The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-22

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dent HOT schools, who is q Presby terrain l
clergynnarl OF cul Ire and refinement and
the very opposite Of his erring brother Of
the cloth. Bishop McG olrick in his biz
Anglo-Saxon style fred q fnsilade ct the
blatant blatherskite, and it is safe to say
that when he visits the Zenith City
again he will keep civil tongue IN his
head and refrain from emitting his ernc-
tations against imaginary foes.
To give an idea Of Morey's method OF
warfare against Popery the following ut
terance of his at Duluth may be given
as a sample ssRome's first assault was
against the use Of the Bible IN our
schools. Our forefsthers decided that
the Bible was not bad thing in the
public school. The Catholics then al
legged that the schools we're too sectar-
ian, and despite the belief OF even agnos-
tics that the Bible should have place
in our public schools as text book OF
morals, the prevailing sentiment grew to
be that no state school must use it.
Complaints then poured in thicker and
more arrogantly than before. The sec
ond cry was that our schools were god
less. make no charge Of double-faced-
ness, but mention this to refresh your
memories
In reply to the foregoing misstate'
ments il is sufficient to say that the
Catholic citizens of Minnesota have nev-
er demanded the exclusion of the Bible
from the public schools. In the Edger-
ton Bible case in Wisconsin, however. an
action was brought in the name of few
Catholics whose children were subjected
to exposure to the winter air while King
James version of the Bible was being
read, and the supreme court decided that
the reading of sectarian book in public
schools supported by citizens OF various
religious denominations was unconstitu-
tional. That was a just decision, and no
one but bigot would find fault with it.
Suppose the Douay Bible was read in
the public schools instead of the Protes-
tant version how would Morey and his
CLIQUE like it What care the citizens
of the different creeds and nationalltles
in Minnesota about what Morey's fore
fathers thought of the Bible in the pub
lie schools Is Morey aware OF the fact
that the Bible is still read in many of
the public schools OF the state, and that
the whole matter rests with the trustees,
teachers and parents No judicial de-
cislon on the Bible question has yet been
rendered to our knowled Q in this state.
The Catholic bishops and priests believe
that religious instruction forms an es-
sential part of the education of youth
and some of them have used the word
sgodless'' in referring to this public
schools when probably the word "non-
religious might be more fttingly ap-
piled.
Rev. Morey in speaking Of the Fari-
bault plan said it was a whole tissue OF
fa]sehoods and that the Pope's "tolerari
potest' 'swas worthless subterfuge be-
cause of the mental reservations which
the Church of Rome is noted for. Warm
ing to his subject he said: ut is the sole
purpose of the Faribault plan to Roman
! ize the public school, not to Americanize
the parochial school. For see papal
encyclical says Public schools open to
all children for the education OF the
young should be under the control OF
the Romish church and should not be
subject to civil power, nor made to con-
form to opinions Of the age.'
The intention of Archbishop Ireland
in his Faribault plan was the very re-
verse of what is stated, and he is by far
better friend Of public education than
Rev. Morey and his tribe. At the ma
tional teachers association the great
metropolitan of st. Paul exclaimed:
s''The free school of America withered
be the hand raised in sign of it's destruc-
ton" But Rev. Morey's prejudice is SO
virulent that he would not believe the
Archbishop if he solemnly swore he was
friend of American institutions.
"For see a papal encyclical," says Morey,
and then he quotes a distorted para
graph from the late Pope's letter in which
his Holiness is made to call the church Of
which he was the head by the insulting
name of "Romish" an opprobrious term
coined by Catholio-hating fanatics like
the Saltwater preacher. He next i'm
pugns the Archbishop's motives by de-
claring he had not the faintest thought
of secularizing the parish school, when
every one knows that the school was
conducted under the supervision OF the
public school authorities. It is. needless
to waste more printers ink in refutation
Of the uncharitable charges OF this Still
water slanderer. His accusations against
the Catholic Church and the patriotic
prelate Of st. Paul fell on barren rock in