New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-18

morning is OF course written by ArchDisnOp
Hughes, or under his immediate inspiration, and
We need not AJAX for it the careful attention of those
who took note of our article to which it replies
And we shall agsw them to decide, without argu-
ment on our pazt, whether our criticism was really
"unfair" or "UngeneiOus" in any respect. In the
same spirit, we will pass over all the new matter
now introduced into the dscussiOn-thst concern.
ing Washington the position of the Irish in Amer.
lea, &c.-wthout comment We, certainly, never
heard our Irish fellow citizens, a class, accused
of any fanatical devotion to liberty f the Backs
and, if anybody has made the ci arge, we never
countenanced it, and now give it most peremp.
tory contradiction.
We heartily rejoice to learn that Archbishop
Hughes is "as much friend of Freedom as
"O'COI nell was or THE TRIBUNE is" Since very
few men have power to do more for the overthrow
of Slavery than the Archbishop, we shall await
with anxious interest some practical manifestation
Of bis zeal in the cause of Universal Freedom. Up
to this hour, we have not happened to hsar Of an
American sla,ebr,sder or Iegro-trader who was
either alarmed, exasperateo, Or brought to repent.
ance, by the Archbshops rcbukes or eAhortati"u',
Nor have We ever observed any manifestations Of
hostility to the Archbishop, or of resentment
against him, which had been caused by his incul-
cations respecting Slavery. Accepting him, then,
as an adversary to Human Bondage, we must com.
mend his opposition as altogether the most prudent.
discreet and .afe Of any that We ever heard Of
The Archbishop, we are Informed, sis not a
"professed friend nor 9 professed enemy of
"Slavery"-he regards it as q 'perple1iBg ques-
tion"-thnks i. does not "prcfessionauy" belong
to his calling, &c. If this be the fact. can he
wonder if the priesthood should be vi,bly losing
ground in the estimation of humane, conscientious,
and lust persona Taking care of wounded, rob.
bed, and stripped travellers did not "pro ssonally
belong to either the Priest, Levite, or Good
Samaritan Of old, yet Christ commended tina!
ore of them who did it, while His language implies
severe censure Of those who, regarding highway
robbery as "ptrpexing question, sheered of aud
left the victim to bis fate. There were certainly
difficulties implied" in any attempt to succor and
save the wounded man, while these and all "yio-
lett agitation" would have been avoided by simply
leaving him to die where the thieves had thrown
him. But the Good samaritan was probably one
of these Legislators" who "trade upon" philan.
thropy, and was Therefore impervous to con.idera.
ii, Is which professionally belong to the sphere
of the Archbishop.
IfMr. O'C, nnell had been a political agit.tor,"
enc who trades pro or con" in political excite.
mept, the Archbishop, We are told, woald have re.
earded bis reply as q mere sentimental dodge
ian appeal to pity, to feeling to humanity, but not
"at all to reason, s'atesmanshp, or common ssnse."
But suppose the LiberAtor had considered his re-.
spcn,e IAN appeal to pity, to feeling to hu-
"manity"-is there any reason why it shOald have
been regarded as q sentimental dodge," We
must not forget that in Ireland the "slave," of
Mr.. O'Connell's youth are the disciples and sup.
porters of the Catholic Priesthood while the mas
ters ale generally their enemies. Mr.. o. m,y
therefore very naturally have presumed that sap
peals to pity, to feeling, to humanity, were pre-.
cisely in order in addressing Catholic Bishop
that they professionally belong to his vocation
and that argument. of purely political character
misht better be reserved for the House Of Con-
mons. OF course, we must rect in our diverse con-
yic,ions a. to VIII. Their his was or was not 50 fitting
"rspl," ~ the Archbishop.
Whether Slavery /, essentially wrong. or ia. like
.ecotd marriage, q good thing which may be
stussS, ID the vital question. We ada WITH