Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-07
A CHALLENGE TO SATOLLl
Dr. Hershey Proposes to the Papal Dele
gate a Public Debate
Public and Catholic schools and the
Constitution to BE the Subject
of the Proposed Discussion.

Some of the utterances in the address de-
livered by Monsignor Satoln at Gonzaga
College Thanksgiving day, and published in
The Star of that day, have been commented
on considerably, and especially by Protest
ants one well-known Protestant minister
OF the city, who Challenges certain of Mgr
Satollis statements respecting schools, has
invited the Catholic prelate to meet him
in public debate. The invitation was adj
dressed to Mgr. Satolli yesterday in the fol-
lowing letter:
Monsignor SatoIli, Papal ALLOCATE etc.
Sir: At the Catholic congress at Chicago,
again at New York, again at Cincinnati.
again at Buffalo and but last week IN this
city, and DOUBT at many additional
points, you assigned yourself the task of In
terpreting the meaning of the American
Constitution, and posed as competent
teacher of the principles and purposes of
American institutions and declared what
We're the duties Of American citizens there
to.
If your views are right those held by a
majority of the American people are wrong
If your theory of statecraft is correct ours
is erroneous.
Your whole life has been spent amid So
cial influences and Impressions and consu-
tutional and Institutional conditions wholly
out of accord with the spirit of American
civilization. You have been in this country
but a few months. and IL has been the won
full diges: of your theory bearing upon &C.
clesiastical and state relations in this coun-
try would affect the American people.
Your declaration in this city upon Thanks
giving day (Which We celebrate with a
| spirit not possible under any other consti-
tutional or school system in the world
that the Catholic schools ARE the surest
safeguard of the permanence of the Con-
stitution and the best guide Of the republic
in civil progress" and your further declara-
ton that those educated in Catholic
schools do not lag behind the most pro-
gressive OF the American people," and your
further declara ton that 1.-The more the gov
eminent favors Catholic schools the more
will the welfare OF the commonwealth he
advanced" and your further declaration
that Catholic schools are necessary to the
development Of the republic under the Con-
st'tution show quite conclusivelv that you
entertain in your mind well-digestef
vie-v Of THE cnntrovertei nattnr.
Along with this am persuaded OF YOUR
scholarship and ability for the cnrtro-
versial nelI and that YOU. as the highest
representative If vnrr church in this co'n-
trv con best speak with authority on this
suhiact
do therefore propose and suggest "
WOW. e'r tha- at such tive nn1 -ia"e In
th,s CITY as NAV he agreeable ~ 18Th ~ &c
we n-""ne1 to discuss in public this simpls
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