New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
CARDINAL, MANNING'S CHARACTER.
,,.,.o,ruv TRAITS N THE GREAT ENGLISH
uprr, ATE THAT HIS CORRESPONDENCE


DlStlDSES.
To the Editor OF The Tribune
c.. While | appreciate the spirit when mas l'u
,.onr correspondent g. II. u. to pay the tribute
- ,,,dsh,n to the memory of Cardinal Manning
v.n,ure TO say a word on behalf OF the sou"u"esS
Of vour reviewers appraisal OF MS 'hai"'t'.' '
tho excellent review which appeared Ill !ou' ''
~ rho 18th inst Of Mr.. PurcelTs lie ot 'he emu
ncnt prelate. To know Naming as i''" '
-, doubt TO know a charming a. well as an i'hpos-
, ,ors,r,pe 4 man OF great ability, singular as
,u,ercss and wide knowledge of men ana the Wo'i"'
os well as to le"rn something o. 'he N'"'
of hts nature ge-heartedneSs ana z'"'ou' WIN
o,La "a an Anglican and "A ROmaA1S'' III '"e ~ o'''
mont ecclesastical fields in which he spent long
49,, ,orpv ufe But Manning. | think it VIII be
s,t WAS an ecclesiastical politc'an-ah "c''eS'a'-
,, .,a,osu,n II YOU like-rather than, as the
hr,se goes "A reverend father in God ana an
humble sanity bishop OF Souls Inc ian'.'''' So
,r,ouat "Apostie Of the Genteels quoted ID! so"i
observation-disclosures apty TO express not o''s MS
sSar,n,er "a a clergyman. but the mission in the
English social world he appears 10 nave cnosen
for n,mself. in the Roman propasandism TO whch
10 d,o,od the last forty years Of his militant iite
a., ,bo other hand no one who has read MT fur-
cas- ably compiled and most interesting 'oiuiies'
with their touching revelations OF 'he 'n'''0i '''o
~ the Cardinal. will speak slghtingly OF the long
and dark struggle through whch Maiini"s pas'''
n tho religious conflicts of the period, with their
,or,ng deepeni,g effect his life. or OF
the pa thos OF the situation when the crlss ca"e'
when ne broke with his past and entered upon
raw strange and still battling career only the
s,rons will and despoc force OF his own character
oo,,,ed with a soaring, unfalterlng ambition. cou.d
have uphe,d HIM In the long struggle, ana carried
him forward to the high goal which ne at last
won in spite of detractlons. envynSs. rivalries
and other deterring obstacles that beset his path
How masterful was Mannng's customary MOOD IL
s,gniacantly shown In a phrase OF his own regard
ing Mr. Gladstone which his biographer cites IN
snea,ng of the rupture between the two eminent
Vet pugnacious controversiasts "A breach apart
from the fact of my conversion observes .ne oSs ar
dinal 'must needs have come sooner or later De,
tween us: for Mr.. Gladstone is "A substantive ana
likes to be attended by adjectiyes; and am not
exactly an adjective Is .his sue Ul rhe WIN
showed itself In his jealousy OF his greater and
more spiritual contemporary, Newman IN many
demeanlng intrgues for ecclesiastical preferInent'
and i'm what may be termed an unconscious doupie-
dealing In giving public expression TO MS apnor-
renee Of the Papacy. while he cherished Rome IN
his heart and wrote OF her with sincere acceptance
10 his intimate correspondents. -, l.,
All this and much more that was unworthy IN
Manning's character ] submit. Justiles your re- Re-
viewer In speaking of hm t as ,or ne sf d nxceences
and abors which entitle hni not 9i.y ~ PI In
CONNER tion but TO admiration and respsct. In ~.
forming his san Sdrs not only by con-
temnorary opinion but In an emphatic degree py
the disclosures in the life Itself ana py Manni"s
own letters which. on many many witSont surprise as
we'll as pain however discreet the ian nprn
has been in giving them. with his accompanying
et me me add that should be sorry to disturb @;
H. D's illusions; but II he wisnes 10 ~ ~usue.staha 40
your reviewers point OF ,sann,np and his allv at
Pnma pWonsisnor Talbot, the Pope's chamberlain
and then ask himself II q noble and dsinterested