Satolli on United States.
“Marquis Sacrapanti, the Noble Guard of Leo XIII., equipped with the zucchetto and beretta to be conferred on Mgr. Satolli, arrived in Washington at 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon, accompanied by Dr. Rooker, Mgr. Satolli’s secretary, and was immediately driven to the Legation Building. John D. Keiley, city treasurer of Brooklyn, and Surveyor McGuire, of the port of New York, came over to Washington as the guests of the Noble Guard.” This is from the Catholic Mirror of the 28th ultimo. On receiving the zucchetto, a red skull cap, the new cardinal responded. He spoke of how faithfully he had carried out the instructions of the pope, his gratification at the pope’s kindness and appreciation of his services, and thus continues:— “This gratification is increased when I see that the honor which the holy father has shown to and conferred on me is made the subject of rejoicing to the whole of the people of this great republic, irrespective of religious belief. Manifestations of this general rejoicing have not ceased to pour in upon me since the first day it was known in this country that I had been made a cardinal. “You, Marquis Sacrapanti, have made a long voyage to bring to me this official announcement. You have come from the Old World to the New, and it gives me sincerest pleasure to welcome you here. You will find, as I have found, that the American people are second to none in their generous hospitality. You will be received with the same kindness as I met with when I came here a stranger. You will find much to admire and to wonder at in this great country, much that to you, coming from the Old World, will be new and marvelous. I am certain, however, that you will admire nothing more than the wonderful spirit of union and brotherly love which prevails in this great republic. You will see a people scattered over an enormous extent of territory, with an infinite variety of tastes and desires, and of material interests, but all united in the one great object of the maintenance of their constitutional unity and liberty.” All of which shows the wonderful progress Rome is making in this country. Such an expression from a Roman Catholic celebrity can not, we believe, be found previous to 1892. In that year the government was in principle deeded to Rome, and Rome knows it.