The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-24
ROMANISlI N AsIERICA.
The London Times ON the Papa
Propaganda in the United State,


termined 10 create i've new Princes OF the I
Church, the names Of the future Cardinals !
were scanned with much interest, for they
showed 10 what quarters the Papacy in |
it, hour Of trial Wa stretching out it, I
hand, Tor help. The Italian "Eminences,n
indeed, we're chosen 10 sustain 4 tradition
Of Papal policy; but Cardinal Manning,
Cardinal Ledochowski, and Cardinal
McClOskey represented in different forms
the determination Of Rome To recruit
and to rally her forces in the very camp
Of her deadliesi foes. DR.. Manning has
earned his promotion by his conflict with
the PrOlestaHi,m Of his native land |
Archbishop Leivchowski BY his oppO.
sillOn 10 the assertion vi the supreme
authority u the State in Prussia. But
the devotion which wa. rewarded in these
prelaie- Wa virtue barren, save 10 the
eye Of faith, Of apprecilble result.. Arch.
bishop McClu-kry, Of New York, was
chosen Tor honor, because he stood at the
head oi ya.t organization Of the Roman
Catholic Church, the resources u which,
undcTYalGed and hardly understood hilh.
cTtp by the powers that rule at Rome, have
come 10 be known, and pTiEed, and made
the foundation Of towering hope, Hall
the Old World has been lost 10 the Church,
aud u the remaining part that stiIl hold
formally 10 IL allegiance many sections
are mined by -kepiici-m 0r shaken by
discount. But, If the Old World H. lost,
may not the New H. gained? 1t il At
ca.,rp--iblr ihatlh j. the inner thought
OF Rome in thee dark days. The Dies
iinirs NJ the human race -eem 10 move
Westward, and in a relative sense, il not
absolutely the -taT Of America wakes a.
that Of Europe wane-. But ii 4 century
hence the Western Continent will out
weigh in wealth and power the divided
.ociclie. Of Europe, will not the dominion
Of the younger civilization compensate
Tor the ly-s al authority over the original
Empire Of the Church? The beginnings
Of the conquest have been made, and the
campaign j. carried on with energy, sub.
tety and perseverance. II Rome is 10
profit by these enterprise, she must
encourage her champions with approving
notice, aud dignity them, alike in the
sight Of followers and foes, with appropri-
ate reward.
Thus it come, to pas that st length the
spiritual adolescence Of Catholic America
Is recognized by the Papacy. The bestow-
al Of Cardinals hat on the Archbishop
Of New York j. not simply token OF the
'apal gratitude for individual! services
it reward. powerful reinforcement, now,
Tor the first time, formally arrayed among
the champions Of the Holy See. In this
-en.e it !. updcr.iOOd in America, and,
though Rome i. reticeHt hy habit, her
action. make confession Of her objections.
| The growth Of the Roman Catholic faith
On the American Continent, not only in
| the countries where it was planted By
I Spanish cOlDni.t- and by others VI the
Latin races, but in the very heart Of the
society which boasts Of its AnglO.SaxOn
inliyidualism, is remarkable fact, but
j. not i novel one. The novelty is that
Rome ha. re0rgani1ed it with every sign
Of delight and hope. Twenty years ago
when the Roman Catholic Church was
| fighting its way vigorously against form.
liable enemies in the United States, when
| the continuous influx Of Irish immigrants
alarmed the States Of the Atlantic sea.
board n much n the Chinese immigra.
ton has surprised and embarrassed the
Pacific States, when "kuow- NOthingism,"
mere Ouibur't Of splenetic and jealous
bigOtry, was raised to the,rank Of political
creed, the Court Of Rome would have
secuted the notion Of looking for aid, save
in that humble pecuniary form in which
aid il always acceptable TO it, from its
spiritual subjects in America. The fol.
lowers Of the Church in that distant
world we're to hear and obey when Rome
spoke, but that they should influence
Roman policy, should be Represented in
the Sacred College, should be directly
governed By Prince Of the churClI-thesc
were prelensiOns utterly inadmi.sible.
The Holy Father, ifhe no longer set his
foot on the neck Of secular SOyereignS,
still leant on EmperOrs, and was cUurted
by Kings The Great Powers Of the
European Continent competed for the
honor Of protecting him, and though the
yoke Of their protection sometimes pressed
heavily in the form ui influence, the press.
IRE was not manifest. Implicated in
these mOnarChical relations, enthrOned on
a vast and compact system Of Ecclesias.
teal Establishments, the Holy See was
di.daniul Of mere Republicans, who
could promise no Intervention Of diplO-
mati.t- or armies, and whose religious
cndOwmcnts consisted solely in vol.
untary gifts. But the whole scheme
Of policy constructed by the sacerlO.
tai statesmen Of the Vatican after the
event. Of 1919 ha4 in our days Crumbled
to atoms. The Pope has ceased TO b.
temporal ruler; the Empires on which he
leant have Withdrawn their supporting
hands the one fatally weakened, the
other no longer loyal. But the strength
NJ the Church in the West has gone On in.
crcasing, and it, possibilities OF growth
now I'LL the minds Of devoted ROUanists
with splendid imaginatons Of victory.
To bring the official chief Of hierarchy
from whom 20 much il expected within
the inncrmo-t circle u the l'apal polity
| il. az the Roman Curia now pcrceiYcs,
not only advisable, but Inevitable. So
Archbishop McCloskcy, an American Ui
Irish descent, has been, to the delight Ui
all the Roman Catholics u North Amer.
lea, raised To the Cardinalate. lie il now
on his way Ia Rome to I've admitted Ia his
new dignity by the Pore himself, and he
bring. with him an Offering ofgratitude
and sympathy from the faithful in New
York which, besides a solid contribution
Of some 10000 sterling, includes an al.
dtes. describing the enormous progress
Of Catholic doctrine among the people Of
| the United States.
We do not donbtthat a great part Of
these boasts are true, 20 that the hopes
based upon them may lie, 10 some extent,
well.ioundcd. The Papacy is resolved,
a. il appears, to establish Closer relations
than those Of mere homage and conde.
.cension with it, multitndinOus and
wealthy subjects beyond the Atlantic.
The fact ia demonstrated not Only by the
elevation Of Archbishop McClOskey to the
highest rank in the Church below the
Chair Of 81. Peter itself, but by the report
current at Rome that MOnsignore Ron.
cctti, who was lately sent to New York
to present the Archbishop with the
berfeltn, will be appointed to high
ecclesiastical dignity in America In
truth, the course Of events on the other