Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1853

pg 173       towards the beginning of July, and of a certainty he felt no 
             inclination to expose himself anew and by thoughtlessness to lose 
             that treasure which he had come so far to seek--peace.  On the 
             contrary, he would have sacrificed all for the presentation of 
             peace.  How it came to pass that with such distractions, which 
             were shared in the same proportion by all the members of his 
             Chapters, peace was of such short duration at Notre Dame du Lac, 
             will be now explained.
                  To the representations that Sainte Croix itself had demanded 
             by its new arrangements, and especially by the nomination of F. 
             Gouesse as Local Superior of the Asylum at New Orleans, the 
             members of the Chapters at the Lake and at Bertrand had received 
             no other answer but offensive repetitions [of the declaration] 
             that the Mother House maintained what is had decided, and that the 
             nomination [of the superior] of the Asylum would be no means 
             recalled; that sooner than do so; all those that remained faithful 
             to their vows would be recalled:  or in other words that to 
             credence was given to what had been said and written by FF. Sorin, 
             Granger, and Cointet; and that he [F. Gouesse] would be sustained 
             at Sainte Croix against the unanimous voice of the two Chapters,