The New York herald., 1870-04-27


Assistant 10 the Pont,ncal throne by Gregory xvi.
on the 1stn July, 1850, he was promoted 10 the
pallf,un. which he received from the hands OF
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The readers OF The HERALD thirty years ago Will
remember the celebrated controversy between Rev.
Mr. Campbell, who founded tile CampbelliIes, and
Bishop Purcell Dunng that discussion he (he
Bishop stated on one occasion;--
Appeals were lodge before hc Bishop Of Rome
though he was not believed 70 he niallie. Ne ther
is ne low No enlsht,nel Catholic holds ihe Folc's
inlalibility 10 be al article 0 faiih, do not and
none OF my brethren, that Know of, DO The Catho
lie bcieves the Pope a. a man, 70 be a. ianle TO
man ana man is ua lible either Ia doctrine Oh
no as. Miny OF the popes have sinned, and some
an a omit viii iaSe III, brush III hand and roll up
MS sleeves and lay II on them hard and heavy 81
vii ani whenever h, uses stronger epthct
a. ainSt taem Will use stronger.
The Cincinnati Commercial, some time past pub
lIshed the above extract and called on the Catholc
telegraph, edited by the talented brother OF the
Archbishop, Very Rev. Edward Purcell, for informa
tion on the question of the nfallibity Of the Pope
The telegraph promptly replied, endorsing the above
extract. y
The noble and loyal stand OF the Archbishop OF
Cincinnati during the war is too well known 20 be
recapitulated here. In his Lenten pastoral 1864
he wrote:-"Wc go with our whole heart
and soul for the maintenance OF the
Union and the abolition OF slavery" The
Union has been maintained; slavery has been ahol-
ishpd; the slave OF 1860 Is citizen OF the United
States In 1870. Less than ten years from light to
darkness, from bondage TO the happNland of-ofcei |
Peter Richard Kenrick. Archbishop OF st. Lonis Is
the junior OF two brothers who were born IN the early
part OF this century IN the parish OF 81. Nicholas
Myra, Dublin. The late Archbishop Of Bal
tlmore, the lamented Kenrick whose works
on the primacy OF the Church and the Pen
tateuch have endeared him 60 all scholars,
was the brother OF The Archbishop of st. Lous, who
was born In Dublin On the 17.h August, 1906, and
came to the United States at an cary are. on the
24h Apnl 1s4l he was consecratei Bishop Of Draso,
in partio,is f,ytdelum; succeeded as Coadiut0r to
the See OF ST. Louis Septe mber 25 IS4S, and was pro-
NOTED 10 Archbishop July 10, 1si7. LIVING In slave
State, he never has had much chance to show his
freedomoving ineIinations publicly, hut 1t is well
known he was as earn st In sympathy win the un-
fortunate slaves as he Is now In opposition 10 the
dogma OF inialipiity.
Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, is too well
known from the Empr, City to Albany to be noticed
in the HERALD Born in Brooklyn, March 20, 1901,
he entered the College Of Mount 81. Mary. Emnts-
burg at an early age On the 2lst OF November,
1S43 he was consecrated Bishop Of Axere in parti-
buS anfdettun; was appointed to the See OF Albany
May 81, 1S47, and succeeded Archbishop Hughes May
6, 1854 To purity OF life and grace OF manners he
unites the arability Of the gentleman and the
courtliness OF the digntary in superative degree
Such are the three archbshops Of the United States
who have solemny, but respectfully, protested
against the dogma OF the personal infability Of
the Pope.
We must not omit, in the meantime, 10 notice
which OF our seven Catholic Archbishops OF the
United States in favor OF the dogma. Conspicu-
above all others is the Archbishop OF San Fran
cisco. The Most Rev. Joseph s. Alemang is a native
Of SPAIN and member OF the Dominican order. He
was consecrated Bishop of Monterey June 30, 1850
and promoted to the Arehbshorric OF SIN Francisco
July 90 1858. Archbishop Blanchet, of Oregon is as
sincerely in favor OF the dogma as any man in Rome
The venerable gentleman is poor, and is supported
out OF the POpe's private purse Oregon Is not abie
or, il able is not willing 10 present the octogen-
arian-he was born in Canada in 1795-Archbishop
a few thousand dollars to live as gentleman. The
Pope keeps HIM in food and raiment, and when he
goes 10 St. Peters he hires a pett,tro for sixteen
0diocco If the wea her be broken bu If 1t is fair he
walks from his convent to the Vatican and back, like
Peter James, Luke and John, of the New Testament.
Archbishop Odin OF New Orleans Is In France, In
poor health. lie has taken part in the discussion
OF the question. The sphinx Is chbi hop Spalding.
He Is neither for nor against infaiIibity. He relshes
the lsh OF the opponents and has wiling fork for
the flesh OF the advocates; but he hangs on to
his own red herring He is the head, front and
tail OF independent opposition, and hopes to have
personal naibility defined to suit himself. He has
signed no petitions for or against the dogma. The
Archbishop OF Westminster used up quite a large
lump of soap endeavorng to have him "go in'' for
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by the grace OF God ana the favor OF the Apostolic
See,n couldn't see 1t, and dec ined. When Arch
bishop Kenrick approached him to sign the protest
against infallibility he took long. big whifr-he
smokes like Turk-and took another, AMI took
another and moving hts chair u little
towards his colleague, he emitted volume Of smoke
as dense as If his mouth were the smoke stack Of q
tug when its chief engineer gives orders to sire up
Two and one-haf big whifri and then the request
was declined with grace and sauvity peculiarly
characteristic OF the gentlemany and amiable Arch
bishop Spalding.
The bishops are known comparatively well
in the States OF their residences; but Bishop
Richard Vincent Whelan, of Wheeling is one
of The ablest of the American hierar.
chy. Born in Baltimore, January 2s, 1902
he was consecrated Bishop of Richmond
December 15 1s4O and transferred to Wheeling July
20, $780, Tall and dgnihed, amiabe and simple he
was one OF the first to unite with the archbishops
against the dogma Of infahblity. He delivered his
maiden speech in the Council about a month ago,
and made deep impression upon the Italians. The
fervor distinctness, and vigor OF his language
pleased all. The subject under discussion was
ecclesiastical discipline.
The French land German bishops who have pro-
tested against the dogma are as earnest in their
opposition as their fellow bishops from England
and the United States.
As Independent and lmpari, outsiders we lay the
status of the American hierarchy before readers
We beg, however, to extract a few lines from the
writings Of one OF the greatest theological writer's
that ever lived, the revernd St. Thomas OF Aquinas
Relsggg in his ssslgsun to this question Of infalll-
bllity he writes:" ha6et In Eccesta plentudi.
mem potestates''--the Pope has in the Church the
penitude Of power; "Eptscopt optinent IN EccIesta
sunlnsuns pOtes tatenl"--the bishops have in the
Church the supreme power. II the bishops have the
supreme power when assembled IN council,
personal infallibiity is nothing more than