And let me say, sir, that the modes of control in the resources of this insidious society, notorious for its political arts and intrigues, are more numerous, more powerful, and more various than an unsuspicious people are at all conscious of....
"Mr.Y.falls into the common error and deprecates what he calls a _religious_ controversy, as if the subject of Popery was altogether religious.

History, it appears to me, must have been read to very little purpose by any one who can entertain such an error in regard to the cunningest political despotism that ever cursed mankind.

I must refer you to the preface of the second edition, which I send you, for my reasonings on that point.

If they are not conclusive, I should be glad to be shown wherein they are defective.

If they are conclusive, is it not time for every patriot to open his eyes to the truth of the fact that we are politically attacked under guise of a religious system, and is it not a serious question whether our political press should advocate the cause of foreign enemies to our government, or help to expose and repel them ?" It was in the year 1835 that Morse was appointed Professor of the Literature of the Arts of Design in the University of the City of New York, and here again we can mark the guiding hand of Fate.