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THE
TEMPORAL
POWER
OF
THE
POPE.






POPE.






POPE.






POPE.






mean
that
I
deny
to
the
bishop
of
Rome
the


the


right
resulting
from
his
divine
office,
to
interfere


interfere


in
the
relations
between
subjects
and
their
sove-


sove-


reigns,
between
citizens
and
their
governments.


governments.


“And
while
I
make
this
denial,
I
acknowledge


acknowledge


all
my
obligations
to
the
Church
of
which
I
am


am


an
humble
member,
and
I
recognise
all
the
rights


rights


of
the
venerable
head
of
that
Church
to
the
spirit-


spirit-


ual
deference
of
its
children;
and
I
desire
that


that


no
part
of
what
I
may
say,
or
what
I
may
con-


con-


cede,
in
my
remarks,
may
be
considered
as
yield-


yield-


ing
a
single
dogma
of
the
Catholic
Church,
or


or


manifesting,
on
my
part,
a
desire
to
explain


explain


away,
to
suit
the
spirit
of
the
times,
or
the
pre-


pre-


judices
of
my
hearers,
any
doctrine
of
the


the


Catholic
Church.
I
believe
all
that
that
Church


Church


believes
and
teaches
as
religious
dogmas;
but
I


I


am
not
bound
by
the
imputations
of
its
oppo-


oppo-


nents.
I
am
not
bound
by
the
assertions
of


of


those
who
would
make
political
capital
out
of


of


denunciations
of
her
children,
or
misrepresenta-


misrepresenta-


tions
of
her
creed.
Nay,
more,
sir;
and
I
ask


ask


the
attention
of
gentlemen
to
my
disavowal.
I


I


am
not
bound
by
any
action
which
the
pope


pope


takes
as
a
temporal
sovereign,
or
which
he
per-


per-


forms
as
bishop
of
Rome,
or
pope,
when
he
is


is


only
carrying
out
a
contract
with
kings
and
em-






em-






em-






em-






MR.
CHANDLER'S
SPEECH.
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perors
to
secure
to
them
the
integrity
of
their


their


Possessions,
and
the
perpetuity
of
their
power.





power.





power.





As
IT
cannot
accept
the
honourable
gentle-


gentle-


man’s
discrimination
between
me,
as
a
Catholic,


Catholic,


and
other
members
of
the
Church
as
Roman


Roman


Catholics,
I
must
regard
myself
as
involved
in


in


the
general
censure,
and
feel
that
I
stand
charged,


charged,


as
a
national
representative,
with
holding
opinions


opinions


and
owing
fealty
that
may
demand
from
me
a


a


sacrifice
of
patriotism
to
a
higher
obligation
;


;


pointed
at,
sir,
as
a
man
who,
while
he
swears


swears


to
maintain
the
Constitution
of
the
country,
and


and


professes
to
make
the
fulfilment
of
his
obligation


obligation


to
that
country
his
paramount
political
duty,
yet


yet


cherishes
in
his
heart
the
principles
of
latent


latent


wreason,
I
may
be
allowed,
without
the
imputa-


imputa-


tion
of
vanity,
to
make
one
more
direct
allusion


allusion


to
myself
and
my
creed.
And,
sir,
clearly
and


and


distinctly
do
I
deny
that
the
power
of
the
pope


pope


extends
one
grain
beyond
his
spiritual
relations


relations


with
the
members
of
his
Church,
or
impresses,


impresses,


in
the
least
degree,
upon
the
political
allegiance


allegiance


which
any
Roman
Catholic
of
this
country
may


may


owe
to
the
government
and
Constitution
of
the


the


United
States.





States.





States.





And,
sir,
that
this
disavowal
of
a
divided
fealty






fealty






fealty






fealty






may
not
be
regarded
as
a
mere
generalty,
I
give


give


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