The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING,

SYMPATHY WITH THE POPE.

Yesterday a meeting of the Roman Catholic
clergy of the archdiocese of Dublin was held in the
Cathedral in Marlborough-street, under the
suitable presidency of Archbishop Cullen, for the
purpose of adopting an address to his Holiness the
Pope, " expressive of their sympathy at the perse-
cutions he is at present subjected to." here are
the resolutions, with the names of the ghostly pro-
posers and seconders :

"Proposed by the Very Rev. Monsignor Yore,
V.G., P.P., seconded by the Very Rev. Dr. O'Con-
nell,P.P. :

" Resolved,—That this meeting views with grief
and abhorrence the violent and sacrilegious inva-
sion of the territories of the church which is now
being perpetrated, together with the efforts un-
ceasingly made to undermine the legitimate autho-
rity of the Sovereign Pontiff; and that we repu-
diate as false and calumnious the charges so
unsparingly uttered by the enemies of the Holy
See, and industriously propagated by the anti-
Catholic press, against the paternal government of
the Supreme Pontiff. _

'Proposed by the Very Rev. B. Russell, P.P,;
seconded by Canon M'Cabe, P.P.:

" Resolved,—That the temporal government of
the Holy See, most venerable for its antiquity,
most legitimate in its origin, and most providen-
tially secured and preserved for so many ages
for the benefit of religion, is justly deemed neces-
sary for the freedom of the Church and the indepen-
dence of the Sovereign Pontiff in its government.
An attack, therefore, upon the temporol dominions
of the Church is, not so much a violation, however
unjust, of the supreme rights of a most august and
venerable temporal ruler, as a sacrilegious invasion
of the Church and an injury inflicted on the whole
Catholic body throughout the world.
" Proposed by the Very Rev. Canon Redmond,
P.P., seconded by the Rev. T. M'Namara, C.M.,
Phibsborough :
" Resolved—That a humble address of condo-
lence and sympathy with our Holy Father the Pope
under his present severe trials, be prepared in the
name of this meeting, and that his Grace the Arch-
bishop be respectfully requested to forward this
expression of our sentiments for presentation to his
Holiness.

" Proposed by the Very Rev. Father Curtis, S.J.,
seconded by the Very Rev. Monsignor Meagher,
V.G., P.P. :

" Resolved—That we call upon the Catholic laity
of all classes, and especially on our Catholic repre-
sentatives in Parliament, on gentlemen of station
and property, on the members of the Catholic and
Liberal press, and all who possess political, social,
or literary influence, to unite with us in defence of
the unjustly assailed character and prerogatives of
their supreme Pastor, and in support of the sacred
and inalienable rights of the Church.
" CULLEN, Archbishop, &c., Chairman."
The speeches will not be published until to-
morrow—probably with a view to their correction
under the censorship of the apostolic delegate. In
the absence of the substance, the Ultramontane
Morning News gives us this faint shadow of the
proceedings :

" The Catholic clergy of the archdiocese, headed
by their revered Archbishop, met yesterday in the
Cathedral to give expression to the deep feelings of
sympathy and concern with which the trials and
afflictions of the Supreme Pontiff have filled the
hearts of his spiritual children. It was a moment-
ous occasion, and nobly has it been availed of.
Upwards of 140 dignitaries and priests of the arch-
dioccss assembled to proclaim with unanimous
voice the sentiments of the Irish Church and nation,
and to give utterance to the feelings of indignation
and honor with which the sacrilegious outrages
offered to the venerable Father of the Faithful have
filled all truly Catholic hearts. The revered Arch-
bishop of Dublin, who presided over the meeting,
give a most lucid exposition of the position of the
Holy Father, as regarding his temporal authority,
and with great clearness and force pointed out the
evils and calamities which would be certain to over-
whelm society if once the anarchical doctrines of
the Italian infidels and socialists came to be put in
practice throughout Europe. The admirable die-
course of the archbishop was ably seconded and fol-
lowed up by the other very rev. and rev. speakers
in proposing a series of resolutions. Of the
speeches deliver'd we shall say no more than that
they were in every way worthy of the great occa-
sion which called them forth, andof the fame of the
Irish priesthood for eloquence and for earnest Ca-
tholic feeling."

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