The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-16
New Orleans.
tCorrespond-nce OF the Herald.l
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New ORLEANS, Nov. 5, 1913.
Hubbub among the Catho'ics-A full history of the
Quarrel beDeen the Wardens of st Louis Cattle.
drai and Bishop Blaneh- Great Meetings OF the
Laity.
The dlfhculties'in the Catholic Church, to which
l alluded in previous letter, have taken more
serious turn in the last dav or The resistance
made by the wardens OF the Church OF st. Louis to
the power claimed and exercised by the Bishop, Of
absolute appointment of Citrate hasbee en- condemned
and opposed by the whole Irish and German Catholic
population. The Irish held an immense meeting
last night, at which resolutions asserting the most
conservative ecclesiastical principles aud strongly
condemning the course OF the Wardeus, were
passed amid much uproar and excitement The
meeting was In every respect but IN It's object a
very respectable one.
The important principles involved in this dispute
will justify my entering fully into IT, Ii seems
that the Church of ST. Louis whose time stained
Cathedral stands In the very centre OF the city,
and ls endeared by the jndest associations TO more
than halt OF our native citizens, rests on dfer
ent foundation from any Catholic Church In the
country. The properly owned by the Corporation
OF ST. LOUIS which IS Immense, was devised to the
church by private individuals, and has always been
administered by the Wardens OF The Church AT a
very early period in It's history, when under the pas
tora charge OF Pere Antoine, the beloved Cure Of
the Church at is first establishment, the wardens
and parshlones, supported by their curae protest
ed successfully against the claim OF the Bishop to
rule them dd ttbitHm.
This spirit OF restlessness, under ecclesiastical
power, has ever since characterized this congrega-
ton The late Able Moree, by his excellent charac-
Ter and great discretion, Tor u long time restrained
and sm0thered this feeling But at his death II
broke out with increased violence. in onpositon
TO the Bishops nomination of Able More - sue
cessor. The B shops Obs'inacy is IN The in
verse ratio OF his discretion He is a French.
man by birth. and has no conception II
the spirit OF our people and institutions, and
thought TO suppress the opposition by show OF &C.
clr slasucal power So he denounced the wardens,
communicated them, and declared that if they
did not lake prizes, Of his nomination, they might
shut up their church and go without one.
Now this might have succeeded with Spaniards,
Italians irish, bait with The descendants OF the
French revolulioniss and native Americans, it had
quite different eff.c,. They took The priest at his
own word, shut up the church, and thereby shut of
the supplies from the priest and his clt rlcal col
leagues. In an appeal TO the people, the wardrns
were suppoItedby three to one of the Darlshioners
The priest began 10 open his eyes, and slack
| ened the rens OF authority. compromise wss
effected by the withdrawal OF the Bishops nominee
| and the appointment OF curate, with whom The
Wardens were satisfied, and thus the strife seemed
perm sncnty settled and adjusted. But alas Abbe
Bacn fell victim to the yellow fever.
Ia filling his vacancy the old gu ,rrel broke out
atresh. The Wardens now set forth their grounds
of opposition more distinctly and definitely, They
claim right oil veto or of confirmation rejection
Of the Bishops nomination. They insist that such
power Is necessary 10 protect them from priests
and curates, who may be dlsagreeable 10 them, az
UNFIT as strangers nd foreigners enemies 10 our In.
stitulions, or as men of immoral character; and
they only claim the power in such cases
In this stand the wardens have been supported
by the whole Creole population. AT a very large
m Getting at the st. Louis Exchange, the opinions
and views of the wardens were embodied in series
| of bold and determined resolutions, susta lining the
course OF the wardens, and ccndemning The Bishop
| hist
| ops party, composed chiefly Of Irish and
Germans, anathemaIzed the Wardens, and
asserted the Bishops unqualified and absolute
power of appointing all the spiritual officers OF the
Church. The Paddles were very violent, and
damned the French and Creoles in the most Ca
tholc style. In the mean time the disputan's have
not kept out of the Courts or the newspapers The
wardens had the point carried before the Supreme
Court, which decided in their favor, that they
The appointing power Of The Church The Bishop
hurs back an old bull of Pope Leo XII which you
alter much abuse OF the wardens for their resistance
on similar occasion, and begging them 10 return TO
their duty. he makes the following orieht sugges
ton: =" And should they not, which God forbid,
wise legislators OF the Republic whose duty and in.
tenton II is TO support the Catholic worship, will
yield 10 the demand OF the wardens OF New Or.
leans" SO the matter now stands. What will be
the sequel Of il cannot tell | think, however, the
wardeD, backed by the civil power, and by the S..
news OF war, whether ecclesiastical, political civil
or physical, will triumph, and convince the Rish,
Rev. Antonio B!anch that he has chosen the wrong
field for the display of Ills hlerarchica powers am
myself personally Indifferent and neutral the
test, as much so as the woman In the fight be-
cen her husband and the bear.
Nothing has transpred concerning the delacation
IN the Louisiana State Bank. Although we have
nondescript body called Board Of Currency, whose
duty is to overlook the banks and warn the public
ct their d-hcienclps-publlsh weekly accounts OF
their conditions, NC, yet II seems this very heavy
deialcaton mas taken place under their noses, with
out a suspicion entering their vigant minds. So
much for legislative guards on banks! The wharf.
niger OF the second Munpality informed me that
toll ten Thousand persons have landed within that
Municipality In the pat two weeks.
More specie-per brig Mercury from Jamaica, and
per schooner Commerce from same place, about
$4,000
The Nicholas Biddle arrived yesterday with Sol
Smith stock company for the st. Charles. Sol has
been very busy ornamening and finishing the exile.
rlor OF the new theatre, and very handsome eoi
flee it will prove. 1t will open IN a week. | will
attend and give you iuIl description OF the theatre.
actors. &c. The Amercan, under the auspices OF
Mrs Seton, is also getting ready for very brilliant
season. ORLEANoIs.