The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-21
THE NEW POPE.
Leo XIII Ia the Firat Moments OF bia
Elevation.

OF the energy which distinguished
Pccci, both as u delegate and bishop at
Spoleto and Perugis, he gave proof, as q
CamerleDgo, as soon as Plus TX, upon
the removal Of the cloud under which
the Archbishop of Perugia was in An
tonelli's lifetime, called him TO Rome
and invested him with the important
office. / have already told you that the
determined and, rs his colleagues said,
"impetuons" manners Of the Camerlengo
had struck dismay among the Vatican
functionarics accustomed to the extreme
lenieucy Of the late Pontif in his de-
cliniDg years, and has raised against him
an outcry Of unpopularity during the va
cancy Of The See which very nearly cost
him his chance Of an election.
10 several of the we'll Known courtiers
of Plus TX, Pecci very plainly intima:ed
thut he would not put . with the liber-
ties they had been long allowed to take
with the supreme authority, and il S
signal instance, when the body of the
deceased Pontitf was being removed from
the death chamber to the Basilica, whore
II was to lie In state, espying among the
few distinguished PERSONS, whom be had
allowed to attend the ceremony, one or
two ladies' TO whom he Il 5;ven no
tickets, he summoned the :iaster of tho
ceremonies, upbraioed him in very strong
terms for his presumption in departing
from his instructions, and before the very
body of Plus TX told him empha.ically,
II am not Pho Mono"
The clerical papers had predicted with
great assurance that tue new Pope should
be Plus X, hint that the policy Of the
new Pontificate should be based on that
of the one which had just come TO an
end. Pecci, upon his election, declared
that his name should be Leo XIII, a
clear determination that the new reign
should usher q new era, being thus
conveyed in this mere choice Of his name.
A few hour after his proclamation,
when the Cardinals crowding round him
were silently watching his movements,
he suddenly rose and, without consulting
them, said, "Andiamo ALA loggia," and
proceeded to the balcony whence, accor-
ding 10 custom, ncwiy-ciected pontiii
is expected to give the benediction to the
| multitude assembled on the piazza to
| acclaim him. There is another balcony
looking out upon the. church ahd front
ing main altar. Had he chosen the outer
| balcony the ice would have been broken,
and the accession Of the new Pontifi
would have been attended by all the GER
emonies which surrounded the Papucy
before the fabled captivity which eclipsed
its lustre in the latter years of Plus TX,
Leo XIII hcstatcd one moment Fran.
chi, who had been by his side throughout
the election, and by his self.denial favor.
ed Pecci's exaltation, whispered few
words, and the Pope took his stand on
tho inner balcony.
Both the church and the piazza were
already swarming with an immense mul-
titude, but when the Pope's mind was
made manifest, there was great rush
through tue doors, and laundering ap.
plause rose from that laboring mass
needless Of the sacred locality. Little
accustomed to exhibitions Of that nature
the Pope stretched out both hands tc
allay the popular storm, and his voice,
Honorous and autho .itative as he pro.
nounced his bcnedic.ion WAS heard dis.
tinctly by all tho iushed and awed as
semblage. Times