St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-25

be a great qualification to them when l
returned Ior me to be able to tell them
of the head of their church, whom they
SO profoundly revered. In few minutes
we were in the midst of an earnest and
instructive conversation on property,
its rights and duties, of capital and
labor, Of employer and employees. l
said that his encyclical upon that sub
the American people, and that l had
made it the
TEXT OF AN ADDRESS
year ago to body of Catholic students
at Catholic college. Then came
splendid exhibition of the old man
eloquent The pope pressed to the
front of the chair, grasped the arms
and presented the appearance and
viyacity of fifty instead of eighty-fve.
Nearly ten minutes he spoke, and in
clearness. direclneSS, force and fervor,
1t was one of the most eloquent and
expressive utterances to which l
had ever listened. 1t is mis-
fortune that it could not have
seen taken down as 1t was spoken, but
the fire and magnetism and all its deli
cacy. The substance of its meaning
was this, that In his encycllcal he had
stated nothing new. The principles
laid down had always been the doctrines
Of the church. The times, however,
with the troubles existing and grow
ing more acute everywhere, demanded
that they be given thought and at
tention. The right of men to
his legally acquired property had al
ways been recognized. 1t was the basis
of the social system. Labor and capital
are inseparable. Labor has rights
which nobody must ignore; but labor
must recognize the rights of capital.
The church has always recognized the
doctrine of the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. We all came
from the same Heavenly father, and all.
whatever our condition or circumstance
in this world, stand equal before him,
and are
EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE
to him for ourselves and for conduct
toward our neighbor. The pope made
many inquiries about America. l told
him that at New York everything which
happened there stood in the same rela-
tion to the rest of the country as London
to Great Britain and Paris to France.
Thus il was that more than usual prom
inence was given to anything done or
said by his representative, Arch
bishop Corrlgan. The pope blessed
few simple articles of piety l
had with me to gladden. the Christmas
or New Year of some Catholic friend,
when they knew that they were direct
from the hands of the pontiff and were
blessed by him. | was afraid of weary
ing him, and arose to go. He took my
hand and said that he had the pro-,
foundest respect and admiration and
love for the United States, and
wished 1 would tell the American
people that he was much impressed
with the worlds fair and had done
all he could to help it; that he was
much pleased and gratified to learn that
[ was always kind and considerate to
the employees of my company, and that
l had never mads any distinction be-
tween those of Catholic faith and Others,
He also expressed his qualification
when / told him of Archbishop Cor
rigan. Thus ended for me one Of the
most pleasant meetings with one of the
most remarkable men of the age. He
is one of the few men who are
still active and vigorous long after the
allotted span of life. The others are
Gladstone and Bismarck. The pope
sent message to Inc, but l received it
when l could not return to the
Vatican. The Vatican looks to
Americans with more interest
and attention in view of the rapidly in
creasing spread of socialistic theories
as her great feld of the future"
but his time was short and he did not
have an opportunity to discuss matters
other than social.