The New York herald., 1870-04-27
The Roman Councii-Tae InfaiIibiiity Qaes.
tion-The Protests Of American and English
Prelates-The Herald aud Its Infuence-A


The Roman COuncii-Tae InfaiIibiiity Ones.
tion-Thc Protests Of American and English
Prelates-The Herald aud Its Infuence-A
Noble Army.
We publish above the protest presented hy num-
Der of English and American prelates 70 the Pope
against the dogma of pc esonal lnalibiity IL viii
be seen that the names include the abest and most
venerable OF the Catholic bishops in the United
States. or the tweaty-one American prelates who
have signed the protest, twelve are natives OF the
United States, namey:-Archbishop McClossey, New
York; Clshops whe.an Wheeling; yarot, Savann ah,
tran ie red to Florida within past month; Bay ey
Newark: McQul nd Rochester; Muller Erie; McFar-
land, II lrtford; Lynch, Charleston; Feehan,, Nash
VI e; Ho ran st. Joseph, Mo-; Bawn, Portland:
u Ak Sauie ST. Mary, Mich Five are natives Of
Ireland, namely:-Aycablshops Purcell, Cincinnati
and KearicG ST. Louis; Bishops 0Gorman, Omaha;
Hennessey, Dabuque; Fitzgerald, Little Rork Two
are natives of Germany, TO wit:--Hami, Milwaukee,;
Mecher Green Bay. One a native of France and
one Span ard b. birth.
The religious orders are feeby represented among
the above. There are only tiree--nameiy, two Laza
rsts and one Trappist; Domence, Plttsburg, and
Binat Monterey, the former, and 0'Gorman the
latter The English Proestants are natives of Eng
land. The Bishop OF Clifton is member of one OF
the Oldest and most aristocratic families Ia England
The C1ords have been stern In their opposition
TO all onsaughts on the Mother Church, and have no
small influence in large portion of Great Britain. The
Irish opponents are, Of course, natives of the
Emerald Isle. Mr.. Leahy, OF Dromore, is Domini-
can, ana considered the ablest churchman In Ire
land. He is relative to the Archbishop or Cashe
The Canadian Archbishop Connolly, Capuchn. and
Bishop Rogers, of Chatham, are natives of Ireland.
Bishop Sweeny, Of ST. Johns, N. b., is @ native OF
Canada.
We call particular attention to the fact that the
three American Archbishops who have signed the
protest represent more Catholics and larger OF
territory than united or disunited italy and the
islands Of the Mediterranean thrown In. The first
name on the list, as the second and third,
fully corroborate the statements Of special
spondents in tile Eternal City, who unite about facts
and leave the gossip to ancient virgins who write Tor
country papers at a dollar yard. While other
journals were guessing and enarging, like frogs on
the warns picked up In dingy cares and one-horse
res aurants in the via Babuno and Tritone by fud-
died Bohemans who was pro and who was con, we
presented the names Of the opponents Of infalli-
billy to our readers over three months ago. to-day
we place the original protest. with the Of all
the preates from Great Britain and Ireland Canada
anu tile United States, who have signed the same.
Orr readers viii see In the document WE publish
Above another proof OF the enterprise OF the
G-nALD VIC KNOW every fhch OK the Vatican and
our writer's mount the scala regg every day in pur.
suGnce OF our instructions. They have sharp ears
and Keen eyes, and know just where TO 20 to find a
document O. importance when we need It, Amos.
tollc letters and briefs that are published in the
Gtor7tatG dt Roma may suit persons who love to
appear important among the verdant; but we
want no such rubbish, and when we do wei,
have it fresh and handsome, like valentine done up
d Ia Rome with big seal and all the other curious
things essential to make up a Roman misslve.
Let us turn now to the men who have solemply
protested against the new dogma, First in years and
episcopal rank is the beloved and emineny progress
slye Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati Born in
Nallow, Leland, on the S8th of February, 1900, Of
respectable parents he left old Erin when mere boy
TO aid in extending the reiyion Of his foreathers
tie New World. Having received a good classical
training as Munster boys generally do, he found on
his arrival III America that he had to work before he
could obtain the wish OF his lleto become priest.
He was empoyel as a teacher in one Of the leading
families in Queen Anne county, Maryland, from
whence he went 10 Noun ST. Mary's Seminary at
Emmettsburg in 1920. lie studied for some years in
st. Supice, Paris, and was ordained priest
in 1897. On the 1911 Of October, 1ss3 he
was cousecraiel Bishop Of Cincinnati On tie