Show i LEO THE rHIRTE NTH 1 J 1 HeuAccepts the Presidents 5 Gift of f t THE Aliir I Ai CONSTITUTION i 11 VburXaWon ffll bieat Your Govera liieur in Tree YourTntntre Full of Hope Clevelands Gift to The Pope BALTIMORE January22The following follow-ing cablegram was today received by tbe Sun ROME January 22 The giftof President Presi-dent Cleveland to Pope Leo was presented pre-sented to him on Saturday afternoon in the throne room of the Vatican by an American delegation Archbishop j liyair of Philadelphia in presenting 1 the bound copy of the Constitution of 4 the United States said Holy Father We feel most honored and happy in being selected to present to jour HoH ness this rift expressive of the venera bioH and felicitation oi Eis Excellency the PreHident of he United States r6Q i Anjerio i uuon the occasion of the auspicious jubilee of Your Holiness entrance to the second priesthood It is a tnoixre paid Your Jfclolincss by the ruler of 60600000 of freemen the ruler elected by them who feels deeply the supreme responsibility of his exalted ex-alted station his dependence upon Qpdd prudence and who has had wisdom and fortitude to discharge fatthfulh7 end conscientiously all the important duties devolving upon him He is a ruler respected by the people and who has puolfcly declared his aol erau conviction that Christianity furnishes fur-nishes fae tae permanent basis of real civilizatioji and perfect socaal order sepreseaCTfcg at once the moral conquest ovur the greatest nation of the earth This conquest Your Holiness which received respectful recognition from kings of the world receives through the most worthy President a tribute of the free and independent l people or tha freest largest and most ugogreasjve people Thy are naturally Gurtstian brave just and generous and will be in the future as in the past bis ory of the nation In the American Republic the Catholic church is free to act and carry out its sacred and beneficial bene-ficial m son for the human race by fundamental rights of constitutional guarantee as demonstrated in this volume the appropriate gift of President Presi-dent Cleveland In the United States the Catholic church is jfcnitrely free frem suite dominion The liberty ry la all she requires In her history r the United Stages has clearly proved that igneitonoe of the real doetrtnes of the churc and hereditary prejudice that great obstacle to progress are gradually disappearing and tat or tattoolict and noaCathoUcs aro coming to undestand each other We beg of i you then Holy Father to bless the young republic that has achieved ouch I o-uch ii a single oegjijyy Bless the land discovered by yoiu sainMy compatriot com-patriot I Columbus f bless the wise and i manly President of the United States 1 Members of the delegation kneeling I before the Pope received the apostolic faenediottoa for themselves artLf or their people Dr OConnell rector oi the American cpllega presented the album to the Pope and translated the Presidents dedication fho Pope listened with tthe utmost aatisfactipn examined the gift caret tiNy aDd expressed his admiririfion for the exquisite taste and neatness of its exe 4U8tn It was especially a pleasure he said to receive a copy of the Csnstitu tkm of the United States Dr OConnell then read the foHewlng i writteo in French I Holy Fat leer > I expeuence peculiar satisfaction in transmitting to Your Holiness the personal per-sonal congratulations which His Sx cellcncT Grover Cleveland President tlf the United States by his letter of November 17 especially requested me to present you on the occasion of your golden jubilee I had the honor to see tlae President shortly after my return wpaa Rome when I communicate to min the Kind sentiments Your Holiness was pleased ij express Appreciating the friendly message of Your Holiness he desired me to cenyey to you his respectful homages and his sincere wishes for your welfare wel-fare The President subsequently waote me a second letter desiring me to transmit to Your Holiness with the least nossible delay this specially prepared pre-pared copy of theConstitution of the b jfaited States as a testimonial of the Tpneration of your august person ands and-s an expression of his felicitations npon the approaching ceremony Deign Holy Father once more to bless with all the affection ef your paternal heart our beloved country in whose prosperity you manifest so lively an interest Invoking your benediction on myself I am your devoted servant JAKES CARDINAL GIBBONS Archbishop of Baltimore 1 e BALTIMORE December I 1 1887 i t The Pope toes read its reply W Archbishop Ryan in Latin expressing i the pleasure he felt in receiving the jubilee gift riomft1 Preslflent fol IHel l United States He continued I have received offerings from all parts of the world fromJtalyyprance Germany1 Hungary sSpain England and one > from the President of the United States a most pleasing one As the Archbishop has read you enjoy there perfect freedom ThaTree = dom we admitis high vj beneficial toihe spread of religiongAs heffd of the church r owe my dutyf love and solicitude to every part of the church but toward Ameirictf i E HJ ari elpeciil Ii love The carg ofyoar nation is great Your government is free Your future is 11 full of hppa ojDrxPreeI < entfcctomanW my hipieat adinirationT1 bence this offering which I have received today isas timly touched mv heart It affords ce pleasure to pour forth through you to your President and to your great country my most profound sense of appreciation and gratitude In conclusion con-clusion I grant you my blessing and ask that of yourself and the President of your country Turning to Dr 0Connell the Pope said I desire you jo make this kn9wn to your people Describe the solemn manner in which I have received the gift of the President Afterward the Pope received < < the delegation privately He was delighted with President Clevelands gift and engaged in conversation with the delegation for nearly an hour The prelates present brought jubilee offerings amounting to 90000 The delegation included Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia bishops Ryan of Buffalo Barke of Cheyenne Seiden bush of Minnesota Monsignor Quiglev ol i tiarleston S C Rev MacDonnell qf New Ybrk Farrelly of Nashville Castalio Buffalo Keghoof Jof Chicago Chi-cago and a cbrres orideut of the Baltimore Balti-more SitU who was instructedby Cardinal Car-dinal Gibbons with the delivery of the Presidents gilt to the rector of the American College ThPope ordered that the Presidents gift be placed on exhibition among those of kings Members of the Papal Court state that the American presentation presenta-tion was the most successful event oft of-t e jubilee No other offering naving elicited from the Pope so rich and spontaneous spon-taneous an expression of thanks and eppreciation |