New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-05
HANDS OFF THE SCHOOLS!
A STRONG ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC ISSUED
THE LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERl-
CAN INSTITUTIONS DEFINES ITS POSITION
CLEARLY AND ISSUES WARNING
AGAINST THREATENED sE-T\RIAN
ENCROACuMENTs UPON Pop
I-r.\R IRRIGATION.

UL\R EDUCATION.
| The National League for the Protec'ioh Oh
American Institutions which was incorporated
| under the laws of the State Of New-fork OH
December a. 1889 has issued IAN address, u
| tho nuhIic in defence Of the American Free
Common School system" The officers OF the
League are: President. William II. Parsons
yice-presdent. william Strong; secretary, James
NJ King. and treasurer. William Fellowes MOT
gan The members Of the Board OF Managers
are George s. Baker George T. Balch' Henry
| X Carroll Churchill II. Cutting, Peter Dohd'u'
Dorman y Eaton. W w Hoppin. John Jay,
lanes NJ King. James Mckeen, George -
Mackay. Thomas J. Morgan, william Fellowes
Nore,n William H. Parsons. John Sinclair,
John d. Slayback. Josiah Strong and Peter "a
Welch.
Among the honorary vice-presidents are
Charles Kendall Adams, Sherman w. Adams
Diehon r. G. Andrews. Of New-York CITY Hu-
hert II Bancroft. Bishop Thomas Bowman q,
-. Louis: Judge Addison Brown Or Horace
Hnmstcad. Bishop Arthur c. Coke. OF Wes'er"
New-York; Henry \. Cram, Dr. e. NJ. CraVatl'
l. NJ Curry. ex-Judge Charles L. DAILY eX-
Judge Noah Davis Bishop William CroSs"e'
Do,ne Of Albany: william L. Dodge n. >.
Draper. Dr /. r. F.s<e. Bishop Fitzgerald oi
Ncw-O.icans: Bishop Fowler. Of MnneaponS'
Hishop George -. Gillespie. Of Grahd I'aPi"''
Mich; Dr. Daniel G. Gilman. DR. Gustav "o''-
he'll General A. W. Greeley. l)r IeuhlS > li''n
lin Horny Hitchcock Gardiner 6. Hubbard
the Rev Dr w X. Huntingdon MOTIFS N
r.sup Dr David starr Jordan. Bishop Isaac
W joyce of Chattanooga, Horato hlhs' - -
Lee. Henry G.. Marquand, Joseph MedilI Dr'
Edward c. Mitchell Dr. James u. Nold''
Bishop John F. Newman. omaha; Bishop WIZ
lam \ Ninde Detroit. Bishop William Paret
baltimore. Rishop Henry c. Potter. Newly ork'
Iohn Harsen Rhoadcs, DR.. d. - 81 'o''''
Roosa Bishop John scarborough, lreh'o"' q
Edward simmons DR. Homer t. Sprasue' ~
Augustus H. Strong. DR.. James NJ ldS''''
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson. Jackson '''SS.'
Jonathan Trumbull. Bishop John ii. vincent
ruralo: Bishop John NJ. walden, Clnclhha"'
pishop Henry W. Warren University farN'
col. Herbert Welsh. Bishop Henry B. "mP-
nle Faribault. Mimi; William g. "mPp'''
p,shon O. ". Whitaker. Philadelphia pr.
George T. winston Dr. James WOODROW al"
Bishop Daniel $. Tuttle. ST Louis
SOME Prominent MEMBERS or THE LtN"0"'
o,,or nrominent members Of the League are
u r. Apploton william II. ArnouN' d. VI ''',
10y Or w g Balcntine. Dr. }. W. i'"9"lo'"'
pirdseve Blakeman. Cornelius y. bliss the nv
-, p,,.r, Russell Booth Cephas Bganerd Jr'
Isaac V Brokaw. the Rev IN. At'"" P'''
nr " Ierov Brown. Charles Butler. DR.. Ho-
ratio Butterfeld. Dr. James h. Carns'e' ~
rrapkln Carter. l.. T. Chittenden. John Clahih'
r. Clearwater Charles l. Colby, James -
colgate the Rev Dr. Robert Collyer. Washihg-
,o, J. connor. James NJ. Constable Austin Cor
| h,, Roar Admiral Pierce Crosby. X Fultoh
cutttng / C. Bancroft Davis. Theodore l.. DE
virre Professor Henry Drisler Bishop l. u
Dudley Louisville: sherman EVarts b'S"op
Daniel 4 Goodscll san Francisco; FREDERICK -
Grant the Rev Dr. David II. Greer Mat'he"
Hale the Rev. Or John Hall. j. Hooker nam
arslev william T. Harris. Dr. Thomas = ii"S'-
,s povvland Hazard Welcome g. Hitchcock,
Henry Holt Bishop Howe. Charleston >. -
the Rev Or Wayland IIoyt. Rear-Admlral l. ~
Jenkins. Eastman Johnson. the Rev Dr' herrlch
Johnson Rossitcr johnson, John y. hli'E'
1,,or,os Iani.r Henry C. Lea Daniel Lord. jr..
John j. McCook. Chancellor Wiliam r M'
powell the Rev Dr X. 5. Macarthur. II. Perera
Mendes. J. Pierpont Morgan, Levi j. Morton
John f.. Parsons. Charles a. Peabody Bishop
George W. Peterkin Parkersburg w. va;
Iobn u Rockefeller. Henry Wade Rogers '.
Uonrv Rothschild Russell Sage Charles Serb
NOR / Clark Seelye. James Shearer Edmund
q stedman. Lispenard Stewart, the Rev Dr.
p,cbard : Storrs Professor Moses Colt Tyler,
Cornelius Vanderbilt Klean Van Rensselaer,
Henry Willard Francis \. Walker. = " Whlte
and o. F. Zollikoffer.
OBJECTS OF THE LEAGUE.
,rho ohioc,s NJ the League are to secure con-
stitutional and legislative safeguards for the
o,octiop of the common school system and
other American institutions and to promote
ruhlic instruction i'm harmony with such instltu-
tions and To prevent all scctarian or denomina-
tional appropriations Of public funds Inc
National League is absolutely unsectaran ana
non-partisan in character. IL Is PROPOSE .o
secure an amendment to the United states con
stitution prohibiting sectarian legislation by thc
states. The amendment, in form as suDm''%eu %
by the Law Committee. mas beeh auoP'eu ~
''T Thn nr"poscd form of the XvIth Amendment
to the United States Constitution Is as follows
No State shall pass any law respecting an estah-
lishment of religion. or prounrty or credit or
any money raised by taxation, or authorEc ti cit,,
to he used for the purpose OF founilns mtir'a'h b
ing or aiding by appropriation. payment i2r the
services expenses, otherwise. any church' re-
insttution society. undertaking. when Is Wholiy
or in part, under sectarlan or eccIes'"suC"' 'o''
troll.
An ORG ,NIZEp DEFENCE OF THE SCHOOLS.
The systematic movement for the division oi
the public school funds on sectarian lines VIII
be met by an organized and systematic move
ment for the defence of the public schools. Here
is the address issued by the National League:
The practice OF nations in the support of schools
where the union Of Church and State prevails tur-
nishes no precedent for the United States We
are not looking to monarchies for instruction CON
cerning the best training OF youth TO III theih loi
/ citizenship In this Republic. ,o
Popular suffrage here rests for It's safe exercise
upon the character and intelligence OF all classes
OF the people The Republic for its own preserya-
ton has established and must Insist upon nam
tanning free common school system OF euuea-
ton. -, .,.o 7,
1t must be maintained without COMPROMISE 1T
is Tho onlv institution capable OF converting the
dangerously HETEROGENEOUS elements OF our popu-
/ lation into a safely homogeneous citizenship
The tax for the maintenance OF pubic scnoos
levied upon all citizens. whether they have chdren
to educate not. Is for the pubic goou anu ho'
for private benefit - ,.
! The state opens its schools with equal adyan-
tapes 10 the children OF all its citizens. It's laws
make no distinction to the creed OF the mai