New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

suy. when the cefLi;op Should b hs:si vita 81 "a
uLiveral joy by 81! tie CD ldren Of her Drias 5os
II IL rsl Confirmation Ct our ovu prviisss f,r By
ytoe fl; &c ths eross tf CAssry shs Wa s.sigr.e q
Us in TIE psIson OF S.. JOIN tas Evangelist Cur
notrtI.iAe cyirg son ui:efins tAess woss ST,
behold try nSther."
II is touokif ey sifec.rs have s.id, that sic if
We right use sroh Language waited ulll tce 5.fai-
tion Of her exemption from original sn could b.,
has BEEN med BY the voice Of tae suprepe pss-
ter eaith, without spy strife utcasri,sblenss:
| PIE on tie calm ses Of CsthCiic faith.
| Next 70 Almighty God, tee cornsr-stons Of this
cahtdrsl L to be laid under tie s1p.ces Of tas Iu
| mscu'ate Virgin May.
Its spetisl patron, ss announced, is the glorious
apostle Of IrelsnG ST. Ps.rcA-orgina,ly seec ed a.
uaon Of tie f,st csthed.s commenced By Cstho-
lie ances'ois in Mott street fy-tso yssrs sgO. Their
uL uL,'trtsking indeed ample Of zeal ard enter
Prise verify of our imitation Tney weie very few,
they ,fre very poor but their minds large the
osibedrs! which they elected, ard theirs were tae
hearts Of great Ii might be said Of toe ~hs.
10 mentioned in tie Scriptures, but in different senss
that they eisIts ii those days. 1nsy laid tae
undstion cf the csshsorsl at period when it is
ssd that tss Catholics OF New-iork we're not
rumerous eDosgh 20 al the smsll eluroh OF -.
Peters in Barclay street, and thu. ten years after,
when the cathedral was opened, was necee.sry,
duiirg q short period, TO shut up g. fetsrs
alternate SundsJ., In orceI 10 accuron tae people
TO find their wsy to sas lev church, wsch wes ther
considered to be Tar c1t Of the city, Honor to the
memory Of our ancestors of that period The laws OF
the Catholic Church DO rot perns more than one ca-
thedrsl in one diocese. There will be bu. csths
oral r this metropolitan See. 1t viii be III. same az
il has been Until the ccssecrs.ion OF this church.
Neither is bshop at liberty to substitute from the
caller dar Of the saints new Pa.ron, simply beeause
ueie is to be cathedral IL his tl0oese, Snless
BY special permise on Of the Eoy See OF Rome, which
have not the slightest int Iiion to solics.
The dispensstcns Of Divine Providence toward "a.
tions and individuals are essentially mya-eTious sud
iupenetrable. Whesser in their nation a. or indiyld
;so olaaY ffom fhs hfsorg ff
man race that God ofteatimes permits bis e.smies to
be prosperous in this world and reserves for his
friends the bitter chalic, OF numiiatio and poverty
TIE Holy SeIptures sd the tesctipg OF ocr Lord
would seem 10 mark out that distinction as 1t has just
been deser6ed and in that case tanrg eternity into
account as well as time, woG shau say tnat .'oa nss
converted to Christianity by the Apostolic aboro OF
the French captive boy who is known In eocis-
siasticsl history as st. psccS, me AposIe
he left il at bis death the .reshest 81 most oea
tfu flower that adorned the brow OF tie Christian
Church. He dotted its entire s,rface with temples IN
honor Of the true Gcd. He made it's mountains aud
valleys vocal with hymns Of preRe that rose "a na
tons choius day and night to the throne OF the Lamb
He ordained prisets-be consecrated biseops-he
ceoI lied from poL. 10 point tervcnt and holy oommu
mites Of and virgins who oeoed themselves for
every good work Of doctrine and OF charity urt, as
it is stated by the learned German author, Gucres,
religion. learning, pity, disturbed end oppressed by
the troubles Of the times the Continent OF Europe,
had TO take refuge IN ireland, like atgued srmJ re-
treating into Winter quarters.
Durirg two or three centuries, or even than
the period Just alluded TO, Ireland sent forth her MS
str aries ho+e names are still known connection
with either the universities, monasIes, or greet |
churches that sprang Up in Scotland, Ebgland, Ger
many, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and even ltay |
herself. At home the spiritual deacsndants Of s..
Patrick amidst their cslamtes, never ceased to
encourage learning and pety. For the support OF the
schools in the city of Armagh alone the rerta Of four
teen townships had been get apart by the \
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Queen Elizabeth to cosfscste this property |
ard Ter successors by way OF recomperse to an
injured people, to shut up The very schools which they
had established. Since then they have become to
great extent outcsts frcn their native land and been
scattered the earth. You trace thor path of
life through ali the civilized countries of the world.
You can trace them through England Itself, though |
America through Irds, tbrcagh Australia, srdtbough
there may be no mark 20 designate the graves In
which they slunber, sti the churches which they |
have erected, either wholly or in part all round the
globe to the same faith by which st. Patrick emsnai
ps,ed them from heathensm these churches, say,
are the meet fitting headstones to commemorate the
existence, and may add tho honorable history Of the
Irish people.
They are not by any mesas exempt from tho sns to
which humanity subject And what is tee fact, aud
what is the other parts OF their dos
tiny if might call it. that whether In their own
country, or ], foreign patpss they come in Tor the
lsgest share OF justice and the smallest OF mercy,
when they happen 10 violate the laws Of the lsnd
This too Is additional proof that the Providence
of God in then regard mysterieus and impenetrabe.
Yet as nation if they 10 be pelted simply on &C
ONT of thoir euit it would Do difficult to find a1ober
paton qualified by It's own innocence 10 cast al then
the first stone. ~ - =.
But as on day like this, do not think OF indi- \
viduss of nations but only OF the great ana glorious
Catholic Church, which embraces ths whole human
race as one family, and in this serse the very cere-
mony in which We are engaged proves thse tns Is
practical among us IS vel as theoreuc.L On the
parchment containing tho names OF the mrs, PS9ns 9i
this Cathedral tt United States of Amercs ireland,
Scotlsnd Hpgland, Belgium, Spain, France sno Ger.
msny. are eli represented. The names OF members
beof ppg to the Catholic Church from all these coun
tries will slupber side by sde on tne aos
engrosses them and is to be deposited n the cavity OF
IL at corner store. Nenher omit TO mention toa'
two gentlemen who are not Catholics, have sponta-
nee usly contributed each the amount specified IN my
circular Their motive not their belief at the pres
ent momeIt in the Catholic religion. But 1t is that /
they are New-Yorkers by bith-that they have trav.
eltd in Europe, and that they ere ambitious TO see az
least ecclesiastical odhce on 81 aneattsn Island OF
which their native city will have occasion to be proud
With regard to this anticipation, L can only ssy,
that faI depenos On me- they shall not Do dHsP'
pointed.
And row, my hundred and three fret patrons, what
shall cay Of YOU after having already expressed ny
gratitude for the prompt and generous manner ~Itn
which you have responded to my ca. snsh ssy
bs that you have example thss Will eaiy your
brethren both here ard elsewhere. ! will say TINS
further, that those Who are TO carry the WORK for
tie second year will emulate that example, ana, &c
coiorg to their nssns, will rival yoa IN zea ane gen'
erosity. will cay once again, thai unui lhs Saene'
dIal sha have been completed, and crowned wa sue
cess your eIsnpe will save me from the necessary 0i
begging" or, Z 1 should have occasion to - Deg,
il vii furnish me with model te-G
Ard now, if \ should have to distinguish between
the clergy and sity CT my Doc zoe, what shaI naSS
to cay This: That judging f.om the pae3 IN Sunu
the clergy were at all times loyal and one MINDED
sidipg their 2sworthy Bishop in Whatever ente'Pn''
be had engaged, 60 will they bo IN all nmos 10 co%e
ard TO thsr1, with the powerful coope-Au9n W.
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