The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-24
NEW YORK HERALD.
The Catholics In Philadelphia In Motion
PrOgress OF the Division OF Parties.

We publish in this days paper very importaI
address, issued by meeting of Catholics held
the Catholic Cathedral of Philadelphia, relative {
the recent melancholy insurrection, murders, an
confAgrations, in that city. This movement vii
be regarded with great interest not only in thu
country, but abroad throughout the civilized world
inasmuch as it may be considered another step II
the line of conduct originated in Carroll Han III
this city, under the sanction OF Bishop hughes OF
this diocese line of conduct which must inevi'
tably divide the Christian community OF this Union
into two great antagonist partles-the Catholics
and the Protesants.
The tone and spirit of the address are temperate
and dignifed, and in this respect present very
gratifying contrast to the violent and infammatory
language of the opposing party. But the authors OF
this address are quite mistaken in assuming that all
the offence committed on the other side. Az
we have again and again affirmed. on the ground
of undeniable facts, which are now matter of his
tory, it was the rash, the errng and unjustifable
conduct of Bishop Hughes, in organizing as dis
tinct and separate political element, and that in the
most repulsive form, the members of his flock
which applied the torch to the feelings of bigotry
and prejudice against the Irish, which had been
before that fatal moment. smouderng and dying
out in the ashes with which the good sense, the
intelligence and the patriotism OF good citizens had
covered them. To this-the origin, the birth, the
first development of these fierce animosities and
divisions, the pablic mind cannot be too often di
rected 1t is only by keeping this ever IN view
that we can explain and understand the subsequent
melancholy progress of the bad passions and sec
tartan ealousies and strife which were thus excited
and let loose. We are thus justified in saying that
the authors Of this address somewhat away
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all on side.
No one acquainted with history need be inform
ed how trivial matter of difference will suffice
to array two great classes of any community in
furious conflict. word-the rendering OF a text
the form OF some absurd trifing ceremony,
have been often more than adequate to split into
fragments the church Of Christ. quarrel about
pronoun was sufficient to divide the Greek
Church into two factions, which long maintained
against each other the bitterest hostility. And
thus, In the present case, we see to what depora-
BILE extremties of violence and blood controversy
respecting the relative merits of two TRANSACTIONS Of
the Bible, which present merely verbal differences,
has been carried
1t had always been fondy hoped by the true
friends of our institutions, that this soil that
poisonous upas tree of religious bigotry, which had
have taken root. But when, in an unguarded mo-
ment, Bishop Hughes called his flock together, in
Carroll Hall, it was at once foreseen by all nte-
gent and rejecting minds that the floodgates of
faction, violence, and popular passion had been
opened. The very next morning after that re-.
markable meeting in Carroll Hail. we predicted
that it would lead to the formation here of the
Protestant and Catholic factions, with all the mad
Al
prediction has been fulfilled to the letter We
have now in our midst complete organization of
the Catholics and the Professionals and the fearful
results which have already proclaimed to the world
the existence of these factions, may be only the
forerunners of still more appalling atrocities. No
one tell what the end is to be. All attempts
at Cancellation seem utterly vain.
NEW YORK CoLLECToRsHIP CoNTEsrEp.-A very
curious and extraordinary excitement has now
sprung up between the wings of this city and Cap
tain Tyler. 1t grows out of the Captains attempt
to remove sundry officers during the recess of the
Senate, but particularly his attempt turn out Mr..
CARTS, and instate Gov. Van Ness in his place
The whig papers are kicking up a great dust about
it, calling it gross outrage, and various other hard
names Great sport is likely to grow out of it be-
under the constant advice of his patron saint, the
god-like Daniel, but he has in addition lately been
spending some weeks at Washington, where he
has taken advice of some of the old sachems at
the Grand Council
The result of it is, that Mr.. Curtis has come to
the conclusion to hold opsr, mainly on the ground
that bis removal took place when Charles G.. Ferris
was appointed, during the session of the Senate.
Probably several other officers will hold also.
The ground on which they will contest the lie.
gality of these new appointments by the President,
may be seen in the following article Of the Consti-
tuition, which is the clause on which the whole
matter hangs.
ARTICLE II-sec. and a..The President shall have
power fill up all vacancies that may happen during the
recess of Senate by granting commissions which shall
expire at the end of their next session
BY this article it is clear that the President can
grant no commissions in of vacancies which
occur during the session of the Senate. AS, for
example, in the case of Secretary Spencer-the
vacancy occurred during the session of the Senate,
and the President obliged, by the Constitution,
to send in the new appointment, during the session
of the Senate or else the Office would continue
cant. And it may be regarded as shrewd way Of
evading the provisions of the Constitution to ap-
point Chancellor Bib, whose age and position rem
der il altogether probable that he will not accept
Consequently, the Office becomes vacant during the
recess of the Senate and it is now matter of Gu
riosity to know whom the President will appoint to
the Secretaryship of the Treasury.
But the case Of Curtis differs from this. He will
claim that his office became vacant by the nomn-
alton of Charles G. Ferris during the session of the
Senate, since which time he has been n mere locum
tenens The opposite side will maintain that NOM
ination which not confirmed by the Senate
does not create vacancy That is the argument,
in a nutshell, on both sides
We have it from authentic source that some
months since Mr.. Webster held a conversation or
consultation with Mr.. Curtis, in which he assured
the latter that supereedeas would have no effect.
Mr. Curtis WILL therefore, hold over-refuse to obey