New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
THE NEW ST. PATRICKJS.

| The new cathedral of the Roman Catholic
! Church in tue City of Ncw-YOrk is object Of
such sincere and such personal interest to
the vast religious community to which 1t is
| 10 be q home; It has been tho
point und which have clustered for many years the
pride and hopes of the humber classes Of pOpua-
tIon who have cheerully and GENEROUSLY taxed their
earnings TO help pay for 1t and in the dcarh among
| OF buiidlugs that feed aud satisfy the love
| OF what Is grand well beautiful In ar
chitecmre, have all OF u.s. Catholics and PrOtestants
alike, been ready welcome the promised addition
to tho splondors OF city, that IL gOCs sOrey against
| the grain with to be unable to praise cordially aud
unr"scryedly the structure a thus lar finished.
OF the general plan Of the building there ia no com
plant to Doe made, because It follows with variations
Of Importance the Arrangement OF nave, ases, tran
septs and choir, which centuries OF experience have
proved 10 be suited at all points to the ritual
OF the Roman Church. The defects in the plan
all OF them due to the architect ana indeed hold
him responsible tor much that regret in the build
ing that we state with pleasure our belief that hdd he
been allowed 10 follow ont his original design,
not scrmped by want OF money, by the final
selection OF piece Of ground too small tor
the purpose, and by other considerations out
Of his power affect the result would have been one Of
which hc himself. Lis clients and the city would have
hal good to be proud. W do not consider that
binding Of the Importance OF this one Ia to be
compared with other buildings in country that
ma structures OF similar character remarkable Tor
their SIZE or even their beauty. Here, many
things standard is 10 be found IN the Old Word,
where FOR thousands OF years, have been saying to
themselves, they have begun to here, 60
to, let Us build tower whose TOP may reach unto
hcaycni" aud where the wealth OF whole peoples and
tIoir linces for generations has been employed in
adoruiug the hoy places with carved and beaten work
with scuI pturo and painting, with jdcntlwok of sub
Hest jewrry, and With pictured glass 10 rival the
rose garden and the rainbow. Those
H. t,.,Fs sf., a
non u wc would achieve excellence; To approach It,
for aIs the time fgarIs forever gone BY when We
hope 90 do more than 90 tDuch the outermost hem
Of the garment OF the glory OF tue past 5i We migAt
and we the plural prOnoun, for this Is IN
our opinion the concern OF all Of rs who de-
light in the beauty OF material things we might
nave set mp a noble standard Of our own. we
might have built temple that should have been to the
Amcrcuus tuis generation and OF those which are u
come wbut BruncI.c-chis g the Fiorcntlnes
and o. the world ot ni, timc-1n immense stimulus to
nrt mud 70 sccucc-putng forward by hundred years
among us the art OF architecture and all the
arts that support aud adou her. But nothing
OF the sort nothing IN the least resembling tAis
na, been done. Not Ia thc pride Of merely mate
rial superiority has anything been accomplished II
was at nrst insisted upon by Archbishop Hughes
thnt the cathedral should excel all other churches
IN ono dimension at lea,t-in It's length its
breadth, its height. or in The height OF It's
.pir,s. But even TINS abandoned, and though
il il large church for America where there
are no large chhirh'- u I' ho' l'i%' '"o''" 'O'
Europe, though its spires W'uli % respectable ]" eEL'
even there Bat these spires are not vet built. and we
are t'h'll'flhF '"' 'n"''' ~ ~ % ''-''''' -
Tnc original plan OF she church, too, was admirably
yroprd u the eastern eud. where the architect lad
designed "h ap''dH "IHie eH''I'IHA 'A' 'uO'' al"
"ih projecting '""P'H' '"' H'''''"' '"" "
largo laF-'''pr'' ah "Ia't'"'" '''' "o"N
have gwen 20 Ga, hmd,ug mat external appear
D all If4bly
But this dc.ign' TOO vas ABANDONED l"m economic
motives. Fortunately thc plan may 40 amy u"ie Be ia
measure carried au'
Ia tnr interior pt'r"rio"' ri ne i"H"'E 'h' arc"
'''t has been Larp'i Tor '"' 'u''' Is 'sH u"' 1,'
but Ic exterior > unfortunately I'"'l' ui'i'''.',
aud made m.h"r,Ne O' the W"''''''""'" ~
pc;y pars who can say ho" mncH rrA''"'" j" '"'
apparent ne glt Of he IoOriLe 1, aue e. toe SandH
p,ncd sud gded IRON fence aatrlns from stem t'st"ri
The muuUiurs Of toe exterior architecture are 'hh'
90 DESIGN and colrsr IN execution Yet how mn'h
" the delight OF Gothic architecture Is in TIE
beauty and o'icary, ~" Dod'eHH ""l 'r'hSu ''' .'
t-racy the simplicity of the mouiiu2* We h'-i'''
a, Go whc;hcr speak Of The prHcpw doorway a' Gr
serves, go pass % 10y IN silence ou '' t'"'' WHO Wis"
oJudEc II comparot Win the door"' "ho' -"' - ""'
one The great ctthcdras, for that would bc supahos
malice bni with tho u"o' oil "'Hos, ""y p".iS'
church in England 'u"' 'u INV E''" '."'' -,
lecture. We do not mean that II Is not |Ise
enough; In tnat respect II WIZ t ,
with others; oul WHAT 'o"'' DE- "'' -, ~.
sculpture about H. "hnt NOR ,r,,
tnDnhon OF ,ne n.ou.NI,E' o' ',' ecr.Ig
and suggestion OF 'D'cA"''' d" '''
thrown a"ay' .,,-.,..,,,,,,,. g.. , r,,r
Inc 'h"''I''' u "h''" ''' 80. ~. - tn,t ds
mistaken one 10 have empoyed Tor a Sp 10 'h"' "'-
Pends 80 much hS TINS on s'u'P'ui'' '"1 -, -
aud delicate monidlnE'' lu,' or,u y.rv
really not m"r0le " a." y"' ,aS,..s ,o nc
coarse limestone anu -. -. ,,to lir,lIv 10
carved OF Il. u"'r WIZ, ,rn,o,t orcnifcct in
sh'uo" US o'"Po9 "''"s -, ,nat vye sbouid have
Grace thurCn was u Oli9luh' 'HHN w """'N