Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-04-05
from the New York Evening Express.

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From the New York Evening Eqpress.
CATHOLICISM, Roman CATHOLICISM, GREEK
CATHOLICISM, CHURCH OF ENGLAND CArHoL-
lc1sM, AMERlcANIsM, &c'-The Evening Post
dissects and discusses an article of ours, and
thinks it finds contradiction in it.
I'VE pass by lit says) the bunder Of the
Etpress respecting the Greek Catholics, who
are distinct from the members of the Greek
Church, and are as obedient subjects to the
Church of Rome as any Others"
Blunderer corrects an imag mary blunder
here, we think. Russians are Greek Cath
olics-but hostile to Rome. Greeks of Ath-
ems are Catholics-but not Roman. Every
body knows the history of the early divis-
ions of the early Greek and Roman Churches
with one capitol at Rome, the other in Con-
stantinople. Episcopalians are Catholics
and claim to be the only true Catholic church
But, continues the Post:
1t is evident that the distinction which
the Express seeks to make between the Lou
isianS Catholics and those of other States has
no foundation. The Roman Catholics OF all
parts of the United States deny that they
owe temporal allegiance to the Pope. We
should, for our part as readily trust the pa
triotism Of a Catholic who lives in the State
of New York. as that of one who lives in
Louisiana. They all acknowledge the Pope
as the head of their church. In eccleslasti-
cal matters, they all submit to his authority
in temporal matters, none OF them acknow-
ledge him as their sovereign. The Catho-
lies OF F?ance themselves bsw to the author
ity which proclaims the doctrine OF the I'm
maculate Conception as doctrine OF the
Latin Church. The Nativist newspapers OF
this country have abounded with rldlcule OF
that doctrine; yet is received BY the Louis.
lana Catholics, who have just been welcomed
to the great National Council of Amencans
held at Philadelphia
Some truth. and some untruth here. The
Gallo Catholic Church, and the Irish Cath
oIic Church, practically differ as much as a
Frenchman and an Irishman. The latter is
often the tool of the priest; the fo1sner sell
dom. if ever. The Priests rule Ireland the
army or the Emperor rules France Inc
Pope is everything in Rome, Venice. Naples,
Padua, Milan. Florence, but only pupplt Ill
Paris What "spirituar' and what etempo-
ral' allegiance is, are words admitting OF
many definitions. The Roman Hierarchy In
America must owe the Pope of Rome tenn
porar' as we'll as 'spiritua'' allegiance
for from him they hold their offices-have
their honors,-and upon him, In everything
they depend for bread. To say, then: sue n
servants give their master no temporal allie
glance, is to utter absurdity The Pope is the
temporal and spiritual head over their church
and they are his servants. They are his sub
iects, lust As much as in Austria. Russia. or
Spain. people are the subjects of their master,
E,or ord parappOnnt RpSlNP-
there is such a close connection between
spiritual and temporal allegiance, that the
first often runs into and abscrbs the last.
Give us the spirit, the soul, the brain OF a
man, and you may have his body. lie who
owns the head and the heart, owns about
al of man worth having. The question.
then, dividing us from the Catholics OF the
Church of Rome, is-not necessarily ques-
ton OF religion-but a question Of politics.
in this~-that if they give allegiance to Rome,
they are unfit subjects to share with us cit
izen self-government To be subject OF
Rome, and citizen of the United States, is an
impossibiIity But when a Catholic, es-
pecially a Gallo Louisiana Catholic, native
born, tells us-Rome is but the mere nominal
head of his church. as was the Archbishop OF
Canterbury head OF the English Episcopal
Church ir America before the American
Revolution-we listen to him. and credit hlm
especially if in his works. he works out h's
professions. In ecclesiastical matters-the
French and German Roman Catholic Church
at Buffalo would not submit to the Pope, nor
to Monsignor Bedini. the Papal .ncio. In
other Roman Catholic Churches, say IN the
Hartford (Conn) Church, like resistance was
made by Roman Catholics. Such Catho.
lies, even if they have the "Christian name, u
Roman" will do for us-Abecause IN the
principle ofresistance to his Roman monarchy
is involved allegiance to America-both IN
ecclesiastical and temporal matters.
Nor have the Catholics of France bowed to
the immaculate Conception dogma-but
on the contrary. intelligent and independent
Gallo Catholicism has stoutly resisted It.
| Ponderous tones have been written egdlnst
it by men high in the Roman Church-and
the Pope dare not excommunicate them, be-
cause they are in France-whereas, # the
more subservient Roman Hierarchy in the
| United States were to manifest any such IN
dependence, some Bishop Hughes, or Bishop
Timon, or C'Reilly, would soon put them
under interdiction, and assign them to the
Devil in this world and the next. The no.
man Catholic Church in America, out OF the
French and German settlements, IS mainly
an Irish Roman Catholic, generally under
Irish Government in the free States, and as
different in its practices as are the customs
of France and Ireland. In Louisiana, the
Catholics pay just about the same respect ia
s'the Immaculate Conception as we do-nc
more. If the picture Of the Virgin is good
one, we have no objection to give 1T ARTIST,
worship. The Virgin of Raphael would
extort from us anywhere species OF adora,
ton. Science and the arts are worshlpped
among the Creoles of Louisiana, and some
very young virgins may believe what priest
whispers in their ears-bnt among the mas
ses. the value Of "a winking Madonna there
would be only estimated by the skill and art