The New York herald., 1851-11-30

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lot ha been cast and regard for the opinions
feelings Of men who are innscently nistAken q to the
true cs and merits Of the contest In Eastern Europe,
ahal hinder Us. becomes one made frse BY knowing
the truth from declaring the hesrtinsss Of symps
thy, and Of our admiration the government OF such
1t worthy of remark that the only - assailants
of Ksssuth are the stockj ,bbing Jews on the
one side, and the ultra Catholic sectaries on the
other. The ilustrious Magyar and his righteous
cause have the ympathy of all others in the Old
World and the New. Archbishop Hughes, in his
organ, following up the position he took in his
speech, lsuds Austrian despotism Is q great
Chrittian empire, and declares the hsartiness Of
his sympathy and of his admiration for the 60
vernment of such an empire" He calls its strug-
gle to trsmple the life out of poor bleeding Hun
gary, "a noble struggle. This comes with beau
tiful consistency from his Grace, who gave his
countenance to the revolutionary movement in Ire
land in lS4s and actually subscribed $500 to pur
chase shield" for that country. on the eve of the
battle Of Slievegammon." As we showed in
recent article, the cases Of Ireland and Hungary
were exactly parallel. Both struggled for national
bravely fought, Ireland did not. What change
has come over the spirit of the Archbshops dream,
that the active sympathiser with revolution in
lS4S. Is its most vehement aenouncer in 1851
Principles do not alter by time. What was sound
doctrine three years ago is sound doctrine now.
Why does Archbishop Hughes, even at the
present moment, praise William Smith O'Brien
and Thomas Francis Meagher for their abor-
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while he condemns Kossuth for his almost successful
and heroic struggle to free his nation from the
chains of Austria Why is the absolute despotism
of Austria SO lauded by his organ, while the limited
and constitutional monarchy of Great Britain is
condemned by himself-a government under which,
with all its faults there is more Of liberty enjoyed
than anywhere else in the world, save Switzerland
and the United States7 Why is this, and why, we
repeat, is the great Hungarian apostle of freedom
denounced! Perhaps the key to the solution of
the mystery may be found in the fact that Kos
suth took ding at the Jesuits,' who have been
always opposed to the progress Of liberty and po-
itical REFORM while the Irish leaders "kept sivil
tongue in their mouths" and said nothing about
the influence used by such churchmen as Arch
bishop Hughes, to defeat the meditated blow for
the freedom of Ireland. However this may be, his
Graces organ ought not to msrepresent the objects
of brave people who sought to win the right Of
self government by their blood as viler and more
execrable form of despotism than that of Russia-
attempt to confscate property, and to enslave
human heings, and to destroy all religion. What.a
shameless, reckless calumny Of struggle the most
glorious in the records Of human bravery, next to
the American revolution, and only second to it be-
cause it was not crowned with the same success.
In the extract we have made above, the despo-
tism Of Russia is denounced, while that Of Austria
is held up to the admiration Of the world. Now,
we are at less to see the difference between them,
except that Russia is the powerful of the two
1t is not very long since the Fresulan's Journal
expressed very decided preference for the auto
cracy of the Gar over the model republic of the
United States This may give the reader some idea
fthe oder in which republicanisn is held by the
Archbishop and his organ while it furnishes sad evil
denee Of the extent to which the liberty enjoyed by
both under free republic, is abused with impunity
The writer in the Freenans Journal says 1t is red
republcanism that is TO be feared in this country
and in Europe There i, no such thing as red
republicanism in the Uaited States, and this bug
bear is made the cover for stab at the very vitas
Of our institutions II was not for red republican
ism Kossuth struggled, but for the independence,
the existence of his nation. The imputaton is
therefore, weak invention Of an enemy Of human
freedom.
But let Archbishop Hughes and his organ be-
ware. They are driving q course that may make
not only themselves, but the Catholic religion,
stink in the nestris Of the American people. We
trust, however, that proper discrimination will be
made; and that the innocent will not be confounded
with the guilty. We are happy to know that the
intolersnt principles Of the Frsmaa's Journal are
not the sentiments Of the great bulk Of the mem
bers Of the Catholic Church in this country, whether
lay or eccle.iastical; and from the very best
sources Of information, We learn that the speech
Of his Grace, and the writings of his Grsces organ,
are heartily condemned by thousands Of our iatell-
gent Catholic fellow-citizens. But they ought to
eyince the manlness the Independence, and the mo-
raj courage to come forward and publicly disavow
the vile, ibsral, and absurd doctrines prspounded
by men and organs, who presume TO misrepresent
them. Some movement Of this kind is imperatively
demanded by the sense Of duty which Catholics owe
to then selves, their religion, and their country