BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY PATRICK DONAHOE,
19 FRANKLIN STREET.
1872.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
PATRICK DONAHOE,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
Introductory 7
CHAPTER II.
Education—Its Object and Necessity 17
CHAPTER III.
Origin of the Public School System 41
CHAPTER IV.
Exposé of the Public School System 75
CHAPTER V.
Evil Consequences of the Public School System on the Male Portion of Society 82
CHAPTER VI.
Evil Consequences of the Public School System on the Female Portion of Society 87
CHAPTER VII.
[Pg vi]What is it to be a Mother? 110
CHAPTER VIII.
Evil Consequences of the Public School System Continued 128
CHAPTER IX.
The State.—Its Usurpation of the Individual Rights.—Its Incompetency to Educate 139
CHAPTER X.
The State a Robber.—Violation of our Constitution and Common Law 163
CHAPTER XI.
Remedy for the Diabolical Spirit and the Crimes in our Country 189
CHAPTER XII.
The Denominational System alone Satisfies the Wants of All, and can save the Republic 233
CHAPTER XIII.
The Catholic Priest on the Public School System 296
CHAPTER XIV.
Answers to Objections 340
CHAPTER XV.
Zeal of the Priest for the Catholic Education of our Children 373
American fellow-citizens—America is my home! I have no other country.After my God and my religion, my country is the dearest object of mylife! I love my country as dearly as any one else can. It is this lovethat makes my heart bleed when I call to mind the actual state ofsociety in our country, and the principles that prev