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1. "It is the Parliament, the House of Commons, that we must convert."

This means, that wherever influence can be brought to bear on the return of Roman Catholic members to the House, that influence will not be lacking.

2. "The next Session of Parliament may settle for ever the position of Christianity in this country."

Not, for that is above all "settling,"—save with its Founder—but that the next or other Sessions may open the way to a more complete Roman Catholic domination is what is here hoped for.

3. "The adoption of a single clause or principle will have far-reaching and most vital results."

Precisely;—so far-reaching and vital that England must be on her guard against even a "single clause or principle" which endangers the liberty of the subject.

4. "Struggles will be inevitable until the Christian cause which is becoming more and more openly the cause of the majority has permanently triumphed."

For Cardinal Vaughan there was only one "Christian" cause—viz., the Roman Catholic, and he who runs may read the meaning of the above phrase without much difficulty.

Concerning the King's Declaration Oath, said the Cardinal:—

"It is not the King who is responsible for the drafting or the retention of this detestable Declaration. It is the Ministry, the Legislature, the Consti