None but those who wish to be deceived could possibly be taken in by the “soft speeches” of the promoters of this Congress. Protestants need not be alarmed, Rome loves them so!
Besides, England is such a free country, and so tolerant. She has altogether forgotten the fires of Smithfield and the horrors of the Holy Inquisition. She is quite ready to give up the Bible which secured her liberties, and return to the tyranny of priestcraft and superstition. And Rome is so tender, just longing to have her wandering child back once more in her compassionate embrace. But Rome never changes; she is always the same. Persecution has marked her in every age, and to the very last “drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus” describes her with an accuracy that few can fail to discern. Her deeds of fire and blood and torture are written indelibly on the page of history, and to this day in every land where she has the power, oppression and persecution abound, as they do in Ireland, Spain, and the Philippine Islands, &c.