The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-19
s. G,
Saturday Morning, April 10. 1873.
Popc Plus TX.

eaturday morning. april 10. 1915
Pope Plus TX.
The malady which at intervals for The
last twenty years has afflicted the Pope.
returned upon him lately with increased
severity, and he is probably (es yester
days dispatches reported) dead. At
four score and two years, his enieebled
frame could Offer little opposition to dis.
cease. Pope Plus TX has occupied the
pontitioal. chair longer than any of his
predecessors nearly two years longer,
Indeed. than have been asoribed to Peter
himself. Among his predecessors, many
have directed the affairs Of the church
With more vigor, some with more wis
dom, bnt none, as the New York Graphic
declares, with more unswerving fidelity
to its traditions, or more constant and
jealous assertion OF lis supreme au.
thority. To all eporoao6mehts. from
whatever quarter: he has opposed pas
sive but.sinaexible resistance. yielding
qp~his temporalities only to force. deny
ing the. validity Of the sequessration.
still claiming but unable to enforce civil
authority over them. He has constantly
refused the princely. annuity which Vic
tor Emmsnueli desired to bestow upon
him. and has yaiuly., aud repeatedly
sopght to force into his hands, To Bis
marok's q sweeping bAhishment from Frus-
sian territory OF the Jesuits. he replied
with denunoiations and anathemas as
stern as il his voice was still winged with
the terrors OF Hildebrand or sixtus.
He has seen his priests and bishops shot
by sans ouloite rabble in France. and
the Catholic system of education, even
in faithful Austria, sternly overhauled
by the hand of imperial authority. He
has patiently and mildly withstood all
onsets OF revolutionistsi OF armed kings,
.-of atheists, Of savage and remorseless
Gothic prime ministers-even the
treaohery. and embroilments Of his own
court--and the summons OF rest can
but have come to the old Pontih with a
voice Of benediction. He leaves the
church menaced with surrounding
perils-indeed. more ssormily beleaguer-
ed than at any time during his pontifi-
.oate-but it is possible that. though he
failed to .discern the black, thunder bill
lows whidh.vrap the base OF the temple
In which he has ministered. his aged
eyes, as they passed, saw above them the
dtpae kihdling with the uuoloudedsmid-
dsy beam. All the priests of that: Sene.
rable church believe in the eternity of
It's duration. and that. whatever. perils
from time To time encompass It, they
are only transient and soon pass away.
It is likely that this faith. in which Pho
Mono has all his life 30 steadfastly abode.
can. to ,some extent. mitigate the pain
with yhioh he leaves the church shorn
Of its temporal possessions, it's authority
derided where it used to be obeyed; and
itssaooietiss oppressed and exiled.S he
passes away dreaming dying dream
that the old splendors and terrors Of
ponti6cal Rome may yet kindle upon
her domes and speak from her catho.
drals. History will accord to him the
character OF having striven to preserve
undiminished the authority of the
church, and to uphold it's haughtiest
and most arrogant prstensions; but. as
he toiled against the spirit Of the ago in
which he lived, he of course did not en-
tireIy succeed. But he will leave me.
mory OF benignity3 and sanity mildness
and gentleness which will be tenderly
cherished by all Catholics throughout
the world.
In connection with the severe illness
and probable death of Pope Plus, the
following summary OF the duties Of that
high dignitary, the Chamberlain Of the
Roman Church. will be read with into.
rest:
ellis Eminence Philippe de Angels,
the first on the list Of the Order Of Oar.
dinal Priests in9the Sacred College. was
born at Ascoli, on the 18th Of April; in
the year 1902. he is,- consequently,
eighty-one years OF age. Venerable him
self in years, his official functions. as
Chamberlain OF the Holy Roman Church,
fowar6a tho Ponkiff pino tha Ninth ora