Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-10-20
Communicated.
r~HECATHOLIC CHURCH
LANDING.

MR. EDITOR 1T is With Certain feel.
OF regret that we are forced to thru,
these observations before the Cathol;c
pnbiia OF our parish. However obscure
peaceful or useful may be a wel.wishei
10 a community, the oficiousness &c
small namoer sometimes causes him "a
say a word ia justification OF his actia,s
Now, sir, The Church Of st. John ma
Baptist at Braly Landing, was Income.
rated by an act Of the Legislature uanv
years ago. The immense majority Il
white persons and families ATTENDING AZ
OF the Catholic creed, OF faith, not profps.
sion. This corporation is supervised. Oh
one part, by seven gardens, chosen At
public elections and REPRESENTING tbe
temporal Interests ; on tie other, bv tbe
jCufale, representing the spiritual az well
as the temporal and matelial. CORPORA.
tons of all kinds enjoy their powers.
rights aud prerogatives as defined by shs
Civil Code. They have little uoye,u.
ments of their owe. No one, not even
stockholders, can claim the privilege Of
directing how affairs shall be MANAGED
after selecting their " fanctioparias
During possession of Office all must abide
by what they say CT do-iasi, sensible.
or not.
At n Of our last meetings, we intro-
duced, discussed and passed a resolution
to the intent and pnrport of requesting
all persons attending church during reli.
gious service not to iDjure the materials
of The building, to behave exterioriy 90
as not to disturb the worshippers, and ia
event OF noncompliance, they would be
requested by one Of the wariens to re.
move their persons outside Of the church
and it's enclosures, aud then, If r~efracto-
ry. they would be prosecuted according
to law. Was it unjust? Were we wrong?
Is not the entire community interested 7
No later than last year We Incurred debts
for various purposes Of our administers
tion--among them to repair, repaint and
Augment our pews, so that in these hard
times the burden Of purchase might be
lighter to all. Aud we have seen ..eo-
teeiIooking and apparently weIi-bred
young persons, talking, laughing, cutting
pews, ETC., during divine service and as
suredly disturbing its tranquil cohsun.
nation. Are there not other p.aces Of
general resort where time can lie idied?
Shall divine service lie allowed to pro-
coed OF shall we forget the Alnishiy?'
BaG for "doipg that : cc.a'e a Thousand
reproacbes, fall e upon on @s~~
sate heads and p~;ttiless
not? Was ut Calico
saying the Earth movet
ped? Curious world I
iably, our reverend Curat
cape. He shares a b'
cradle wardens. &.
licious'y cast upon
~in6uence means con,
Sion, we say this 10
You need a Curate IL
lamented When you
ged aud prayed for
sentatives We must
sires aud necessitis S.
control over our delib.
perhaps, mean influence over
aud minds of bis fold /; and, in that C
we sincerely hope ibe gutatIon Is trt
aud that he may contIl 10 WELD lta
long as your God and will give bin
breath. For, in our molest opinion, you
have been highly blessed in possessing
him for your pastor. No man, woman OF
child who knows the Rev. MIR. BLANcdAa.
IN. or heard his name mentioned, bat VIII
attest to all his virtues. unless their ha'
tired of him be inveterate. Now, to dImln-
inish bis immensurable zeal for our com
mou welfare, spiritual and even temporal,
is, IN our opinion, uui /. AS 10 ourselves,
we but tried to secona his vast energies
now, let the disaHected step into our
place and do better. With the plaudits
Iof conscience ne are content to leave the
stage. Consider oar forced reflections
and perhaps !you may think Of the iameh-
tation of the Arch-enemy:
$50 farewell hope, and with hope farewell fesf'
Farewell remorse; all good to me 8 LOST.
7. BLANCHARD, President
Alfred BabT, Alfred Hebert, J. A. Ian,
dry, Belesaire Landry, Ros'd Hsoert aha
Adams Hebert, Wardens.
At the recent Petersburg convention