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

ARCHBISHOP HUGHEC AND KossUTH
The animadversions of certain portions of the
press upon the much talked OF speech of
Bishop Hughes, delivered at a recent meeting
of the friends of the Irish University in New
York, are not, to our minds without foundation.
Nevertheless we must repudiate 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
pedency of elevatiny to the ecclesiastical dig
nifty of Cardinal, the now Archbishop of New
York, unanimous disavowal of such a 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 a sensation in tie 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 emanation of mighty and conprehcn-
sive mind, to produce the profound public fee
ling which has been awakened by the address
in controversy. The Bishops views popu-
lar education, as well as the whole tenor of his
address elected an attack from Horace Greedy,
which was replied to at length and with full
ness, and persplcuity in which the Bishop gave
unmstakeabe character to his position
And in the language of a contemporary who is
by no means friendly to the Bishops attitude,
ssnever 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 'peculiar views" but those entertain
ed and expressed towards the lustrious
exile, kossuth. Here we cannot but dissent
from all that he has said, taking it as striking
Failure in the Bishops course, that he has re-
manned entirely dormant during the whole Kos
suth fermcnt, until, unhappAy for the great
Magyar, he INDUCES, Tin the language of the
BishopD ga fling at the Pope" Then, and not
til then, the Bishop steps forward, enters the
arena of agitation, and publicly challenges the
purity of Kossuth' S republican character We
can readily understand that Kossuth touched
tender point with the Bishop, when he under
&c. ,of;or a.,
great spiritual head of the church, But did
Kossuth do 500 If Kossuth undertook, or in
tended this "fing at the Pope as SUCH or in
other words, as the spiritual head of a christian
persuasion, then we too could censure, and would
cheerfully approve the disapproval of the Bish-
op. But let us see how and in what connection
this "fling at the Pope" was introduced, or at
all made Of In repelling the charge that
Europe would be quiet and tranquility would
every where reign, but for the radical attempts
OF certain revolutionary spirits, Kossuth holds
the following language, viz elbow blind are
those men who have the atfectation to assert
that it is only certain men who push to revou-
ton the continent of Europe, which, but for
lHeT TeVoIu loHdIy dChS, Wouiu DC q'ilst anu COH-
tented Contented with what With opprss-
sion and servitude France con.enled with its
constitution subverted ?-Germany contented
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 Italy contented with the
King of Naples '-or TIE priesdy government
of Romeo Austria, Rome, Prussia; Russia Dol
matio contented with having been driven to
butchery, and after having been deceived, plum
dered, oppressed and laughed at as fools'-Po-
land contented with being murdered. &C. &c.
We would like to know what there is in the
above italcised sentence, but "fing at the
union of church and State. We cannot con-
ceive how it can be construed into "hng" at
the spirituality Of the Pope. II is at the union
Of the temporal and spiritual sovereign the
Sting 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, it was equally fling at the church es-
Enlistment in England 1t was a "1ing" at the
system and not at any individual. "Priesly
government is pronounced to be the "worst Of
human inventions" Not the "pries y govern
nient' of Rome on account o. any peculiarly,
but priestly government, Of whatever class,
creed, or cline, be it Roman or Anglican