FOREIGN CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIBERTIES OF THE UNITED STATES: THE NUMBERS OF BRUTUS (1835)

NEW-YORK, Jan. 1, 1835.
To Messrs. Leavitt, Lord & Co.,
Gentlemen, Learning that you are about to publish in a small volume, the articles, signed
Brutus, (which recently appeared in the New-York Observer, showing that a conspiracy is
formed against the United States by the Papal powers of Europe,) the undersigned, who
read those articles with interest, have great satisfaction in expressing their approbation of
your undertaking. These articles are written by a gentleman of intelligence and candor,
who has resided in the south of Europe, and enjoyed the best opportunities for
acquaintance with the topics on which be writes.
While we disapprove of harsh, denunciatory language towards Roman Catholics, their
past history, and the fact that they every where act together, as if guided by one mind,
admonish us to be jealous of their influence, and to watch with unremitted care all their
movements in relation to our free institutions. As this work is now to be published in a
portable form, and with additional notes by the author, we hope it may obtain an exten
circulation and a careful perusal.

The first impressions of the improbability of a Foreign conspiracy considered—Present
political condition of Europe favors an enterprise against our institutions—The war of
opinions commenced; Despotism against liberty—The vicissitudes of this war—Official
declarations of the despotic party against all liberty—Necessity to the triumph of
Despotism that American liberty should be destroyed—The kind of attack most likely to
be adopted from the nature of the contest—Reasons why our institutions are obnoxious to
European governments—Has the attack commenced? Yes! by Austria—Through a
Society called the St. Leopold Foundation—Ostensibly religious in its design.