, 1864-06-19
When tne pope Dloa> taen what will
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[Frum tie London Satu1taJ Rerier, Nay 3sthl
Every dag tho telegraph brings some Intel
ligence abuat the Popa's health. Somettnes
he Is little woree, sometimes he il littta
better. Ono day very unfavoraDlc srmptoma
have set In; he las lost hl1 mind. his 1ays
SIG givl1s WY, he Is wholly unit for bust
ness. Tie next day he il nearly we'll asain;
be t'ae received the French Ambassador; hs
has given his assent to new loan, he has
blessed thousands Of people froa balcony. i
Tie telegraph sends all these conflicting
u.eeslges 4bout him, We may bs cure, be-
cause Europe takes great n'erest in his
lealth; Or because In p!siner l.nguagc,
great many people think it to taolr Interest
That Re should die. and a great many people
think It to their interest that he ehoulu lire.
1t Is expected that when the Pope dies,
some great change will take place, No
ORG SAYS clearly what the change is to
be, or why 1t should come; but still =
change il expected, and osen the poashil-
tty Of chncge il cuough At the present day
many reasons might be arged for tue opln-
Ion that this event, whenever It may take
place, Will rot greatly alter the situation OF
afhirs. 1t is absurd to auppose that a Pope
Will be chosen who will blindly obey the
Emperor oi the Frenct, who will 20 out OF
Rome when he IL told, and will BE- delighted
TO enter on Immediate arrangements for the
@o"Iuonnt1u. VI Lug leHpoIot power. lhe
Cardinal who would be Of such mind does
not exist, and, If he did, b. would be- sure
to be vetoed by Spain or Austria The Con
clave is entirely under the direction of per
sons whose fidelity to the Present sYsten
is unquestionable, whose who1a traditions,
feelings, interests and convictions lesd them
to determine that no compromise with the
enemy shall be eTca thought Of and who
will cling to the temporal p6wer to the last,
Prudence may dictate the choice OF mod
Pope who vii not 60 ost 1t oi ~ lis pst. way to Of.
fend the grcit ones Of the earth, and who, If
he curses At all, will be content to cursa In
But his mind will ba as fir1a as .
rock, and bis mind will be set on
eore. Nof can It be said that there il sny
conspicuous change in the position Of the
powers which are most concerned with the
affairs Of Rome. It Is true that tho Italian
Ministry has been nhle to announce to the
Chamber TINT the negotiations :.ith Franco
for tho termination or modification Of the
temporal power, which broke down two
years ago, have tcen resumed. But that
thcee negotiations will result In anything, no
Italian Minister would venture to pr5itct
It snits the Emperor to stay In Rome, and, sti
long as It sults him, he Is not likely to b.
turned from his purpose BY the diplomatic
corps ofa country that Is almost entirely
under euhjcction to him. and If It suits
him to keep his troops at Rome now, there
appears to be no reason why this should not
equally suit him, although tho present Pope
would Go ~ Plus IL. has done, aud If any
threat Of withdrawing troops from Rome were
made, would simply announce his intention
oileaviug Rome altogether Whit the Empe-
ror reasonably breads Is the spectacle Of a
wandering, erlled Pope, bearing his lucrative
martyrdom meekly, stirring up ths hearta Of
the faithful, and managing TO implicate the
eldest son Of the Church in tho disgrace aud
crime of his humiliation. If the Pope can
not do without tho Emperor, the Emperor
cannot do without the Pope; aud as the
Papat Court Is perfectly aware Of this, It. can
take the snme advantages Of the necessities
Of The Emperor, whethcr ona man ,is Pope
or another In Spain, too, which Is the
| stronghold Of :thoroughgoluE Catholicism, i,
the determination to uphold tho Pope is ~
strong as ever, and the Spanish Ministry has
|, just announced that Its Views as to the ten
|; porx1 power remains nnRltared, It Is truc
/ that Spin could not keep up the tcmpor.l
I power for q day it France chose to decree tts
I termination; but Spain, II faithful to the
! last, might have the honor and DISTINCTION oj
receiving the Pope in his exile, and this ID
an honor which France would decidedly
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