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upon the solution of which, you are about to enter. 

 The object which we have in view is at once to deliver 

 the States of the Church from the anarchy which pre- 

 vails in them, and to ensure that the re-establish- 

 ment of a regular power is not darkened, not to say 

 imperilled, in future by reactionary fury. Any step 

 which, in presence of the intervention exercised by 

 other Powers animated by less moderate views, will 

 give more scope to our special and direct influence, 

 will naturally make the object which I have pointed 

 out to you more easy of attainment. You will there- 

 fore concentrate all your efforts upon bringing about 

 such a result with as little delay as possible ; but in 

 the efforts which you will make towards this end, 

 there are two risks to be guarded against, as I will 

 point out to you. You must be careful to avoid 

 allowing the men at present invested with power in 

 the Eoman States to suppose that we regard them as 

 a regular Government, for that would give them a 

 moral force in which they are at present lacking. It 

 will be desirable, in the partial arrangements which 

 you may conclude with them, to avoid using any ex- 

 pression or making any stipulation which may be 

 likely to excite the susceptibilities of the Holy See or 

 of the Gae'ta conference, which is only too ready to 

 assume that we are inclined to attach no value to the 

 authority and interests of the Court of Eome. Upon 

 the ground on which you will be standing, and with 

 the men with whom you will have to deal, the ques- 



