The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-04

| Catholic Cathedral of Westminster. On that
occasion Cardinal Archbishop Manning advo-
Gated the cause Of the Papaoy with an in
tensity Of purpose which, to some Of the dis
tingnished persons present, must have re-
called the memory Of the great Catholic arch
bishop Of England, the illustrious Cardinal
Pole.
| We do not wonder that The cathedral was
crowded on the occasion, and that prominent
in the crowd were several foreign ambassa
| DORIS some cabinet ministers and not few
who have won distinction in the higher walks
Of literature and art. The preacher was at
one time regarded rs probably the most
gifted priest in the Anglican communion
certainly as its most eloquent and powerful
pulpiteer. Thousands were wont to hang
upon his lips when he advocated another faith
than that of Rome. Since his secession from
the Church Of England DR.. Manning has
steadily grown in power and importance as a
Roman ecclesiastic. His tendencies have
been strongly nltramontane, and among
the ultramontanists he has won the
first place. His influence with Pope Plus
is we'll known. 1t IL generally believed that
to him, more than to any other single indi-
vidual we are indebted for the Ecumenical
Council and for what that Council has done.
The readers of Lothian who have become
familiar with Cardinal Grandson have fair
idea OF the character Of DR.. Manning. It was
DR.. Manning's belief that the endorsement of
the Syllabus and the proclamation of the per-
sonal infallibility Of the Pope by the Council
| would be the means of eradicating the many
evils which are now so destructive to modern
society and of effectually reconciling the
| Church and the world. Considering how COM
pletely the Council Of the Vatican has to all
outward appearance failed we cannot be sur
! prised that the return of the Cardinal to his
diocese and the announcement that he was to
speak on the Council and on the great events
which are taking place in Europe brought
| together so illustrious an assembly.
| From the meagre outlines which have
| clude that the sermon was worthy Of the man
and worthy of the great occasion. 1t was
trying occasion. DR.. Manning's ambitious
schemes had been successful Another grand
Ecumenica Council had been held. The
Syllabus, which in its practical operation
would place all men and all nations
once more under the heel of the Church,
had been approved without much diff
ference Of opinion. The Vicar Of Christ
position to which he himself VIGOROUSLY as
pircs-no longer welded doubtful authority.
With very lew disscntients the Council Of the
Vatican had accepted the dogma that the Pope
is infallible in all matters Of faith and morals.
This great work had been accomplished In
large part by himself What cause for pride!
But success had been clouded by terrible
disasters. When the Council met Austria,
France, SPAIN Italy, Bavaria, were bound by
concordats to the Holy See, and the presump-
ton was that other nations would be induced
to enter into the same holy bonds. How
| great the change! Now Austria had formally
thrown off her allegiance. So, too, had
Bavaria. Spain had virtually done the same
thing. France, the great bulwark of the Pope
dom, was lying bleeding and PROSTATE beneath
| the heel Of the great Protestant Power Of the
| North the eldest son Of the Church was
! prisoner in hereto land and the disciples
| of Voltaire, of Fourier, of Robert Owen,
we're in possession OF the reins of government
The Italians had marched almost unresisted
into the Holy City; the Roman people had
hailed them as deliverers, and, by vote which
deserves to be called unanimous, they had ex-
mi, an IF Ii
| in the whole history Of the Church did night so
| dark and so disastrous close in upon
day so bright and full of promise We can
well conceive that the Cardinal felt the diff
! Guilty of his position and that he knew his
| task was hard. II does not appear that he
| attempted to explain what connection the
] Council had with these disasters Il is only
manifest that he did not admit that the falling
away Of Austria and The other Catholic
| Powers, the humiliation of France, the com
plete and, to all appearance, irreversible over
throw OF the temporal power, were in any
! sense logical and legitimate results Of the
| action of the Council lie blamed England
for her indifference and praised ireland for her
| steadfasl adherence to the faith. But with
| blandness characteristic Of his order he
refused to see and recognize the new necessi-
| ties and altered conditions of this ripe age of
| The world The war against the tempora |
| power was a war against the Church and
against Christianity. The Roman question
was not yet ended: it was only begun.
In the course Of his address Dr. Manning.
by an allusisn to the growth and prosperity Of
gave evidence tina! he was not far frsm the
right way-so near, in fact, that one wonders
he has not found it, Here we have long
since settled the Roman question. Church and