The Papists and the Public Schools Controversy.

Southland Times, Issue 4495, 6 December 1882, Page 4

The Papists and the Public Schools Controversy.

• •■■■•" ..-■ . --- ; .; ■-■ "■ ib'TOTibrroßi^^' J " ; '' r ' V;! " ' : thie -gk^pSbfe,' an* wMf *V*°MB to rwno?e ttoi Wprtrtch- 1 ot goalewaaift from <mr Public Bchoolt i« by opening town with pr»y« tnd «blo mding, I length *##*U*ot*hati ttomUUu»*t much «*E I £a#^»*^wnttai has already apt»arod-!ta c «yimr ( ; ooronma ?«c the 21st ult, in ao admirable^etfreiy U^r^£Tm^^)«*t kb«friftndg,sf our> and : "'fn^yWiT^**«^^j^i^^^^l>pltf; and v ftgipM&M^ happened, it may bo well^at^ey^nquki be made acquainted with Jb^rbgress and positional the great c<m|royerOT,asit has been fought~pat.oniha4pceatfield.of the great AmericoKlJaionafiAndcl would; asfc leave to auote from the summary of uub irrepresaible coaflict. Thote who take'llMewat ol the United States will Vfmßßu -pttfttb* { fact that'JLin^flca^Bas fonnd the" still strong man in <a* blfttantlana.'' President Grant, or "Ulyaseitlft Bilfent," as f heHiß tfrequefatl^ called, possesses the rare gift of taciturnity;In a commuiuty^in;^liich:reyery,>Tnan(iiß2 popularly supposed to bej endowed with the* f acuity Joff&orating '!- to anytextent, healpne^ is wisely aud {beneficently. Bpeechießßi . He* has been the First 'Magistrate of •> a nation of < public speakgrs-forja period/of jseveniyear%;. and never broke the spell.'ofi silence until the other day^whenv ; ne>t- unnaturally ««all the worldi^onderjed." What was the topic Which, 4ike^-thekiss-X)f the- prince-in theBtory of the^e^pi%\Seafltyj f dis¥ol^ charm ? What was the §ldw^ of ehiotibm which thawed the ice and set the-current flowing ? -— a wjS§iuu?arueW TiSlnpnret^^raa is arousing the indi^§SWs£3 n&W i™fi '■$&£ •"*«*' Christendom. It is the inimineDce of that momentous conflict " between- patriotism and intelligencejOOTi one' side} iand= isuperstition, ambitiouj And ignpraace. ion,- the other," which every man pfjayeragesagacity has perceived to be inevitable ever since iheisgueofthe 1 J?apal Syllabua ? in, whict^ the, infatuated old gentleman who'ioc^piel^the^yaticanVprocTainied to the yhdiU^'^bfld'ffiaVthe churth, t of which he is tne Sea^j' 1 canflbt , add ' ought not to ~be xeconcfled in /ti> ( ' "-iibel^lism, .progress, and - modern jravil^j^fL^-^h'^tbis became, the tn/>td\ afiiiif. &ffl°tne> .sg?-iay (7o| the, priest* hood, ijb^.w^a^^ar^i^l^r.M'Bi^y-""*^ Qe organi^tion 4 , VrWch^is' under the direction of the Bornan Cunk stick at npthinp to carry out its policy, and that the first object of its attack would , be r those systems of edu> cation which gare' every where undermining its influehce^iriiuiisiiiDg its ascendency, and destroying i^ ; authprify,. 'And therefore in America, ta \'ip jA^tnUia, and as in every part ' of Europe in which the Black International has either fen army 'or 'a garrison, immense efforts are being nsed to control the instruction of .the ybnDjj, and to pbtMn pbMessipnof some pbrtio'Q of the ' funds set apart by tte State for the edpcatioa ot the. people ,Not being pbl'e to mbdify the' secular character of the common ; school^, f ystem . in the : United States, the *pdiffijrieir? fi ,isemkndia division of the school funds, and. the appropriation of a definite .proportion of them to the SHppoft of purely denominational institutions ; and as the Demo* crats, in bidding'forsnpreme power, have been coquetting with theCatholic. vote, the priests^ have been unremitting in their endeavora to make 'ihe'liniMttoi 'the eitdation, Bat, fortunately, this has thoroughly aroused the anticlerical; .party ;. ■ and: idne" of the " planks "(in,; the, platform enthusiastically adopted;bp,;the Bepublican State Con ventioa of New-.jYprfc .was.ithjsjtr^'j 1 The free public school is the bulwark of the American Her public We therefore demand the unqualified maintenance of thepnblic school system, and • its support by equal, taxation. .We are opposed to all sectarian' appropriations," and we denounce as 7 a jncnnSe 0 sgairisj; liberty 1 and rev publican institutions any project for a sectarian 'division or : perTersidn of -the school land ol the State." : ; ; ■ Perceiving^the' gravity of the question at issue, and 'the '' mpmentoushess of thepiinciples at ; Btakei President Grant has also broken r silerice; a3 we have said. He declares that airthe\»id contesfe' are exhausted ; that the great 'battle :; which ; ndw remains to be fought is between mediaeval darkness, mental slavery, and abject superstition* on the one band, and enlightenment and progress on the other; and he exhorts- the people of the United States to "labor for security of free thiought, free speech, free press, pore morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal lights and the ; privileges of all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion 5 encourage free schools; resolve," he says, "that not one 'dollar appropriated to them shall go to the support of > any sectarian school ; resolve that neither state nor nation shall support any institutions save those where every child may get common school education Unmixed with any atheistic, pagan, or sectarian -teaching; leave the. matter of religious teaching to the family altar, and keep church and state for ever separate.'* This is language worthy of the head of a great nation,, and we: have no. doubt whatever that it will meet with a suitable response. It will of course, incite the members of the Black International to 'put forth all their strength against the, Republican -party at the next elections ; but this will merely, result in the infliction upon it of a defeat, which will be most complete, and may prove to be final. In conclusion, I will add that whilst President ; ,Gra.nt. and the American people oppose denominational schools or sectarian . religious teaching and refuse to, allow their, school funds to be banded over to the Romish priesthood they favor BiWereading in the schools. : This, indeed!,, was the general if not invariable prae&"ee ontil the Irish, and German eleraeat became powerful. Since then it lyis been discontinued" in- some- localities; awing to Papal influence exercised; thorough pliable politiciansj'jusi s&. we- see it here. However, in sorAe States, Bible-reading is embodie-ti in the oonatitutipn.and cannpt be prohibited by the State, legislature. We are informed by Mr Joseph Cook that in some cases where Bib|e : jreading in schools has been discontinued the evif results have been so apparent and, alarining that a reaction has ensued, apdjthe public have insisted on the Bible being reinstated in its- former honored position in the schools.-rrl am, &c, A Pbotes^amtißOt not a Freethinker.

The pugilist.. dote bis 'eyes,' the grocer crosses his' 'teas,* the billiardist minds hi* '•ones,' and the fanner miad3 his ' pease.' 3osK Billings* 'says— 'A reputashun (ace- 1 broken may possibly be repaired, but. the- 1 world win alwus keep their eyes on the spot where thekracTc'was.' . When a' father chastises' his unruly son with a stout switch he thinks he has done a smart thing. •'iTP.S.—Ttie boy, as he rubs the sore place, thinks so, too). 1 It is,6aidjthat the laws of this State very . closelytesenible^'sia'uMgeßV* sayfc the Syracuse' Herald,' &N.Y. ;'' yon have great respect for them until yoo.know bow they are made. 1 , : Mas'tier— 'what does ' Condillac say about, brutes in the scale of being?' Scholar— ' He j Bays a brute is an imperfect animal.' 'And what ia am»n f ?' ; ' ' Man is a perfect brate:' Yoa-venTaile a fdoT oFl^' Bßi3 an iMffltM aan to his wi^r^ • My ( loy!e,', sweetly^repponded, • yon "do yourself injastice.' ' Bemember thatyou are.in all respects a self* made n>aW« l - -"■ '-'il..- )L A !'< ■■■) .'-. 'When I have a cold -in my head,' said a gentleman apologetically,' H I / am : - always stupid.* 'I have neTer^Kea -him when lie hadn't fjust such ,a) cold,' • whispe?e<3.« third party in ai^ aside,'^ ;o fj. '\J U r . h * ... ', .,,', ' ; l~ Morse, who invented ineliejegraph", T and Bell h the Inventor ot^ the, telephone, b.oth 2 'had; d«af<^u^*^j[:^^^^)te'jcwmwi^'n i ep^|' eary ; » b^ut fjgs^sep, ,wbafc aimaii,canjdo^heii everytbyig is qpfei K l?* v . , : >: V" T ..( ' Which" fe- the dignitary: of, the Charcti T - Aftertooking up and*'down,nor^h and east, and west, the boy replied — *The:w|^r^ocK'' ;(^- ~— : #;•;.-* .^ Wlio^^ides^^^img 9h 1 original^»oe^^ :;nsed: xa^iake punß.' ,Wheiii asked if he intended to have his daughters' ' Jaitruct^d in tbeJ(anßuage?, he said, ' Noj pM tongue if Wiv&CkttLtfQWn? "* >- !^ ! * I *- 1^ •■*<