Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-23

Tue RuNoR About ARCHBISHOP HrGnEs, OF
y. ", BErvG REMOVED ny THE PoPE.-We pub
ilshed day or two ago, as our readers will re-
member telcgraphic dispatch to the effect that
there was n movement on foot among some OF
the disaffected clergy of tho church, to have
Archbishop Hughes removed from his position
lby the Pope We extract from the n. V Her
all the following explanation Of the rumor:
An obscure city journal has given currency
to a rumor that the See at present filled by the
Rev. Archbishop Hughes is shortly to be diyl-
ded, or that n coadjutor TO that official Is 10 DC
,nppointed 10 divide with him the duties OF his
Office. For some time past, whispers TO the
same effect have been uttered in various quar-
tiers, it has ever been limited that 1t might not
he altogether unreasonable to expect that tue
venerable Archbishop had been superseded by
n new prelate appointed at Rome. 1t is sur
missed that certain OF the New York clergy now
in Rome may have a scheme OF the KIND IN
hand
That the recent course of Archbishop Hughes
may have given dissatisfaction TO the extreme
members Of the ultramontane party in the
church. is quite possible There are in the Pa
pal church several men who have so thoroughly
severed the ties that bound them to the world that
they know no more of what is going on around
them than they would if they were denlzens OF
another planet These persons, imbued WITH
very headstrong zeal, are bent on restoring III
the church all the rites, ceremonies, forms, uSa-
gcs and doctrins which tiOuristcd during the
middle ages, but which Increasing clvlliZauoh
and the progress Of general intelligence long
since dismissed and rendered obsolete. II was
for these persons that the Pope went out OF his
way to determine the long agitatcd but lmma-
I terinl question respecting the Immaculate Con-
1 - Al, ~, rOIu
the Paris Enicera, are so strenuously endeayor-
ingUto cnnciliate, for the church of which they
I are members, the contempt, aud the dislike, ana
the dread of all enlightened minds. Their mis-
sion, in n word, is to eifacc the teachings OF the
last three or four centuries, and to re-plant US
all in the middle of the dark ages-with no bet
ter light for our guidance than the InquisitiOn,
and the old monkish ceremonies and the forms
and professions and other grand shows which,
at that period, were the only-and perhaps
very hOnest-outward and visible sign Of an in
ward and spiritual faith.
These reformers-for we suppose they claim
this title-having achieved marked triumphs at
Rome Paris, and Vienna, have desired to eX-
tend the sphere of their novelties to this country
Also They have attempted to coerce Arch
bishop Hughes into accepting their views ana
administering his See in accordance with their
new lights. Thus they would have been pleased
to see the PRONUNCIATION of the bull on the I'm.
maculate Conception commetnorated by grand
procession up and down Broadway, through
groves of trees planted for the purpose, and
past stores closed in order to celebrate the Occa
sion with due magnilicence and respect. They
would have liked to have witnessed tile merci-
less punishment of the turbulent crowds which
insuited Bedini. and they expected that at least
one or two of the newspapers which criticised
his proceedings might have been suppressed.
They think generally that Roman Catholicism
might have been pushed with more zeal in this
and that the vitality of the old
church might have been demonstrated from time
TO time with some pomp and eclat.
These views have not been wholly shared by
the Archbishop Hughes: who. however he may
compare with the ultralnontanes in point of &C.
clesiastical fervor had decided advantage over
them in being man OF the world ana man .l o.