Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-27
puritan var UpOn DE CathOli0s.

TIE Roman Catholic Bshop Of NalchtE having re-
Gently failed 70 comply with the orders o. the military
u,hordes in that quarter 70 pray for the Pfesaeh' Of
80 United States, Was summarily bariihed nom MS
{ aud incurred % take up his residence acros' the
Ar in The village Of YdAls, La, reporting regularly
,bs Provost Marshal and inhibited from holding writ
"a communication with any one. His cathedral Was
sd a the same time aud converted to secular uses
~, bih handed MEASURE can scarcely be Withou! i'm
r,,,aut influence upon the Ca.holc Irish, from whom
Al, drawn 90 much Of the armies Of the United Safes
Al, triests cannot be blind to the ultimate degree to
vaOh these enerOaohmsnss will be carried or s'Anu
.r5aissiye under these heaVy-hauded intertsrences
9TH their saesrdctal Offices Taey must surely CON-
u-sAsnd that n quietly endured, the Puritan splrt o.
New EazlAnd viii become more and more aggressive
ss a,miusnt With The military authorities OF the Uailo'
a.ss and will be enOoufagsd 20 iurther nteriefeness'
l,,xip0. indeed, 20 radical eonEOA over
en- nrlsgtbood Of the Catholic OhuroA--
rbIs i the manifest tendency OF PdTitansm, a.
~, ia,olsrant and grAsPirg aiies supremacy over
ana, =. lgious Convictions and obserVanses OF men
Egs, have recently served to develop this spirit to
sv ,csiyty. The newly sppoatsd Archbishop oil Ba.'
20, soa!d ng, and Archbishop AcOlOskJ, the sue
-, N ths chair Of Archb shop Hughes we're both
Gala o their high functions ia opposition TO ihs views
gf tb4 Yankee Premier, communicated through bis am
L.s-s5,, 10 the Pope at Rome. The New YORK
y,5b.-. declares both 70 be Wanh IN
,.,,o,r sympathy for the var spirit against
ana ropl, OF the Coniederas States The same jour
ma, Irs7,e finds IN see working Of the CstloLe Church
go,s-r-eaL matter adverse TO the authority oi tie
mir S,stes-as, for example, in the fact that 10
priest can be s.n. BY the Bishop Of New York
81, P.rrsylyania within the limits Of 4 Confederate
,,,,.s v,hou, tho permission Of tho Bishop Of that
ss,e ,soh excludes priests from tie Federal armies.
Alsaer act OF sgsFess o. Is the arrest OF the ed0r
= 4 p-opriesor-NullAly-Of tbs NstroPottaH Hee0ra
L, s. y York, leading Catholic Journal for the PI0l-
c,loo OF political a. selas touching the war
ia aggressive Puritan spirit, fortunately for man
l..f ba, always been characterized BY nEemPeraHeS
lack Of policy. Intense cOncsit an imPerious dog
...m. aud an ieonoclAste tendency have ever con-
Glad 10, councils aad mpelled lie leaders AMI z3AOts
~ ,snature impohu0 ac.s and measures against those
- nav ofsRd is ssnctinoniOus professions to the
,,sDcroly OF rishlgousDes As consequence there
rs s.ays soon rallied spirit Of opposition sufficient 70
Ls successful defence tor the time against the en-
co o. meats Of Puri,anism. The signs OF the tmes in
w rt5 indicate that the arrogant subVersiVe and re-
az s6isl purposes which would subordinate the spirit
-, 70 ,s TEMPORAL power must shock, in serious COLI
sin no, merely the large boiy ., Roman Catholics
Llt every Christian organ on hat claims Tor i1seh
anything ks dignity or saeFedness in rite or discipline
Oh sggrelzou would not be borne viii patience had L
avn been ksp. wshn narrower bOuads. WeoAarO: but
hops that the hand Of Providence Is already guiding
s,ens os the protection Of man against this new aud
mena..g form Of sae Puritan spirit, the aninAtDg es
ssaOs Of which, Lev formerly, is pride in the earthly
tSusrs oi strength that themselves have buded,
a.d the supremacy Of the miscsled higher law"