The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-09-01
BY Cardinal Logue, Who Dwelt Upon the
Common Bond That Unites Eng
lish and Irish Catholics.
The Attitude of Irish Nationalists on Ed,,ca-
ton Bill is Appreciated by the
English Catholics.

past. the schools in which they ,r.
educated.
Ihat Is a sad thing after all tho
s''ef'iices which the Catholics of Eng
'''hd have made. They are not rich
fhere may be Il few of the Catbo,,c.
IN England among the nobility who ara
"'' OIL o"t the great bulk Of the
English Catholics are like orr ou.,
people here. struggling workinpmcp
ana workinswomcn: and. notw;,h-
'''''"''h 'hit' 1t Is marvel to find
whi't they have done for education l.,
england. In every town and in ever,,
'''tiniet almost in England where !, ,ov.
.''"o''es were gathered together they
nave built schools. and they have mad.
'hese schools effective for the nur,o.o
or giving good religious and soc,,,r
'o"eation to their children. And It is
IL s;td thing that after all their socr;-
noes and all their efforts thev nnd
'n'' these schools are swept away and
'"' mo the possession of those who
'housh Il rich body, have hardly .vo,
ihtde any sacrifice for the cau,o ,e
'auca''on' There are in England out
sue 'h' catholic church various re-
''si"us followings. You have ,h.
Chnrch of England. which has dono i,
s''''' oeal Tor Education; and you have
'h' Nonconformists. our friend.
'Haughter). And this must be ,,,d
Tor the Nonconformists, that tho,,h
generally believe. they are a rich
"ouS apart from one small section ne
'hcm-l believe the mcthodists-1 ao,..
'hink they ever spent IL shilling far .ho
promotion of education. And these
''re '''c people who are stepping in now
ana chdcavoring to seize unon mn.
SCHOOLS. schools that have been hu,,,
IRON the sacrifices OF our poor Cath
ones In England, who spared fror
'helr very scanty wage some mn.
weekly dole which enabled the nr,o.,.,
''ere 10 build those beautiful schools
ana make them most useful inst,,,
IONS for the education of the ch,,dr.,
Ihcsc are the people who ncver .,o
r'iiced anything. They lived on th.
''oafd Schools as long as there w.r..
f'oard Schools. and when the Ro,rd
Schools We're put aside t,vo yo,r.
'h"y went Il little beyond that and
wished TO seize upon all the schools.
Ihesc are the people who are to rc,,
the fruits of all the sacritca, ,,,, ~,
'hc efforts of the poor Catholic peonlc
oi England Now, such a thing is M,
just and such Il thing could hardly
succeed ! firmly believe that it will
not succeed. because even though that
ih1Hult"us Bill-and it is nothing sbnr,
OF an inquitous bill and an unius,
h'''--even though it becomes an Act
ana Is placed on the Statute Book
oelieve that the Catholics of England
VIII cling to their schools. We Cath
ones are accustomed to make sacri-
hces. and especially sacrifices for our
1a1th. We have made them here IN
ireland. We are fighting now for son,o
little measure of justice fighting, If
you VIII. for Home Rule, for some IT.
tie control In our local affairs hero In
Ireland. But If. in times past wa had
"eeh prepared to sacrifice the faith
which we received from St. patrick
we should have no fight to make Mt
the present day. We would be like tho
Scotch and the English people them.
selves; we would be the white-haired
children of the Empire; we would bc
sure to have all the ADVANTAGE tho.
were within reach, with very few of
the disadvantages. Still we have made
sacrifices, and believe that there has
not been in the past, and there is MT
at the present day one single child of
st. Patrick who regrets that sacrifice
Noud applause) And what we have
done here in Ireland. am perfectly
sure our fellow Catholics of England
are prepared to do. They made sac
rifices there. too. for the faith. They
not merely gave up their worldly pos
sessions, but they shed their blood for
the faith. and what they have done in
the past. I am perfectly sure they
are prepared to do In the future; and,
hence. think, 1t does not require tho