The San Francisco call., 1896-01-15

teacher OF morals for American children
What conSummate cheek How does Rome
propose to teach the children morals7 Has
she different system of education for the
parochial school than the one she has in the
church? oh. no 1t is the same system pre-
cfSely. Right here an important query arises.
If the product OF the puffed-up hierarchial
system has been prolific crop OF sanctifed
pugs and virtuous thugs, of devout thieves and
sanity N urd erers is IL not likely to turn out
more OF the same kind If used in the parochial
schools? If ike causes produce like effect,
equivalent TO q holy life, bead stringing to
KIND deeds, praying to images more virtuous
than telling the truth, adoring relics superior
to exercising reason, how can you expect
high type of morality9
Can priest, who lies about purgatory and
transuhstantiation, inculcate the principles
OF truth and honesty to his scholars? If a
child Is taught that all his senses lie when
they testify that Rome's wafer God is bread,
is 1T any wonder that he is a stranger TO TRUTH
If child is drilled to say ''IIail Mary instead
of Hail Columbia" can we expect TO have
him come forth loyal citizen? When he must
read garbied history, falsihed facts, perverted
truth can we expect him to be the peer of the
public-school scholar? If intelligence and
virtue are like Siamese twins, can we expect
them to live when separated? Shall a system
that places the rosary above reason, the scapu-
lar above the schools, the dogma above the
man, the church above the state, the priest
above the people, the Pope above the Pres-
dent, be considered safe one for thA educa-
ton OF American youth
Ii upon the alleged ground of its immortality
abolished, then b. all the laws of logic under
heaven the Roman church, that is the parent
OF so much crime, that floods our jails with
criminals, that runs our drunkard factories,
that furnishes the hobos and hoodlums the
plug7uglies and shoulder hitters, who disgrace
our cities; that provides Doodle aldermen
ward bosses, political heelers and saloon poll
ucians 10 run our municipal government, and
tries to place her law-breakers into office all
over the land should be sunk in the sea of OBJ
llvlon so deep that it never can have resur-
rection.
Who are Romes most trusted teachers? The
Jesults. Are they excellent teachers of morals?
DEAD 10 every sentiment of virtue, blind to
every principle of justice, false to every motive
OF honor, recreant to every feeling of human
lty destitute OF love of morality I'd bound by
the most solemn OathS ever admi istered of
unhlnching fidelity to the interests of Mother
church., their chief purpose in life only to
carry out the deep-laid schemes of papal ag-
grandizement, they set themselves up as the
real safe teachers OF moralsl Shall Americans
allow these unprincipled. unrea soning agents
" " the ope these pllhu lanatlca' followers OF
the 1Ilitcrate lgnatius Loyola, " no have been
all llnmlugated curse to Europe during all the
centuries OF their existence, to bt come the sole
instructors of our youth? The Parliament of
france, III ordering their expulsion from the
empire (lI62), set forth their moral character
as 1olloWs: The consequences of their doc.
trlnes destroy the laws OF naturei; break ali
| bonds OF civil society, authorj zing lying,
theft, perjury, the utmost unclean ness, murder
and all sins! Their doctrines root out all SEN
tlments OF humanity; excite re bellon, root
out all religion and substitute all sorts OF SUI
perstition, blasphemy, irreligion end idolatry,"
Can men who are trained in vic e, schoeled in
sin, stepped in perjury and dri lied in decep.
ton teach pure morals? viii mt III who are re.
gaTdless of truth and mercy inst Ii moral prin~
clples in the minds of their pupils when It il
to their interests to do otherwis e? Will a so.
ciety whose foul plots darken the pages of his
tory teach loyalty to Govern nent they do
not approve? Can we expect tn JeSults, that
as the enemies OF civil freedom and social Or
der, to train mp a generation of youth in The
principles of liberty and morality? Jesuitsm
has lowered the standard OF NOR Atty and set q
! premium upon SIN. Loyalty TO the Pope is a
virtue with them Query: Are they safe teach
| ers? What do they teach? What will be the
| result OF their teaching? When you can set
! fire 10 haystack with an iccle ou can kIndle
flame OF patriotism on the ltar of liberty
with the doctrine OF papal supre macy. When
| you can hatch canary birds Out: of duck eggs
! you can make good loyal repuleli citizens
| out of devoted sons of the Re mish church.
| Wnen you can feel secure in put ting q wildcat
into your hencoop TO watch yotr chickens it
Will be safe to iDtrust the liberties of this Re-
public in the hands OF papiStS.
When children can make pets out OF rattle
snakes with their poisonops fangs unex-
tracted; ii will be safe TO allosy Roman priests
to act as instructors of youth. When you can
get cat TO act as mother for orph aned rats
| you can turn homeless children over to the
care OF Rome and not fear for their welfare
when You can teach g fish to walk on its tail
and live on dry land. yeu ay expect to enjoy
untrammeled religious and civil liberty where
papacy is dominant. When you find q hen
that can swim You may expect to meet de-
yout Romanist who is The friend of thought.
! When smallpox is the symbol of health and
city sewers make nice drinking fountains Jes-
uits will make moral ins tulctors OF youth
Romanlsm is supplanter. She seeks to su p
plant certain OF our Institutions by those Of
her own. She refuses tCn accept the nstitu-
tions she finds here, hence supplants them by
stituted the parochial school for the public
school. The parochal n ool is the open foe of
the public school. 1t is ara American institu-
tion not indigenous 10 o ur soil. Let US note
few points OF contrast be tween the two:
The public school mf mufac lures American
citizens; the parochial S, .hool turns out papal
traitors.
The public school enli ,htens the mind; the
parochial school darkens the intellect.
The public school is he drinking fountain
of liberty; the parochi.l school is Rome's
police officer TO place N anacles on the mind
before the child is old emo ugh TO resist.
The public school turns out men and women:
| the parochial school tulms out slaves and
tools
The public school is the headlight of Ameri.
can civil liberty; every pa rochial school is
papal throne where Pope ,eo sits, representa-
lively, in absolute dominic J over the inmates
The American public sc. hool has been the
mental birthplace of great statesmen, famous
orators and noted poets; thel parochial school
has been a brewery, whe re traitors were
brewed and treason distilled
The American public school is the fertilizer
OF the mind; the parochial school is the vice
that holds the childs facuiti es while the priest
cuts the thread OF superstition ana screws on
the nut OF infalli bility.
Now we assert, Mr.. Editor that the above
mentioned facts are sufficient to make Ameri-
cans suspicious of Rome's system of education
II. w. BOWMAN.
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