The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-11-28
Cardinal Hughes I

Yes, CARDINAL II is said that Archbish-
op Hughes has received the appointment of
Cardinal and is now one of the PoPe's Cabi-
net,--that too, when nearly every Catholic
Bishop in the Union protested to the meas
ure, and against even the opinion OF Chief
Justice Taney!
The Cardinal is in duty bound to support
the Pope, and the first move Of Hughes, in
his new position, is to do that same by cry
ing down Protestantism in any shape it may
appear. He lately delivered a speech in
New York, in which he handled England
without gloves. Our boasted Anglo-Saxon-
ism he proved was nothing more than amix-
tire of the Picts, Scots, Saxons, Angles,
Danes and Normans--the latter being the
real conquerors Of England, and are entitled
10 credit Of imparting to our forefathers that
indomitable spirit OF energy, bravery and
goaheaditiyenes, which has been the cause
Of the progress Of England and this country.
The French therefore, are the Anglo-Saxons!
The French who conquered England were
Roman Catholics; ergo, the Roman Catho-
lies are entitled to some credit and the
French deserve to be praised because they
were Roman Catholics. The French are
now guarding the Pope with an army and
the Cardinal praises the French character;
Austria is ready to protect Plus, and the
Cardinal Of course is no very good friend to
Kossuth, Austria's enemy. We quote a
part of his remarks:
And here cannot help alluding to the praise,
the ignorant praise, which has been bestowed
upon tina. race, on a recent occasion, which has
attracted the eyes Of the world-the reception
in England Of the exiled Governor Of Hungary.
The moment he landed in England, lie became
the preacher of submission to its laws, and the
eulogist of Anglo -Saxonisrn and like the Orange
man of the North, he too must have his fling at
the Jesuits and the Pope. Anglo-Saxonism
was the theme of his eulogy. He, the man
who forgot the advocates of his own principles,
the man who was recleant in the first hour of
his freedom to those, above all others, who res
cued him from colony of convicts that man
forgot everything but praise to the very people
who had crushed every principle for which he
pretended to combat. Kisses and cheers] He
was free, allow, to speak against the Pope or
Jesuits, but it was not in good taste, nor was it
quite appropriate to call the Government that
had so long oppressed Ireland a paradise, for
sooth Oil il must have been exceedingly
consoling to John Bull, as in the indulgence of
this complacency, and as one layer after anoth-
er of this Hungarian palaver was laid upon him,
and he felt it soft and comfortable upon his
cheek, and while enjoying the complacency of
his own picture, the Hungarian understood it to
be an operation only preliminary to a shave.
Laughter and loud cheers. Smith 0'Brien
was as brave man, and Thomas Meagher was
as eloquent but these men were forgotten, and
the man who risked his own life and fortune for
the principles for which they risked theirs, in
the moment of his liberation turns round, and
was about to say, bespatters their tyrants with
his praise. However, lie too had his fling at
the Pope and praise for the Anglo-Saxon. Then
sir, with regard to education need not say,
that if that gentleman had been pleased to
make use of the knowledge which he possessed,
he would have proclaimed that the municipal
rights of England and the very principles for
which he had contended in Hungary, were of
Catholic origin, and nothing has been added to
them since the country changed its Constitution.
They were the original work of Alfred the
Great, Catholic sovereign, educated in an
Irish University. He would have known and
proclaimed that the common law-the trial by
jury, and all those elements Of British and even
of American freedom, originated under Edward
the ConfesSor, the sanity Prince, and he did
know all this, for he is an educated man.