A CARD To THE PUBLIC.
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LL5 BISHOP HI GHES, unable t' reply TO the
many misrepresentation OF the Public Press IN any
otir. way ,!an by CARD, respectfully begs leave
TO assure the community that lie l. neither w hig
Loco-F -Foco politician of any description.
He does permit hiinselfnor any OF his Clergy
ineGde in the business OF politics He does not ASK


for sectarisn schools, did lie ever. He does sot
ask that any OF the public money should be gwen TO
his denomination, nor did he ever. Any system OF
education which Shal. interfere wlth the religious
right, OF any denomination will satisfy him. The
present system IS not OF TINS description. IL insists
on giving what IS termed thc legal quantity OF re
iisious Instruction. Il has many opponents ia tins
city, on strong constitutional grounds. Let tile Pco
pie examine and Judge for themselves 1t was the
Public School Society or lis friends vino naSe tl-
Schoo. Question po.itica! test and almost succeed
ed in uniting the parties. such, III favor OF the
Society right wrongso that It's opponents, II they
voted at all would have alternative but to vote t0r
the Society and ag0iASt themselves. This Was too
much. The alternative thus forced upon them by
the Public School Society It's friends left them
escape except throwing away their votes on ticket
OF their This the object of the meeting at
Carroll Hall. 1t was not political meeting-neitnor
was meeting of Catholics such, may be seen
By the terms OF the call which ened IL Bishop
Hughes did not DreStde tue meeting. The
persons composing that meeting unanimously deter
mined 10 support no man ~ho was pledged TO the
Public School Society Bishop Hughes approved
dccided!y and continues 10 approve si this deteriu
nation. The.e arc the facts OF the but between
thi, and meddlug IN politics he draws wide dis
tiucon.


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