The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-21

whose illmitabls grandeur Of pretension We
| could all be proud Of And what a relief to the
| Church to have him thus employed!
No: priests must not "eschew politics" IN
country or city. Other denominations may
consider it best to keep hands OF secular
and political Affairs. so far as their Church or
sanizatlors arc concerned. leaving temporal
questions to individual opinion unnhuAneed
/, BIZ Bishop or pastor. except as individual
crnnkisn may operate: but the priests OF the
Catholic Church must be alert" in the good
work. What undisturbed dignity the Church
would obtain. what power and how quietly
and subnissively the great ma sses OF the peo-
pie outside the Catholic Church would regard
the grand procession marching to the control
o, public Affairs.
While I have my pen in hand. allow me TO
pay tribute to the important services which
the Rev. Thomas Duccy has rendered to the
Church and to Mgr. satolii. the sovereign rep
resentAtive from the Tapal throne We have
ali witnessed the rich and massive display
with which the faithful OF the Church gave
testimony OF their devotion to the Holy Father.
in the person Of his representative. at the
Cathedral on Tuesday last: and those of US
who were not present TO hear the magr iacent
address OF Archbishop Corrisan have read it
with deep interest and certainly with an in
creased impression Of the grandeur OF the
Church and the commanding ability Of its
representative among Us. Il will stand as q
remarkable historical event for all time.
Apparently. however. it was not complete and
prepared to take its march down the ages
without the endorsement OF the Rev. Ducey.
Among all the members OF the Catholic
Church. the Rev. Ducey was the only one who
found 1t necessary to give 10 the press and
the public his typewriter approval o. the ad-
dress OF the Archbishop. he says:
The address Il redoisn: with religion and Cd .rtsy.
ne eIe1pls therein set By Archbishop Corrtx.n
should be followed By AL Parts OF ,hs address A..
sseh perfect approval OF my coarse ,AAs cannot
help but admire iS''
Since the position OF the Rev. Dueey requires
that he should give the address the stamp Of
his approval It must be Of An exalted char
scter. and Little understood except By himself
What the address would have been. aad how
much Of the glory attending it would have
been shorn or shunted without this praise. no
one but the Rev. Ducey can fully comprehend.
A partial explanation is afforded In the next
paragraph The Rev. Ducey says:
since the attacks commenced Oh the Apostolic
pels<.ts have staacaly and alone defended tie
mission Of hsr. saioui and rspsled Al base attacks
Against lis exalted and pure psrsoua character An
Delighted so have the opportunity through the cor
Of the press to tasnk the Nos. Rev Archbishop
for his approval and -seasuitioa OF my conduct"
It appears from this public printed s1ulara-
ton that there would have been no Satolli to
any considerable extent. II It had not been for
the Rev. Ducey's existence. II there had been
no Ducey. there would have besa no SatolIL
How an important Circumstance sometimes
| depends for its birth on the happening Of q
! small event The Rev. Ducey is a great be-
! lever in the newspaper. and evidently con-
sfders shss what Is not noted In tae Dali press
| does not exist at all But how remiss Il sho VS.
| the Authorities at Rome to De. in sending Ngr.
Satolu to our great country OF eight million
Catholics. ten thousand churches. and innu-
merAbla interests. virtually to represent the
sovereign Pontin himself IN all his spiritual
majesty without credentials to his faithful
Cardinals. Bishops and priests. thus leavtn z
the poor man dependent only on such recog-
milton as the Rev. Dueey could obtain for him
through the newspapers!
In certain Institutions there are morrais
who derive a pleasurable existence from de-
lusions to their individual importance
which are very real to themselves Some Of
them with wisps Of straw encirclinS their
brows believe that they wear MAJ estic
crowns: others are full OF enterprise, drawing
checks for millions AGAINST imaginary bal
anees in nameiess banks. and all happy in their
unconscious self-deception- 1t is said that all
OF Us are more or less "fou" but how narrow
is the border line between many selt-deludsd
men amorg Us. who 20 about taking them
selves seriously. ct eItravaGant rates. and the
men made responsible for their decisions and
confined to the areas Of our asylums?
Raw RECRUIT.