Litchfield enquirer., 1879-05-22

ENGLISH CARDINALs.-The cordial manner in which the announcement that John Henry Newman was to be made Cardinal was re- ceived in England is in marked contrast to the outburst of indignation aroused in the au- tumn of 1850 by what was called the Papal Aggression Then, for the first time since the death of Cardinal Pole, an English subject ap- peared in England wearing the red hat of Prince of the Church. There had been other English Cardinals, but they lived on the Con tinent and held no rank in England. Cardinal Wiseman hved down the indignation his pro- motion and the revival of the Roman Catholic hierarchy aroused. and before h1s death re- gained his popularity. He was an accomplish ed scholar in some departments of learning, and was a man of rare versatility Of genial disposition, he was fond of society, was good preacher and able contreversalist, but to the last he was felt to be un- English. His train ing was foreign, the greater portion of his life had been spent at Rome, and though he wrote and spoke English with majestic fuency there was something about hls magnilOquence that always seemed foreign to English soil and English feeling. The appointment of Dr. Manning as his successor was not popular with the old English Roman Catholic families. They were willing to overlook the fact that he was a convert and was not a man of high rank, but the extreme Ultramontane views which recommended him at Rome were dis tasteful to the older Roman Catholics who are quiet, well-disposed people, traditionaily averse to enthusiasm. It could not but be felt that if any convert was worthy to wear the purple of the Vatican, John Henry New man should have been selected. Not only was he universally recognized as the superior of Manning in scholarship but the moderation ot his views more intimately identified him with lsol r,k To hoG fO | be English in sympathies and tastes, and was l always proud of his nationality But the very 1 qualities which endeared him to the majority of his English co-religionists and which kept | for him the respect and almost affection of the members of the Church he had abandoned were fatal obstacles to his promotion at Rome l But the clique that surrounded Plus the Ninth the greatest and most accomplished of Englisl Roman Catholics was regarded with distrust and at home it was we'll known that Cardina Manning looked upon him as almost a traitor to the faith It has even been said that at ont time the formal condemnation of some of his writings was seriously contemplated and wa. 1 only averted by the strong remonstrance O1 some of the English bishops and prominent 1 laymen. For several years he has lived a se cluded life, busily occupied in theological stud | ies. His promotion to the highest honOrs Ol I the Church finds him an old man, and there is a very general feeling of satisfaction that th' injustice done him has been repaired. Hi
 promotion shows that Leo XIII. does net re gard hostility to ultramontanism as an unpar donable sin. Nor are there signs lacking The new Cardinal Pecci, elder brother of thu Pope, has long been known as man of fiber al uiews detested by the Jesuits. The ap pointment of Cardinal Hohenlohe to be bishol of Albano, one of the suburban secs in tn
 mountains near Rome, is a remarkable con cession to more liberal sentiment, for he is ol intimate terms with Bismarck. It would look a if the new Pope, while naturally reluctant t condemn the policy of his predecessor, is nc disposed to continue it and means to surroun' himself with men who will not be the tools 0 the Jesuit faction that ruled the Vatican dur ing the last years of Plus the Ninth. And ye
 with the caution that has always been attribu
 ted to the new Pope, he refuses to break witt the Ultramontanes and among the Cardinal just created the two French prelates belong t
 that faction. Apparently it is the Pope's in tention to recognize all parties in the Church whereas his predecessor only recognized one and that the most ultra.-Ne,o HGUeas PGllad 1m1.