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| Church In the United States. Inc
| University is magnificent ediice Two
hundred and sixty five feet long, four
stories high at the wings, and i've II
the centre. The sailors of the Unltt q
States steamship Dale had tastefully
decorated every part of the exterior
with bunting and the flags Of all nations
and the shields of every state in the
Uu1on Ornnmented the walls. The
corridors inside were adorned with the
coats Of arms or all the great uniyer
stiles Of the world and The dates of
their inception. In the parlor was q
beautiful illustration Of the University
motto: '.Dso ct Patriae' flor God AID
cur country.l Iu the centre hung a
MAGNIFICENT painting OF the Supreme
PunLitf, Leo. ILL.,, by Ugolin1; " the
right was lite SIZE portrait Of General
Washington, holding III bis hand tue
constitution OF Jhv United States; and
to tho left u similar portrait OF Arch
bishop Carroll, presenting the address
Ut the roman Catholics to the PRESIDENT
Of the Uulted States. both painted bv
the celebrated artist Gregory; While on
Oh an exquisite pllnth stood the Dsau-
tlful marble uu,t OF st. Thomas Aqui-
mas, the greatest Doctor OF Theology.
the "Angel uf the Schools" Tie music
Of the mass was renders Ell in the beau
tiful University chapel by two hundred
and fifty seminarians.
The Washington Press took the
trouble to call attention to the fact that
ques ion had been raised before the
St cretary OF the Treasury whether
uuder the "coutract labor law foreign
professors could bo employed, aud that
it would 60 hard with the Catholic
University If the decision should %
adverse to it. Yes; it would indeed 20
hard with the University, buta hundred
times harder with the handful OF fana-
tics, who, under the cloak of a techni-
cslity are thus striving to put the
United States Government on record as
the enemy Of education. Tney can
never again proclaim the Oft repeated
calumny that the Catholic Church is
opposed to education and the mother Ut
ignorance. No; we are not afraid OF
any interference on the part OF the
United States Government; tor there IN
the highest place OF honor with Car
dinal Gibbons at his right and Cardinal
Taschereau at his left, sat his Excel
lency the President of the United
States, There, too. were the members
| of the Cabinet, aud the officers of the
United States army aud navy in full
uniform, and the Uuited States Marine
baud furnished the music. And all
these officials of the United States
Government by their presence and their
words gave the strongest possible sane
ton and encouragement to the opening
of the Catholic University Of America,
No; a study of the history of the past
hundred years will show that there has
never been any conflict between the
Republic and the Church. When al
times the local prejudice OF handful
of bigots has broken OUT in spots, it has
called forth the indignant condemna
tion of the high It authorities OF the
Republic. Wit IS the following ex-
tract from general order Of the illus
trious General Washington dated Nov
5th, ITS: LAS tue Commander in Chief
has been appr,sed of a design formed
for the observance of that ridiculous
and childish custom of burning the
eftigy of the Pope, he cannot help ex-
pressing his surpr SO that there should
be officers and soldiers in this army sc
VOID Of common sense as not to see the
improperly of such a step.
1t is so mons rous as not to be sui
fered or excused; indeed, instead o.
Offering the most remote insult, it il
our duty to express public thanks to oul
| brethren as to them we are indebted fo,
every late success oyer the common
enemy in Canada" ashington's
writings.
The recent Catholic Centennial cele.
| bration was significant also in demon
strating the further fact that the rela-
tions between the Republic and the
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