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of thia land is to separate from the church, or to &et themselves against the church, O forbid thul any of thy faithful and true servants ahoukl contort with, or give couatcuimcc to, but (ijjpose it, and vrithHtand unto the end, and &eek by all lawful meauK to frountemet Uxe Kcandal and sliame of so buiuous aii act uii this, of cotnmitr tin^ into tlie bauds of the deceivers and the do- ceLved the t>olc education of the youth of Catholic Irotaud. Then are wc resolved that they shall con- tinue Catholic, and are taking meaj^ure^ that they »ha)l conlinui; so for ever. The chartered schooU cuuuined intbeiuagood purpose and {trinctple, though unwisely applied; that itwa^a tbiug to be d^ired and by all tncana soughl aftor, that the children of tlie Catholics should bo calightcncd in the truth, and converted unto the Lord. The priiKriple of the Kildare-street schoola, aud lliuse which have followed in itjn tract, wuk a much lower ontif that only neutral ground should be ^occupied ID the instruction of youth; which they canicd into such rigoroui^ effect, that J rcoicoUier about the time that I was last m Ireland, the Ca- tholic |)artofthcconunitttereje(.'tcda book, becantc .it atafed that the churches in Ronie were resorted I'i40 JUkiANP* KVJL CON&IXtOV. {Dm to ft» sftocliiarieA by thiwe who liad commiUed violent crimfrs. Bui tli« principle of this tcbeiM* wbile it holds out the preteace of tnakiiig pMM by educating the Prot«Btaat» ti>d Catholics iq ooa school, doth truly prevent peace bymakiD^e wtdec tbp. breach, and marking more dtslinctly the lea* tures of distinction subsidia^ betTTcco l^roteatant mod Catholic ; yea, mure, it will aectire a great preponderance of Catholic mastert and Catholic ioducncc, in proportion to the preponderance of Catholic populauun< And this is what thi^y pro- pose to legalize, to make nniversat, to aaftotif] with the name of parochial educutiofi, and thereby to pull down the instituiioR^ already in operation, for the instruction of the Irish people. I do most fondly trust there is still laftenouKfc of vigour to our Protest^t inatitution^ to with- atand the progress of such a meaaure, and to ex- pose hotli the baseness of itft principle, and the rude- ness of its niaohinery ; ai>d I further trual ii wil be ao much the more indticement to those wbo hz\e the conversion of the blinded C&tholics- of Ireland at heart, to go to their objects with no disgujae, and with open face to confcHi vhat they have at heart, and not to cooceal it for any reason ; eh I hare fiaid, I think, ibtsre