The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
IN MEMORIAM.


sincerity of purpose, purity of Life, ma
tured intellect and answering adhesion
to the cause of right. Whether it be the
-ipened scholar, the distinguished states
man, the courageous general or the aged
divine, the removal of esther from the
scenes of earthly labor is entitled to more
than passing consideration and forms
fitting occasion for the expression or sym
pathetic sorrow. In the demise or Arch
bishop Spalding, the Catholic world has
sustained a serious lass. By his death
the Primary of the Catholic Church in
the United States, and the oldest diocese
in the Rspublic-that of Baitimore-are
both left, vacant. The following brief
sketch of the Archbishop will prove in
teresting: Martin John Spalding who
was the seventh Archbishop of Balti-
more was born in Kentucky, near Leban
on in Marion County on the 23d, of May
1910. After undergoing his preliminary
education he determined at the age of
sixteen to prepare himself for the priest
hood and accordingly went to the St.
Jnseph's Seminary, at Bardstown, Ky, at
which institution he studied theology for
period of four years. In 1880 he pro-
ceeded to, Rome where he spent similar
term at the renowned Urban College Of
the Propaganda. Here it was that at
the cIosegof his collegiate career he made
his celebrated public defence which en-
.braced the entirety of theological doc
trine and canon law, mainta ming his ar
glments In Latin for seven hours and
that in the face of all opposition. So
great was the admiration Of his in
telectual powers by those who beard
him, that the degree of Doctor of DiVlni
tv was at once conferred upon him. DR..
Spaldiug was ordained to the priest
b ,od by Cardinal Pendent in August
1884, and on his return to Kentucky was
made pastor of St. Josephs Church, in
B lrdstown. In 1884 he went 20 the Ca
thedral in Louisville and was raised to
the Episcopate about five years after
ward as Bishop of Lengonc and coadju-
tor 10 Bishop Fisget. During the
Bishop s residence in Louisville, which
extended overa pc Rod of twenty years,
he acquired considerable reputation as
writer, an able author, and
an eloquent divine. He was a profound
thinker, a skilful logician and thorough
~ versed in all theological tactics. AS a
staunch defender of the tepets of his
Church. he was unexcelled, and few could
or would enter the arena Of disputation-
against him. His fame was not long in
reaching Rome, and 50 attracted the no
tce of His Holiness the Pope, that npop
the death ofArchbishop Kenrick in 1858,
the Bishop was created Archbishop of
Baltimore on the 18th Of May, 1864, and
thus Inherited the Primary of tpe Cath
oIlc Church in the United States. Plus
the Ninth by special decree cqnferre d
u oon the9 See Of Batimore-the. oldest
in this countrywide is termed the
tprerogatiye Of place. y SO that the Arch
bishop of Baltimore thereby takes pre-
cedence of all other Prelates in the
Union The Inauguration took place July
a..
,3lst. 1864, the city being filled with
of people attracted by the
imposing, splendor. The late Archbishop
SpaldiDg was a man Of TO ordinary at
tainments and an author of no mean pre-
tensions. Among the valuable works
which he has published may be men
toned; Sketches Of the Early Catholic
Missions of Kentucky" in one volume.
"The Life and Times of Bishop Flaget,
in one volume. GA Review OF D'Au
bigne's History OF the Reformation" in
one volume, which afterwards swelled in
TO two volumes, Of about one thousand
pages, embracing the History of Protes-
tant Reformation in all Countries
,tMiscellanea," a collection of Reviews,
ESSAYS, and Lectures; on about fifty diff
ferent subjects in two volumes, finally,
"Lectures, on the Evidences of Catholici-
tv y in one volume He has also written
a number of pastoral letters and lead
inc articles in the principal Catholic
news papers &C., together with introduc1
tions to various works printed by his
recommendation. TIE Archbishop was
an active worker and full of energetic de-
termination. Over twenty new churches
have been erected and consecrated by
I him since his elevation to the Archepis-