New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-27
version The candid must Judge. Here Is our
entire paragraph introducing BP Hoghes' Creu-
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g. $1,000, ron T,e, PorF-CfRcr-LAn OF BfsH-
oP anday next IL Designated y bhhoP
Hughes Tor general coiec Ion tnI9osng-t az ND''s-
for The relief and support Of Pope Pus * ia his pres
erf s,ruvrle srans' The Roman Republic. We give the
Bishop Circular below with To Introductory remarks
Of the Freeraan's journal
Such is the paragraph Of which Bp. Hreafs
complains as injustice saying the idea tlsy
express respecting the struggle between tAe
Pope and the Republic has not entered iaio ~
mind Ofcourse, the Bishops statement e con-
elusive 50 fer Is il relates to the operations Of BIS
on mind bat do the facts Justify the charge that
our statement vas without authority or iounds
tionp Our foundation was the Bishops Ian
gusge with regard to the Roman Repubie-or, #
you choose, the sscuegious invaders Of bis the
Pope'sl rights'-both ia this Circular and II BIS
Sermon on the Roman struggle, published last
Winter In TIE Tribune. We had no means oil
discovering his intent except a study Of Dis lan-
guage.
The Bishop speaks lightly Of oar imaginary
contest between the Pope and the Roman Ne
public We respectfully decline on behsH Oh
our ina gination, the creative power when Tue
b shop Is good enough to assign Is Ina' con1es'
Is quite real AID to US a very painful reshty. Inc
world resounds with it the moral sense o. inns
tendon IS shocked By Il. It requires all our isith
in Bp Hurbess sincerity and iftnkness 70 con-
vince q. thst he Of al men deems It imaginary
Wa do not remember that We ever made any
professions Of goodwill TO Catholics especia'!'
lot We will allow the Bishops Affirmation on Inis
,o,, IN overbesr our non-recollection, as also our
',o,.,e,.io,,. Of what is natural and probable IN
l . t.afrt nay %
fes,ed any more respect for cur Catholic fellow
citizens than we felt, and never felt more than
we feel at present.
The Bi.bops recollection is ahead OF ours with
,egard N our having scknoW edged It AZ an honor
70 have drawn up the Address to Plus IL wnioh
went forth from this City IL puzzles Us to near
that VI have ever spoken thus VAN giorousi! Of
Our own doings We remember well that we
were invited T. serve on the General Committee
Of citizens appointed TO get up the meeting in
bspor Of Pope Pins, in view Of the liberal and
reiormatory measures which siensiized his acces
sion to the Pepscy, and that We accepted and
served with profound alacnty We were placed
by that Committee on sub Committee, chosen 70
prepare an Address aud Resolutions for lie pup
lie meeting, and by that Committee designated"
draft the Address We complied 70 the best oi
our ability, and our draft with slight cancellations
was accented and reported We used such isn-
gusge ss we deemed most expressive Of the feel
ings of the advocates of Freedom and Reform IN
our City. They were of course IN general accord
snce with our own sentiments. There Is not one
phrase in that Address which we now desire TO
recall, explain or modiy-nOt even the enerabie
Father They were such as we thought nj ana
still think 90. Theological wrangleTs may have
carped at them, as the Bishop intimates, but they
had no reference TO Theology. We thought the
earthly Head Of the most numerous body Of Chris
tians was entitled to be addressed in terms not
derogstory 10 his claims nor offensive to his feel
ings, especially by those who were assembled to
express the lively gratitude Of millions for bis
signal services to Liberty and Humanity. II
there are any who on such ali occasion could have
remembered that he is deemed by certeln iheolo-
eians the Man OF Sin foretOld by an Apostle
they had no business at that meeting, convened To
render honor to an Absolute Monarch for bis scr
vices to the cause of Liberty.
But Plus TX. is the same man now that he was
then OF course but how different his position
Then he was the star and stay of those who
throughout Europe hoped and struggled for the
abolition of unjust and oppressive Political and
Social institutions now he is their determined
adversary then he was detested by the Austrian
and Nespolitsn despots now he IS their ilend
and ally, and expects to be probably ere tins has
beenl restored to absolute temporal rule over
Three Millions Of People by their bayonets, deeply
4 a 60 al. ~ a t.op A4ta psi.Ya
of Rome. OF course, we concede with sorrow
that for the tremendous, deporable change IN
Pope Pius's position which the last year has VIII
messed, he is by no means solely responsible we
think the dsaiiection Of the Italians at bis refusal
to place himself pointedly and even belligerently
at the head of the movement for the enirsnchse-
ment and union of Italy though natural, was I'M
reasonable that it did not sufficiently consider
the anomalies and perplexities of his double atti-
,nde of Head of the Catholic Church and Ruler OF
the Roman State. We have ever depored and
condemned the death Of his Minister Ross by the
hand of nm assassin. We have considered his
flight from Rome excusable il not necessary. But
on the new question of his contemplated restora-
ton 20 the temporal and absolute sovereignty
which he thus abandoned, in opposition TO what
seems to be the very strongly predominant de-
mand Of the Roman People for liberty to govern
themselves, we cannot prove recreant to our Re.
publican convictions. We must stand by our or
der, as unflinchingly as Earl Grey or any Bishop.
Should this ALLEVIATE from US any ~hoso friendship
aud esteem w have enjoyed and priced, we must
lament our bereavement but stand by our convic-
tons Sadly as we feel the loss OF our friends We
can better bear that than save them at the price
OF a consciousness that we have aeSeyrsd 10 lose
them.
Il is quite needless to state that IN reality Mr.
Greeley has undergone no change that is clear
enough to need no sAcerdotal certificate 1t neces
sarily follows that we have not contemplated any
atrocities with favor or allow snce. Our letters
from those who must know assure us that there
has not been so little crime OF bloOdshed IN Rome
in any former period Of equal length as since the
fight OF the Pope-a fact, in view Of the presence
OF War and OF so many desperately needy sirsn
gers, Of profound and cheering significance. Ii Il
easy To imagine and assert that IN city circum
stapcsd as Rome now is, reign of terror prevails
assassination is frequent, &c SC. bu; where II
the evidence Despotism has its spies snd
-. "a I,ts.- of..r faff9r from them