Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-14
BISHOP COXE TO SATOLLI.
The Episcopal Bishop Writes a Letter
to the Papal Delegate.

The Episcopal Bishop Writes a Letter
to the Papal Delegate.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Nov. 14-Bishop A.
Cleveland Coke of Buffalo has written to
MonsIgnor Satolli the following letter:
To Mgr. Satolli, ALLOCATE, &C.:
During the past twelve months you
nave continued to place yourself before the
American people in manner alike ag-
gressive and offensive-offensive not only
to the Protestant convictions but to the
honest citizenship of many who profess
Roman religion. 1 have hoped that some
eminent civilian would feel it his duty to
inform you that you are not qualified to
expound our Constitution to an intelligent
people, nor entitled as an alien to lecture us
on our duties. You are not only an alien
out the emissary of a foreign court and
evidently as ignorant Of our institutions
as you are Of our language. Since you
have come to the city where I dwell and
where no inconsiderable number of it's
prominent citizens look to me as their
chief pastor, 1 cannot permit your intrusive
and gratuitous teachings to be placed be-
| fore my people without a courteous but
firm rejoinder.
My people profess the Catholic religion
but they are proud and happy to be reck-
oned among their Protestant fellow-citizens
IN all civil relations 1t was to define this
fact of brotherhood with the American peo-
pie and of loyalty to their constitution
winch embodies principles that Protestant
nations only have never professed nor main
tanned that our fathers accepted a local and
civil name for our American church.
But that name defines our civil estate
the Nicene creed defines our religion. / shall
therefore express myself as a Christian
bishop should, but l shall speak as one
| jealous of the freedom which IL has cost
| our forefathers so much to purchase and to
| perpetuate. And l shall say to you nothing
| but what the noblest oracles of your own
religion have said before; nay shall quote
the INDUSTRIOUS pontiff, Clement XIV as fully
sustaining my position rs Bossuet spoke for
France. l shall cite the maxims of Mr.
Brownson, the most eminent and respect
able convert among American laymen who
| has ever been led to cast in his lot with
your people.
In everything l mean to say my fellow
| citlzens OF your persuasion shall find me,
not their enemy, but their champion /
make no war upon their right to enioy
their religion, but. like the best and noblest
man That for centuries has been reckoned
among Roman pontiffs; like him who earn
ed the applause of all nations when he con-
demned and suppressed the Jesuits l am
the antagonist of that corrupt society. So
are thousands Of professed Roman Catho-
| lies.
trust many of them will aid me to
awaken my countrymen to the fact that IL
is band of secret conspirators against all
nperty and all laws. / shall prove that II
| Is the duty of all free people to limi, md
control. II not to Danish the Jesuits from
| their coasts.
For a few weeks my occupation may not
permit me to speak to you in another let
ter, but in a short time you shall hear
again, by Gods leave, from your Christian
brother and sincere friend.
A. CLEVELAND COKE,
Bishop of Western New York
Buffalo, N. y, November IA, 1893.