New-York tribune., 1902-08-05
CHURCH AND STATE.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BYRNE DISCUSSES
PHILIPPINE QUESTION AT AT
LANTIC CITY.
LANTIC CITY.
INV rcR.pH TO THE TRrBUxE-l

AflSTLE
rieos of the Knights of Columbus, which markeu
this wears ernbarkation day and reunion ol ti1e
order were held here this evening" "heh tire
knights SAT down 10 Of the largest DINNERS
,hat has ever been held in their history II Wa
held IN the large ocean dining room of the hoteI
Rudolf The hotel decorated with nauoiia.
colors interspersed here and there with the mag %
ireland The Rev William P Cantwel chaplain
of the New-Jersey State Council OF the oroeI'
asked the blessing. James A. Burns, Past Stape
Deputy Of the New-Jersey order. was toastlhas'ei,
The principal address Of the evening was dehVereu
by william Michael Byrne, United States DISTINCT
Attorney of Delaware. who spoke on some ISSUES
of the Hour He spoke as follows;
I believe that no Catholic editor in America would
allow appear in his paper any as satefI Bt q this
Sc o+ a. eno5eb No scrupulousy honest states
q thing fact which he docs nct Know enfs ~ re
appearing in the Catholic press charging the goro
snsde without the care of investigation which the
gravity of the charge demanded. .i, ,,.v+,on 7
+HJa IF ths nobIest sentiments dominating man
sh love 81 Of Cod and the love OF country-I feel that
no occasion could be better suited @ !or me ne 7e
sion OF the grave subject now agltag SIJ Ipt I,s
than this gathering of the knights OF So@luInnuS; @
6; 62 Mosq Tf3oloec ch1rch 12 am 8nd loyal citizens
public There thirty hundred 1athoIic
The influence Of these Catholic teachers instruction
in the Catholic religion may be given IN me scho0i
sureiS with our Catholic teachers outnumbeEing
sino already grounded in the practices Of the Cath,
Ole faith with an ADEQUATE allowance 3I time 10
the schooiroorns instruction the doctrines OF the
weakness Of our cause If frantically accuse the
government Of systematic PToseytist t
happen to be ProtestantS. The constitution OF tfle
s1 pG @ saTeS s rgpecTng the stsbishnent Of
ligion. the spirit Of that provision is equaiiy q
ne 10 change a religion That the government Of
TO observe the spirit and letter Of this constu
tional provision restraining II from an! eLoo n t -
change q religion, Is seen in this law now IN Iorce
No teacher or other person shall teach or critcise
she doctrine of any Church, religious sect or De
termination, shall attempt TO influence the pupls @
public school established under this act II any my
teacher shall intentionally violate this secuon ne
she pubic service
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
Catholics have no fear of the fundamental prin-
Completely separated from state. No harm can
come from observing the deInarc9G1 1 6 be
ever the Church has essayed to aid cesar py con-
ferring upon civil government the dement's o. @ hea
religious mnistrations the experiment has been one
OF disappointment and disaster, .,.-. ~, can
Hraton the church from the state in the Pnillp-
sniSre .he Church in the exercise of her spiritual
functions The personnel OF The goyeTpmg Slass IA IA
produce in the mind Of the Filipino the convctlon
s6aL ne ebe2 qSf Pe63S o me aH class The career Of
the truculent Buencamino proves how vital thls
The Philippines the American Government, with its
ate Protestant propaganda among a peoRlie l
SosTnment which viii not fail to accord
tmerican Catholic his appropriate participation in
the magnificent work Of planting liberty OF the
Inefhe&l beneft ef S5sn4 56s cathoic II lie F4piho
THE SPANISH FRIARs.
Much has been said In this country about the
sPsnsh TsTs IN 9e aa a9prey 6 s6aed any
participation in the accusations made against our
T-o1iof 5e-sf
erner Taft on July a. 1902 Secretary Root says:
That (the Philippine government has proposed
an arrangement which it supposed TO be very al
Vantageous TO the Church and worth its own While while
1he direction OF the religious orders should see nj
such voluntary withdrawal cannot be considered
violation OF any rights under the Treaty OF Paris m
ton or upon the orders TO which the persons with
The iTdrs desirab bic are not religious or racial
but arise from he P6tGaI Gam so eTsInent SoI nd
which have created personal antpatnles Tnenacnss Ss
q voluntary withdrawal would not involve any con-
37rmation Of any accusations against the persons
and il is 10 re observed that We have made no such
This disclaimer IS gratifying, because American
Catholics are ready TO submit the case Of the span an
same time the Spanish frtar came IN contact WIZ @
American indian A1ter cennudles % Ia taDo5c uS be
adverse circumstances OF ciInaIe ana taCe, -S ri
F Tifizafion in which the descendants Of the head
hunting Filipinos take a creditable place in the
arts in music in letters science. Jurisprudence and
sociology. The American Indian under VAST 5{ta az
brother under the care Of the New England Pnrl-
colleges and schools dotting the land oyer " which
confines OF reservation awaiting the hour OF ms
ultimate extinction.
So wen has the Spanish friar done his work in
the Philippines that the has arrived when his
wards longer need his fostering care in the man
agement Of temporal affairs This same spectacle
o. 80 80 g Tsare6r+ ana their associate monks
after they had transformed the savage tribes Of the
of medieval civilization and / rejoice that the hour
3n the hands Of the justice loving American Govern
THE PROPERTY OF THE FRIARs.
Unlike England. unlike Spain unlike Mexico, IN
like most every other country dealing with the
Government proposes that the change demanded by
the times shall work no injustice 10 the friars The
bo1ndiess acres ought 20 be divided into small
Homestead lots COR the benefit Of the Filipino peo-
ple, who would thus receive that impulse 10 indus
Try and frugality arising from individual ownership
the Irish land problem The Roman Cathohc
English Government compel the Irish landlords to
sell their vast estates to Irish peasants on taiT
terms, and what American Catholic can complain II
the American Government voluntarily does Tor the
Catholic Filipino what the Irish Catholic bishops
demand shall be done by the English Government
ror the Irish peasant?
The Spanish friar in the change Of ownership. not
much desired by II as demanded by the neces-
Ask Bishop Blenk Of Porto Rico whether the
American Government has not restored to. to him I'M
their Catholic majestes OF Spain: ASK him II the
piece Of property required for its by the neces-
stiles of war and the change OF government. ASK
the Catholic Bishop OF Havana whether the Ameri-
can Government did not in many instances recog-
nize the validity Of the claims Of the CHURCH to
ish secularization acts OF 1871 Ask him If the
American. Leonard Wood. did not for the fiscal
year from July ]. 1901, 70 July l. 1902 acknowledge