An article in the last number of the Journal causes Daly some doubts. He holds to the same doctrine as does McMaster in that the people have the right to dispose of themselves. The Roman people appear to accept the rule of Victor Emmanuel with a great deal of complacency. The Papal States do not seem to belong to the people but to the Pope. Daly asks when the transfer of ownership occurred, since the people accepted the Pope as their temporal leader. No former conqueror had the right to seize Rome and confer it as a gift on the Pope or the Catholic world. The language, habits and tastes of the Roman people make them a part of the Italian nation. Daly advocates the Pope's temporal authority and prays daily for the restoration of His power, but these questions had puzzled him, since they seem to conflict greatly with the Catholic doctrine of the self-disposal of every people. They are also arguments brought forward every day by enemies of the Church who deride the claims of the Pope to temporal authority. He asks for enlightenment on the subject. P.S. He gives his name in case McMaster should think the letter worthy of notice, but not for publication purposes. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.