The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-11
MORNING, OCTOBER IL 1866. Il

Tbe National Council Or5thesROpahn
Catholic Church nov In Session In
Baltimore.
FEonl he Nei0 York tribune eCEse Sth. -
The meeting Of the Archbishops and
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
in the United States, which opens to-
morrow. at BaltimQre, Is naturally the
subject of considerable interest for all
citizens of the United States, irfespet-
tive of creedss The Churehlwhich these
dignitaries represent, is mo longer q
stranger In ourland. During the nine
" years ofi0nEs national existence. the
number of Bishops has increased from
one to forty-seven (amopg Whom are
seven Archbtshops,) and the number of
priests from about so to 200. The
population connected with the Church
Is estimated atleastiat 4, 600, 600, a ntlIa.
Der exceeding that of any other par
ttcular sect, except the combined de-
nominations of Meth6dfsts. Thus, the
Bishops assembled In Baltimore repre-
sent, not something foreign to our land,
but a considerable portion Of our own
mutton. 1t adds to the interest of the Bal
timOre Council thatthe Roman Catholics
are more numerous than all other re-
tgtous denominations in the civilized
world, taken together, the total popu-
lation nominally conneetedf with It
cOuntingl about 190, ,OO0, 900, while the
population nominally connected with
the Protestant sects, number only l95,-
ab6utf 70 200 fO0. 4 :, ~, II,'..1
coITSt,v n 70 az SHtt1s SStn
VINO viii Eesd tha "a ~, TS,i
Gil with intense Interest. Thew gem
orally Know that as Louis Napoleon
recently stated in his mAnifesfo, the
time will soon come when the United
dian ii1O0f016 ~ nsSSis y I |, u tISn,'
onri cofI itrT SIyiII 4rSISs =
nuc iSI1sr tiI1,IIeSs n =, ~ a., q
lie fflhhbitants and OF RSHib n n & ia CsthoTic
bishops than any count ~ iii The wosId!
and IN Gathoiic eoI1TsStiSns % 9 c0,5tS;I,9 sSi1s
INC rerfessii lives ~ al NE co1I,tsiaS
Of the world, the "a IDS 81 ina I1SitaS 1Siis
States NAV Soon T;;;TIrI SS
iThere ID anothet consIF 3ers fi5T,i ,;vI,fc,l
gives to the meetinR in BaI Itin6Sra :
special impoTtance for Catholics and
Catholics, from fAmeriSanS snS
Americans. This is t6a @ NM no
strained freeiom with witch tSa TSisS5
OBS OF the East and West Of the Sonth
and North. and tha baaAs 5oSaS SS,S.St
masonic orCSersi az have been astS ,i;Sba2S
among us NAV fiieet f,ccof6in5s = to the
the call Of the Pope. and In HseihrFIa nse
mission has 10 be- asl,ed of nv A.; 1aS,I
6T State ai1fIiSTitv. 81 .l4
Tn5n tbeir SsiibsS5, in15. h Is Is put
asked Of them tx Shays Si,130 SSSS sS..t
laws: and yy6en fI,eiy tSSs Itats i.a..e
bean fpDroved nv The P6SSs 4SaS3 - "
proclafm then1 Il evSFsy Sts1S "a ,,1f
fage, and enforce them by means Of
at theft COMMAND. yThe diffsESI,t. aeSe ~
fhis resnect hetSE,,, t,.1S ~
the connf ries Sf iTTons ;s sstyitgtI,sr tTs, ttAT
France, Italy, Spain. PortnGal. lEnStlist
Prussia. and Russia nSl n ! 49,
Council !couId4 meat u 5itbo%t4 tha
preVious 'permissi6TStIi 6F tic .SI,7
ernme1t. Most q 76f.ffl tIh ~ ~
ernInenfs yyoTIFS ahsinIIitaix, [erI1ig5a M
pernfssiou. IL asIEefI s,ef ID sim cIe,stIN
proved Nv the lfaGf that fy,SiichS K, W.
Pone and FisFions dss'rs thai e9.I,t ~
and BfshoI5s- Prhryincisl TvbicigS 49,
brace the Bishous of nm EcCl SstSt5
ProviIlhe and Nstfnnat = lii Az Z, tsSls
brScs ali ti1e t3iS fSy1sS 81
shGnld meet a + stateTl M tsryaiS tt{sI5Ss
oils ri al
faTf fIIe CnIv 1GtS 5jSs ~, 13o9t 70 M
class IN r,1bderi, yjSett titst ISI,is5
by the German ,Bishops AZ WrrzbI,r1t
in iS4o. when the viSt t6rioms Tsyo1nti655,'
had r5roclaiTtaIts n saoS 4 tio1 AZ ~
and State and thh reEast X ISIisbn e1,t ~
German Empire. Thus the verG fact
Of n Grand Shti6,, Sy,,t Nh
taken plaCe ifhIIfha TTnifnda fSfSfhIsi
without anV 6TIfyT;iiSa1 Sr SyS,, tIS' 1,'tIes.'
itV HAVING The ref5otest Ids ~ ~ tS,.
iferino in the least viii, tbe1 ltl1;ta,,
rights of Bisb,,ns. : to- ,,ass a,,'5
enforce anv TeuoiStions 49,.
pIeasa ia an sa1o5IIaGt a,9,,aa1 x
the Whole 2 RoF1SS SFstl1oIic - ,,i,SS4
ulation of the, TgnTIiis On tho ,,,I1SSIs
the sympathies of tho heads ~ III,
Chnrcb in EnroD I,eT,e ~ E1tas,,' ,;tIs
not Deen WIN @
Popes. not exsITES;ns .9ISSs GIEs' TVS ,,oI,e ane
never ceased to 'con1t' the, fraerIIon, "
religious wors6in' freef,oIn IL tSa 'I1,,,ss, ol
ana other InstfiiIfions S,5;cI, si.o P5S, ,1Ss.3,
dear td the a SiS+iSeI SitiaeI,s; Htoss 9t1ta
the fundRmentsI errors r ,,S1tS,,Ts 1.iS.;I
izations But the dSgnftaries1 and Iif tho
leading organs of that Clnrcl' cenpot
shut their Eve; ae, nst Tho ~ "a y
that the forms Sf s9fSverntnsnt 1,bfcISi
they have favored most. have aiWays
uniformly refused to the Church abso-
lpte fFeedom, while The disliked free in