New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-23

| sha1 be wanting 10 such respect
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jes'ic holy and i. is someti Des cruelty -trea,ed
| by men.
shsl not forge. ths, the Pope 81 years of sge,
that he crown officially veperaed oy hundreh
and thirty lime millions of Catholics that his private
lie tas ever been exeu plsry thst he observes the
most noble disin.eresedness upon throne where se-
| fsbness has long held sway, that ne spontaneously
| commeIced his reign by conierrng BENEFITS thst us
fr>t acts held out the fsirest hopes 20 ltay aud 20
Europe that he has suffered the lingering torture OF
| exile. that be exercises precanous and dependent
royalty under the protection OF two foreign srmies,
| and that he lives under she control OF Gar
dns. Bot those who have fallen Wet ms 20 the Efforts
MADE 20 replace him on bis throne, those whom the
| Ausirans have at his reques:, shot ard sabred In
order TO setabsh bis authority, and even those who
| toll in the pague-stricken aims of the Roman Cam
psgna to FL his treasury far more 70 be pltied
| ihsp be is.
Giovanni Mana Del Cont Mas.a Ferrett, born the
18Th May, 1872 and eiects Pope The 10th une, 1910,
under the name of Plus IN Is man VINO looks more
than hi actual sge he ia short obese, soueShat pal
| Id, and n precarious health. His benevolent sn1
sleepy couLtensuce bres;hes good nature and asiude,
| bu, has nothing of an imposing character. Gregory
WI, though ugly and pmply, Is said 20 have nal
| gran AR.
Pius IN plays his part in the gorgeous shows of the
Ron an Catholic Church indiferenty well. The faith
fu who have from aiar % see him perform III sss
are little surprised him take pinch OF snuf
in the midst OF the tinted clouds OF Incense In
his hours OF leisure he plays az billiards FOR exercise,
| by orcer Of lis physicians.
| He believes in God lie is not only good Chris
tiaD, bu: devotee In his enthusiasm for the NUgin
Mary, be has invented = useless dogma and dishgured
| the Piazza iii Spagna by monument of bad taste.
His oral- pure, they always have been, even
| when he q young priest; such Instances are COM
mon enough amoung our clergy, but rare not TO say
| miraculous, beyond the Alps.
| He has nepbews who wonderful 10 relate, are
neither rich powerful, princes. And yet
there il no law which prevents HIN from spelling his
-tbi. fort Ia ot
| gave his nephew Ludovisi 100000 OF good paper,
worth so much cGsh. The Borghese family bought 1T
| one stroke nrey i've farms with the money OF Pani
V. A commission which met IN 1910, under the pres-
dence Of the Reverend Father Niteleschi, General of
tie Jesu,s decided, in order 10 put end To such
abuses II at the Popes should confine themselves TO
eutaihr property 10 the amount OF tlo,VOO yesr
upon their fayore nephew and his family with the
right Of creating heir to the same prlvieges, and
that the portion Of each OF their neces should not ex-
| coed TO 600.
| am aware that nepotsm fell into desuetude q. the
| commencement Of the eighteenth century; bat there
was nothing to prevent Plus TX from bringing it into
| fashion again, after the example of Plus W. II he
chose but he does not choose 10 do so. His relations
are OF the second order Of nobility, and are not rch
| he has done nothing 10 alter their position. His
nephew Count Mastai Fer7etti, recently married.
and the Popes wedding present consisted OF few dis
monde worth about fS0OO. Nor did this modest git
| cost the nation one baoccho The diamonds came
| from the sovereign of Turkey. Some ten years ago
| the Sultan of Constsntnope, the Commander OF the
Faithful presented the commander OF the unfaItbful
with a saddle embroidered with precious stones. The
travellers in the restoring ne who used 10 hDck TO
Gaets ana Portic carried off great number of them
in their bsgs what they lett are in the casket OF the
young Countess Ferrettl.
The character of this respectable old man is made up
Of devotion, simplicity, vanity, weakness and OBJ
stinscy with touch OF rancor He blesse
with JUNCTION, and paroons with difficulty; he good
priest and an insufficient king.
| His intellect which has raised such great hopes,
o,1. u-aao uaher ei u d A
binary capacity. can hardly think he Is lnalIoe IN
temporal matters. HIS education IL that OF the aver
age of cardinals in general. Tie talks French pretty
well.
The Romans formed an exaggerated opinion Of
| him at his accession and have done ever
| since. In lSi7, when ne honestly manifested
| desire to do good they called hun great man.
whereas ia nom. - fact he simply worthy
man who wished to act better than his predecessors
bad done and thereby 10 win some applause from Eu-
rope In 1859 he passes for violent reactlonist be-
cause events have discouraged his good Intentions;
| ard above all, because Cardinal AntoneDi, who mas
| tiers him by fear, violently draws him backwards.
consider him meriting neither past admiration nor
present hatred j pity him for having !oosened the
rein upon bis people without possessing the nrmness
requisite TO restrain them seasonaby pity s'ii more
| that inirmity of character which now allows more
evil to be done in his name than he has ever himself
| done good.
The failure of all bis enterprises and three or four
accidents which happened in his presence, have given
rise TO the popular belief that the Vicar of Jesus
Christ IL what the Italians call jsttdtore-n other
words that be has the euii eye. When he drives along
the Corso the old women fall down their knees, but
they snap their fingers at him beneath their coaks.
The members Of the Italian secret societies impute
10 hn-though for other reasons-all the evils which
aflict their country. IL is evident that the Italian
que ston would be greatly simpihed # there were 10
| Pope at Rome; but the hatred of the Mazzinlsts
against Plus TX. is TO be condemned in all s personal
asIects They would Kill him to a certainty II our
troops were not there 10 defend hin. This murder
,.o,i3 Ia. that "A Tnuis XVI and a
less Tie guilotine would deprive good o,d man Of
his fe but it would not put end TO the bad prnci
pie Of saceTdotal monarchy.
did not seek audience of Plus IN; | neither
kissed his hand nor his slipper; the only mark OF
after ton received from him few lines Of insult
in the Giornaie d Roma Still, never can hear hum
accused without defending him.
Let my readers for moment put Themselves IN the
place of this too ilus,rous and too unfortunate old
man. After having been for nearly two years the ~
yorite OF public opinion, AMI the non OF Europe, he
found himself obliged 10 quit the Quirina Palace at
moments notice. ct Gaeta and Portici he tasted
those lingering hours which the spirit Of the exile.
grand and time. honored principle, OF which the
legitimacy Is not doubtful 10 him. vlols,ed IN his
person. His advisers unanimously said 10 him: " IL IL
your own fault. You have endangered the monarchy
by Your ideas Of progress. The immobty OF govern
neuis is the sane qua Of the stability OF thrones
You will not doubt this, If you read again the history
Of your predecessors" He h,i he'd tlIse 10 become
converted TO this belief when the armies of the Cath
ole Powers opened for him the road 10
Rome. Oyerjoyed at seeing the principle saved, be
vowed 10 himself never again 70 compromise IT, but to
reign without progress according 20 papal tradition.
But these very foreign powers who mad saved bis
crowu the first pose him the condition Of
advancing What 10 be done : He was equally
afraid promise everything and 10 refuse everything
After long hesitation, he promised in spite Of himself
then he absoved himself for the sake of the future,
from the engagements had made for the sake OF the
present. .
Now he il ont Of humor with his people, with
the French and with himself. He knows the nation