The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-24
TIE FAPAE ELECTION.
some Wen who may be Candidates for the
RHRaH Chair.
Rome Letter to London Times.l

Rome Letter to London Times.l
or the cardinals residing In Rome some are
very old men, whose names also occur In a
former letter, such as Amat, eighty-one
| years old, disabled by repeated apoplectic
fits; .Asquini, seventy-five years old, good
hearted, sCrupulous man, and Bizzari, of the
I same age, but q confirmed invalid, on none
of whom the choice OF q conclave would fall
less division, when as It happened before, the
expedient OF naming pope with q foot In
his grave Papa di 1omba) I. O., of provision
ally filling the papal chair 70 O few months
Of the parties for a new trial Of strength,
might suggest itself. The vote OF these
venerable nentlemen,, II they live to give
them may be predicted. The. amiable and
moderate Amat would be in favor of con-
cilliation. The other two would recommend
extreme measures, and give their suffrage
to q candidate bent or pledged to enforce
them.
The men now in Rome whose influence
would be likely to some extent sway the
deliberations Of the conclave are Di Pietro,
De LuCa, Mertel and Nina.
Di Pietro is q Roman noble, seventy-two
years old, Of high and gentlemanly feelings,
lavish Of his money to Che utmost extreme OF
himself, but well disposed to back any moder-
ate candidate that would be at the pains of
suing for his vote and support. De Luca is a
Scilian, an earnest man, deeply learned,
worldly affairs, highly honorable, who was
nunciO at Vienna and did not give in to Aus
trian views. He keeps up. a brisk intercourse
with men OF liberal opinions, seeing them,
however, not at his own residence, but here
and there at friends houses, or, by prefer
ence, at their villas. He is in his seventy
second year.
Mertel, great jurist q native of Anumiere.
seventy-one years old, is one of the wisest and
most modest men of the Sacred college. He
was one of the liberal friends Of Plus Tx In
1848, willing to bow to the exigencies OF the
times, desirous that the upper clergy should
have seats in Parliament as they have In
France and Austria, or, in other words, that
the Church should have it's share in the State
as it's ally and not its adversary. He Is a
slow, deliberate man, firm on the principle
that in great Matters "cuncta,,do regitsr NUM-
dats," adjOurning every question, putting off
all resolutions but never swerving from the
ground of strict legality and equity. more
desirable Pope could certainly nowhere be
found, but as surely he will never be Pope,
for he is too modest and reserved, too much
the reverse OF an intriguing priest, either to
put himself forward or to occur to the minds
of the intriguing priests, who will want an
intriguing Pope.
Nina, Roman, an intelligent, reasonable
man. of unblemshed reputation, is one of the
rising men Of the moderate party; he Is said
to grieve at the estrangement of the Church
from the State and would wish the clergy to
take as active part in public affairs as may
be compatible with the spirit of the age. Con-
solini, OF Sinigaglia, seventy years old, an
upright man, has also moderate instincts.
but is swayed by Franch who paralyzes his
good will and netra1ZeS MS influences.