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is permitted TO wear the purple robes OF q cardi-
her is selected the bearer OF the red cap, which
the new cardinal receives, after the celebration
Of divine service, from one OF the highest digni-
taries of Church or state; but on conditlon
that he will visit the Holy See before the
expiration of year. The Apostolic Cham Der Just
Government, and takes cognizanee Of all matters
aPpertaining to the Papal revenue.
The ceremony Of giving the red hat to a cardi-
pal takes place In
APUBLIC CoNsIsToRY..
On the morning Of the appointed day the new
cardinal, If he resides in Rome, repairs TO the
Vatican: II he comes from 4 distance. he is es-
cOTted thither from the monastery GS porfGn
poguli by a solemn cayaleade Of members OF the
Sacred College. On their arrival at the Vatican
they proceed TO the yestry-roOm. whence they go
in procession, two by tWo-ths Pope 10 the rear;
assembly. There, after having taken their seats
his Holiness on an elevated throne, the cardinal
bishops and cardinal priests on his right the car
dinal deacons on the left, and the other officers of
government, with the nobility and foreign am-
bassadoTs in their respective places according TO
Tank-the new cardinal is introduced into the
cOnsistoTy by two cardinal deacons, making
q gepuf1exion at the door, midway between 1t
and the throne, and lastly near the Pope, whose
foot he kisses, and afterwards his hand and lips.
He then gives
THE KISS OF PEACE
TO all the cardinals, commencing with the eldest.
After this ceremony the Te Deum is entOned, and
all repcir to the Sistine chapel where they stand
around the altar, the new Cardinal lying pros
tTRte before it, until the conclusion Of the hymn.
He then rises. and is sworn to observe the cOusti-
buttons relative to his station, afterwhich the pro-
cession returns to the consistory. The Pontif
then places on his head the red hat, saying "FOr
lie See receive this red hat which is the peculiar
badge OF The cardinal dignity, and signifies that
you should remain firm unto death, and be pre-
pared even to shed your blood, In the defense of
our holy faith for the preservation Of peace among
Christians, and the prosperity Of the Holy Roman
Church, In the name Of the Father, and Of the Son
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tires to the yestry room, and the cardinals 70 the
AULG Regia, where they receive individually the
salutatoDs Of the new cardinals, and congratulate
Immediately after this a private consistory is
held, when the new cardinals are admonished not
to give their vote, express their opinion in the
ceremony is called
CLOSING THEIR MOUTHS,
and is intended to remind them of the pru-
dence they should observe in expressing their
sentiments on the important subjects sub
the same or another consistory, opens their
mouths, that is, gives them permission to speak
and vote In the conferences and CONGREGATIONS at
diIalate 10 completed when the Sovereign Pontif
puts ring on the fipger OF the new incumbents,
The honor Of Iimisbty God. and or the How
Apostles Peter and Paul and Of Saint, Che
here mentions the name of the titular
we commit to thee the church OF this
saint. together with its clergy and people and
ehapels, according to the usual form Ia this mat
ter" The new cardinals then kiss the foot aud
knee Of the Sovereign Pontlf, and receive from
him paternal embrace. The ring which they
wear Is Of gold, adorned with . sapphire, and
The sapphire Is emblematical OF high priesthood
and supIeme power, and is therefore appropriately
worn BY the eminent princes Of the Church, who
constitute, IS II were, one and the same person
with the Sovereign PoRtif in the exercise Of
authority.
Will close these remarks on the cardinalate
by quoting the words OF Roman prelate After
touching upon the great personal
QUALITIES OF CARDINAL M'CLosKEY,
and observing that during the ten years that he
has presided over the diocese OF New York, he
has given vigorous impulse TO all Catholic insti-
spectacle presented by the Church in the United
States. Over the immense tract Of country ex-
the great lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico, there were
not, perhaps, more than 100000 Catholics at the
beginning Of the present century, governed by
lions, under the pastoral care Of hGty-nIne arch
bishops and bishops and six Wears apostolic with
corresponding number Of priests and churches.
1t is this wonderful increase, and the edilying
example of the Catholics in the United States as
we'll as the personal merit Of DR.. McCloskey, that
have induced the Holy Father to send q red hat
across the Atlantic Such an expansion Of the
Church on this western continent has naturally
led the writer into train Of reflections, Joyous
IN some degree, yet mingled with fear for bis own
more certain In the proyidential action Of God
in the direction OF
HUMAN DESTINY
than that q nation which abuses or does not set
to profit the priceless boon OF Christian faith will
sooner or.ater be deprived Of It, and will expert
ence all the dreadful calamities which are its in
evitable consequence. We then see verified what
our divine Saviour said TO the Jews: THE King
dom Of God shall be taken away from you, and
shall be given to another people that will make
better use It." Such are the vlcissitudes which
the Church has exhibited during her protracted
existence THE East, the privileged land that
saw the birth, the death and the resurrection Of
the Author Of our faith-the land Of Mary, the
Last, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Constantine
pie, the second Rome, renowned Christianity and
became Q vast theatre Of barbarism and iHndelity.
But God compensated for this loss by bringing into
the Church all the nations Of Europe, among them
the Germans, Slaves and Normans and these,
becoming forg tful ofthe signal benefits they had
received, welcomed the religious rebellion OF the
sixteenth century, but, 10! while these nations
were falling away from the faith, an Italian, with
the aid OF intrepid coadJutors discovered America,
and carried thither the light which had Illumined
Northern Europe. Is 1t possible, asks the writer,
that In the mysterious book Of the future It is
place? He fears for Italy, Judging from the &C.
tual state OF Europe; but the question that more
Immediately suggests itself TO the Catholics OF
the Church in this country? We must admit that
this portion OF the Amerlcan continent is
THE GARDRH-sPoT OF CATHoLICITY.
We have here q boundless field for cultivation;
the la6orers are continually pouring into it 70
with no serious obstacles, no prosecutions, as In
other lands-they ind everywhere q virginia.
root and springs up with luxurisnee; every
year exhibits q marked increase I'm the
progress Of this divine work, and now
we behold the elimination Of its prosperity
in the very fact that from among Us is chosen .
prelate, who is elevated TO the highest ecelesas-
tical dignity, and created . member Of the Sacred
n aOn- TIA fCh he In he
United States on en- equality with the more an
Client and more renowned portions OF Ohristendom.
Shall ms prosperity continue? Il Is for the Cath
II they wish to answer 1t afirmatiTely and with
confidence, they must not only maintain them
selves individually at the level Of their high vo
cation as members of the true Church, but In
their corporate OF united capacity IL is necessary
that they bring into requisition, more and more,
those two powerful agents Of Christian eiViliza-
tIon-educaLion and the press. These are the
great preachers OF modern times, and It Is only
through them, IN conjunction with the ninistra-
citation, faith and morals, which are the basis OF
all social order and prosperity, can be preserved
preiudide can be removed from the minds OF the
heterodox, and that these United States can ad-
vance happily to that state Of perfection which
to the honorable sppeiIation once awarded 10 a
best"
ABOUT THE JEsUITs.
Now, some Of the most illustrious in this body
Of men were JeEuite, and all OF them hold pre-
csely the same religious faith and aim ut the ac-
cOmplishment Of the same objects that the Jesuits
do; that is, the extension OF the ChriEtian re-
ligiOn, the diffusion OF useful knowledge aud the
salvation Of souls. We cannot hear, therefore,
without profound establishment the utterances OF
q man who pTetends to be Christian minister.
placing the Jesuits in the same category with
The devil. ~ pray" says this apostle OF truth
and charity, "iOr the advent Of Bismarck IN
America, who will have the strength TO nght the
Pope, the devil and the Jesuits" This beautiful
sentiment reminds one Of the hypocriticaI PhRri-
sees Of old, who accused our Divine Saviour
Of casting out devils by Beelzebub, the
prince Of devils. But he refuted their
their malicious Inputation, BY saying that "a
kingdom divided against itself cannot stand"
and as he labored 10 overthrow the kingdom OF
the devil, It was an audacious falsehood and con-
tradiction to attribute to him any diabolical In
huence. The Jesuits labor for the same object,
the overthrow of the dominion Of Satan, and
therefore the Christian minister alluded to- in
praying for q Bismarck to fight against the Jes-
nits, is IN fact only paying his respects and ODE
dfence to the opposite party, that is, his satanic
majesty. But the sentiment of this minister Is
not less antLAmerican than It 10 illogical. No
true American citizen could wish that cur civil
rulers should constitute themselves religious
judges, pass laws violating the conscientious con-
Yietions OF citizens, and then crV out with hYpo-
critical impotence that they who do not obey
those laws are rebellous against the authority OF
the state. A man who will express such senti
ments must be new man, Though others might
be inclined to think that he was Somewhat OF an
old boy;) but he is evidently very specifically
Informed, and he would do well 10 become A little
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