The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-12

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ALBANY, n. T., March ll.-An echo OF
the exciting election OF a regent OF tho
university yoaf pgo, whcn Archbishop
Corrigan and Bishop McQnaido on.
deavorod to defeat tho Rev. Father Syl.
vestor Malone, OF Brooklyn, has Jus,
reached horo from Romc. l, comes In
n letter written to state official by
General George s.. Da.chelor, Of Sara.
togo, formerly minister to Portugal, iu
which General Bachelor detailo most
noteworthy interview with his holiness,
the popo.
In this interview Popo Loo spoke In
tho most grateful way OF the election OF
Father Malone Us regent, General
Bachelor saw tho popo tho last woek
In February, whom his holiness was
represented MS being In ieeblo health,
but says that tho head OF tho church
seemed not 10 DO onicchled NJ nli.
General Bachelor writes that his holt
ness lcd tho conversation to America,
and sald tina, bis encyclical was at that
time In the United States, and would on
that samo day DO given to tho public.
Ito said he himself had carefully 70.
vised tho English translation.
The pope expressed rogret, that cor.
tain newspapers and public mon in
America had objected to his sending q
delegate to Washington or sending out
m encyclical Us tending to NEEDLE with
tho affairs Of n foreign government, or
with institutions with which ho had no
sympathy.
"This is an error. T." said tho pope. ~
do not seek to NEEDLE with govern
ments, except to admonish my people to
obey tho civil law and 10 conform TO the
authority OF tho land in which thcy
dwell. | sent lcgato to America in
order that | might DO better informed
as TO tho character OF American institu-
;ions aud the peculiarities OF the ma
tional and state governments. and,
above all, to reconcile any conflict. II
there should be any. between tho gov.
eminent Of my church and tho govern
ment OF the land.
~ consider America essentially a
Christian country. Religion is free.
Tho government does not aid nor does
isopposo the labors OF the church. l
am frce to say TINT the further study
the conditions OF this the more 1t COM
mends itself to my judgment. II 4 re-
ligion cannot thrive on Its own merits
then II must stagnate or TALL. tell my
people to convert Americans to the faith
by proving to them by pious and orderly
living and by precep. and example that
it is tho true religion; not to GEEK con-
verts except through means recognized
by the laws OF the country, aud tho
principles OF humane and divine
economy.
General Bachelor spoke of the educa-
tional system and assured his holiness
that the common school system was
one OF the foundation stones and not
the superstructure OF the republic. aud
that interference with that would never
be tolerated. In country, he said,
where the lawmakers were chosen by
universal suffrage the voter must be In
;elligent aud must have a. least the
principal elements OF an education.
General Bachelor writes: "Ilis holi-
moss had no criticism to mako on our
school system. 1t was wise aud fitting
that the population should be good ci,I.
zens aud 1t was wise In that 1t left all
religions and creeds FREQ to work out
their own course on their own mcrits
He spoke OF sec,urian and parochial
schools and l assured him that tho
Prcsbytcrians, Ms,hodis.s, Episco.
palians. Baptists and Nil denominations
mad their dcnomlnatiL,al schools and
the Catholics had their share OF them,
but NIL must bc sustained BY private
means. The public funds raised by tax.
alton were only for the universal educa-
ton and without creed.
His holiness said no was satisfied
with tho progress OF Catholicism in
America. 'Whcn was q nuncio in
Brussels, fifty years ago. llc said. I
had n conversation with 4 young prios.
named Hughes who camo to SEQ inc.
He waa bright young man, mnIc
speeches on religious questions in secu-
lar halls, which thought quito extra
ordinary. but which he said were to IA
mIiarizo tho people with the Catholic
religion. At that timo there welo only
three bishops in the United States, and
now there are eishty-threc and cardi-
nal. Wo had only ono college and now
We have many and have jus. founded
great university in Washington and
have given orders that in all their teach
ings my priests and professors shall in.
culcatc love OF country, patriotism and
obedience TO law ~ one oil tho cardinal
doctrines. In your civil war Catholics
fought side by side with Prostcstanis.
patriotism has no creed and | am in
formed thnt tho liberal party controlling
tho stats OF Now York chose ono OF my
priests NJ a regent OF tho university and
| am told that tho two senators of that
groa. state represent two crocds-one II
Protestant. md ono Catholic OF foreign
origin. How, then. can | complain OF
tho institutions Of America? Tho moro
| study them tho more they please mo.
"Ilavc not conformcl my cardinals,
| bishops and priest, to tho now form oil
government in Franco and admonishcd
thcm to sustain the republic and par.
ticipate in the ciTuirs OF the nation2 I
hnvo admonishod all my people in Amer.
lea TO refrain from strikes, mover to 70.
sor. to violence to redress grievance,
but to appeal to tho law and tho CON
| stitution,' f5