The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
FATHER YORKE REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS.


members OF which paid fec OF $40 year.
Soon after II managed 10 gel control OF ali the
public moneys appropriated for education. 1t
was II private society and thoroughly Protes-
taat. The textbooks used i'll its schools were
grossly offensive to Catholics. They were filed
with the old scandals and calumnies which
sooer historians have long ago relceated 10
gaTrulous Ole women and which garrulouS old
women nave relegated TO Dr. Case. Agents
were sent out 10 decoy Catholic children into
these schools where they were com PEELED to
sing Protestant hymns, to recite Protestant
prayers and TO listen to the Protestant Bible.
Against this iniquitous system Bishop Hughes
fought, and all honor to him for his manllness.
He exposed the true nature OF the Public
School Society, ana though some preachers
raved aud roared the Legislature abolished IL
in 1912 and the provisions OF the law relating
to common schools were extended to New " rk
City.
The following card, published November 1,
1s41, explains Bishop Hughes position:
Bishop Hughes unable TO reply TO the many
misrepresentation OF the public press in any other
way than by card. respectfully begs leave TO as
the community that he is neither a Wing nor
a Loco Foco, nor a politician OF any description.
He does pc NIT himself or any of the clergy
10 NEEDLE in the business OF politics. He does not
ask for sectaran schools, nor did he ever. He does
not ask that any OF the public money should be
given 70 his lenomination, nor did he ever.
Any system OF education which shall not inter-
fere with the religious rights of any denomination
will satisfy him.
The present system is not of this description; it
insists giving what is termed the illegal guam
tity OF religious instruction" 1t has many oppon-
ents in this city on strong constitutional grounds
Again does the voice of the great Archbishop
come back from the grave to re flute his calum-
niatorS. The American public school system,
which is our public school system as well as
DR.. Cases, is a non-sectarfan system. Our peo-
pie pay their taxes for 1t as loyalty as the peo-
pie of any other denomination. They demand
in return that it shall contain no features Of
fensive 10 them or 10 their children. This de-
mand the institution of California readily
comedies. Catholic and Protestant, Jew and
Gentle have right TO these schools and no
preacher or aggregation of preachers can be
permitted TO blockade their doors with sec
tartan Bibles.
The enemies of the public schools are not the
Catholics, but they are those sensational
preachers who would introduce their sectarian
practices. We Catholics believe in teaching re-
ligion to children, but 10 do so we build our
own schools and pay for their maintenance.
On the contrary, q set of sniveling hypocriteS,
who have not the Christian fortitude TO make
a sacrifice for the sake of principle, prowl
round our public schools with King James
Bible in their pockets and their handkerchiefs
to their eyes boo-hooing about Rome and
searching for some chink to insert themselves
and their doctrines within grabbing distance
OF the public purse.
81 With regard to Father Hecker, accused
DR.. Case of three crimes: (G) he suppressed sen.
fences; (b) he omitted paragraphs (cl he put
into Father Hecker's mouth sentiments which
he quoted TO refute. DR.. Cases own letter
proves my contention true He tries to escape
the responsibility by putting the blame on the
editor and the Paragraphing. 1t is none of
my business to allocate the blame. DR.. Cases
extract was printed to leave the public under
the delusion that Father Hecker attributed the
alleged troubles of the church to her hierar-
chical constitution. He might as well quote
the Bible TO prove that Ingersol is correct.
The Bible says ''There is no God" DR.. Cases
tactics would suppress the introduction, "The
fool saith in his heart"
Such, Mr.. Editor, is the lame defense which
Rev. W. W. Case has made for three of his
propositions out of ten. We could not expect
better things OF him. In the beginning he
sandered the sisters and crawled out OF it bv
denying his spoken word. In his letter he
slandered them again by saying they had sub
Jected themselves to thraldom, and he re-
fused to substantiate his assertion by SANDER
ing the respectable business men OF his own
church He illuminated the very convicts in
our prisons, who have not the opportunity of
defending themselves, and when l convicted
him by facts and figures he fed IRON San
Quentin TO Folsom and from Folsom to Whittier
and from Whittier to silence.
he appersed the intelligence OF the Catholic
community and disparaged the. greatest minds
OF ancient or modern times by lampooning the
confessional, which the very heather recog-
nize as an aid to morality and the most
learned enemies of Christianity have denomi-
mated a safeguard 10 society. He traduced the
priests OF this City, who have proved by long
and laborious lives OF service to the people the
earnestness OF their convictions, and he &C.
cused them of mercenary motives, who owe
their burial and their graves to the charity
OF their brethren. He maligned the parochial
schools by attributlng TO their influence an
incredible percentage of the prisoners in our
penitentiaries, and when | proved the con-
trary he had not the manlineSs to acknowledge
his error. 1t would take too much time Mr.
Editor, to review the ramificatons of the exu-
berant mendacity OF DR.. Case Like the nox-
ious weed which grows on rank soil, every day
he puts forth new shoots and he gives to every
wind the baleful seeds of SANDER, calumny
and lies. P.CY
Postscriptum No. 2-Mr. G. A HubbeIl is to
the front this morning with new collection OF
oaths. He prefers to show his fertility in pro-
ducing new charges to manifestlng his manli-
ness by substantiating old ones. In my last let
ter branded him as eleven different kinds of a
liar. His reply merely gives me an opportu-
nifty OF adding few more kinds to my list.
In the beginning l would state that the A.
P. A. seems to be very unfortunate in the selec-
ton of its champions. When men come before
the public to make accusations against great
church they should al least bear the semblance
of good faith. 1t is hard to believe that G. A
Hubben credits himself the authenticity of the
latest creeds which his scissors have in
ficted on your readers. The vile nature
OF the alleged curse of Plus TX on Victor En-
manuel is so patent that no man OF integrity
could bring himself to opne it true. 1t is
terrible thing to contemplate a condition of
mind which would attribute such concaten-
alton of malediction to a human being. | pre-
fer to believe that 6. A. Hubbell is acting in
bad faith. Coward that he is, he fears to meet
like a man the sworn denial of his previous
oaths. He would blind the public by produc-
ing other and greater monstrosities. do not
intend, Mr. Editor, to aid him in his attempt.
Let him first purge himself of the charge of
forgery which has been fastened on him by
the affidavits of three witnesses. When he at
tempts to do this we can meet this moral leper
without instinctively raising the cry: Tn
cleanl Unclean!
For the sake of your readers, however, allow
me to state that the nature and the authorship
OF this obscene curse have within my own
memory been exposed three times on this
Pacific Coast and in the public prints. send
you copy of an old book published in 1913 by
William Durrell & Co., New York. 1t is the first
volume OF Sterne's works, and contains that
unclean novel known as "Tristram Shandy"
On page 1877 you will find word for word the
curse which G. A. Hubbell has not been
ashamed to print. From here and not from
"Romanism the Danger Ahead comes this
curse. 1t is the emanation OF the brain of Lau-
renee Sterne, as vile q man as ever drew the
breath of life, but not more vile than the ig-
noble crew who use his obscenities TO defile the
graves OF the dead.
Let me quote from Thackeray, who never
showed any leanings toward catholicism, an
appreciation OF the character of this concocter
OF false and indecent oaths:
In writing to Eliza "a married woman. Mrs
Draper SteTne says: "Well have you supported
that character, my amiable, my philosophic
friend; and indeed | begin to think you have
as many virtues as my uncle Toby's widow.
Talking of widows, pray, Eliza. if ever you are
such do not think OF giving yourself to some
wealthy nabob, because | design TO marry you
myself. Ny wife cannot live long, and know