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

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1861

pg 429       trifled with.  Your positive refusal to comply with any of the 
             obligations of your contract forces me to adopt the course against 
             my inclination.  I give you three days to answer, after which I 
             will consider myself at liberty and will employ the only means 
             left me to redress this gross injustice.
                                        Respectfully,
                                        +James, Bp. of Chicago
                  On the 12th F. Sorin, to whose eyes and conscience this 
             letter did not contain a truthful phrase answered as follows:
             Monseigneur,
                  In answer to your esteemed favor of yesterday permit me to 
             tell you that I yield to your orders and to the fear of scandal, 
             however different from yours may be our manner of appreciating our 
             labors in your city these three years.  You say that we have not 
             fulfilled our obligations; we believe on the contrary that still 
             less have you complied with yours.  But since we must go, we will 
             do it religiously, I hope in peace and humility and with your 
             blessing.