New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-13
LET Us HAVE THE POPE.

The students Of number of Catholic
colleges in America have been thanking
the Pope Of Rome for elevating Arch.
bishop McCloskey, and his high holiness
is reported as saying:
It seems that the harvest in America is
ripe, and labOrers alone are wanting.
| Preach especially by example, in order to
| CONVEX. that great nation.
The Pope looks complacently gu, toward
field in which the seeds of Catholicism
have been industriously sown for years,
and he believes it is time to commence
rsaping. In every city of any importance
in this country the Catholic Church has
been firmly established. It has permeated
every branch Of government. and its rep.
resentatives are found occupying high
places OF civil trust and in the army and
navy. The true Catholic believes every
other power on earth is subordinate to
that Of the Pope. The Pope is infallible,
and looks upon this great nation as his
own. He has faith in the allegiance of his
followers, and why should he not set up
his kingdom here?
The Protestant church Of America has
no unity Of purpose. In different ways
It strives to make men and women better
The Catholic church strives to make them
Catholics. The Protestants are divided
by the manner of salvation, baptism. COM
mupion. worship, and political and
geographical fence called the Church
South and the Church North, which SUBJ
divides the Presbyterian and Methodist
forces. already weak before the war. Re.
form measures like the adjustment of
slavery. temperance. and the securing Of
hon.: men for places Of trust have never
distu' bed Tie .Iuanimity of the Catholic
Church. 1t is a unit on the worship Of
the N 'ther of Christ. and claims the apos.
ties y priests. 1t has taken deep in.
teres: in our public schools. but only to
root .ut the Bible. or break them up. and
to establish schools where its peculiar re-
ligon should be taught first and useful
knowledge afterward. This has been 60
ing o.. in portions Of America ever since
we hoi a government.
Th. Church Of Rome acknowledged the
exist, nee Of America before Columbus
discovered it. and that ancien: mariner
was il. sense a Catholic missionary. We
did not want to be discovered. but it was
better as it happened, for it saved us the
trouble Of discovering Europe. Colum.
bus had successfully applied for assist.
ance to the King OF Portugal! and to Henry
VII, Of England, without results. FerGi-
nand and Isabella. of Spain, were more
enterpyising and furnished the a!ven:uy.r
with an outfit If three vessels. costing in
all $40, 900, about the expense .; a weeks
horse racing III New Orleans. II WI, a
good speculation for Spain. :or the .ycUr-
sion gave to that government the West
India islands. Columbus 50. No tho cross
on one Q; the Baham.: islands. which he
.-alie! San Salvador. Year, after The
French settlers acquired possession of !
I'll. territory .: Louisiana and So. up
the cross here. After III. !renchiHen
came the Syaniards and obtained posses.
sion OF the territory. sill, bearing the !
cross. The early settlers IL Til, State |
wer. e,ainently religious. bU: no: par
,icu,e-ly fond of being governed. They |
got up an instruction and made war
agains: the Spaniards. This instruction
was put down by the arrival of carpet
Dagger O'Re:lly, who established 3 Cath
olic government called Cabildo. The /!
Cabildo was established in 1863. composed |
OF six regidores, two alc.ldes, an attorney |
e neral. syndic and a clerk, all under the |
control of the carpet-bag military sovers
nor. Judge Martin, the most eminent
which ever came to this
State. informs us in his history that the |
Offices Of the Cabildo government were
sold at public auction. This was demo. }