, 1877-05-24
A. CURIOUS STORY.
How tho Popc Came to appoint mn Amer.
: lcnn Cardinal,

This ''prcfaeo ali Conrlayo'' ii Frcncl.man's
view OF peortc and things, but Y IA as enter
ta!n'ng ~ y Is sperff1e a9t Tho .t atDr say,:
n,any tlays. Europe prcoeclnics ITSELF with tho
contingency OF n couclnyc. The graycst events,
both il religion and politics. ,enacEngIy threaten
men anil things to whlci thc Hpo,tolic scc viii vii
belong were II indeed soon to become varnMt.
"At tho present tifne the sacrcd College Of
Cardinals, IN possession of the prfyl'sge 10 elect
iopc,I7.does M: enjoy the political influence Of
the pat!. This ts owftlg 10 t'vo causcs,--otc tho
sate u ,sos!ss the other tho eateof the So
TnE srATH or Aoc,ETr.
1.-THE doctrine Of tho scpnrat!on Of The rcllg-
inua and civil t'oWsr-a separation litlicllt TO
realize atti under which. the oppression OF tho
religious power BY tho civil hilcs ttelf-;has PIT
Or not, In hostility with the lloly See. There is
totlay, ncttl,tr iii Europe nor America, one 0ny-
ernn!ent, except tho Repub!ls OF tho Eluaiur,
which President Marcno, Of filustrluus memory,
tou, fiat makes avowed anu effective profession
Of Catholicism. Spain and Belgium Themselves.
which arc still callol Catholic Spain and Catho-
lie Belgium, carry teinpctamcnts and rcstric-
viples of religious liberty upon which society Ut
tic present day sccks to base ttscll."
cltE srATE OF SACRED COLLEGE.
"1hc Sacred College, through etraimstanccs
iuue, III science, and tn genius to that which 1t
was Under other rontitllatcs, such rs that ot
INNOCENT VIII, cte.n Herr the writer gives n
lung list Of the different colleges frD1, lisa
Gregory, xvi, from 1888! to 1slJ, was superior
to tic present College. He then proceeds to
give Nh entertaining description Of tho duties
Of tho Sacred College, the nlarlnef Of It's clcr-
chosen, aud tic ceremony Of installation, all Of
which, interesting rs It ts, we cannot .Giva in
tho limits Of q letter. Tho writer then, conf
,ncncng With tho venerable Pope himself, glycs
tic Sacred College. Eacl, description v!cs with
thu other in sprfghtlfness aud blqnancy. tluye
cUscn ns specimen tllo shortest and one Ut tho
most Interesting to ns In the United States.
THE CARDINAL N'cLOswEY.
"John AfeCtoskcy. born in brooklyn, tn tho
United States Of North Anscrlcn an tilu Goth Of
lIuai By iue ); X, On i! ths 2stl, q ass' Tyr,
b'shop Of Now York, w., v: X, XI:
"One uay-at The time Abraham. Lincoln was
rrcsldent-thctc arrIysl !n Isomo IN Envoy Ex-
81 IIo took flncEe aud drovs to tho Vatican.
T" Dclng introduced 10 Cardinal Antonc!lt, i,o
spose to him In tho only Language l,u knew
English. nt..l was very lnch astonislIcd TINT thu
Primo Minister Of the Pope did not understand
him. ..-..
BY. chance there was In tue palace o prclato
who would nlfnost rival with tho fatnnus Cur
dI11a' sfui deceased In 1851. lie served as in-
, 7Tho diplomatic explained that ho Ind been
sent BY President Lincoln to, salute Tho Pope,
md to demand Of lis 11cltacss to make soIne
American Cardinals. 80, ~. -.
lial never before crossed his brain. fia said, In
q low tone, to tho probate, sQues! homo nadtto
this man Ii mnl.' Then 10 liz American:
'''Dut, mon scr tCartllnal An.onclli sald mon
IND scro TO al! tho iadcs that he saw for tho
trst ttme] t'lat fs imposaihlc; that will noycs
a'Thero is good reason for doing IT.. replied
sBat America. America Is too far.'
"tWitl your Emiuencc 70 tfIcrcl
Mt1f 20 TO America. Mover, mon ecr, nover.'
80 goUl! l asn now On my seventh trip to
lug from New York u Southampton. atId ave
lays from Southampton t, Rome. It Is very
long; u ean bu 1nado In much ahortcr tEtnc.'
",Atl that ns you VIII, aloato,ir; but tho
Pope will not take. his couusc! !lors from, tho
antipodcs, Then there arc conctaycs. Must lle
wilt for the american Cardtnalsaf
The Cardinal, onncrrsod, allowed Ills musk
OF pallteuess to fail BY aegrcss.
1" Tho American clcnchcd his fists.
80 Why 10 you speak Of conclavcst Monsteurl
know history. Formerly when your Cardinals
wort obliged to elect a Popo It took several
NoviI1c, md thav nm wreot s1anurr ~ II h.i"n
fno9ea Of assaAslhatcu on iiio WaY so 4talys H.
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