The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-27

They have no one to blame but Them
selves. Hen their cutlery against the
government they profess to love is both
unpatriotic and childish. AS far as taxa
tion is concerned, the parochial schools are
on the same footing with private
schools. People who send their children
to private schools pay their taxes like
good citizens. and do not whine about it
either. They help support the public
schools, even when when they do not use
Them. They are true patriots. Now. if
Catholics, like all others, are taxed in be-
half of The public schools, let them send
their children to these schools, and get
their moneys worth. Secular education
cannot harm them, and after school
hours their children can GO to the various
churches aud receive religious instruc-
ton from the priests. That is what
en- urChes and priests are for.
TRUE INWARDNESS OF IT.
And now | want to expose the true in
wardness of this new departure of the
Catholic priesthood. They pose as pa
triots, and claim to be magnanimous, and
yet it takes but half an eye to see that
their proposals are honeycombed with in-
sincerity. They are willing enough Co
take public money. but they insist upon
having their additional free public
schools" as they style them. on Catholic
territory, in Catholic buildings II under
Catholic control. Note this point:-The
principal objection of genuine Catholics
to the public schools is that religion is
not taught therein, and yet Corrigan &
Co distinctly affirm that no religious in
struction whatever shall be given during
school hours IN these hybrid Institutions
they are striving to establish. Thus they
surrender the vital point at
issue. Under these circumstances, why
in the name of common sense
don't they send their children to the pub
liz cphOnl and hn nnnn with if9 Wbu r,tJt
institutions SO very much like public
schools under Catholic control? What is
the regular Board of Education for? If
Catholic children can go TO u non-sectar-
ianp %arochial school after the Corrigan
patent. they certainly can go to tine public
schools, as now conducted, without any
twinges of conscience. What is the use
Of grumbling over this matter? Why
cling to the shell after you have thrown
away the kernel? | Will tell you why. 1t
is because these proposals are not made
IN good faith.
WHAT II SCHEME Is.
"Their advocates wish to accustom the
people TO seeing public funds go into in
situations standing on Catholic grounds.
Their crafty scheme is an entering wedged
wherewith 10 weaken, if not ultimately
to sever the public school system. LIZ
once these prize is succeed in getting the
appropriation they demand, and establish
Ing a preCeuenU, Gnelr governing OOarQS
will run these mongreI schools to suit
themselves. You give a priest a square
foot, and soon ne will want a whole ten
acre lot. Once give him a hold and he
never let's go. This is one of
his peculiarities. Judging the priest
hood by their past history, the people of
free and intelligent America are not will
ing to trust them. Their speech is fair,
but their hearts are not in love with the
American common school system. II
they would sell ont their parochial schools
to the government, together with the
land on which they stand, and place the
institution. under the regularly appointed
Board of Education, the people would
meet them half way. They would help
them unload their unnecessary establish
nents. But you never hear them maxi
ing any such straightforward PROPOSE
lions as these. Their sign is 'Tc let;'
never For SALE III all frankness, there
fore, we say they are not to be trusted in
this matter. Hitherto, they have bitterly
opposed the public schools; now they sud-
denly whip about. evince a deep love for
u schools, ana want to go into partner
ship. With justice, We regard their over
lures with suspicion, and are compelled
to say, Brethren, we cannot agree with
you. AS heretofore, we shall watch you
carefully, and at the same time. we shall
work with all our might for the Sixteenth
Amendment to the Constitution OF these
United tateS of America"