St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18
He Says the Archbishop Is Ap-
peaIing to Sec ular Pub
lie Opinion.
No Evidence That Satolli Has
Powers to Settle the
Question.
Mgr. Ireland Alone in Sup
porting the Proposition
CT the Legate.


made no secret of his hostility to Arch
bishop Ireland's school doctrines, was
asked today to make reply to the i'll
tervieW with that prelate published this
morning. Mir. Pallen at first refused to
talk, being anxious to avoid the appear
ance of seeking notoriety. He at length
spoke as follows:
Mgr. Ireland does exactly what he
accuses his opponents of doing, that Is,
attempting to create public opinion in
their own favor. His whole interview
is nothing more than all 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 III this country has to
do with the settlement of the school
question by the church itself. Certainly
1T is not to be expected that secular
opinion as to what should constitute
education will dominate in the settle
mept of the controversy. The liberals
ave all along made a desperate appeal
to this secular opinion as a sort OF jury
in the case, but how they can imagine
that it Will in any way become a govern
ing factor is
Beyond tEAe Conception
of any Catholic acquainted with the
constitution of the church and the pre-
ceptS of Catholic doctrines. Secularlsm
has always been III the history of the
church an antagoniStic factor, inasmuch
as it usually represents the opinion OF
the world; and we may lay 1t down as
fundamental axiom that the world, the
flesh and the devil are ever triple alll-
ance in combination against the spirit
ual interests of the church. | cannot
conceive Surer indication of the weak
ness of cause than to appeal from
Christ to Caesar. At the same time L am
perfectly well aware OF the leglti-
mate sphere of the civil functions
of government, and because the
church insists that Catholic education
shall not be tainted with the poison of
secutarism, that implies no antagonism
either to the proper rights Of the state
or hostility to the spirit of American in
Stltuti0nS. But the secular mind is not
capable Of forming a Judgment upon
the nature, character or eXigencieS of
Catholic education. An appeal to it,
therefore, is simply all appeal from the
proper court. where alone jurisdiction
| is possessed, to the haSty and temporary
opinion of the populace. 1t is both un-
Catholic and un-American to appeal to
prejudice which has no legitimate rela-
ton to
The Question in Dispute.
Notwithstanding Archbishop Ire
lands statement that Mgr. Satolli is
vested with pleniDotentary powers to
settle the school question, we have no
evidence to that effect On the con-
trary, both Archbishop Katzer and
Archbishop Elder have publicly de-
clared that Mgr. Satolli bad no sach
powers, and, moreover, the fact that
| the archbishopS in their conference re-
fused to subscribe to Mgr. Satolli's
| views is very clear evidence that those
views were not supported by the
| Weghtof the pOpe'S authority. If they
| lv have point plank rejected them.
They might have deferred considera-
ton of them under that supposition, but
they would not have so emphatlcally de-
| clared doctrine so opposite and repug-
| nant to them when they drew up their
| school resolutions reaf1irmlng their
| absolute and unqualified adherence to
| the principles and platform OF the coun-
cils of Baltimore. For these councils,
especially the third, explicitly and
| definitely affirm that secular or public
| school education in this country is not
| only dangerous to the integrity of the
| Catholic church, but they command
| Catholics to eschew it altogether, and
| build their own schools in order to sup
ply
Hts Fatal Defect.
"Archbishop Ireland's statement that
to the church belongs religious lnstruc-
| ton only. and to the state the right of
secular education, apart from religious
training, is in radical opposition to the
Of Dn1f md fn
peated public teaching of Leo Kill. on
| this subject.
"In the encyclical letter of the pres
| ent pope to the French bishops, i'll 1854,
| he says: "And first, indeed, i'll regard
| to domestic society, it is of the greatest
| Importance that the children sprung
| from Christian marriage should be in
| structed in the preceptS of religion at
an early age and that the studies in
which youth is accustomed to be edu-
! Gated be conjoined with religious train
! ing. TO separate the one from the other is
really to wish that youthful minds
should remain neutral i'll their duties
to God. This teaching is false and
especially dangerous in the early years
of childhood, because it paves the way
to atheism, and sapS the foundation of
religion. Good parents should exercise
| the greatest care to see that their chill
dren, when they first begin TO under
| stand, learn the truths of religion, and
that there be nothing in the schools
| hurtful to
! The Integrity of Faith
and morality. 1t is precept OF both
| divine and natural law that they eX-
| ercise this diligence i'll the education Of
their offspring, nor can they for any
reason be released from the obligation
of this law. Truly the church, the
guardian and vindicator of the integ-
! rity OF the faith, whose duty it is in
virtue of the authority conferred on her
| by GOD, her founder, to call all peoples
to Christian knowledge, and to likewise
| diligently see how the youth subject to
| her authority are educated, has openly
condemned what are called mixed and
neutral schools, and again and again ad-
monished parents in a matter Of such
! great Importance, to avoid them with
all their might.
| ''HoW Archbishop Ireland reconcifes
this with his view OF the subject is be-
| yond conception; that it is reDugnant to
Mgr. Satolli's published address on the
same question is also apparent. The
/ assumption IN Archbishop Ireland's in
/ tervieW that his position on the school
| question is also the position of the
4 American Catholic mind seems to me
fantastically oYerstrained, for he Wis
The Only One
in the entire conference who was ready
to subscribe to Mgr. Satolli'S school
! propositions. And when it is remem-