New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-27
Letter from Bi.hop Hughes.

Letter from Bishop Hughes.
10 TIA Edbus Of As Couris- & Enquire
beg leave 70 complain, through your "loely
circulated paper Of the injustice done me BY the HOB
HoEAcE GREELEY, or bis agent. by whom am repre-
sentsd directing collection 10 be taken up IN ths
Catholic Churches Of this Diocese, for the reisi eno
B1raaa R,gubic Tho words marked 10 iislie are Mr.
GsFgLEY's own. The idea which they express has ~
entered ntomy mind The collection u Tor inc reliel
and support Of the Pope Here me sen.en'e ~
foundation alleges that il 20 support the rope 10 MS
prrsept struggle against the Roman Republic 80,
Mr. GREELEY bas heretofore pr0iessed gooa VIII 20
vs,8 bfs Catholic fellow citizens with WHIST sincerity
the unwarranted issue implied by ms imaginary cor
test between the Pope and the Roman hepuDc '.,n
GENTLY indicates The collection 20 be made IN al tNe
churches Of the United States, on next sunday - sim
DIV TO relieve the present wants Of the supreme Bshop
OF the Catholic people II PIUs X had been tyfanl
or had been opposed the progress OF rational liberty
and social nnel0ration the Catholics Of THIS country
at least would not have sympathzed 90 deeply IN tpe
nisfortunes brought upon him by his own goodness
and the ingraude Of the very people whose CONDITION.
he 80 cbeerfuly undertook to improve.
In the earlier period Of his government me VOICES %
Catholics drowned in the universal shout OF sP
urobstion from liberal Of every creed and OF every
sountrv Even Mr. GRHKLry himself acknowledged ~
ss an honor 10 drawn up the address 10 fits IA
which forth from this city representing a. h -
mieht be- the sentiments with which the entlre amen
can peopls regarded the newly elected Pontn NeiheI
was the editor OF The 7f6aqe sparing Of those couie
Gus phrases toward His Holiness such as FeheIalie
writer's character while the unnitiated they SOUND
ed strange enough from the lips OF Protestant ana oil
n Republican. Indeed, If ] mistake not, he was
eensued by some portions Of the Press Tor using such
language towards the " Man Of Sin But enthusiasm
ruled the hour at the Tabernacle and while Mr. GREE
LEY read the address IL sounded In the ears OF the en-
raptured multitude like the voice Of the nightingale pro
ccedng from the throat of the dovesO liberal, 30 gen
tie 90 benevolent the strains Of that memorable
address.
1, that Ina reality Mr. GREELEY has under
Ye, The very men from whose hands PIUs TX. re
moved the letters Of imprisonment ana VINO nave ma
infested their gratitude by plotting against bis position
II not his life have become Mr. GREELEYs heroes and
favorites They WELD the stie,to and sacnhce by as
sassination the human victims who are TO propiuate
the goddess of Young Liberty In Italy For those afro
cities Mr. GREELEY has no language OF horror or de.
nuciaton. revolution has indeed taken place but
there is no evidence that II Is the work OF the Roman
people whilst ii is certain that to great extent those
who have taken part in H. are strangers to Rome who
fosnd other parts OF Italy and OF continental Europe
unwilling TO receive retain them. They have sue
coded In expelhng the government which had gwen
them hospitality They have established according to
what regard the roest accounts reign oil terror
over Roman people, which they call Goysrnment-
They have broken and burned the carriages OF the Gar
dinals ~ If tina, were heroism They have pundered
the Churches-they have extorted money IRON the
people-they have almost legazed assassinston where
ever their authority prevailed And this ia the phalanx
recognized by MT. GREELEY as the Roman kepubhc
Yet ambassador from foreign countries has recog'
Tertiary who furnishes The Tribune with diplomatic
correspondence. .
In conclusion. beg leave to assure Mr. GnrrLrr
that the Pope and the Cardinals and Secretaries who
have to attend TO tho various matters OF Church
spread Throughout the world are like other men, under
the necessity having something to eat and something
wherswifh to be clothed And that for these purposes
the Catholics of this country oay their offerings,
with profound veDeraon, at the feet of his Holiness
PIpsX. + JOHN HUGHES, Bishop OF New-for
Remarks on the ADORE.
The object of Bp. HuoHEs in writing the above
letter would seem 10 be the correction Of our
alleged mistake or falsehood OF Monday. Why,
then, should he have deemed it necessary to pass
by The Tribune office and send his correction to
Wall street for publication Most certainly, II
would seem desirable to have the correction reach
the very persons who had and been mislod
by the short paragraph complained Of rather than
a much smaller circle who knew nothing about IT,
Bp. HroHKs has hitherto honored The Tribune
with the original publication OF articles from his
pen, and knows that they have uniformly been
issued with prompttude and cheer.alness We
would fain hope no consciousness that the letter
above quoted Is such as he should not have written
dictated the circnmambient direction given To 1t,
the effect OF which is to cause the Bishops stric
lures on our course to be read by many who will
never see our reply. But, whatever course the
Bishop may see tit to pursue, we shall copy what
ever he msy ii, to put forth against US, endesv
orine ever to maintain that admiration of his tai
ents and esteem for his character which We have
hitherto had abundant reason to cherish. Not ex
pecting to see things entirely in the same light
that he does we hope to give reasons for disagree
ment which shall at least vindicate our sincerity
and depth OF conviction in the judgment Of the
candid aud discerning
in making up our Mondays Tribune, our eye
was caught by a Circular from Bishop Hughes, to
rho Clergy OF his Diocese. which We Immediately
read and prepared for publication. That Circular
embodied call for general contribution next
Sunday In aid oil Pope Plus and the following is
par of it:
"The sacrilegioas invaders OF his rights may proane
the apostolic shrnes OF Romemay melt the sacred
cells Tor their neisrious p0rposcs-may strip the tenn
pes of the living God OF the ornaments with which the
poty Of our ancestors in the Faith had adorned them
bat they will be able TO the divine bond OF
Catho. Faith and subsection which binds ssolQ
bly TO the Chair OF Peter. God, IN his inscratsble
Providence may permit those sscrleglcus men To III
wade with apparent success for time the rights OF his
apooip,sd REPRESENTATIVE earth But II VIII be for
time o., and after that he will rise IN the might Of
his wisdom and employ the folly Of their own aeviees
10 scatter them to TIE ends OF voc e~' ~ IN .S
never prevail against that Church which ne punt upon
the rock oi Peter In the meantime the children OF me
Church are numerous enough TO zee that Ills enemies
shall not have the power 10 humble the sovereign ron
tA 20 the OF actus destuuon, OF want VI means
necessary carry the numerous oEees 81 ms mos
exalted station
We quote the eDtire paragraph so as to preclude
any complaint Of gsTblng, and we Ask tor 1t
careful attention. Ii sets out with the assertion
that some persons are "sserilegious invaders o.
AS rigA4s"-thss 10, the POpe's Who are these
.invsaersr aud what are those 'nghtsF We
certainly understood this as an assertion OF the
Pope's right as Pope, and by virtue simply Of hi:
election 10 that ONCE, to temporal and undivided
sovereignty over the Roman States and People
We understood il to characterize the attempt I
establish a Republican Government In Home Il
consraventiOn Of the PoPe's rsie as es'enus'H
.sacrilegioas' and Remembering. We may oa''
entirely misapprehsnded the Bishop IN 'hi'' 0a''
90. was oor mistake so gross and gisrins as
merit rebake and jastify ssuspision OF wiliai per