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 Christianity, 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-
