Blanc, Bishop Anthony, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Father Matthew Bernard Anduze, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1842 September 24

Anduze's note of this morning asking for permission to celebrate Mass would indicate that he did not receive Blanc's letter of the 21st. If he did receive it, his action only confirms Blanc's belief that Anduze does not have the moral dispositions to ascend the altar. After publishing his letter of August 30 he asks to celebrate Mass without any preliminary reparation. In the meeting of the clergy on the 23rd, Anduze withdrew his statement that Father Stephen Rousselon's appointment was nul. But does he not feel that he revoked this withdrawal by publishing that he was not free in his opinions in this meeting, that he had been "kidnaped." Blanc has, up to now, avoided any censure against Anduze, strictly speaking, so that he could certify him truthfully in case of need, but if Anduze brings it on himself, Blanc cannot do otherwise. What Blanc has said in this letter is dictated by a real interest he still has for Anduze. Copy French