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Show CARDINAL McCLOSKEY. A vast crowd thronged the New York Roman Catholic cathedral on Tuesday on the occasion of conferring the ben-era on Cardinal McCloskey, and the rarity of such a spectacle would have called out htlf of New-York New-York cWd a building have been found large euough to contain the curious and devout people who would have rushed to witness the ceremony. It is unfortunate that -the magnificent magnifi-cent cathedral now building in that city was not in readiness for thisj Occasion, but its immense area would! be iiLSLiLhcical to accommodate even! the Catholic population of New ! York. Tho Cat noli ca naturally I feel themselves highly honored ' by this distinction, whicli is a practical prac-tical aa well as an ornamental one, ! as the American cardinal, And through him the American church, ' 1 will have a voice in the election of 1 future popea, and it is not beyond the J bounds of possibility that some A hut- J ican cardinal in;iy yet occupy tin papal chair. Tnis country is re ginled with continually iiiere.-t,-;ji interest by all denu:nin.it;o:iS ul ciiristiatis, but owini; to the extensive immigration from Catholic countries to the L'uited States, no religious society has advanced in numbers, working strength or wealth more rapidly rap-idly than the mother church, whose history is as o!d &s that of Christianity. Christian-ity. Tne new cardinal holds the rank of a prince, and though he nuy not cut an important figure in our society, he wili doubtless receive that respect from all chissts of christians which Americans are not behind any Other piple in tendering to church dignitaries. It is probable, however, that Cardinal MeClokey will spend a largo part of his time v. Koine, which is the official home of the ma-1 jority of tho nieni6.-n of his order. LATEST DISPATCHES. GENERAL. Curl Nclitirz llouoreU. New York, '1 . A dinner was given this evening to ex-Senator Carl Scuurz by a number of prominent citizens here prior to h;a departure for Europe on Thursday next. The bami'iel rujfu was decorated with American and German flags, while a band discoursed music during the evening. lion, Wm. M. Evarts presided, and at the right sat the niicat of the evening. About 200 inTeoiis were nreaent. amnnir whom vt-ru ex-Chamberlain Lane, Sharles Francis Adams, jr., Peter Cooper, S. B. Chittenden, John J. Cisco, Parke ixxlwin, U. A. Wells, ex-Attorney-G.'neral Barlow, Howard Potter, Cyrus Cy-rus W. Fie.d, Murat llalsied, Prof, nulla, Charles Butler, Whitelaw iieid, Dr. Hammond and others. Alter pirUking of tho repast Mr. HvarU called to order, and in elo-tjuent elo-tjuent words conveyed the compli-.mentsof compli-.mentsof those pnscnt to the distinguished dis-tinguished guest, and thanked him iur Ins great public services. In conclusion con-clusion lie called on all to fill their gi asses and drink to the health of Carl tichurz, wishing him a prosperous prospe-rous voyage, a happy summer and a afe return. Mr. 6ehurz arose in reply, and said, "To earn a good name as citizens citi-zens is a tiling desirable. I may claim one thing, I have at least tried to do my duty. Certain disagreements dis-agreements of sentiment occurred between me and my party before I left the senate. I started early in life an earnest und devoted man. and at tached myself to the republican party, served it faithfully till and alter the cival war, and tho logical results were perfectly sale after the war. It then seemed the time had come for taking other great problems in hand for solution. sol-ution. It was necessary to eeeure for tho new order ol things, that Javornble public opinion which is indispensable hy a wise course of conciliation and policy. It was necessary to strike down thespiritofrapacity, which arose during the war and threatened to destroy the grand old institution, our government. It was necessary to restore re-store once more to the country a sound currency, nud lighten and regulate-the burdens swaying over the people from revenue and taxation. That these evils existed no one denied, de-nied, and no one denies to-day. I tondly hoped that the party to which I belongid would take these problems prob-lems in hand mid eleal with them, but you, as ueil as I, know these, problems were s'.ili unsolved, and in- deed retrograde movements were made. Some earnest attempts were made in 1S7- to lake the middle course, but failed. This Bhould nut cause discouragement, because the best lessons were to be learned from failure. We have two political parlies to-day, but neither saii& ties thepeople. I shall admit that in both parties there are good men, and in this and that state bo me good thing Has been done by either one or the other pa- y, but it was like a man coming to l.vo loads and asking which shall h- take, and a person saying to him, 'stranger, you may take eithei, but if you do, you will wish you had taken the other.' The independent voters were in the main good citizeni, who wished to serve their parties by the best methods, not aa bargainers. I am couvinceel that the mats of independent in-dependent voters are strong enough rritter-r)o"weV w"aJi; oMVfs ttfe"ttury'oA men composing it to use their power for the common good. It was too early to adviso in r gard to the next presidential election, but the initiatory ini-tiatory sie-ts should be taken by men composing it to bring its power to a focus. Let it be the organization of committees or otherwise, so when tlie time came Lhey could say to the parties what tne independent wanted, i I Iwli-o r..al o.wl ..... K I 1. . 1 believe great eooel can be broughi about in this way and what a great bhesiug it would be to have a full grown statesman in the presidential chair. Next year we would celebrate thelOOih anniversary of independence; independ-ence; might it not only be a year of proud memories but strong and independent inde-pendent action." In conclusion the speaker returned thanks for the reception given him. Letters of regret were read by the chairman Irom Wm. Cullen Bryant, and Jas. Russell Lowell. The following bias's were disposed Di": ''The Prees," Parke Godwin; "The Centennial Year," David A. Wells; "Relorm'C. F. Adams: "The West," Murat HaUted. |
