The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-15
SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH Is. 1868.
AFFAIRS In ST. JAMES PARISH.
Special Correspondence Of the New Orleans Crssesnt
PARISH OF ST. JAMES, March 8, 1865

PARISH OF ST. JAMES, March Q, 1868.
We have had in this parish two radical meetings
Of the pepper-and-salt type, composed chiefly Of
almost beardless young men, whose extravagant
oratory ventiatiDg the system Of politics run mad
which they have adopted, beautifully illustrates
the Spanish proverb, Poca bdTbd, poca GER
gienzd." At one Of those meetings, ]. Gentil,
Esq., editor Of the Louisianais, and a Republican
in stern contradisbnction to the modern manscs
who have assumed that time honored cognomen,
insisted on hearing. in spite Of the exclusive
article in the wire pullers' patform-that no tout
siders" should be permitted to expose the heresies
of the radical creed. Eloquently and logically
did Mr.. Gentil (pointing to the stars and stripes
that futtered in the breeze) plead his right to
discuss public questions on the public domain |;
while, with the tact of an advocate, he convicted
tn fre.and-fsggot incendiaries there present. Of
the most shameless cffrontery in stealing Republi.
can livery to serve the cause Of despotism In.
Pere Recullon, who figured at the opening OF
the State Fair, and who Is now preaching the
Lenten sermons at the ST. Louis Cathedral, cleo
trifed the congregation at the parish church of
St.James, not long since. The gist of his eo
quent discourse, was the false idea Of liberty, so
prevalent in modern society. After demonstrat-
ing that the most clamorous for liberty are pre-.
cisely those Who, by their intolerance and
Others, the reverend preacher defined in
what true liberty consists, and marked the
limit beyond which II cannot 60 without injuring
society. 1t is almost needless to observe that
Father Recullon particularly insisted that human
liberty, like every human activity, must be regu-
lated by the law Of God (; and then, having CON-
pletely exhausted the subject, in q sermon Of
nearly an hours duration, he deduced the corol-
lary-that as the liberty Of Christian truth Is de-
signed to save the human soul, so Is the liberty
; Of Christian politics the savior Of peoples
nationality.
must not omit alusiOn to the two institu.
tions OF learning, which, more than anything
else, are the distinguishing characteristics Of
this parish, and Of whatever fame it may have
outside of its own, or the States boundaries.
One of these institutions Is the far-famed " Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart,n now under the pre-
siding care of the equally famed Madam Shan.
non. Who does not know Madam Shannon, and
who does not recollect the multiplicity of re-
sources she employed, IN her 01on tody, to ALE
viate the hard-hearted concomitants of our late
internecine struggleg The other educational es-
tablishment is known as est. Mary-Jeferson
College," under the conduct of the Marist
Fathers, Of whom Pere Recullon is one. Both
of those institutions are suffering, In common
with the whole community, from the effects OF
the false politics and false policy of our baleful
rulers.
In spite Of the depressed circumstances of the
country, however, the alumni Of the college
passed the eeniannual examination very credit
aby-having first entertained and delighted dis
eliminating audience by magnificent "exhibi-
uon," which embraced music and song, senti.
mental recitations and patriotic speeches; laugh
able dialogues and side-splitting comedies-alter-
mating in English, French, Spanish, and. | believe,
German. OF this last am not perfectly certain,
but am sure that German was included in the ex.
amination for had the hardihood to intensity
the ordeal of one Of the pupils, by putting the
question: "Wie ciel geld hdben sic ," And then
TO show our erudition we asked another: " Cudl
es Ia rdzon mas inlporfante para hdbldr STEM.
pre- la uerddd?" 20 which the cunning young sha-
yer, rs II divining our sentiments, replied: "Que
los ldbios nenfirosos de los rodicdles son Ia a60
nssnocion del senior n de los horsbres i'
While on the question Of education, may as
well observe that many OF the public schools Of
this section are closed, and the efficiency Of the
rest destroyed not less by the action OF the crazy
conventionista lately exhibiting in your city than
by force Of our depleted State treasury. Fully
alive 10 the practical wisdom embodied in that trte
adage, Better TO play for nothing than work for
nothing some Of the school teachers have re-
tired land small blame to them) from the onerous
duty Of teaching the young idea how to shoct."
But, what with the hardness Of the times, and
what with house full Of babies to provide for,
and with whole years salary unpaid, greatly
fear that the professors wonted osiufn cum di1-
nitdte," will be minus the dignitdte; somewhat
like the poor lrshman's dinner of potatoes and
roast beef, which was just that. barring the
beef!" Pducre professs,ri "Iid me missret."