The New York herald., 1870-12-10

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IN very shcrt time every seat and aisle was
crowded while there yet remained outside vast
crowd who centented themselves BY getting as near
the high windows as possible to be within ear shos
OF the proceedings inside.
rHE SCENE WITHIN THE CHURCH.
from tho altar steps certainly an imposing one.
The gas Jets gave but faint gllnmer Of light and
AZ tue capricious wind without, In It's anxiety TO
@ ssroush sas crack 'ss ana n orevcs nssiss sSss
flicker ana flame up betimes the shadows
o 1s ps o d sss 70 the ss
Of upturncd faces beneath an appearance quite
the o sss O. nd
banner % raised D high ia air here % and S'' there here
weird soIemnisy V Of the scene. indsed, evervooas
appeared so impressed by the surroundings that rs
out into the sanctuary aud TOOK their seats silence
OF death retgned throughout the building broken
OCCASIONALLY but by the low shuffing sound Of one
After everybody who could enter had got in and tke
doors were closed, Bishop Ryan came forward and
said
BISHOP RYANs ADDRESS.
,. WIN allow myself but few minutes To state as
together IN tns casnsdra the IN, evening
Gssn,; occasion q pubic Slsgss and may
well pleased to see here such numbers
though there was no pressure exerted. no out
OF the pabc papers here asserted that we expected
archbishops AMI bishops from other places. Let mo
0xpoCteu
IMPULSE OF CATHOLIC HEARTS,
this gathering OF men together on this OCCASION and
no matter what others assert, toll you are glad
you followed your own taste and your own Judgment
rather than the Judgment or the taste or others
ing matters and principles concerning ysu and
which you alone are nty prepared to Judge THIS Is
We cannot Be strangers; ;' nor or need ! B.
might occur that would need . record. We propose
as peaceaole and orderly citizens, meeting on our
matters which concern ourselves, and we hope be-
cause we happen 70 be Catholics that we have not
lost oy that fact any OF our rights as independents
citizens Of free and beloved country, FOR then will
they be rebuked who assert that we should be ex.
sluded from walking in public procession through
allow myself only state the object Of this meeting,
ressrving further remarks l have to make for the
nss1 no apoOE for this Or for
cinets Of the holy temple Of God. We have, 1t Is
true, removed the blessed sacrament from the altar
dom to might 10 the proceedings which are to take
place; st. the cause which draws you together Is
HOLY PLACE BEFrTs THE CAUSE.
II we had had more central hail we would nave
wished you to have assembled there; but IN coming
here for the purpose you do We deem It no desecra
tion. The object OF your assembling tonight is to
give expression to the sentiment Of tho Catholic
tion. but a demonstration OF the people
at the violation Of the sacred rights OF
s rsS Sssr, hs o Ss G B; 0 Rs Rnr a s
and as to the outrages and wrongs perpetrated
against eur common father, the Pope. The gentle
men who VIII speak to you wiz express their own
The Bishop then appointed as a committee TO draw
up resolutions expressive OF the sentiments OF the
meeting fourteen gentlemen. one from each parish
IN the city.
LAYMAN's VIEWS.
When the committee had retired for consultation
pl no rna
trum and addressed the gathering. He said that at
this time, when the eyes OF nations were xed upon
Bufalo should ceme together and give an emphatic
expression Of their sentiments OF love and devotion
with him in his troubles. Plus TX. was the
sovereign OF two hundred millions Of Catholics.
yet he was prisoner in his own palace. AS sove-
reign prince his dominion had been wrested from
him and he himself taken captive and only under
the shallow pretext tnat the
PUBLIC OPINION OF THE ITALIAN NATION
demanded that Rome should be the capital OF united
Italy. What was thls public opiniOnr' 1t was the
opinion fomented by Mazzin and his infamous CO.
workers-an opinion which Rome OF Peter and his
successors would yet override. What title had the
Italian king to RomeS Simply the claim OF Q nation
Silence iei s0u as the the sovereignty oY the % Pope in
Rome could count centuries. How gladly the
Papacy is deadn every man knew VINO read
the papers. They piously rolled the whites of their
eyes and held up their hypocritca hands to heaven
thaaking 1t, fOrsOoth, because 1t had put an end
to the reign or the '.scarlet woman.n Yet how
often during eighteen centuries had not this same
cry of exultation from the narrow.minded enemies
of the Church gone up around 1t when, to human
belief it seemed tottering TO It's fall The enemies
ven wv with deIght over lis final @ ID deat6n vet e
no one ever lived to see Its burial. The bar
barians conquered Europe, and when they came IN
contact with the Papacy they were converted and
made Its children. 1t went through the strifes OF the
Middle Ages, outliyed nations and thrived vigor.
ties were uprooted and races Of men were
blotted from the face OF the earth.
y Gould and Wons do again. Let the 'e opd S
dragged into captivity--it would be only repeti-
ton OF the trials and suferings Of his predecessors,
Of the Pope the cause Of God. and IL could not
but prevail forever. Did not the present Pope in
10 to the caaeombs il the interests a
II the interests OF God require It," Sooner later
the ayenglng hand OF God would be laid heavily
upon the good old mans prosecutors, for the most
superficial reader OF history could not deny the fact
that every prince or king that ever dared to
LAY SACRILEGIOUs HANDS ON THE PONTIFF
had been IN somo way or other terribly punished by
God for his ofence The condition OF Europe at the
es had M xea prc
pies ruled there now; nothing but "modern ideas,"
which meant cunning deceit and treachery.
Owl society, by reason OF this fact, was now
reeling on the brink of precpice over which 1t
society following Its present natural downward
course would heed Its legitimate effects IN disorder
and social chaos then, as Of old, nations would be
found clnging about the Papacy for safety, for the
Rome or the Caesars destroyed nations while the
Rome OF the Pontifs ever recognized and
propped them up IN hours OF danger. The charge
that the Papacy was opposed to progress was faise
IL was always in favor Of real progress but 1t was
not in favor OF that progress OF the age which leads
TO goddess barbarism. The Church Of Christ Is not
OF this world but is on this world The Pope was
Gods vicar, his representative on earth, and who
ever interfered with him in his rights
INTERPRETED WITH GOD
The temporal power was essential to the inde-
pendence Of the Pope The speaker then went on
Church, should be the subject OF no earthly king,
and closed by calling the world to witness that at no
time in the history OF the Church were the Catholics
OF the world devoted to the Pontin as they
present.
Mr.. WAKEMAN then delivered an address In Ger
man, after which
Mr.. JOIN McMANUs came forward. After alud-
ing to the festival OF the Immaculate Conception
celebrated that day he denounced the orciDle occu
patton Of Rome act which called for the
execration OF the entire civilized world. There was
no excuse for 1t whatever on any principle OF Justice