The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-17
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES AND KossUTa.


The animadversions of certain portions of the
press upon the so much talked of speech of
Bishop Hughes, delivered at recent meeting
of the friends of the Irish University in New
York, are not, to our minds without foundation.
Nevertheless we must repudate the course of
those who seek to present him to the public, as
the great exponent of catholic faith and feeling
upon the great political movements of the day.
That Bishop Hughes is not the particular favor
lie of his admirers and brethren Of the catholic
faith throughout this country, even in matters
of religious policy, is fully attested by the fact,
that when the catholic hierarchy of the Union
and that eminent and distinguished lay mem
Der of the catholic faith, Roger B. fancy,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of the U.
States, were consulted, as to the policy and ex
pediency Of elevatng to the ecclesiastical Dig
nity Of Cardinal, the now Archbishop Of New
York, unanimous disavOwa of such STEP is
understood TO have been the response. That
Bishop Hughes is an extraordinary man, is fully
attested by past experience; and even if denied,
is embodied IN the simple fact, that such speech
should create such sensation in the highest
spheres of intellectual exploration. Specula-
ton on the past, the present, or the future, on
causes and effects, rights and obligations, must
be the emanaton of a mighty ana cpmprehcn-
sivc mind, to produce the profound public fee
ling which has been awakened by the address
in controversy. The Bishops views on popu-
lar education, as well as the whole tenor of his
address elected an attack from Horace Greedy,
which was re piled to at length and with full
ness, and persplcuity in which the Bishop gave
an unmstlkeable character to his position
And in the language of contemporary who is
by no means friendly to the Bishops attitude,
s'never have we known peculiar views to be
sustained with more ability and power" We
have no opinion to offer upon any portion Of the
Bishop 'specular views" but those entertain
ed and expressed towards the ilu5trious
exile, Kossuth. Here we cannot but diss mt
from all that he has said, taking it as a striking
f ature in the Bishops course, that he has re-
manned entirely dormant during the whole Kos
smith frmcnt, until, unhapply for the great
Magyar, he INDUCES, I'm the language of the
Bishop1 "a fling at the Pope" Then, and not
till then, the Bishop steps forward, enters the
arena of agitation, and publicly challenges the
purity Of Kossuth republican character We
can readily understand that Kossuth touched a
tender point with the Bishop, when he under
took to cast any Disappearing reflections on the
great spiritual head Of the church But did
Kossuth do So If Kossuth undertook, or in
tended this "Aing at the Pope as such, or in
other words, as the spiritual head of christian
persuasion, then we too could censure, and would
cheerfully approve the disapproval of the Bsh-
Oh. But let us see how and in what connection
this citing at the Pope" was introduced, or at
all made use Of In repelling the charge that
Europe would be quiet, and tranquility would
every where regn, but for the radical attempts
OF certain revolutionary spirits, Kossuth holds
the following language, viz: elbow blind are
those men who have the affectaton TO assert
that it is only certain men who push to revolu-
ton the continent of Europe, which, but for
their revou ionary acts, wonld be quiet and con-
tented Contented with what With oppres-
sion and servude France con,ented with its
constitution subverted ?-Germany conened
with being but fold of sheep, pent up to be
shorn by thirty petty tyrants ?-Switzer-
land contented with the threatening ambition of
encroaching despots ?-Iialy contented with the
King Of Naples ?-Or the pricsdy government
of Rome? Austria, Rome, Prussia; Russia Dol
maio contented with having been driven to
butchery, and after having been deceived, plum
dered, oppressed and laughed at as fools'-Po-
land conttnted with being murdered" &c. &c.
We would like TO know what there is in the
above italicis d sentence, but cling at the
union Of church and State We cannot con-
ceive how it can be construed into "fing' at
the spirituality Of the Pope. 1t is at the union
OF the temporal and spiritual sovereign the
"fng' is made, and very justly too. And in
its largest, and no doubt that comprehensive
sense, in which Kossuth meant it to be under.
stood, il was equally fling at the church es
system and not at any indivi dual. ''Pries ly
government is pronounced to be the 'worst of
hunan inventions" Mt the '.prics ly govern.
ment" oil Rome on account o. any peculiarly,
but priestly government, Of whatever class,
creed, or cline, be it Roman or Anglican