The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-28


any ambition IN this mans heart any Of the am
oiton which we are taught 70 believe animated
tho naughty prelates ~ Rome's proud days OF con-
quest ana war; and which history records IN tne'
lives or Woisey ana Rcheleu and MaZarin and
Porto Carrero, IL did not appear in the sad shy,
retiring demeanor or the preate who was about
70 celebrate IN his own person epoch III the
history 81 the Republic The group as II APP
peared, had elements OF its historic value. The
men and their associations were worthy OF study.
There was the blending Of the peculiar and d.
/ Yersihed elements which mark the civilization
\ 81 America, and the wonderful breadth and
sweep and universally OF The Church OF Rome
There was Count Marefoschi, booted ana armed,
in the full Uniform of the Papal Guard And If TO
our republican eyes-accustomed only 10 the
quiet, peaceful Isolation OF every form OF wor-
ship from every form OF civil authority-tt was
shock as it were. TO see tins plumed soldier. with
helmet and sword, erect and covered. in the
/ presence of that sacred and awful majesty, which,
TO the Catholic mind is enshrined IN the holy
recess OF the altari-t not without lts signih-
canoe. 1t symbol or the glory and sorrow
OF Rome. 1t recalled the Popes, at whose feet en-
perors knelt, and In whose name great armies
went out TO combat and DESTROY And 10 the
faithful, who have their share In the griefs OF the
| latter days, IL emblem of the temporal
power which fell under the tramp OF the German
legIons and before the spirit OF revolution and
change. The Count was certainly noble gentle
| man in his manner, and, II he Is not nsensible 70
the ordinary emotions OF his sex, he must have
| felt the battery or curious questioning smiles
| which fell upon him during the long hours
OF the ceremony. There, in flaming purple robe,
surmounted with the white 1eecy cape, was
Roncetti, the religious envoy OF the Pope and mem
Der OF the Pontifcal household, who has crossed
the stormy from soft and gentle Italy to bring
| In m Qrk Of q
favor. There is q singular beauty about the face
| of Roncetti-tne 'lllustrIous'' Roncetu as the
| Cardinal called him In his subsequent address
with his dome-like BRAIN clear cut curving fea-
tures-such face as one sees in the old paintings
OF medieval piety These two men were the
symbols Of the Roman faith as IL now lives In the
Eternal City. There were features less striking
In the American group. There was the blending
OF nadonaitles which forms the American CONT
nent First among the prelates to attract obser-
walton was Taschereau, the chief OF the Catholic
Church in Canada, head of the province OF Quebec,
with his bright dark French features, reminding
us OF the days when the Bourbon aimed at the mas
terry OF the Continent. We were told OF the
folly OF that ambition in the magnincentY
EMBROIDERED robe which EMBODIED him,
on which was embroidered the rose,
the thistle and the shamrock of Engand's power
and unity, entwinng the beautiful passion nower
ICES the suferlngs and glory of our Lord. There
was Purcell, from the banks OF the OHIO, his nair
white with nearly fourscore winters and his form
bending under the labors OF more than forty years
OF his eplscopacy. In him we saw The marvellous
growth OF the Western land, which ne has seen
emerge from wilderness into an empire. Penn
sylvanla was Represented by ner bishops,
aud from the far West we had the bishop
of Arizona who, among other duties, viii carry TO
rt. atxaF
can possession Into an archiepiscopa province,
and whose presence recalls the triumph OF the
Saxon over the Spaniard ana the steady march Of
| America, from the Atlantic TO the Pacific and from
Greenland TO the Equator.
THE CARDINAL AND THE ARcHBIsHoPs.
But the faces which were, alter all, the cynosure
or all eyes-and TO the observant mind were more
than usually representative OF the Catholic Cnurch
in America-were those OF the Archbishop OF Bal
tlmore and the Cardinal Archbishop OF New York.
Archbishop Bayley Is well known in this city. lie
bears among mis- names one that carries US back
to the earliest days, when the Holander was the
master OF these shores, and when the Rooseyells
ana Stuyvesants were the lords OF all these val
leys and streams. II any thought OF poetic illness
and proprety could intrude upon ceremony as
sacred as this, it would be that the duty OF
ferrlng the emblem or the ONCE upon
the nrst American Cardinal should devolve
Z h0ObcNclL.
known TO all familiar with the character
and history OF the Roman preates IN America
wnen we anude to rue very high eminence or
Arcnbisnop Bayley as man OF the widest and
most varied learning. his face Is young com
pared with that OF many OF his venerable breth-
rem in the episcopacY put 1t Is full OF character
and genius the lace OF q bishop and ruler
nrm. kind, strong, with large head and al over
! hanging brow, u lace that we dwell upon as one
among q million, and which we study now win
even q more curious interest as we listen TO tRe
constantly whispered rumor that very soon bis
Holiness viii show additional marx OF his es-
TEEN for the Church in America, BY confer
| ring the beyTetta upon the head OF
the Province OF Batlmore-thls prelate who
sti ranks all others In The United States Nothing
could be more marked than tue contrast between
toe two preates they stand face 70 face In front
or the altar, while the group slowly forms Itself
into the order OF ceremony. Strength, will, the
imperial quality. are the traits OF tho arcn-
bishops; gentleness, shyness, modest humility.
written on the features OF the Cardinal, who all
this time has been standing like q statue, never
changing his position, his eyes partly closed
ana bent upon the noor, tnldly awaiting
the moment that is to crown him with The
trophy which has been the ambition OF the
nobiemen Tor ages, and which kings have
been only too glad 10 crave at the hands OF the
Pope Tne form and figure OF Cardinal McCloskey
are too well known TO the people OF this city not
10 make any attempt at description q useless la
Dor. The tan form, slightly bending under three
score years; the mild, benevolent face; the clear,
full eye, marked with penetration; the closely knit
features, marked with intellect and devotion. sad
almost with tie expression OF suffering In repose,
Frightening up under the In nnence or oratory
speech into the sunniest and most gracious smile.
One can see that the nrst or all virtues
cnarity-end the Tarest or all virtues
numiliiy--are predominant in the character
OF the Cardinal; that this man believes In his work.
that to MIN the duty which came with the VOWS
or mis- early manhood controls his life;