al such a cost. 1t Will be dear to y0d DO tlt cut
L.. every approach Ine uallDt-buX OH ID~ aN Nil
n rev rene hc Has never felt before Lc iic ballot
box bee regard as an altar on winch Nr
shall swear fidelity 10 that cause WhcI Is dearest fo
Us, WhcI the great pItserNer Of oar liberties. liIr
goat erNcT ol political prosperity. - ms No'c
IN the lear God aud FOR the good Oi man. tp, ,lus,