Friend to Religion, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 September 18

This is a request for a priest. There is a great need in the new and developing settlements. Many people would like to hear an English-language sermon—even people of other faiths. Many of the priests in such areas disgrace themselves and give scandal by their behavior. The writer decries such clergymen, saying that dignity is important to any clergyman, especially Catholic. The writer advises the abolition of parish trustees, for they turn out a priest at will if he should not happen to be a Frenchman. Father James Blake, the last priest at Pattersonville, was a good man unjustly driven away. Some people are forced, for lack of a priest, to go to other places of worship. :: VI-2-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.