The New York herald., 1870-12-20

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BY special core~pondrnce frem Dusian.
dated on the "a Of December. we have the
highly important intelligence thas bis Hcli-
ness Pope Plus the Ninth. having had q
solemn consideration of tho probable conse-
quences Of the lay eonfiici which IL w@xed b.
King Victor Emmanuel against his hicrsrchlcai
Independence, and anticipating that the
world outside Of Rome may be interrupted ai
any moment by the whim or caprice u the
Italian Executive, has come 10 the coaclasisn
OF delegating q plenary, bat extraordinary,
power Of ecclesiastical appointment and d..
ciplne TO his Eminence the Cardinal Paul
Cullen, Archbishop Of Dublia. The caraisal
will, II is said, be duly authorized 90
appoint, in the name % the Pope.
all the English-speaking bishop. ol toe
Church--those Of ireland, England, scot
land, America, Australasia and Asia, ~ish ths
missionary episcopacy of Africa and the
countries which are embraced In the Apostolic
Vcariate Of the North Pole. This oommin-
sion will be an anonted honor 10 the man
grand Catholic tribute 10 the religious Feai
and devotion or ireland. OF which. after all.
the Green Isle has hitherto had
but very few from the chair al
St. Peter. In an ultramontane point of view
no prelate of the European Church l. more
deserving Of the elevation than Cardinal ranl
Cullen. In bis parentage he typihes the
democracy, pure and simple. Of his native
land; in his promotion to the cardinalatc he
stands forth as an embodiment OF the demo
cratic principle which prevails In the Catholic
as an instructor Of the priesthood, duriag
sixteen or eighteen years, yet no grasped the
crozier Of the archiepscopal see Of 81. Kevin
with all the natural dignity of an Irish
peasants son, and all the apostolic resolution
of 'lion of the tribe of Judah"
This extraordinary commission to Cardinal
Cullen tends to confirm the anticpations
which we have expressed in the HERALD
during the past few years to the effect that
the Catholic Church, which is-as claimed by
its theOlogians-ever young, ever baptizing
and always been baptized, is about to move its
centre Of government from Italy westward,
and through the West to travel east to-
wards Bethlehem, following the course of
the star w ich guides to the site Of
the stable and the manger, of the crib, and
to Calvary This movement, should it be
carried out, will initiate the first point Of
great Christian revolution. Cardinal Paul
Cullen will pioneer it skilfully, although
perhaps little too much in the gloom
of a Hildebrand asceticism fred with
deep zeal. He will carry it forward to
the shrine of Thomas 4 Beckett, pause at the
tomb of Hughes in New York, move it onward
to the death spot of ST. Francis Xavier in
Asia, show its grandeur to the wandering
tribes and in the new cathedrals of New Zea-
land, and then have the sacred deposit of re-
ligion returned to old Europe, purified, simpl-
fed and health-gving for the souls Of the uni
versal brotherhood. Hailed with acclama-
ton, his Eminence Of Dublin may receive the
tiara as his earthly reward, but even should
ne not be SO blessed-should the Ring Of the
Fisherman be placed on the finger Of Arch
bishop Manning, of Cardinal Rauscher, of
Vienna, or Of North German prelate--the
modern Paul will be at least rewarded by the
enjoyment of the hope that he will hear, at
the great accounting day, the words of swell
done, thou good and faithful servant; enter
into the kingdom.