The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-19

Mrs. Iris G. Ryde recovered q verdict at
Memphis, against the Appeal-Avelanche
Company for $780,, for the publication of
an alleged libelous article.
Hon. Wade Hampton declares that he is
square with South Carolina on political ac-
count. and that he would not take another
office in the gift of her voters.
Receiver Oakman, of the Richmond Ter
minal Company. has filed q suit against the
Georgia Central Syndicate, in which SEN
s~ational charges of q great fraud are made.
measure to pay Florida citizens an ad-
ditionaI $4,000 apiece for the ninety odd
Seminole Indians killed In 1857 Is before
the House. The government has already
paid $500 apiece for each of the Indians
slain.
From the Second Edition of the Sunday Journal
Editor Palien's Caustio Reply to Ireland.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 17.-Edltor Pallen. of the
Church Progress. who has made no secret
OF his hostility to Archbishop IreIand's
school doctrines, was asked to-day to reply
to the interview with that prelate pub
lished this morning. Mr.. Pallen at first re-
fused to talk, being anxious to avoid the
appearance of seeking notoriety. He at
length spoke ~ follows:
Mgr. Ireland does exactly what he accuses his
opponents OF doing; that Is, attempting to create
q public opinion in their own favor. His whole
interview Is nothing more than an appeal to what
he calls the American mind" or, in reality. to
secular public opinion in this country. We
would like to know what secular opinion in this
country has TO 90 with the settlement OF the
school question by the church itself. Certainly
1t Is not to be expected that secular opinion
cation will dominate in the settlement Of the
controversy. The liberals have all along made
q desperate appeal to secular opinion as a
sort of jury in the case. But how they can I'm
agine that 1t will in any way become o govern
Ing factor Is beyond the conception of any Cath
Ole acquainted with the constitution of the
hHIr M fhA nAannfn ~ hal afn
Secularism has always been in the history OF the
church an antagonistic factor, inasmuch as 1t
usually representa- the opinion OF the world, and
we may lay it down as a fundamental axiom
that the world, the flesh and the devil
are a triple alliance against the spiritual inter
ests OF the church.
Icannot conceive surer indication OF the weak
ness OF a cause than to appeal from Christ to
Caesar. AT the same time [ am perfectly well
tons Of government. and because the church in
sists that Catholic education shall be tainted
with the poison Of secularism. that implies
sr rights Of the state or hostility 4
to the spirit Of American institutions.
Judgment upon the nature, character or exigen-
cies OF Catholic education. An appeal to 1t,
therefore, is simply to appeal from the proper
the hasty and temporary opinion OF the popu-
lace. IL Is both uncatholic and unamerican TO
appeal to q prejudice which has no legitimate re-
lation to the question In dispute.
notwithstanding Archbishop Irelend's state
ment that Mgr. satoli is vested with plenipoten-
fiary pc .s to settle TT es, the school question S we
trary. both Archbishop Katzer and Archbishop
Elder have publicly declared that Mgr.
the sSs0t fact n that n9 the su sroh Bishops i in their asr recent
conference , refused to subscribe to Mgr. satollrs
views is very clear evidence that those views
the ro 1s' : sasSsriss, II 0y they snf had Tf bsea the be
Archbishops could scarcely have point blank re-
1ected them. They might have deferred consid-
araftnn nf than rn6ar thar aunnnatftnn huf fhav
would not have so emphatically declared a
doctrine so opposite and repugnant to them
buttons reafsrming their absolute and
unqualified adherence to the principles
and platform OF the councils Of Baltimore. For
and definitely affirm thar the secular or public
school education in this country is not only
DANGEROUS to the integrity of the Catholic faith,
but they demand Catholics to eschew il alto
gether and build their own schools In order to
supply its fatal defect.
church belongs religious instruction only. and
to the state the right Of secular education, apart
from religious training. l. in radical opposition
to the councils Of Baltimore and to the repeated
public teaching of Leo XIII on this subject. In
the encyclical letter Of the present Pope to the
French bishops. In 1854. he says:
ETY.. 1t Is OF the greatest importance that the
children sprung from Christian marriage should
be instructed in the precepts OF religion at an
early age; and that the studies In which youth is
accustomed to be educated be conjoined with
religious training. To separate the one from the
other is really to wish that youthful minds
to God. This teaching is false, and
especially dangerous in the early years OF
way to atheism and saps the foundation Of re-
liglon. Good parents should exercise the
greatest care to see that their children. whom
OF religion. and that there be nothing in the
school hurtful TO the integrity Of the faith and
morality. IL is 2 rrecept OF 10Th divine and the
spring; nor can they for any reason
ly. is the church the guardian and vindicatoro of
the integrity of the faith. whose duty II Ia. by
virtue of the authority conferred on her by God.
knowledge. and to likewise diligently see how
the youth subject to her authority are educated.
1t has always openly condemned what are called
neutral schools and again and again adm0n-
ished parents In a matter Of such great impor-
lance TO avoid them with all their might"
How Archbishop Ireland reconciles this with
that 1t is repugnant TO Mgr. Satolli's Published
address on the same question is also apparent.
The assumption In Archbishop lreland's inter
view that his position on the school question is
also the position OF the American Catholic mind
seems to be Enthusiastically overstrained, for he
to Mgr. satollrs school propositions.
archbishop not only expressed his own opinion
when he rejected them, but also the concordant
jud OF each Of his suffragans. q more i'm
posing array OF American Catholic opinion
against that OF Archbishop Ireland could not lie
conceived. He was the solitary minority in the
conference and may be, therefore,, said not to rep
resent the American Catholic mind on this Ques-
tiol, but the very reverse. To q certain extent,
Archbishop Ireland's declaration that there is no
difference OF opinion amongst the hierarchy In
this matter Ii true, is we leave his own dissent
ing views out of consideration. With this re-
%striction we may say, indeed. that the American
hierarchy are q unit on the school Question. We
may also admit that the controversy Is virtually
closed. For the unanimous agreement OF the
hierarchy, always excepting himself. of course.
makes Ii very evident that the Faribault plan. or
any other scheme to separate religious from Sec
ular education. Is Numerically opposed to the
convictions Of the hierarchy in the United States.
Father CorrIRan Apologies.
HoBoKEN, N. j., Dec. 1T.-The contro-
versy between Bishop WiGger, of Newark
city. and Father Corrigan. of Hoboken, N.
j.. was rather abruptly terminated to-
night. The trial has been stopped and