...farmer, Seward did right in recommending the establishment of schools in which such children might be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith. This was the sort of defence Seward appreciated. His recommendation had not been the result of carelessness...

...farmer, Seward did right in recommending the establishment of schools in which such children might be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith. This was the sort of defence Seward appreciated. His recommendation had not been the result of carelessness...

...legislature^ I Jan. 1840, says: The children of foreigners found in great numbers in our populous city and towns and in the vicinity of our public works...language with themselves and professing the same faith. '1 here would he no inequality in sucE a measure. Since it happens from the force of circumstances...

...hesitate to recommend the establishment of schools in which they (the children of Catholic immigrants) may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves and professing the same faith." The church threw itself with great gusto into the campaign on that issue, which amounted to a proposal...

...to be forgotten that the public welfare is as deeply concerned in their education as in that of our children. I do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend...language with themselves, and professing the same faith." Bishop Hughes then sent a petition to the Common Council of the City asking that money be allotted...

...were kept away from the schools by the sectarian nature of their instruction. As a remedy he proposed the "establishment of schools in which they may be...language with themselves, and professing the same faith."3 Encouraged by Seward's proposal, a group of Catholic churches in New York petitioned the Common...

...Whig Governor William H. Seward to make this proposal to the legislature in his message for 1840 : "The children of foreigners, found in great numbers...language with themselves and professing the same faith." Following the Governor's lead, Catholics in the city began clamoring for an immediate share of public...

...and stayed away in droves. Seward wanted public funding of schools "in which the immigrant children may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves and professing the same faith."25 The fat was in the fire, and John Hughes reached for a bellows. He faced formidable obstacles....

...portion of the public funds be used for "the establishment of schools in which they [immigrant children] may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves and professing the same faith." Despite vigorous efforts by Bishop John Hughes, the common council rejected Catholic claims. Kept alive...

...public education, in consequence of prejudices arising from difference of language or religion. ... 1 do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend the establishment...would be no inequality in such a measure, since it happen* from the force of circumstances, if not from choice, that the responsibilities of education...