The New York herald., 1870-04-27

one u MS disctpless men and women VINO, loving
virtue for itself, charity for It's tolls dare confront
vice, and daring 1t crush IL by the divine power OF
gentlencss and lrmness; men and women drying up
tears, not giving wealth "to walls that ne'er
heard OF their holy vows or words;" rescuing
from the hell OF earth and hereafter; from the temp
taiions or n.oxicaion ana the iuordnate lewdness
that seems TO be corupng society from top to toe.
from head to foot; from the miscres Of ignorance Of
vice: men ana women who dare be chariiahly great
by guiding the steps OF the innocent and thoughtess
through the intrcacies of our checkered and bolster
Gus Iifs and who will labor alone for the glory OF
God, the benefit OF their Fellow man and womaa ana
the increase OF an extra blade Of grass In the
place where only two grow at present Such are the
men and women we need. Complimentary dogmas
and quibbcs in dogmatic theology may please iders;
earnest people believe In religion, not in useless
things.
Tho Ecnmenical Council-Attempt for Una-
nimlty-The Italian Elemcnt-The Jesuits
and Thcir Ordcr-Tho Rniers of Catholic.
dom-rhc Dogmn of InfniIibility In che
Italian Parliament. u
We are having congregations generate every
day, except ON those festive and consecrated to
saints anu other holy persona ges OF the Church. The
congregations signifies that the Council goes into
committee OF the whole for the trans lctiOu OF general
business and that general busilcss just now refers
to the schema entitled De Romano P0atqce, or the
infaiibility Of the Pope. The dis,us.Ols, such as
they are will go on for forms sake only; for the
great dogma Is foreg0ne conclusion, and we arr
soon to have the benefit oft The committees each
labor quite zeaousy on their side, and altogether
the Ecumenical fathers are not was Ing any time
Matters are being pushed now that the entire world
has been brought 10 the point OF looking out
libity as Jan dccons3h That has been the point
so far scored by the Jesuit party the winters prn
cpal work. at present the leaders striving hard
TO produce species OF unanimy In the opinions and
votes OF those of the fathers hitherto exhibiting
rebellious or independent spirit They go so far as
to assert that Dupanloup himself ha, already pre-
pared the pastoral letter In which he will announce
TO his nock at home his full and complete submission
10 the new dogma and the Holy See This is probably
too much. There seems TO be no doubt that Dupan-
Oup will accept results; but positively know that
he remarked to q friend 0aly one week ago that he
would leave Rome and the Council very much dis
appointed and feeling tn no wise responsible for the
consequences that he foresees will now from the
action OF the Council, against which he has all
along thought 1t his imperative duty to counsel.
The chief priests and rulers have been somewhat
checked in their onward course by the opposition
orators, who pretend that no dogma can have any
weight unless II receives unanimity OF votes, as
has been the in all previous councils on all topics
OF any Importance. In none of the eighteen councils
has there ever been a negative vote over twenty;
whereas in this, the nineteenth, the opposing minor
ity could cast vote somewhere In the neighbOrh0od
OF round hundred. Hence there is a magnificent
attempt being now made to tame this minority down
into reasonable numbers, for the sake OF tradition
and appearances and no one doubts that 1t Will
he successful for all the arts and persuasions which
Rome Is so rich In will be applied without stint Not
that the leaders willing to admit that entire una
nimity Is indispensable to the VOTE Their argument
is that moral unanimty Is all that can be asked and
obtained in an assembly OF 800 persons at the pre-
may here remark that it is the invariable custom
OF the Jesuus to aliude 70 presen mes ana to avail
themse Yes Of modern ID ,as, agencies ana trans
formations whenever 1t suits their convenience or
may furnish them with LIT: the rest OF lhe lme,
aud general rule OF principe ana CONDUCT, tney
n )l1 70 The terrbie anah hemas which t4ey have ul
sparingiy launched ala n It an aifcled and sunerng
word. To the stranger who IS not initiated IN the
dephs OF tia ian ciaracter-in those purely allan
facuils OF Gnesse and ruse-fjr they nave been de-
yelOped in The Italian race as in no O1iler cop g.
tnalks to G circumstances. 70 the oppressi3ns ana
teachings undergone during ages, an render lem
III the European sense the best diplomats OF the
wofd-it often appears range how u has lie n AMI
is po ssble for lne Italian cement 10 predomlnate
as it dos not Ony In this council, but in
al the dongs OF the Churcn-hOw 1t iS
possible Tor ltalidns only 10 De ropes O CltnOUcu0m
Looking only the surface the stranger prone to
observe that the Italian archbishops, bishops and
priests. in general, neither shine by weight of intel
lect nor strength OF character; In fact that they
appear be below those OF other Catholic countries;
that the POpes nowadays are not great men, and that
the Cud nails themseyes-thos. chosen Iurpled
fcw-woud he considered rather small beer Ia any
other c0untry. All this is fully true. But then there
are other points 10 be taken into consideration, and
the account is not TO be made up so hastily. The
Itaans-I speak of that eementin the first place, are
on the spot; the Italian race hollis the capital 0f the
Caesars and the chair OF ST Peter anu II posse s'on IS
ninetenths at law, it may almost be said that pres
tige is as much more again when that prestige is
colossal like that of Rome Then the same race have
been in the habit OF holding the Clthollc reins.
When set Of people have long made it their busi-
ness direct and iOok after the happiness OF souls
the thing becomes with them matter OF routine
which it6s difficult either TO lay aside or TO oppose.
These perhaps, may be termed the negative capaci-
ties Of the Italian element The positive may be said
to consist in the TACT quickness and calculating per
severance, both innate well as forced by priest
ana ruler, into the Italian character, which make
the most cunning of people. Those who Know them
well know that they constantly employ diplomacy
in all the affairs OF life, in the most trivial;
every Italian Is ambassador 10 his neigh
Dor and his fellow, though he may be withO ut
any Of the ambassadorial trappngs thougfshe may
be in rassand without hat, cooked or uncO cked. La
lian beggars are extremely expert in the art. AT
first IL Is astonishing 10 see how far this people
push their gilt Of cunning, but observation soon
enables one to that the OH rnal and present me-
cessity Of tn FIR practice OF dip0matzng is combined
with the plea4ure it affords them after long indul-
gence in It, What Is more than all this, the Church
not lued by the ordinary Italian cardinals, bishops
and pre- " al large but by few men, the most COM
peten of that element, who eagerly seize the ropes
while keeping strictly behind the cur ain, and who
have SUFFICIENT perspicacity to supply their own def
ciencies by calling for advice and AID from the mo It
able q }eer subject and saegral1a!es y weateYsr
These men form The secret coterle OF Jesuits who,
being Italians OF cOursciavOr their own race, and
who have sufficient good sense and address to put to
account the brains OF those members OF their order
who scatte ed over the face of The earth as well
as all the ideas and sugge itons which may he sent
to Rome by the faithful GENERALLY. They thus have
pick and ichoice to a large extent they simply
'take their own wherever they find IT." 1t matters
not whether an idea arises in Their own noddle or In
that OF some bishop IN pdttbus among the lrOquOs
or the Chinese. II that idea be good 1t becomes
theirs without further ado This is.the force OF the
Jesuit order nowadays; they are Teluced down to
hunting, scraping, picking ami choosing; whe reas
the past the order was fortunate enough to rear
ere tive minds capable Of rougning out circuml-
stances and working up ideas at command. Yet II
Is force, and very powerful one, after ALL IL keeps
| them afoat and in possession OF the helm.
But whittier are they steering the bark of St. Peter!
The major opinion among the aity here elsewhere
| In Europe, q that they are on pad course one
| strewn with rocks ahead. "Tedrenao clio che gS-
| dyc,no.' wa viii what we will GOO an fhe