Excerpt from Proofs of a Conspiracy, Against Christianity, and the Government of the United States Professor Robinson undertook the gigantic task of proving a conspiracy against all the religions and governments in the world: I am contented with a small section of his subject. My aim will be, to place the charge of infidel conspiracy, where it ought to rest, in compassing which I shall pass rapidly, and without much ceremony, through the solemn forms in which religion is presented, in order to arrive at the substance;and in examining this (hall occasionally, and without much sensibility, advert to the passions and arts opposed to my process;and after fixing the character of federal religion, shall follow it through the political course, which it has taken from the infancy of our government to the day of the date of these presents - shall with much coolness call some classes of men hypocrites, who have passed for saints - and shall shew that whether republicanism means something or nothing; yet that the allusions and distant hints of republicans about the existence of an hypocritical northern phalanx meant something. - And from premises thus constructed shall attempt to prove, that christianity and the government of the United States have a constant, powerful, and efficient enemy in the New-England union of Church and State. This union forms completely one political party in our country, but the real illuminatists of this order are not confined exactly to New-England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.