St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-16

wished to attack them there, but the
Archbishop interfered, prevented this
and persuaded the insurgents to sur
render their arms and peacefully dis
persc. Among those whose lives h.
saved on that occasion were two Bona
parties, one of whom became afterward
the Emperor Louis Napoleon.
From Spoleto he was translated 10
the See of Imnol, of which he was
created Il Cardinal and proclaimed as
such the subsequent year.
On June l, 1916, Pope Gregory XVI,
died. The Archbishop of IR,ola was
among the most prominent persons
suggested as his successor, being the
candidate OF the moderate national
party. The conclave met june 16,
while the Austrian Cardinals, known tn
be opposed to him, were on their way
to Rome, and elected him Pope.
There WAS no more popular monarch
He began his rule with the greatest re-
forms, personally supervised all de-
partmtnts Of the government. built
railroads, introduced cas-, appointed
laymen to most of the municipal offices,
gave liberty OF the press, pard"ned all
political offenders, established !, cnun-
Gil Of delegates from the provinces,
and tried, in fact, to make the papact Il
limited constitutions! government.
Everywhere he Was appauded for these
reforms. The Legislatures OF almost
all the States in the Union, Louisiana
among them, congratulated the Pope
upon these reforms, and extended him
. their hearty sympathies in his attempt
to benefit his subjects and improve
their condition.
The revolution Of 1S4S came. From
France it spread rapidly over Europe,
and soon reached Rome. The pOpulact.
of Rome demanded Radical Ministry
. in place of the Liberal Ministry that
= the Pope had formed. This request he
refused. A few days after this refusal
Count Rossi, the Pope's Prime Minister,
was aSsa>sillatetl. On the next day,
November Is, 1e4S, the populace, the
civic guard, the gendasnelie, the troops
>ieged the QuirilIal, and forced the
Pope, whose secretary, Monsignor Pal
ma. shot down at his very side, to ac-
cept Radical Ministry. He did so t.,
. prevent blOOtlShed, but succeeded IL,
escaping few days afterwards, leaving
Mazzini and Garihaldi masters of Rome.
From Gaeti,, where he took refuge, ht
appealed to the Catholic powers OF
: Europe for assistance, which was gran
ted him, and a force furnished by Louls
= Napoleon, then President of the French
= Republic: Rome ,capitulated to the
French forces on July l, 1849, and OIL
April 70, of the next year the Pope re-
} entered his domain.
In 1854 he invited the bishops from
all parts of Christendoln to meet him
in Rome, and with their consent formal
~ defined the doctrine OF the immacu-
: late conception. In 1870, France, being
: then engaged in war with Germany
was compelled tn withdraw the troops
stationed at Rome. The Jesuit WAS the
J occupation of that city by the troops OF
= Victor Emanuel, the Pope refusing tt
| make amy resistance to this entrance
on the ground that it would be a useless
+ | waste of life. From that time nothing
= Pope's life, with the exception of the
+ Ecumenical Council convened by him
+ which enunciated the dogma of papa
I infalibility,
For some time past the Pope's liealtl
has been exceedingly bad, and more
{ than once his life has been actually
ii given up, but his wonderful vitality
: and determination kept him alive des
pite all these attacks, until utterl,
worn ont Ne suddenly departed thi
life yesterday.
Hc pcISUuul Siidl VA AuS 40
T. was irleproaci,able. No one, howeve
bitterly opposed to.!iinl, has ever whis
g pered word against him. He Wa
r kind, affectiOnate and benevolent. HI
q obtained the respect OF all, CathOli
=, and Protestant alike, and his dealt
r. will catlse universal regret and sorrow
IL He WAS a man of the most generOu
impulses, aud promised to become
n most intelligent and beloved ruler owe
j. the Papal States, when the uufortuuat
|. events of 1848 changed all his politica
# views from liberalism to conservatism
It The election OF the successor of Piu
a TX is now an event interesting not onl
VI to the members of the Catholic Church
o but to the entire Christian world. Til
l. cable informs us that the foreign Car
j. .linals have been telegraphed for, whic
IT would seem to indicate that the ney
Z Pupe will not be elected hurriedly, a
e was at one time supposed, but tina
it ample time will be- given for the az
y sembling of all the cardinals. Their
- are now sixty-three of these, of whor
forty are ltaliaus, seven Frenchmel
er four Spanlards, one Portuguese, ON
n German, two Austrians, one Belgian
d one Pole, two English, one Anglo
x American and two Spanish American
IF The Italians have II vast majority i
=. the Conclave and will most probabl
IN elect an Italian Pope. 1t WIS whispere
20 ut one time that Cardinal Simeoni wa
r. anxious to see \ foreigner elected Pop
as but this is scarcely possible, such
of thing not having occurred for sever,
le centuries. At the last COnclave tn
s. liberal party trumpled in the electio
ii. OF Plus TX. This seems scarcely POI
ut sible on the present occasion. I'll
re Italian Cardinals, it is true, are almO
ks evenly divided into moderates and u
he man and other foreign Cardinals al
c. election of a moderate Pope, that
or one on friendly and amicahle tern
lis with the Italian government. and wi
to wonld be willing to enter into son
sort of compromise with the King
.e, Italy,
I'd OF eourse there are many candidat
Of for the papacy. The leading Italia
lis candidates-for there is scarcely al
er need of considering the others-a
til Cardinals Nina, Panebianco, Di Pietl
nj. Di Lncca, Mertel, Franchi, Chi
,e, D'Avanzo, Parocchi, Di Valleta al
~ Slmeoni.
rd Nina, is a candidate of the moderat,
o. He is an extremely friendly terms wi
Die the Italian government, AMI his gre
to desire is to bring ahont q .conprom
m between the papacy aud that COVER
ill ment.
on Panebianco is an ultra. He is
lid ported tu be an irascible and QUAR-
st. some old man. and was deposed frs
re- the. position of Camerlungo ON accor
lie Of his quarrels with the other cardina
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