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At « Special Meeting of ,!„, Boar.l of School Trustees for the City of Toronto, held on Thursday, 30th September, 1852, the fbUowing Resolutions w<"« unanimously adopted, viz. :— ou Fr«« School,, «l«''v<-<"ti.^'S«P«ra.««.:hool.>ur,.m^^^^ ^ ,^ „^,. ^^j^, „,^> „,. „,^ of th,ir Co„.««,,ent., Jhn, „o.h,n« -nn I. ^^ ;;-'-' ;^", ';;;','',; ",, I t,, .'"..r., .,1 .'ublio luHlruCi,,.. .nny he vM...-,!. ...« l-e'crl" of fpp.r Crdl' ^"ol'r.Krr'e'o^nl^nr.o".':* '.uU .'lanon &»;"(:!!;««.«>«.. -h«u!d be'ccne .b« A»««or. or U.e Collec.o, of T«e., to «uppo« U., DenominaUonttl Schools of aiiy Religious comiiminty wliuleTtr. 2„1 Fnnlred -That .h« Sc.retiry be an.horiz.d to «c-. printed 150 copie. of the aforesaid Report and iho Rcsol.uion. now adopted, and lo transmit the same to tlie Legml.ture and Executive willioul dday. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Pf«»«i(— Messrs. IJcar.l, Brewer, Fisher, GooF TKLKlKKrt FOR ruBUC sciiouLti. Toronto. Ill^t Marcli. lrt,'>-2. ii liy ( . ,, wji .1 i Richmond-street Schoiil. ) Lesalie, Maitlan.l, McMastor, McUluihaii, r.il(T»on, SliepiMjrd, ji .,^^^„,^, ,_j, ,;|„„„.,„ ^ brethren St. I'anis ("enrr I (Jliristiaii Bieihien - ) St. Patricks, liy Mr. Taaffe. St. I'alrick's li'y Miss K. ( ' Iliggins. - - . . i Stanley-street, ly .Miss J llip«ins - - . - J I'alaie-stri'.i i Ullssel.M)- } lie> ). l.y.Mi-s llerriek. S l.orello (,"'illleill'->treet). } I hy Ladies of l.orelKi. ) 1 rillr ll:.e (or the allh since Ins re- De*r Sia.— M.-iy I beg nn the pnrt of the Trns.ees to in.pi.re ifllie Board has taken any action on the apjilicatinn iiMide hv Unelor II; to ascertain the prob.?hle nmoirnt to he ai.|iropriate,l t, current ye.-ir ' t)wiiig to liis alweiiee. and delicate hi turn, the innlter lia-s. of necee-ity. lain u^er to the present. I av.-l of Uiis ocea.si"ii to aeqiiainl \on that ■■ e lnui "P'"''d " iVnial.' sch. K.ler the charge nf Miss llerriek. a eert.lie.l each. r. i.i ihe build,..g on Palace Street, lornierly known as Kii-sell AhlM'y. which, wf triuil will meet with the concurrence of the Board. The Misses Higgins are ainions lo have some maps for their srliools. Would they not he ord.-^rc.l li.r llw use of these two very clhcicnt Teachers by the kiiulucrs uf ihc Board I reiii.iiii. dear Sir. Vour obedient »er\iini. TF.RL.NCE 1 1 1 and 1 .Assistant. } (.Miss Nolan.) - i 1 IT.'i fC. Vii. 30 30 7 ScliiMils (^eipial to 10) -III and I III Te ,\s>'l. est'd.l .■■hers. - - I — n ' " K!l I 7tlt> Willi ri'varil lo the aliiue. we we lile evpeiises iil'Mistainiiig a similar he pn sinned to approximate to the Culhiwiiig. mz ; — i Ii .Male Teachers respectfnlly note, that the probii- iftilier uf t'Oinmon Schools, may J om;ill. Oeorge A. Barber. E*| *2 tenia lo ii< •2 (h) dc K.'iit of 10 Si i'uel for hool 11. Ml. (S,''neil on hchali'of C. Trnstets) III - - £600 tw J30 15 . 90 •,>o 200 7 - 70 jC1I.^» 1 . J )NI'.H.L. Toronto, UOih April. lo,V,' To the Board e/ Ctly Triif <:r$. i(r.. \( . Ifc. ^ (iF.XTi.rMFN, — ,\s " riislees nf the Cnlholic Sihools of lliis c iiy. we beg leave, nn behalf of the Calholie inhahilants. lo ~iiliiiiil lln' i. , ,iii,- I nnying slatemenl. diowing llie ninn! . r ami .■hanrter nrmir -i lin.il-. and'allendance at eiuh, wiili llie \iew to nhlatii such prnpnrlioo hirthe current year of ihe School Fiiiids at your di.-posal. .is yon sluill cou-i Jer our minihers are entitled to. It is. perhaps, nniiecessary lo nliserve. thai n sinirmeiil remlereil at diis period of the year caiinni lie taken to repr.-sent liii Iv ilie .-.MT.ise alteiidnnce liir the whole year.— Ihe poverty of a lirge p, riii.ii of oui popuhilion preventing iiiaiiy parens Iroin sending their ill-clad chihlren to school during the winter iiinnlhs. We think it. Iherefere. hut re.Tsonalile t,i CMmpiitn the nnmher likely .; at to attend our srhnols .hiring liie ensuing seven niouihs. al nearly, if not | fully, al'ourth more than i iw represeiileil. and Iriut. vvhatev.r iii.iy he ,; • the amount the Hoard shall see ht to appiirtioii in view of our present numbers, due consideration will he given, al the (;lo>e nf the y ear, M •A'J Inrne uwrtjBK •? !''oh v.'e anticipate onr snmtnar ant! ftll'ii attendance wdl exhibit. The C'>?nmillec on I'rcc SchoolsJo u'ltmi icim rommitlat Ihc Lettett „J T. J. OWcill, Esq, dated thc'Mst March and 'Mk AyrH ta»l, relulu-e lo Ihc Ajiprojiriation of Funds fur Uie suppurl oj Human Calhviw separate Sikouls, hci; lo llepori. : — Tliiit tin: lloinaii (-Htliolie Separate; Schonl.s, wliieh liavo hillicit.i lii'cii ri eo^'ni/.eil liy the Boiiril, are No. II, Male a. id Female Srlimls. in St. I'atriek'.s Market, and No. S, Feiiiulc sell. ml, ill Slanley SUeel; anil these have been under ihe, dir lidii of iwo Coniiiiiltees, 'ippoinird liy the Boaril, under till . iiiiipioi'iisc tiiaile '.vitli tin' Ruiiian Caiinlir inhuhitunts, ill Fel' 'Ml IS.'il. The aiiioiiiit appnipriaied lusl year ''')- Seeiions h.niiif; lieeii voliiiitiirily ilcpriv. liiiir. wiia CllH) .Is., lull Ihc sum apprnpri o Schools, alan average rale of£llUoa"h theii oft' . lOl r i.tinu .1. We pnrtake, equally whl. yourselves, nf the desire to see the bless- ing of education eiijoyed hy all clas.ses. Our aiiii. like yniir own. is to secure for nur voulli that system which is best cakulaled to instruct ami eievai,-. V.',- ii„|„- ,>.»i .tj-i.;., rtiLir. v.-;:; ::r ni.-T .r. :::c rp:r:: "i ripiily, and that the aiuount place.l .it our .lisposal shall be eoinmensu rale with the requirements ol the larger body we reiuesciit. We rimaiii fientlemen. Your obedient servants (.Signed on behalf of Triiolecs. T J. ONEILL With repaid lo the elaiin.s of separate Schools, estalilisheil ! fieenrrling to law. They nre entitfrd, hy tlV?! WfTi si'el. m of the I School Act, lo share in the School Fund, accoidiii^ to tho i averape attenduace of pupils (tho mean iiverage altendiuiee in 1 summer niid winter heinf; taken,) -is compared with the whole I avera;*'.; alten'lHnen n\ ihi. Piihlie Se.lionls. ': The Schocl r^'iind consists of ihe Legislet^ve Grant, and a local .Assessment at least equal lo it in umornt. If the assess- ment fall short of the pran,, tho amount of the grant is proportionately reduced; but if the assessment he (jreator, the grant is not increased. These equal sums united, form, according to the interpretation uf the law hy the Chief %>iJ Ci) of f l2vy iitrnd' ' of Eiluc>>l ■• tlie Coninion -.'iiool ' Art, «nd i> to he apji'ic I solrly tlie p- Ha' ..•I anl O' i.iistcer' for n Scpari^tp School, it tnusi •« grantod, ug 'ii're is no allftfcd crounil f- ' roinplaint. Still, in i of analitieU Tenrb'Tx. If i< ly l-cali'y dio^n Im |j 'u. i i.-usei, tlie luw cviiRiitiy giitmU ugoiiittl nui-li scluxiU l>«iii(F '"ix ever aratc Srhoolg, whetlier l'ioteitiiJls- agr.inst the public Schools of this City, — they having \h'vi\ \ .Mrs -ifany ai/sltm tifrelifiious fiiilli—Bvr ar ciTr/.K.N». Ifeithtr Gstaiilished upon n broad catho'ic hasis, reiKiering the deniand for separate Schools utterly indefensible, upon any sound priiiciple of i>oliticnl justice or morality. It is Alio of the recognised principles of civili/,ed society, that •li liuiil eontrihutc to estahlish and sustain Institutions lnivid('cl that the demand i<(.ltowJMi infringe upon the rights of i imscience. Thus, the rei;ig of society [j demand. There is a universal admissiiui of the rectitude and Iteccssity of co-operation in public alfairs, and of sulimission to 4c burthen imposed to ui)hold those livil iustitutioiis which the majority may deem essential to the social existence or welfare of the whole. party, nienilic.r of lie' boily politic, chi^oseto isolate theniselve.i (Venn the rest of their lello'v citizens on the grounil of boliling to certain religimis opinions : if they refuse to co-operate in nrrangemeiits for the; general gooil whii'h do not at all infringe upon their rights as ri'ligious communities; and, if, thus they voluntarily forfeit the alvantiiges they are invited to enjoy equally with others, the blame rests not with thelloard but with them- selves. Neither the general nor the local Governments of the Slate have any warrant to make laws or to colhxt taxes to build up any system of religious faith whativer. >Such funi'- tions bebnig exclusively to the lawful authorities of leligioiis ccniiniunities. It' Roman Catholic.^ >>r I'rotestants are to share In the moral and political advantages which orise from the promotion of intelligence and virtue In society hy means ofun- sectarian public schools, they are reijuirfil, in justice, to pay for such advantages In common wiih their fellow citizens gei.oi- ally. If either l'l■ote^^tallts or Roman Catholics desire tosufwr- add other schools to indoctrinate their youth with their own IH'cnliar religious opinions, common justice and propriety de- mand th.it it shoulil be doi <; h_ their own agi iicics, and entire- ly at their own cost. The principle is fahe which makes any secular (iJoveninicnt to become a tax-gatherer for churches; and it bears uiijustly and grievously upon those who conscien- tiously re])udiute the; interference of («overmnent in jiroviding for the teaching of sec'.a-ian dogmas, or for the eujiport of reli- gious communities, , Your committee are fully convinced that justii e to society — to every religious persuasion — can never he fully enjoyed but upon the invalnerable ground so highly eulogized by the present Ronion Catholic Archbishop of New York — namely, that Civil (Ivn'rnmrnt has no moral ri^ht to legislate upon the suhjctl of religion. Tluit eminent ecidesiastic, referring to the rights of conscience in other countries being orteii secured by aHirnlativ<^ laws, thus refers to the superior security atl'orded in tliel'nitei! Slates by "a ('oustitiilional .Negation of all power to Legislate on so sacred a subject.'' His words are — "In other countries they arc secured by s(jme positive statute-hero lliey are .safer, under a "onstilutional provision forbidding any such statute to he ever enacted. In other countries toleration was granted hy the I'ivil authority — hero the great mei' "'ho frameil the coiislilution saw, with keen aim delicate perception, that the right to tolerate implied the equal ri.;iit to refuse toleration; ami on hel'aI;'o''tli(; I'liiled States, as a civil government, they lienied aii rigiil io iegtsiale in iiie pi«:ooses, one way oi liieoiiiei ; "Congres.s .shall maki; no law on the subject of religion, or proliihiling the free exercise thereof" The vital principle involved in this interesting quolatinn from th" lecture of the Archbishop is ihe .nily rightful and I'Hicienl iruaranlee for the pnitection of the rights of conscience. Let Anion.', all the instrumenti.lities employed to secure the niinal cU'.utiou, and to promote the best inlerests ol society, none appear to ho more important than ii wise and liberal system of jiuhlie instrucii>n, based upon moral law, but free from sec'.arianisiil. To pioinote intelligenc-e and virtue all admit is better than to punish ignorance and ciimo : to ]..iy by a public tax, for the moral and intellectual improvemcMit of youth (couunilting their instruction in dogma: ie theology entirely to parents, guur.iians, and religimis teachers,) experience has jjrQvod to ue the bcsl public economy. The system of I'ree J- "tiools, rceiitly esi;;blislieil in the eily, ri'sts upon the recog- niiMni if . n eilire equality ol rights and privileges among all classes of citizens. The religious convictions ol'all deiiomina- tion.s have been scrupulously respected, and their rights Ke«lulou»ly guarded by the law under whiidi the schools havi! been established. No Protestant teaclir- can thrust his religious n.iitiinna i*po!i Roitian Culli'*!!'? vuuth-. n'>r c-in ti Romjin Catholic teacher u'lon Protestant youth. In this respect, nur cducatiorMl s;istcm diffen csscntiathi from that of I^ircr Canada : there, the sehoohs of the majority aro essentially sectarian : hero, on the contrary they are emphatically unsectarian, — they aro secular but moral. When, however, twelve resident householders of dilVerent religious faith to the teacher appointed to any School Boctign, or twelve j' red persona, apply to a ii civU rulcra cease iVoiu legislaliug ujjon the subject of rciigioii 9t9i$t andaU w'll be t&fr P •IbIoii r-r the b"t' •r wtl.' ■■ it - ■1 it w|,| aia : it will fiouriBli f pcrty in the city amounU to jC186,983 50.t— of ♦' i» the prep— V"' w i3n giivrrnnirntij wil| 'j"'> (*i ll'w ' ■ 'it' tl the principlo innstiiiK'li us It mm. your C'".nni:ttop, violatrB jirovison tVr the cslnlish- iiieiit ofSertiiriiiii schools wlicre no rennoiinhle cause exists for Ihcir estiihlishiiiriit, that is, in rases where no ri/,'hts are violated, or otleuee is coinniilled against the religious opinions or prejuiliofs of the applicants. The end would huve heen helter uttained liy a legislative negation of all power to intro- duce sectarian religious teaching into any of our I'ulilic Schools. Accompanying the communication of Mr. O'Xeil sulunitted to your Committee, dated the liOth April, isastutement showing that the whole number of Roman Cathcdic Schools in the city amounts to seven, endiracing eleven teachers, one assistant, and "(Hi pu|iils. These include the schools taught by "the Christian Urothcrs." anil "the Loretto Female Scho(.ls." The cost of these as computed by the Ki.inan Catholic Trustees, rickoning the same rate of expenditure as is recpiired for the sujjport of other schools, embracing Teachers' salaries, rent and fuel, amounts to i;il50. This is presented to the Uoard, no iloubt, as a mere ground for cal^ ulation, bnt ntToicls no proper data for the conijiutation I'l 'he amoun' which the parti<'s may legally clain; for the sujiport of the se])arate schools rivognized by the Hoard. In estimating the amount legally due to the Roman Catholic Trustees, assuming the School Fund to be the Government appropriation and an equivalent amount raised by assessment (which is the evident meaning of the act); reckoning the total fund at jCltHK), nml their proportion according to the average attendance us shown by the otlicial returns (about I-I4th) the Mm would be only jC/K. Hut assuming that ihc S. hool Funf the taxation. From the return referred to, your Coininittcc find that the total antual value of the ta.xublo pro- tioii held by Roman Catholics it flVM 1()b. e totn' ••. amount of Sc'ooi Tax for luf "f,i,r at, 3^ currency {mund, VBs £\ V/d; the : ef p> ortion contributed by Roman Cathoii., inhabltarits wasil "3 IBs. Were the sum thuH contributed by the Roman Catholic inhabttants to be placed at the disposal of the Commitfee now superiutendiiiff tlicir ft^par- ate schools— together with their legal share of 'he legislative grant — the sum would fall short of A"2tX): — last year the aiu'juiit was rated by compromise at £',iM. While your Conmiittee cannot too atvoogly repudiate the principle recognized by the j)resent Schrtol Ac*, of giving a Legislative sanction to Separate Schools without any juateauae . for their existence (as in Lower Canada,) they would eeek moiit earnestly, but by other and better means, to guard the rights of every class in the community. Your Committee fear, that to contitme to carry out the principle tiiat tlie Slate should provide means to inculcate Sectarian Religious dogmM ia otu I'ublic Schools, will result, not only in the various B«U&t of Trustees being required, according to the plainest pi4ll«i|)lw mt , political justice, to meet the demand of other RcligiaM* korfliCo. for the cs'ablishment of Denominational Schools, but ] c'-en in the entire destruction of our Educational syftMn.' Vour Committee liavini reason to believe that soil of the Hoard regard the Compromise of last year, relative to the Sep.-rate Schools as having extended morally into this; and having given their views ujion