s a swindle on the
people, an outrage on justice, a foul disgrace in matters of
morals, and should be abolished forthwith."--_New York
Tablet._

"The hideous fetish, called the public school, is only an
ugly idol after all."--_Colorado Catholic._

"It will be a glorious day for Roman Catholics in this
country when, under the laws of justice and morality, our
school system shall be shivered to pieces."--_Catholic
Telegraph._

"We hold education to be a function of the church and not of
the state, and in our case we do not and will not accept the
state as an educator."--_New York Tablet._

They love darkness rather than light because their deeds are
evil. Listen to the snarls of Rome's "dupes:"

"Unless you suppress the public school system as at present
conducted, it will prove the damnation of this
country."--_Father Walker._

"I frankly confess that the Catholics stand before the
country as the enemies of the public schools."--_Father
Phelan._

"The duty of all loyal, God-fearing Christian men (Roman
Catholics) then, I repeat it, is to make common cause against
this common foe."--_Father Gleason._

"The public schools have produced nothing but a godless
generation of thieves and blackguards."--_Priest Schauer._

"I would as soon administer the sacrament to a dog as to
Catholics who send their children to public
schools."--_Priest Walker._

"The public school system must be destroyed. It must be done
by stopping Bible reading, Psalm singing and eliminating
objectionable books."--_Priest Phelan._

"To rescue these little ones out of the grasp of that monster
(the public school), of that popular idol, is our
work."--_Bishop John Hennessy._

"We can have the United States in ten years. And I want to
give you three points for your consideration: The Negroes,
the Indians and the public schools."--_Bishop Ireland._

"Emphatically a social plague."--_Archbishop Perche._

"A ripe knowledge of the cathechism, minus Massachusetts
education, is preferable to her education, minus the
catechism."--_Cardinal Antonelli._

"The common school system of the United States is the worst
in the world."--_Cardinal Manning._

"The catechism alone is essential for the education of the
people."--_Cardinal Antonelli._

"We must take part in