The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-22
ORIGINAL ARTICLES.



Not c0rporally, indtea, on really present, In
England. does his HOLINESS a. ,h,s moment, live
and act In every diocrss aud the great diff
Guilty OF forming a ca Si0.'. Ia consequence OF a
diversity Of opinion as 10 his alleged aggression,
proves that il is felt he is there In the language
of the Archbishop Of Canterbury. g It cannot be
denied that many pers ma, both members and
ministers Of our church, DUNG the last ten years,
have shown a tendency to~ ard komish tenets and
observances, which has just, astonished all who
adhere to the doctrines Of The re'ormers.
The present struggle presents a singular anomaly
in the history of religios. The whole country has
for many months been in a STATE of feverish ex-
citement, because the Pope, iosoo.h, in the exer.
else of those prerogatives which he claims a.
Vicar of Christ has ventared 10 define, geographic
cally, what he wishes TO he considered the thir.
teen diocsssss of the Cathonc church in England,
and has conferred on certain OF his clergy in that
Protestant lend, archepiscopal and episcopal titles
OF Office, expressive Of allegiance to Rome, with
an unqualified recognition OF the papal supremacy
in things spiritual This movement on the part Of
Pho Mono, it must be admitted, is a novelty. But
the prelates priests, and people Of the established
church Of England, would have US believe. that it
lie more than this-that it Is an innovation rife with
outrage on inalienabe church rights, violation
of The laws of nations, and insult to the Queens
Royal Majesty The mere federation Of Roman.
lists In a country where II once exhibited such
fearful, bloody, fiery tragedies, is thought to be
quite as much as the meek spirit Of reformed Chris
tianiy can well be expected to grant to the repu.
dated "M0ther of denominations" But the
Pontiff, as the imperson alton of the Catholic
limit nj q tic nYes
decessors, from the days Of Henry VIII. and
Elizabeth, to the present time, has admitted this.
lie cannot consent to renounce any of his ancient
nights in his once dutiful kinedom of Anglia. The
whole earth is, by a divine grant, his hereditary
possession. He looks with pity upon what he be-
lieves to be the vain delssion Of Professionalism, by
which England has been beguiled from her Holy
Mother. He laments over what he considers
mournful manifestations of this delusion as,
proteus-like, it assumes it's almost countless va
rety Of incongruous forms, from the sobriety of
churchmanship, to the wild frenzy Of some among
the bewldered sects. Seated in his apostolic
chair, he proclaim., 4" Liberty of error is death to
the soul" And he points with his admonitory
finger to that humilia,ing picture which may pro-
perly awaken shame,-the polemical bros of
Protestant Christendcm, and the blasphemous
land Of Calvin and Zuingle, have distorted those
cardinal doctrines of the Christian fdith-the
trinity and the aonement-and despoi,ed religion
of some of her benignest attributes He invites all
who would have the blessedness of peace and
unity, to repair for them to the venerable, holy
Mother Of churches, from which these deluded
aposiates, as he honestly regards them, are wan
dering into every species Of error and of sin.
And, wbile the Pontif puts forth his high pre-
tensions as guardian of the Christian world, many
enlightened scholars of England and of the con-
inent, are renouncDg the anti Catholic opinions ia
which they have been educated, and are avowing
themselves converts to the church of Rome. That
utter contemp. with which Pfolestants have so
long been accustomed to look upon the whole
scheme Of what they call popery, regarding it as
mumcry, idola,ry, blasphemy, and vile suPersti.
tios is found to require, at least, little moder-
atng. Some men. IN our day, who have adorned
universities with their vast and varied learning,
have proclaimed after sborious investigation, and
at the cost of great personal sacr ces, that they
prefer the Roman to the Anglican scheme, and
that it furnishes resources to CRAFTY their widest
range of intellect and satisfy the prof,undest emo
lions Of their hearts Ia England, more especially,
for some years past, not few among the educated
classes have adopted as their motto,
Antiquam exqurite mstrem.
And results by which we have soirequcnty bee
startled, during the last ten years, have appeared
in the memorable records that furnish materials
for the history ofPuseyism.
Just at this crisis, (and none could be more ia.
vorable for his purpose,) the Pope takes measures
for the revivescence Of his ancient power and au.
thority in England. He has there, among miny
ether prominent auxliaries, his learned, sagacious
accomplished, and able Cardinal Wiseman, whom
be has created Archbishop of Westminster, and
that learned and popular "Prest OF the oratory Of
ST. Philip Neri," Father Newman once, and that
not many months ago. among the most distin-
euishe members Of the University Of Oxford, and
Of the British established church. These mea, and
their able associates, are sending forth, fearessy
in various forms Of publication, such as letters re.
views, appeals, and lectures, a call to churchmen
and to ditsenters, to weigh dispassonately the
Roman claims. Other significant indie atoms are
afforded, that the movement he Ponuf's part is
full Of meaning. But so advisedly, so cautiously
has he proceeded in his measures, that he has, "a
yet, not only ESCAPED pensl innctions, but must
continue TO escape them, unless the boosted tolc-
ration ofProiestant England should prove to be an
illusiye name, and the sanctty Of English Law be
violated at the bidding Of mere popular clamor.
The bruit OF this clamor is, indeed, loudly echoing
throughout Chnstendom; for the British lion that
has so long lain Inds,urbed by any sucn intrusion
as this which now dsquets him, has not only
reused himself, and fixed his eye upon the dis
turber Of his repose but dashed himself into ex-
element tor fierce conflict, and made the welkin
fesound with the roar OF his defiance.
II is discovered that, while he has slept, strange
things have been enacted. A startling tendency &
Foster Romish tenets and observances has, as the
amiable Archbishop confesses, filled the nation
with ssionishment. Il is anifest that the es,ab.
lishd church Of England at present constituted,
has egregiously failed to protect its members from
the poison of Romansn, ard In guard its diocesse