Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-06
LINCOLN AND POPE PIUs.
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Came to be appointed.

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Came to be appointed.
Rome Letter to the New York Eco d. Italia.l
His eminence John Nice loskey, archbishop
OF New York, created cardinal by Plus L.,
March 20. 1875. arrived in Rome when the
conclave had already elected the new pope.
he is the first and only American cardinal
One day, during the time of President Lin
coin, there arrived in Rome an envoy extraor-
binary from the white house. He was pres
ented to Cardinal Antonelli, and said that
President Lincoln had directed him to salute
the Pope, and to request him to appoint SONS
American cardinals. Cardinal AntonelG, who
did not understand English, said in low
voice to the prelate who acted as interpreter,
The man is crazy Then turning to the
envoy, he said: SIT is impossible; it is
thing that can never be done.' s.There is
the best reason for doing it," answered the
envoy. "But America is too far off, y "Per-
haps your eminence may gothere some day."
81 go to America? Never, never .Well,"
said the envoy, "This is my eighth visit to
Europe. Nine days from New York to
Southampton, and five from Southampton to
Rome. know it is short trip, but in little
while it will be made in less time.'' "As you
please, dear sir; but the cardinals are the
Pope's councillors and the Pope cannot take
his councillors from the antipedes. Then,
there are the conclaves. Do you think We
can look for the arrival of the American
cardinals??.' ''Shall I speak of the conclaves,
your eminence? l know all about them.
Formerly, when your cardinals selected q
Pope it took several weeks to come from
London or Seville, and then ran the risk of
hafro r1.nh l,o6< he III {on
then, that America is too distant. Nova
days distances exist no longer. Be good
enough, for special reasons, to respect the
proposition of President Lincoln
Antoneli would not protract the strange
conversation. He went to the Pope and
communicated to him the request of Presi-
dent Lincoln, treating both the President
and his ENJOYS as two crazy men.
'Do you know. cardinal" said his holli-
ness, 81 think the President shows much in
telligence and good sense, and that his envoy
is brave man. You forget circumstance
of my own. Among the successors of the
apostles I, alone, have trod the soil of that
great country, America. and expect to have
the honor of creating some American cardi-
nails" Then, in good humored way, and.
looking fixedly at the cardinal, he said:
"For my part, should like to see in tho
Sacred college men of all races and all Ian
guages. would even invest Moor with
the purple. beg you to introduce the
ambassador Of President Lincoln immediate
ly.''
Quick and astute, the cardinal fastened to
the proud Yankee, took him warmly by the
hand, and said, 'sAlI is settled. Come, come
, the Pope wants to see you Immediately"
!, Plus TX. showed himself most friendly
and the envoy departed very well satisfied
with his work. But, soon afterward, Presi
dent Lincoln was assassinated like simple
car or poor caliph, and his successor never
renewed the negotiation with the court Of
Rome. But, eventually, the wish of Presiden
Lincoln was granted.