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

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1847

pg 111       stronger, F. Saunier conducts himself in a still more hateful 
             manner towards Mr. Delaune.  The latter complains to the Rev. 
             Father, who with a stroke of his pen annuls all that F. Saunier 
             has done at St. Mary's as representative of the House.  Vexation 
             at such a humiliating defeat, which was probably not softened 
             down by Mr. Delaune, makes F. Saunier declare that he is going to 
             leave the Society.
                  Dr. Spalding, bishop-elect of Louisville, who looked upon F. 
             Saunier as a child whose mission seemed to him to be mysterious, 
             said to whoever wished to hear that Sainte Croix had sufficiently 
             mocked the Bishop of Kentucky, but that the comedy would soon be 
             at an end; that insignificant representatives were sent claiming 
             to be invested with all powers, who soon afterwards were declared 
             to have none.
                  Under the circumstances, fearing to lose the advances already 
             made, together with the reputation of the Society in the diocese 
             of Louisville, F. Sorin, with the advice of the chapter, proceeds 
             to Louisville at the beginning of April, 1848, agrees with Dr. 
             Spalding that, unless the Rector opposes it, he will furnish the 
             men necessary for conducting the college at the reopening in