New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
How Popes are Made.

Chambers Journal some time ago con-
tanned the tolle wing account OF how Popes
are elected:
Assume vacancy 2n the chairO Of the
so-called Vicar OF Christ the Pope is dead
Who is to be his SUCCESSOR First OF all,
the fact must be authenticated in proper
the Camera visits the death chamber.
Standing at the door, and striking it with
gilt mallet, the Cameolenga. receiving no
reply. enters the room, taps the corpse on
the forehead with silver mallet, and then.
falling on his knees, prOclalms the rope 70
be no more The tOlling OF the great Dell
of st. Peters announces to the people OF
Rome that they have lost their sovereign
and the church her head. Consistently
with the theory of personal government
prevailing in the Holy City, the Pope's
death is practically an announcement at
the temporary suspension OF all govern
ment. All political and all judicial authoro
ity ceases; the law courts suspend their sit
tiDgs. anarchy reigns. This state of lave
lessness continued fer nine days-that Iss
till the appointment of fresh Pope-and
this period was toP centuries distinguished
by outrages that we're a scandal to the COS
ernment OF the Holy City.
The day after the Pope's death the Cardi-
nails meet and break what is called the
piscatOrial ring. This ring has history OF
its own-a more romantic history, probably.
than any other ring III Europe-and II it
could speak it might tell of some startling
secrets about the Vatican. 1t is, we believe,
a plain gold ring,. bearing the effigy OF st;
petero Its principal use is to sign apostolic
briefs; and it has been used for this
purpose by the Popes from the earliest ages
Of the church. Looking through the re-
aAnI Nnylha n
leon l., a few days ago, we came across an
interesting incident. When Napoleon is'
sued his orders foS the seizure of Che
prayer books and papers of Plus VIZ he
laid particular stress upon this rlDgS he
wished it to be seized at all hazards; and
when it could not be found his majesty
ordered an officer of gensdarmes to de-
mand it from the holy father. This was
the crowning affront OF Napoleon to- the
Popee and Plus NiJ hesitated for como
moments whether TO comply with the guide
imperial request op noeo A captivee howe
ever, aud at the EmperOrs mercy, it was
impossible 60 resiste and at last the holy
father, taking little leathern purse out OF
his pocket, produced the fisberman'A ring
broke e in. two. as 1t Is broken on the death
OF egerS Pontit1e and dande6 che Sieces s0
che gendarpeo
Through Prince Borghese fhe Broken
wing Who IuTWdTuCu u tuC IMpCIOk dt
Paris; but it afterward found its way to
the Vatican, and now frequently adorns the
finger of the supreme POntiff.
The funeral of Pope is an interesting
and gorgeous ceremony. 1t is not till the
ninth day after his death that the Cardinals
reassemble to elect a successor; and the
ballot society will be glad to hear that the
Pope is elected like the member of a club.
by ballot.
The right of election vests in the College
of Cardinals. and this right is inviolable;
nothing can touch it. 1t is a personal privi-
lege, and one that survives even excOmmu-
nication-the highest sentence of the church.
Neither heresy nor crime can distranchiso
Il CARDINAL; once Cardinal. always a
Cardinal, and, though beyond the pale of
the church, he may present himself at the
Vatican on the day of election, with his
clave, and assert his right to cast his vote
with the greatest princes Of the church tor
tha sovereign Pontiff
The modus operandi is this: The Cardio
nails, attended by their conclavists, and ac
companied by host of hign officials. as
semble on the day of the election at the
Vatcany and are there all locked up to-
gether like an English jury, till they have
delivered themselves of their verdict
qhat is. till they have named a Pope. No
name is proposed; no speeches are made;
hardly a word is spoken: a Quaker meeting
could not be quietero What takes place is
this In the centre of the room. stands 70
chalice, or what we may call an election
urp Each Cardinal 3n Surn writes upon 10
slip OF paper the uame Of She sandidate 5op
whom be VotesO and Ghis slip OS paper
doubled qps 2so by the puncfayistss deposit
ed IN Che chalices When the votes Of Che
college aave been thas G@1lecsad the aaines
of She candidates aye Sead aJ0uds aud Shw
number of votes announced
The Pope must be elected by . majority
Of two-thirds OF the college, and if any
name attains this number on the rrst bal
lot, of course there is an end 90 the busie
ness-the Pope has been picked.
But if no one gets this number the oting
p pers are burned, and the people outside
the college, waiting for the verdict. know
when they see the puff of smoke that they
are still without a sovereign. A second
ballot is then taken, and if necessary,
third. But it is understood that at the
third ballot no Cardinal will vote second
time for the same candidate. If, therefore.
he still adheres to his frat choice. he writes
nem,ne on his voting paper, which. being
ia ter preted. means that he votes for no one.
and thus, at the third ballot, by this pro-
cess of casting out, majority of two thirds
j. obtained, and the Pope is made No.
not quite made; for the courts of France
Spain and Austria pOssS<5 each, in turn, a
veto upon the vote of the College of Car,
dinals, and they m@v exercise this veto
without word of explanation. 1t is a
simple case of black -balling We do not
find that it has been very frequently exer-
cised; but as lately as 1890 the court of
Madrid exercised its eight by black balling
Cardinal Guistinianio
This power, hOweve9o can only be eXer-
cised once; and there ars caaes on record
where the college, haSing set their hearts
on man HON they knew to be obnoxious
to one of the courts 8say f@ FraneeiO have
first OF all put 9p 3 POPE IN buckram-o
that is. p cardinal w2ons they knew must
o,,o black -balled 69 Franceo and fheDs have
ag cleared the groundo elected their owa
'Gan without sIsks Portugal and Naples
ioave at different times put in their claims
f.s the privilege Of black balling the Pope:
these have never been allowed by the Sa-
cred College? and now shat Spain has
shrown off the Bourbnns, sheo too, we supe
pose will lose her righ9 of controlling the
election of the nexS Pope France also.
since the deposition and death of the 'eld
est son of the church. will have no right to
interfere. SO Austria aSoSS Will setair heg
poice in the selectiono
Perhaps there is one more fact which we
ought to mentionS-that gs, that the Pope
need not necessarily be cardinal, or even
q prieste The Sacred Collie &c may. if they
think tit. make pope out of laymare
They did it on one Occasiops
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q Cure for Egg SuckiugO
The country gentleman suggests a way to
L.,, - T.