TH AMERICAN CHURCH AND STATE. Their Separation One of the Fund menUl Principles of" the Consti tution. The lUnnan ChunU IMoihiIimm! to Vi- lalo ThU Trinrlple In It KIT.trt to Sotbit I'ttbllc Mtm j fur Its l'a rm hUI S liix'l. In an earlier article it w affirmed that ini!iU'nce upon sejiaratioa between church and UU brings us Into sympa thy with tho teachings of Chrlwt and the Axtlf, and alw with nolile aoula through all the centurion. We arc now prepared to wo that thl principle bring u Into nympathy with tho foro nnwt thinker of our day on both (tide of tho Atlantic, and that it csjHJcially emphaKlzi-s the dutle and privilege of a patriotic Amerlcanlhin. With tho Declaration of Independ ence the absolute separation of church and ktate wa intended to be established In this repuldlo. Then all form of be lief secured legal equality In thi land. Tho growth of our churche under the Influence of thi principle ha widely affected political and religious think ing in the Old World. Independence of the Dlate ia now claimed by many re ligionists in European lands, and the claim is emphasized by political parties which lnsint upon this separation as a plunk in their platforms. Occasionally contradictory Interests unite in demand ing this reparation. The high church party in Great Britain desires separa tion In order to give the church release from her bondago to the state, that she may be free to Introduce high church practices, which the state now con demns. Nonconformists, at this point, though for widely different reasons, join hands with the representatives of the high church. The foremost politi cal thinkers in Scotland and Wales are now earnestly agitating these questions The church of England has been dines tabllshed In Ireland; and the church of Scotland, without doubt, will be dises tablished In Scotland. Wales will fol low in throwing off the ecclesiastical yoke, and England, herself, cannot long refuse to walk In line in this march of progress. The British government Is now inflicting a great wrong upon all Nonconformists. What right has a government to discriminate among re ligions? What right have certain re ligious teachers to receive salaries from the state? What right has the govern ment to legislate for a national church? What right to sit in judgment upon creeds? What right to prefer one de nomination over another? Those ques tions must be answered, and they will soon be answered in tho ballot-box in every land. Even uuder the shadow of the Roman church the principles of separation be tween church and state has found earn est advocates. The brave and brilliant Cavour lifted up his eloquent voice for a "free church in a free state." So has Baron Ricasoll. These are some of the stirring words which he wrote to the Italian bishops in a letter dated Nov., 20, 1806: "In the United States every citizen is free to follow the persuasion that he may think best, and to worship the Divinity in the form that may seem to him most appropriate. Side by side with the Catholic church rises the Trotestant temple, the Mussulman mosque, the Chinese pagoda. Side by side with the HomL-h clergy the Gene van consistory and the Methodist as sembly exercise theireflice- This state of things generates neither confusion nor clashing. And why is this? Be cause no religion aks either special protection or privileges from the state. The bishops cannot be cont idcred among us as simple pastors of souls, since they are, at the same time, the instruments and defenders of a power at variance with then ational aspirations. The civil power is therefore constrained to im pose those measures upon the bishops which are necessary to preserve its rights and those of the nation. How is it possible to terminate this deplorable and perilous conflict between the two powers between church ajd state? Let us render unto Caar the things that are Caar's and unto God the things that are God's, and peace be tween church and state will oe troubled no moe." We are confronted at this moment by practical dangers and pressing duties in our own beloved land. We have all seen that separation between church and state was one of the fundamental principles of our constitution, and that great instrument insisted on perfect freedom of worship and the protection of each religious body in the exercise of its religious rights, so far as they did not interfore with the rights of others, or violate accepted moral laws. It ia clear that it was the intention of the constitution that the government should not show special favor toward any religious body or to any set of de- nomiDaiional opinions. This view is clearly deducible from the deliverance of the convention of 17ST; but several of tl)9 etatcs deemed it important to adopt amendments which should make this cardinal principle more unmistakable asd emphatic. As a result the first amendment reads as follows: "Cod, gress shall make no law resjx-cting an establishment of religion or prohibit ing the free escreUo thereof. Al though the cveral state retained the right to make appropriation for ec- Urlan purposes, the feeling throughout the country wa o earnectly against iueh apj roprlatlons thatadireet pro hibition wa not deemed neeeary by the different state. For many year there has len a growing sentiment in favor of an amendment to the constitu tion of the United States which should (teclflc!ly emphasize the absoluto sep aration between civil government and the ecclesiastical authority, and which shall forbid granting public money to sectarian school or cbaritloi. Doubtless tb I matter will come before the New York constitutional convention which will soon he held. The separation of church and state has secured for us many of the great blessings which have marked our history. The writer has the honor of belonging to the Nation! ' League for the protection of American Institutions, and he has been somewhat familiar with the discussions in that body, which have led to the prepara tion of what Is known as the sixteenth amendment. As early as 1875, Presi dent Grant proposed an amendment of this character. Introduced Into the house by Mr. Blaine, it was passed by an overwhelming majority; but un fortunately It was defeated in the senate. In 1870 the national republican con vention at Cincinnati, and tho national democratic convention at St. Louis, inserted in their respective platforms planks committing them to the doctrine which President Grant had suggested a year before. The national league already named has been specially active during the past years in pressing this sixteenth amendment, and on January 18, 181)2, on behalf of the national league, tho Hon. William M. Springer, of Illinois, Introduced In the house of representatives, a memorial and peti tion for the passage of the proposed sixteenth amendment to the constitu tion of the United States. This amend ment Is as follows: "No state shall pass any law respect ing an establishment of religion, or prohibiting tho free exercise thereof, or use its property or credit, or any money raised by taxation, or authorize either to bo used, for the purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding, by appropriation, payment of services, ex penses, or otherwise, any church, re ligious denomination or religious so ciety, or any Institution, society, or undertaking which is wholly or in part under sectarian or ecclesiastical control." On the same day Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, introduced the same me- morlul and petition in the senate. Each house referred the matter to its committee on ludiciary. Several considerations led to the preparation and presentation of this proposed amendment. One of its objects Is to prevent the admission of Utah to the union untill she Is purged of her abominable Mormonism. This amendment raises a barrier against the effort to legalize the Mormon helrarchy, and to make It a part of the government of the state. Two churches, the Mor mon and the Roman, are, today, prao tically attempting to destroy the time honored principle of separation between church and state.. The Mormons are determined to maintain the union of church and state in Utah; ana the Roman church joins hands with the Mormon church to destroy this distinc tive principle of Americanism. There Is no denomination which can so con sistently oppose the Roman church as tho Baptist. We have ever championed the right of soul liberty, even at the cost of Imprisonment and death; we have ever denied the rignt of the state to dictate as to our duties to God; we have ever insisted on the distinction between church and state as laid down by Christ and his apostles. We have denied the "compact of the priest and potentate to crush the rights of con science; the combination of legal and prelatical tyranny to repress true re ligion." We hava ever denied tho right of civil rulers to make assess ments and to raise money for the support of sectarian principles; we have ever denied the right of govern ment either to patronize or to coerce a denomination; we have ever scorned to accept toleration as a substitute for liberty; we have ever affirmed that religious freedom is an utter misnomer wherever the unhallowed union be tween church and state exists. The time is opportune to reaffirm these great principles, and to declare our fealty to Christ and the apostles In this subject, our sympathy with our Baptist fathers through the ages, and our en dorsement of the brave men in all countries and denominations in our own day, who are standing for the main tenance of the separation between church and state. The Roman church is to bo dreaded and resisted in her encroachments upon American liberty at this very hour. The sixteenth amendment ought to be passed, and become a part of our glorious constitution. We do not say that the Roman church has not the right, as things now are, to the large amount of money which she is receiving for Indian education, provided that she makes true reports of the number of pupils under her care. The Presby terian, the Methodist, the Episcopal, the Lutheran, the Congregational, and other churches have erred with the Roman church In accepting public money for sectarian Instruction. The largest sum lias gone to the Roman church, for tho reason that by various processo that church ba reported the greatest number of children a under her Instruction, So long a other bodies take thi money, and so long as the appropriation are made on the per capita principle, and so long as the Ro man church reaches, or so claims, as many children as all tbeae other bodies combined, so long will she have a claim to this larger sum of money. The total amount appropriated has been more than half a million dollars annually. The trouble Is with the entire system; It is wrong in principle and It Is vicious In practice. It is Inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution; and If brought to the test of the courts, it is quite likely that these appropriations would be prouounced illegal. Several churches aave In their various convocation passed resolutions against taking this public money for sectarian schools; but somehow, in most cases, the amounts are still reported as appropriated. We here affirm that no body of christians has a right to receive public money for sectarian Instruction. The Roman church showed an utterly un-Ameri can, unpatriotic, and un-chrlstian spirit in its attack on General Morgan, in its threats against United States senators who favored his confirmation and who later favored his methods, because of their great patriotism and their truer conception of the relations between church and state. The Protestant bodies, who have taken this money, and who are opiosed to grants for pa rochial schools in different states, Lave acted with utter inconsistency. They have taken all that they could get from the publio treasury for the support of denominational schools among Indians, while they are opposed to giving the Romanists publio moneys for their pa rochial schools. Baptists give their greetings to all churches that have de clared that they will no longer receive publio funds for soctarlan uses; and we hope that they will be true to their re ported declarations. The attitude of the Roman church regarding the so- called "Freedom of Worship Bill" in New York shows, on the one hand, the danger to which we are exposed, and, on the other hand, the pernicious ac tivity of that church. That church under this bill Is determined to estab lish Roman ceremonies and teachings in state institutions supported, in whole or In part, by the whole body of tax payers, institutions that ought to re main forever non-sectarian. The dis crimination made in favor of the Roman church In this regard is a blot upon the history of New York state, and an out rage which no fair-minded American can im passionately contemplate. The Roman chnrch Is determined also to violate the time-honored prin ciple of separation between church and state in its effort to secure public moneys for its parochial schools. It is, without doubt, the determination of that church to secure this end. Arch bishop Corrigan and Archbishop Ire land are aiming at the same end, though they desire to reach it by dif ferent methods; the first !s open, bold, and defiant; the latter is subtle, skilful, and politic. The Roman church is the Ill-concealed or openly-avowed foe of the public school system. A few quota tions from her own recognized authori ties show clearly her hostility to the civil power as well as to the public schools: "The people are not the source of civil power." Pius IX., Eno. 39. "Education outside the control of the Roman Catholic church is a damnable heresy," Pope's Syllabus. "The Roman church has a right to interfere in the discipline of the public schools, and in the arrangement of the studies of the public schools, and in the choice of teachers for these schools." Pope Pius IX., Enc. 45. "Publio schools open to all children for the education of the young should be under the control of the Roman church and should not be subject to the civil power, nor made to conform to the opinions of the age." Pope Pius IX., Enc. 47. "The Catechism alone is essential for the education of the people." Cardinal Antonelli. "The common school system of the United States is the worst in the world." Cardinal Manning. "The public schools have produced nothing but a godlsss generation of thieves and blackguards." Priest Schauer. "I frankly confess that the Catholics stand before the country as the enemies of the public schools." Father Phelan. Later declarations betray a similar hostility; the modified endorsement of Mgr. Satolli is practically opposition to our schools. We are prepared to say that no parochial school can give the training which our public schools fur nish. Public schools should be the great kindergartens of true American patriotism. The sixteenth amendment will receive the endorsement of intelli gent Americans in all parts of our broad land. The National League has among its supporters many of the most prominent men in different denomina' tions in the country, including stated men, jurists, divines, authors, college presidents, students of political science, philanthropists, and patriots. In all thtwe great movements for the main tenance of liberty, and for all that Is noblest and dlvinest In Americanism, Baptists, alike by their principles and history, will be leaders. The denom ination which gave us many brave heroes and martyrs in the middle ages, and which gave us John Clark, Obadiah Holmes, and James Crandall In Boston in 1651; which gave us the heroic Ireland, who preachel the gos pul through the bars of the Culpepper prison: which gave us Roger Williams and a host more whose names, honored In America and glorified in heaven, time would fall me to enumerate, M ill ever march In the forefront for Ameri can liberty, and for the right to wor ship God according to the dictates of conscience. Baptists will ever be ready to say, with that brilliant Statesman, James G. Blaine: "It seems to me that this school question ought to be settled in some definite and comprehensive way, aud the only settlement that can 'e final is the complete victory for non- sectarian schools. I am sure this will be demanded by the American people at all hazard, and at any cost;" and with the illustrious Grant: "Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school supported entirely by private contribution. Keep the church and the state forever separate." Jl. 8. MacArthur in iVeto 1 'ork Kxamhitr. Only "Wind." Regarding Mgr. Satolli's promulga tion against saloon keepers in the Ro man Catholic church, the men who come under the ban in Omaha say it is all just so much talk. "Preachers of every denomination preach what they themselves do not practice," said Tom Foley, a prominent Roman Catholic saloon keeper In Omaha, "and Mgr. Satolli's statement can be taken as just talk." I don't be lieve that a single Roman Catholic saloon keeper in Omaha will pay a par ticle of attention to the natter. 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