Year: 1873

BLINDED by political predictions They were
Christians speaking In the name OF the foremost
Hation OF Chrstendom. humblng herself al the foot
OF the cross In the hour OF her direst need Believe
me, the Englishman VINO, under the leadership OF
the young Duke OF Norfolk, went TO the spot where
tivate towards Himself the feeling OF personal
friendship are no blind followers OF an unreason-
ing superstition. Nor are the American Catholics
who may make up their minds tomorrow 10 cross
the ocean AMI kneel at this new Shiloh OF the
nineteenth century. They will bring to the feet OF
voice Of every true worshipper in America thank
ing Him for love which is immortal, giving him
back undying gratitude, and craving forgiveness
You win say, better stay at home and devote
their efforts to remedying our manifold us IN CITY
and country places True! But It is great thing
to proclaim openly ones belief in the incarnate
God In this age oil materialistic ten9encies, anu
heart say to the pilgrims, God bless you and speed
you, and my whole soul goes witn you n,r,,,v
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 1879 n VhElLLx-
The Schools Of the Christian Brothers.
! TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Permit rne, through your liberal journal, to make
| few remarks upon an assertion made by local
paper in ignorance or with intent In an article
upon the school question In general, brought out
by the opening OF the school In the First ward, it
stated that the education there would be Inferior
to that OF the public school Giving all due praise
and credit to the latter schools, being taught on



by experienced, intelligent gentlemen as COmmis-
sioners take the liberty to state and will be up
held by millions in this country that In no way
can they excel those taught by the Christian
Brothers, unless having more funds at their back.
Some years ago the English government APP
pointed commissioners to go to Ireland TO examine
the public schools there, the system used and the
efficiency of the pupils In the report printed by
these commissioners for the Houses OF Commons and
Peerss 1t stated that the schools Taught by the
Christian Brothers were the most perfect and their
pupils the best taught Of any other. These commits
sioners were nearly all Englishmen and Protes-
tants, and cannot be said to be Influenced Or
coerced as this paper stated. ~ the clergy.
That the Christian Brothers here pursue and
teach the same system; that those who emigrated
have not been deteriorated by sea-sckness SO much
as to lose what they learned; that the children
here have as good brains as those on the other
side of the "pond;' that Her Majesty's Commits
soners were as learned ana more to be believed in
than the editor OF this paper-then why should not
those schools be as good as any other, or why n1c-
rior to the public schools unless the inferiority
consists in teaching the pupils their duty to God,
their holy religion, their parents their country and
''the rest of mankind"


some of the most learned men IN England and
Ireland and in this country were first taught by
those sell-sacrliclng men, whose only wages are
what they eat and wear; but bigotry must lie
repeatedly, and, when constantly heard those
ignorant or unacquainted with the subject will
believe it o X, like the immoral harangues Of the
So-called escaped num-


In the London Times many advertisements
ended, or, at least, used to, with no "Irish need
apply" and the English papers and ignorant



Ignorant Irish; 1t got transplanted by the same
means, and some try to still keep 1t up. But how
is it, by statistics recently, the Irish are as learned
as the civilized English and since the civil service
was opened to competitive examination the Irish
have beat the English and Scotch two to one, In
turtles OF penal laws in order TO make the
Irish ignorant, and when the poor schoolmaster
should take TO the hedge or the bog to avoid being
hung and quaUered-from this came the word bog
Latin and hedge schoomaster. 1t is depressing
from the subject to speak of the justice and





per capita, that 1t is as just and constitutional as
having Catholic chaplain in the army. in prisons
&c., and far more so than having chaplain to the
Senate; but that much stereotyped word the con-
stitution is used to aid much that is really uncon
stltutional and UNJUST all because the majority
rule. At one time IL was against the constitution
to give freedom to the slave; now 1t IS against
having women vote; but ultimately this Will not
be the case. That precious paper was little crude,
made up in hurry, with the enemy in view, ana
what would govern 100000 VIII not do 1or
40000,00O.


"You pays your money, and you takes your
choice,n cannot be applied here. We pay taxes Tor
schools we do not send our children to, like the
parson collecting the tithe rent in Ireland, when
the tailor said he never went into his chutch,
open for you every sunday" The tailor a few days
alter brought him bill for pair OF pantaloons,
"What,n says the parson al never got pantalOOns
from you ~ Butt says the knight OF the shears,
be the reasoning or all law in trade and jurIspru-
dence. ANY law that obiges any citizen, by legal
enactment, local or general, to uphold and pay
taxes for what they do not use or get no service
from, IS unconstitutional nay, 1t Is persecution to
enforce IL. And such was the spirit aud intent OF
ment-the .'constitution.n Obitef dictit'a.


ID. A. WALSH, Greenpoint.