Author: John M'Clintock
Title: The Temporal Power of the Pope: Containing the Speech of the Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, January 11, 1855. With Nine Letters, Stating the Prevailing Roman Catholic Theory in the Language of Papal Writers
Description: New York, Carlton & Phillips, 1855. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 154p. A brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine faded; boards a bit stained. A reproduction of a speech given by Whig Congressman Joseph Ripley Chandler in defense of Catholic citizens' right to vote and hold public office, followed by nine letters responding to Chandler's claims and explaining why Catholics' allegiance to the Pope should exclude them from American political enfranchisement. Chandler was originally a Freemason and converted to Catholicism in 1853, during the peak of anti-Catholic mania and Know-Nothing influence in the United States. Chandler subsequently lost his party's nomination and his tenure in Congress ended a few months after this speech was delivered. Good .

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