olic Bishop, who then resided
there--obtained a dispensation, as was supposed--wrote back that he
would accept the office--returned, was qualified, and to the day of his
death was on the Bench! This affair illustrates Romanism. And what Rome
was, she is, and always will be. Can Rome change? Can the Ethiopian
change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Here is what Philopater, an approved Catholic authority of the first
grade, says, touching the principle in controversy:

"All theologians and ecclesiastical lawyers affirm that every
Christian government, as soon as it openly abandons the _Romish
faith_, is instantly degraded from all power and dignity: all
the subjects are absolved from the oath of fidelity and
obedience which they have taken, and they may and ought, if
they have the power, to drive such government from every
Christian State, as an apostate, heretic, and deserter from
Jesus Christ. This certain and indubitable decision of all the
most learned men is perfectly conformed to the most apostolic
doctrines."

Our Locofoco advocates of Romanism deny that the Pope lays claim to the
supremacy charged by the American party. On this point, we desire that
the Catholics may speak for themselves. One of their standard writers,
FARRARIS, in his Ecclesiastical Dictionary, a work endorsed by their
Council of Bishops and Cardinals, under the article headed "Pope," uses
this emphatic and expressive language:

"The Pope is of such dignity and highness, that he is not
simply man, but, as it were, God, and the vicar of God. Hence
the Pope is such supreme and sovereign dignity, that, properly
speaking, he is not merely constituted in dignity, but is
rather placed on the very summit of dignities. Hence, also, the
Pope is rather father of fathers, and he alone can use this
name, because he only can be called father of fathers: since he
possesses the primacy over all, is truly greater than all, and
the greatest of all. He is called most holy, because he is
presumed to be such. On account of the excellency of his
supreme dignity, he is called bishop of bishops, ordinary of
ordinaries, universal bishop of the Church, bishop of diocesan,
of the whole world, divine monarch, supreme emperor, and king
of kings."

PETER DENS, of Maynooth College notoriety, whose "Theology" is the
highest Catholic authority known