The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-12

BISHOP Huenxs AND TEE PoPx.-soms no.
tice has been takea Of q sermon recently |
preached by Bishop Hughes, concerning the late |
events in Italy, and the unhappy elo cement OF
the Pope from Rome. Bishop Hughes expresses
great deal OF sympathy for the distresses of the
Pope; and every true Catholic, and many honest
Protes,ants, will join with him in such feeling
But while the bishop feels like man of piety and
humanity for the misfortunes of his Holiness, he
should notindulge in terrible denunc atoms against
the cause of popular liberty and human rights.
now in the first throes of parturiton Italy and all
over the world. Atall events, the bishop should be
consistent in his opinions for year. least, orif
he could not hold out for whole year. he might try
TO do 30 Tor six months. Has he forgotten the
speech he made at Vauxhall Garden last July, in
favor of the Irish instruction? Has he forgotten
the splendid subscription Of $50, (Which we trust
is not among the bad debts referred suspicious
" In Robert Emmetts letter. gwen by the patriot
prelate to purchase 4 shield for the Irish heroes
who fought and bled on the terrible battlefield of
" Slievegammon1" On that occasion Bishop
Hughes was one of the most ardent democrats
Of this or any other country. He invoked the
spirit Of liberty and the spirit of religion in the
vauxbal almost leap out OF their brooches, by his
spritstrrng appeals to their patriotism and their
pockets. Now, forsooth, because the hlerogly-
phic" account Of the battle of SLevegammon was
rather incorrect, and the Irish PATRIOTS instead Of
standing up for their rights, they ought to have
done, all ran away, the bishop takes the opposite
tack, and pours out his unmtigated denuncatlons
against every effort in favor of liberty and human
freedom.
We do not object to sympathy for his Holiness.
We agree in opinion with the bishop on that point.
Pope Plus the Ninth Is an exalted, worthy, and be-
nevoent man, and was too good for the age and for
the people among whom he was placed. When he
assembled the pontfcal throne, some OF his sub
jecis commenced firing of the frecrackers of Ii
berry, the boys of New York fire off their crack
ers the Fourth Of July. HIS Holiness did not
initiate his predecessor, Gregory the Sixteenth,
who suppressed every popular movement of this
KIND but joined the sport. He sooner put on the
tiara than he fired off few himself. The people
sppIsuded, and admired the novelty as we'll as
brilliancy Of the spectacle. But whether the su-
preme Ponun was not sufficiently trained in the
preparation Of the combustibles, or was detective
in his manipulation OF them, we regret to be
obliged to add that he burnt his fingers
His Holiness 10 now at Rome Gaeta. He is
still however, the head of the church. The church
is still the same and the progress OF liberty, and
the establishment Of democracy will no more
affect the Catholic religion in Europe, than they
do IN this country. II is narrow and inconsistent
in Bishop Hughes, to take up the cause of liberty,
and lay II down again as he would his cassock
Let him get up a subscription to aid his Holiness
and we shall help him; and If the Irish directory,
or Mr. Emmett, will disgorge the $4,000 which
have no objection even to hand it over to his
Holiness, Pope Plus the Ninth.
A Nxw kSK IN THE PHnosorHER.-Massa
Greeley comes cut boldly to defend the
recent reduction in the wages of the factory labor
ers, by the rich manufacturers of New England -
How is this 7 Il was only the other evening, at
the annual festival Of the Columbian Topographic
cal Society IN Washington, that this versatie
member Of Congress, enuncisted the very op posite
doctrine with regard to the printing craft. Can
there be any CONSISTENCY or sincerity In this mode
OF reasoning ior Journeymen printers the one
hand, and ard-working and miserable factory
operatives on the other. Il is about as consist
ent, however, a. his recent unsparing iuvectives
against the mileage OF members Of Congress, and
This advocacy, few days afterwards, of an enor.
nous appropriation to them for books. We fear,
At Horace continues this line of jim. crowism, his
black admirers on Pennsylvania avenue will begin
to look at him with The whites Of their eyes as he
passes, and regard him in much the same rdlcu-
lous light as the people OF New Yok-the hat, and
the new coat, to the contrary, notwIthst .uding
We very much fear that Massa Greeley's honesty
in these Mates is scarcely above SUSPICION He is
beginning TO show his hand more openly than be-
fore and we should no, be much surprised If his
sfiectanon Of humanity and general philanthropy
may come out at the little end Of the horn, enc of
these days
VoTR or FRANCE-It may not be generally
known that tbs popular vote OF France has been
brought out force, four times, in the last fifty
years. We. therefore, give the time and number
OF votes at each penod.
tonssiotsM Consriafs
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These were all Napoleon periods. They were
Napoleon, first, for the Cc~s~iaf s~ ran YIN;
second, Tor Co~ssIst a rh third, for the Emyus
Ht,edrfavsj and SOW. grandson OF the Empress
Josephine, and nephew Of Napoleon, steps in