New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
A PROTEST SENT TO TIE LEGISLATURE BY The
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.

The Evangelical Alliance OF the Unlteu
STATES has sent to the Legislature protest against 'ne
bill entitled IAN act secure the inmates o. sti'u'On,
for the care OF the poor freedom OF worship !" ~
by John Jay the president Of the Alliance; 'no nv
prs s. T. Prime and Philip schaf the correFpohu,"s
secretaries and the Rev DR.. J. NJ Buckley fhey say ~
the title of the bill was "caleulated 10 ihuueo
hiaS In the pplic mind that il had been framed anu
was nromoted by those who believed in ana wls"cu "
secure 70 the moor in our charitable INSTITUTIONS INC
dorc of religious profession and worship s"si '..,..
the Constitution, that the inmates IN 'hose
we're now deprived OF the right u cho"'e th..
bv the light Of the Bible and their own eonscehee 'na
~, 3, % ,b,s hill, had been devised for the pur-
go q, ,roc,pg them from existing restraint iu '"'
ho,oa ena that the operation OF the Dill "onu o "
secure TO the inmates larger snare than ."o, nt,
eniov If the liberty of conscience ana freeoo " -.
70 which they are entitled; ana oeoa .,a
a, each Of these points the title of the Dill Is
" $4,000 ,o rois,ead the people of this State wno
.v M, ba advised of it's intent and PROVISIONS n'
hill, Il ia stated was introduced and passed. W ".
zeal marty represented by the taomahl Caihoi,. -,
Nev-York because of a refusal to comply WIN ~
demands mad. by the Union on the Boaro vi ni"ns
., ,he socetv for the Reformation OF Juvenne Drhh
OIL une ~ ts Citv of New York, whose institution Is
fno,xn On the House OF Refuge The proest gay .
1Ie Sesn due 10 the fact that it has been kept
why unsectrian It's chapel "a Omen 70 al. d,ous
tians without discrimination, and moral ara Iensn'
nsirS at nppropriae hours welcomed by the msn
eger. cSe sex and ali other inmates ara attcnoeu Ny
arch CLERGY men as they desire, but the managers p
hIt aftsns TO proselytze the inmates anu ,ney i,p
nr,biht dispsrSgIng speech IN their -,
Re- meet TO any church creed Ihey NV ~ CatIotc
assent re- the apponment OF priest as hOha ti,o
chaplain institution ana Inr fhrongb Tins bill
Union seeks 70 secure the appointments through '' '-
The protest then continues: A.. or,o,rt ebaplains
s.Tbia hill yeuld enable them TO appoiht T1apss 70
far mass and confession, not only ID t.o .S eoor
Pafuoe hui in ali institutions for the supp9rl Vi W.
rsceiy1ng pubfo aid excepting only asyiuns io h,,r
insane and it would apply also 10 thos , tor SsIIn
fonndliug. orphans, fallen women, ana luscts -, he
rnants finder the pretence therefore, contalned IA me
fie Of securing 10 the inmates OF nsttutons io nIS
care ~ the moor freedom OF worship, tihs oli mou
oman the puble and private nsitutions Oh tue
ceiyinp public money to the members Oh ar1
which eta rms not merely spiritual but Temporal
After deny the right Of Roman Satnoes =, pstn
lie children OF Catholic parents III le ner.ons
ana showing the large proportion OF nterate SoI,.
aanners and CRIMINALS Furnished by Roman Cslnono
scaoos the Alliance protests against inc a.'ei 20 In
nv ths nil 10 reyerse the traditional
nscfion between Church and State W u
~ onr fathers which, though copdcnilieu oS "a
tic,s Is of the Roman syllabus, Amerieans n III
TO he the only policy that COMFORTS WIN o.sr9
harmony and goodwill between eitizehs o, opp,sts
creeJs so essential TO the national peace ~ PI, 49,
rins, OF allow by STATE OF pro-
eytisn ard propag adism our penhi oa.,,,sr
educational insiitu Ii protests especIa bess in
tne sttempt 10 take from the infant lnnhteso Vi o-h
sttnions their right Of religious profession hhu
ythonf prefereuce OF dsrrmlnaton-nOt Dy sn ~. na
mani 70 tae Constitution, be openly suDn.eu ~
neone but by a bill delusiye IN it's Ute ano unco
trional In itS scheme, which aimed AZ le Lenso s
the State the Instrument OF dong this "Fo"s " "