New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-23
COLORED ROMANISM.
The World announces, with evident satisfac
tion that


The World announces, with evident satsfac
ton, that
"a church in Charleston has Just been consecrated to
the sole OF colOrcd Catholics This ceremony marks
very long step in the work which the Catholic
pie That work was begun upon the close Of the
war and has gone ON, as quietly as steadily, up to the
The Roman Catholic Church ancient and conservative
as She a. has always been quicker of Apprehension than
other Christian bodies to discern when chances or
extension showed themselves as her admirable organl
zaton has always enabled her 10 take more immediate
advantage OF such chances The work which she has now
undertaken is truly q missionary work, among crea-
ss morally as remote U s 81 Ssn ssS XAVIER az
among the Islands OF the She now proposes to contend
with the schoomarms ana the Bureauerats OF new.
England for hel control of the new Africa In America IL
IN by clear that her chances III the strife are not
the best Tho worship Of the Catholic Church its gor-
geous vestments Its pomp OF symbolism. its stately
music, Its ritual would be certain, one would
say ott, to allure the senses ana touch the sensp.
years"
Remarks-Not long after Butler and Far
ragut had restored New-0rleans to the Union,
two intelligent and gentlemanly representa-
tves of the colored people of that city
Laudonnez and Bertonneau by name-were sent
North in quest of guarantees for their contin-
ued reimbursement. In reply to our inqui-
ries they informed us that they We're Catho-
lies, as were some 10000 of the colored people
of their city; but their Archbishop and all his
clergy were red-hot partisans of Slavery and
Secession. Our conclusion was that this would
have to be changed before they got great
many colored persons into their church beside
those born in it.
We trust this effort to win the negroes over
to Romanism will be vigorously persisted in
1t is quite true, as The World says that the
Catholic Church has certain obvious advan-
tages over her rivals in appealing to the
imaginatons of uncultured, semi-barbarous
races But these can only be rendered effect
i've in winning the Blacks by hearty
change of attitude and bearing toward their
race. If the champions of white Mans
Government should inaugurate another rebel
lion in its behalf, Catholic Bishops must not
make haste to order TIE Deum in honor of
its first triling success. The Catholic clergy
must not be all Rebels within the circle of
open revolt, and nearly all sympathizers with the
Rebcllion's purposes outside of that circle. The
Catholic laity must not be thick and-thin par
tsans OF Slavery wherever it exists and of Black
Acknowledgement and yassalage where it does
not. Catholic mobs must not burn Colored
Orphan Asyums and hunt Black women and
children through the streets of our city, seek
ing to torture and kill them for no fault but
their color. In short the general bearing of
Romanists toward Blacks must be radically
changed if the Roman Church is to have
fair chance to win the Blacks to her cOmmu-
Mon.
We trust, therefore, that she is embarkng
in this enterprise with her characteristic ardor
and resolution. Whatever the measure OF her