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The Anti-Masonic Defeat.
THE ANTI-MASONIC DEFEAT .
( FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES . ) UP to tho present hour there is good reason for believing that the Anti-Masonic candidates for tho Presidency aud Yice-Presidency havo been defeated . lb is true that there are remote districts from which no returns have yet been received , but it is hoping against hope to imagine that the returns from these districts , when they do come inwill mako any matorial alteration in what now appears to
, be the result of the election . Messrs . Phelp 3 and Pomeroy havo been beaten , and the banner of Anti-Masonry has onco more gone down . Freemasonry has again triumphed , and the country will have to reconcile itself to this fact . Now that the battle is over and lost , we can calmly examine the reasons for the defeat of the Anti-Masonio ticket ; and it might be
remarked that an examination of this kind is always a more satisfactory proceeding after defeat than before it . It is conceded by all that in many districts there have been large Anti-Masonic gains . In Smithtown , Ohio , where the Anti-Masonic vote in 1876 wa 31 , it is this year 2 , a gain precisely of 100 per cent . In Brownsville , Md ., 3 men voted on Tuesday for Phelps and Pomeroy , whereas last year only 2 men
voted the Anti-Masonio local ticket at the annual election for the Superin tendency of Prowling Pigs . Here is another gain of 50 per cent . In Robinsonville , 111 ., Phelps and Pomeroy received 1 vote , which is a clear gain of more per cent , than can well be estimated , inasmuch as the Anti-Masonio ticket in 1876 in that town received only the vote of a young man , aged 18 , and this vote was afterwards
thrown out by the reckless and perjured men who superintended the counting . In Thompson City , Wis ., au old lady publicly announced that she would have voted for Phelps and Pomeroy had she been a man , and this declaration may fairly be conuted as an Anti-Masonic gain of several per cent , in a town where hitherto no Anti-Mason , of any well-defined sex . has ever been seen . These figures , taken almost at
random from the returns from four different States , show an enormous Anti-Masonic gain , and cannot but awaken the utmost uneasiness for the future in the minds of Freemasons . How has it happened that in spite of such tremendous gains the Anti-Masonic candidates have been defeated ? As in the case of all defeated candidates , the explanation is , of course , fraud and corruption , though in this especial instance
the malign influence of Freemasonry must also be considered . It can be proved that vast sums of money were expended both by the Republicans and the Democrats to procure the defeat of Phelps and Pomeroy . In one town in Ohio , the name of which is for obvious reasons withheld , a prominent Democratic politician is known to have had upwards of twenty-seven cents in his possession during the
Week before election , and to have boasted that with this money he could bay the support of three small boys , sons of a worthy widow , who were outspoken advocates of the gallant Phelps and the glorious Pomeroy . In another town iu Michigan the grossest intimidation was practised by the physician of a lunatic asylum , who locked an
Anti-Masonic patient in his cell , and prevented him from going to the polls in a state of nature—emblematic of purity—and voting the Anti-Masonic ticket . Thus , with aid of money and violence , the Republicans and Democrats , in unholy alliance , succeeded in nullify , ing the will of the people and placed a Masonio Administration in
power . The opposition to Phelps and Pomeroy did not hesitate to descend to the nso of the basest means to influence the minds of the people against the Anti-Masonic candidates . Not one word or syllable of abuse was hurled at cither of them . This studied refusal to extend to them the courtesies to which every candidate is entitled admits of
no excuse . It cannot bo pretended that either Mr . Phelps or Mr . Pomeroy deserved this brutal neglect . Nothing would have been easier than to havo charged Mr . Phelps with congenital lunacy , complicated with subsequent idiooity . To tho shame of tho Democratic and Republican editors , it must bo said that they persistently refused to make any such charge . The past public life of Mr ' . Pomeroy , who
was at one time elected Senator from Kansas , and at another time was not , afforded every opportunity to his opponents for vigorous aud effective campaign charges , but , nevertheless , he was treated with a Systematic and silent contempt which must have made the blood of every earnest Anti-Mason approach the boiling point . These men could not have been treated differently had they been quiet ,
respectable citizens , who had never been convicted of haviug been candidates for office . The nfcter refusal of their opponents to aid them by making charges against them was essentially fraudulent and in direct conflict with the spirit of our Institutions . It remains to be seen whether the matter cannot be brought before an Electoral Commission and the votes of those States which have been unfairly secured by Garfield or Hancock thrown out .
This crushing defeat should not , however , discourage the Anti-Masons . Their cause is a noble one . Garfield , Arthur , Hancock and English are all Freemasons , aud as such will unquestionably aid one another in tho future , as in the past , in every variety of crime ! The accursed spirit of Freemasonry must be put dowD , and the Anti-Masons must nevor cease to nominate candidates until they finally triumph at the polls , in spite of the desperate and corrupt devices of their opponents .
The Late Earl Of Moira, Afterwards Marquis Of Hastings.
THE LATE EARL OF MOIRA , AFTERWARDS MARQUIS OF HASTINGS .
WE do not need the Installation meeting of the Moira Lodge to remind us of the exalted virtues of one of the brightest ornaments of our Society ; but the publication elsewhere in our columns of the Eeport of that meeting is a fair justification for laying before our readers a short rc ' suwd of the proceedings at the crowning episode iu the Masonic career of the distiuguiautid nobleman , alter whom
The Late Earl Of Moira, Afterwards Marquis Of Hastings.
Lodge No . 92 is named—tho lato Earl of Moira , K . G ., Acting Grand Master 1789-1 S 13—on whom was subsequently conferred , in l-ecognition of his important services as Governor General of India , the still higher title of Marquis of Hastings . The episode we refer to was the presentation to his lordship of a magnificent gold collar and jewel sot with brilliants , of the estimated value of one thousand guineas ,
in recognition of his great services as Acting Grand Master during a period extending over upwards of one and twenty years , as a token of the love and respect entertained for him by the whole body of the Craft , and as a memento , at the time of his leaving England in order to assume the post of Governor General of India , of that love and respect . The presentation was made the occasion for a grand
Masonic display . The meeting was held at Freemasons' Hall on the 27 th Jannary 1813 . There were present at the banquet a great number of ladies , among them being the Countess of Loudon and Moira , wife of the noble Earl , together with some five hundred brethren , inclnding , in addition to tho noble recipient of the intended honour , Their Koyal Highnesses the Dukes of
Sussex D . G . Master , York , Clarence , Kent , Cumberland , and Gloucester ; the Grand Wardens for the year ; the Hon . Washington Shirley , Sir John Earner , Sir William Rawlins , and Sir Claudius S . Hunter , Past G . S . Wardens ; the Earl of Pomfret , Prov . G . M . Nor . thamptonshire ; General Sir John Doyle , K . B ., Prov . G . M . Guernsey , & c . ; R . W . Bro . Waller Rodwell Wright , Prov . G . M . for the Ionian
Islands , with the Prov . G . M . ' s of Berks , Beds , Herts , Essex , Westmoreland , Anglesea , and Hayti j Lord Kinnaird , D . G . M . Sootland 5 the Chevalier De Kanzow , Swedish Minister to the United States ; Bro . John Bayford P . G . J . W . Grand Treasurer , Bro . W . E . White G . S ., Rev . Lucius Coghlan , D . D . ChaplaiD . The chair was taken by the Duke of Sussex D . G . M ., who had tbe gnest of the evening , the
Earl of Moira , on his right hand , and the Duke of York on his left . The Duke of Kent's band was present in the gallery , and there were also present to assist in this portion of the proceedings a number of the most eminent vocalists of the day . The first toast that waa given on the removal of the cloth was that of the King , which was drank with three times three , and was followed by tho " Prince Regent "
M . W . G . M ., which was similarly honoured . Then oame the toasts of " the Duke of York and the Army " and " the Duke of Clarence and the Navy , " each Royal Duke returning thanks for the compliments respectively paid them , while the Duke of Kent replied for the other members of the Royal Family present . The Earl of Moira next rose , and in a few well-chosen words gave the toast of
" Health , Happiness , and Many Returns of this Day to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex "; the toast taking that particular form as the day chanced to be , by a singular coincidence , the anniversary of the Duke ' s birth , while Lord Moira ' s announcement of this fact met with the most enthusiastic applause . His Royal Highness having gracefully returned thanks , and a short interval having elapsed ,
he again rose for the purpose of submitting the toast of the evening , whioh was coached in the following terms— " The Earl of Moira , the Friend of his Prince , the Friend of his Country , and the Friend of Mankind . " His Royal Highness's speech was worthy of the occasion , and we wish onr space permitted of its reproduction in full . But failing the ability to do this , we cannot deny ourselves the
pleasure of making one or two extracts . Thus , in presenting to the notice of those assembled the character of the noble lord , the illustrious Duke said : — " I shall allude to him as a statesman and a soldier , for in those two characters I can introduce hhn into tbe Society at present , reserving his character of a Mason for the consideration of tho Brothorhoood when our fair visitors have with .
drawn . As a soldier , his military character has beon long known ; he has distinguished himself more than once by his feats and his gallantry as oarly as in the American War . I may next call your attention to tho recollection of his campaign in Flanders , where he BO eminently assisted my Illustrious Brother , the Dnko of York , who now sits ou my left , and who will bear testimony with what alacrity
that noblo Lord came forward and assisted him upon that occasion . " He then went on to speak of him as a statesman , and then proceeded , — " I will now go from his high station down to the lowest , and I ask you , if his character , in every point of view , does not call forth your admiration ? I will challenge any one of the numerous brethren now present , if thoy do not consider themselves under personal
obligations to that noble Earl ? Of that universal benevolence of heart which extended its bounty to all around him , I am sure everyone who hears me has seen so many instances during the period of twenty-one years , in which he has presided over the interests of the Fraternity , that you must be all penetrated with a high sense of the gratitude whioh is dne to him . "
When the applause which greeted these remarks had subsided , the Earl of Moiva returned his thanks . After deprecating the too eulogistic terms in which tho toast had been proposed , his Lordship went on to ascribe the qualities he had exhibited as " only the emanation of the principles cultivated in this hallowed Institution ; the practical effect of those lessons , which Masonry inculcates , not
for purposes of mysticism , but in tho hope of their influence on the interests of society . " With referenco to his services he could only claim credit for zoai iu tho cause of his country . Ho also oxpressed his indebtedness to the Prince Regent , who had placed him in the position ho had so long occupied iu Masonry ; it was owing to His Royal Highness ' s kindness he was receiving so great a
compliment that day . His admirable remarks on tho connection of Royalty with tho Craft cannot but evoke the sympathy of all Craftsmen , who are doubtless as f nlly sensible of the great benefits resulting from is as Lord Moira was . " Dignifying , indeed , " said the noble earl , " it ic to the Craft , to seo those elevated personages exhibit their fellowship with us . But it ia not merely a superficial honour to which your
minds shonld be alive . No , you ought to feel the incalculable benefit which the serious objects of Masonry must derive from this public display of the sentiments of Royalty towards the Brotherhood ; this avowal from so many of those immediately connected with the Throne , that they make common cause with yonr welfare and your a ifeutionu . Let us carry this thought further . Let us exult
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The Anti-Masonic Defeat.
THE ANTI-MASONIC DEFEAT .
( FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES . ) UP to tho present hour there is good reason for believing that the Anti-Masonic candidates for tho Presidency aud Yice-Presidency havo been defeated . lb is true that there are remote districts from which no returns have yet been received , but it is hoping against hope to imagine that the returns from these districts , when they do come inwill mako any matorial alteration in what now appears to
, be the result of the election . Messrs . Phelp 3 and Pomeroy havo been beaten , and the banner of Anti-Masonry has onco more gone down . Freemasonry has again triumphed , and the country will have to reconcile itself to this fact . Now that the battle is over and lost , we can calmly examine the reasons for the defeat of the Anti-Masonio ticket ; and it might be
remarked that an examination of this kind is always a more satisfactory proceeding after defeat than before it . It is conceded by all that in many districts there have been large Anti-Masonic gains . In Smithtown , Ohio , where the Anti-Masonic vote in 1876 wa 31 , it is this year 2 , a gain precisely of 100 per cent . In Brownsville , Md ., 3 men voted on Tuesday for Phelps and Pomeroy , whereas last year only 2 men
voted the Anti-Masonio local ticket at the annual election for the Superin tendency of Prowling Pigs . Here is another gain of 50 per cent . In Robinsonville , 111 ., Phelps and Pomeroy received 1 vote , which is a clear gain of more per cent , than can well be estimated , inasmuch as the Anti-Masonio ticket in 1876 in that town received only the vote of a young man , aged 18 , and this vote was afterwards
thrown out by the reckless and perjured men who superintended the counting . In Thompson City , Wis ., au old lady publicly announced that she would have voted for Phelps and Pomeroy had she been a man , and this declaration may fairly be conuted as an Anti-Masonic gain of several per cent , in a town where hitherto no Anti-Mason , of any well-defined sex . has ever been seen . These figures , taken almost at
random from the returns from four different States , show an enormous Anti-Masonic gain , and cannot but awaken the utmost uneasiness for the future in the minds of Freemasons . How has it happened that in spite of such tremendous gains the Anti-Masonic candidates have been defeated ? As in the case of all defeated candidates , the explanation is , of course , fraud and corruption , though in this especial instance
the malign influence of Freemasonry must also be considered . It can be proved that vast sums of money were expended both by the Republicans and the Democrats to procure the defeat of Phelps and Pomeroy . In one town in Ohio , the name of which is for obvious reasons withheld , a prominent Democratic politician is known to have had upwards of twenty-seven cents in his possession during the
Week before election , and to have boasted that with this money he could bay the support of three small boys , sons of a worthy widow , who were outspoken advocates of the gallant Phelps and the glorious Pomeroy . In another town iu Michigan the grossest intimidation was practised by the physician of a lunatic asylum , who locked an
Anti-Masonic patient in his cell , and prevented him from going to the polls in a state of nature—emblematic of purity—and voting the Anti-Masonic ticket . Thus , with aid of money and violence , the Republicans and Democrats , in unholy alliance , succeeded in nullify , ing the will of the people and placed a Masonio Administration in
power . The opposition to Phelps and Pomeroy did not hesitate to descend to the nso of the basest means to influence the minds of the people against the Anti-Masonic candidates . Not one word or syllable of abuse was hurled at cither of them . This studied refusal to extend to them the courtesies to which every candidate is entitled admits of
no excuse . It cannot bo pretended that either Mr . Phelps or Mr . Pomeroy deserved this brutal neglect . Nothing would have been easier than to havo charged Mr . Phelps with congenital lunacy , complicated with subsequent idiooity . To tho shame of tho Democratic and Republican editors , it must bo said that they persistently refused to make any such charge . The past public life of Mr ' . Pomeroy , who
was at one time elected Senator from Kansas , and at another time was not , afforded every opportunity to his opponents for vigorous aud effective campaign charges , but , nevertheless , he was treated with a Systematic and silent contempt which must have made the blood of every earnest Anti-Mason approach the boiling point . These men could not have been treated differently had they been quiet ,
respectable citizens , who had never been convicted of haviug been candidates for office . The nfcter refusal of their opponents to aid them by making charges against them was essentially fraudulent and in direct conflict with the spirit of our Institutions . It remains to be seen whether the matter cannot be brought before an Electoral Commission and the votes of those States which have been unfairly secured by Garfield or Hancock thrown out .
This crushing defeat should not , however , discourage the Anti-Masons . Their cause is a noble one . Garfield , Arthur , Hancock and English are all Freemasons , aud as such will unquestionably aid one another in tho future , as in the past , in every variety of crime ! The accursed spirit of Freemasonry must be put dowD , and the Anti-Masons must nevor cease to nominate candidates until they finally triumph at the polls , in spite of the desperate and corrupt devices of their opponents .
The Late Earl Of Moira, Afterwards Marquis Of Hastings.
THE LATE EARL OF MOIRA , AFTERWARDS MARQUIS OF HASTINGS .
WE do not need the Installation meeting of the Moira Lodge to remind us of the exalted virtues of one of the brightest ornaments of our Society ; but the publication elsewhere in our columns of the Eeport of that meeting is a fair justification for laying before our readers a short rc ' suwd of the proceedings at the crowning episode iu the Masonic career of the distiuguiautid nobleman , alter whom
The Late Earl Of Moira, Afterwards Marquis Of Hastings.
Lodge No . 92 is named—tho lato Earl of Moira , K . G ., Acting Grand Master 1789-1 S 13—on whom was subsequently conferred , in l-ecognition of his important services as Governor General of India , the still higher title of Marquis of Hastings . The episode we refer to was the presentation to his lordship of a magnificent gold collar and jewel sot with brilliants , of the estimated value of one thousand guineas ,
in recognition of his great services as Acting Grand Master during a period extending over upwards of one and twenty years , as a token of the love and respect entertained for him by the whole body of the Craft , and as a memento , at the time of his leaving England in order to assume the post of Governor General of India , of that love and respect . The presentation was made the occasion for a grand
Masonic display . The meeting was held at Freemasons' Hall on the 27 th Jannary 1813 . There were present at the banquet a great number of ladies , among them being the Countess of Loudon and Moira , wife of the noble Earl , together with some five hundred brethren , inclnding , in addition to tho noble recipient of the intended honour , Their Koyal Highnesses the Dukes of
Sussex D . G . Master , York , Clarence , Kent , Cumberland , and Gloucester ; the Grand Wardens for the year ; the Hon . Washington Shirley , Sir John Earner , Sir William Rawlins , and Sir Claudius S . Hunter , Past G . S . Wardens ; the Earl of Pomfret , Prov . G . M . Nor . thamptonshire ; General Sir John Doyle , K . B ., Prov . G . M . Guernsey , & c . ; R . W . Bro . Waller Rodwell Wright , Prov . G . M . for the Ionian
Islands , with the Prov . G . M . ' s of Berks , Beds , Herts , Essex , Westmoreland , Anglesea , and Hayti j Lord Kinnaird , D . G . M . Sootland 5 the Chevalier De Kanzow , Swedish Minister to the United States ; Bro . John Bayford P . G . J . W . Grand Treasurer , Bro . W . E . White G . S ., Rev . Lucius Coghlan , D . D . ChaplaiD . The chair was taken by the Duke of Sussex D . G . M ., who had tbe gnest of the evening , the
Earl of Moira , on his right hand , and the Duke of York on his left . The Duke of Kent's band was present in the gallery , and there were also present to assist in this portion of the proceedings a number of the most eminent vocalists of the day . The first toast that waa given on the removal of the cloth was that of the King , which was drank with three times three , and was followed by tho " Prince Regent "
M . W . G . M ., which was similarly honoured . Then oame the toasts of " the Duke of York and the Army " and " the Duke of Clarence and the Navy , " each Royal Duke returning thanks for the compliments respectively paid them , while the Duke of Kent replied for the other members of the Royal Family present . The Earl of Moira next rose , and in a few well-chosen words gave the toast of
" Health , Happiness , and Many Returns of this Day to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex "; the toast taking that particular form as the day chanced to be , by a singular coincidence , the anniversary of the Duke ' s birth , while Lord Moira ' s announcement of this fact met with the most enthusiastic applause . His Royal Highness having gracefully returned thanks , and a short interval having elapsed ,
he again rose for the purpose of submitting the toast of the evening , whioh was coached in the following terms— " The Earl of Moira , the Friend of his Prince , the Friend of his Country , and the Friend of Mankind . " His Royal Highness's speech was worthy of the occasion , and we wish onr space permitted of its reproduction in full . But failing the ability to do this , we cannot deny ourselves the
pleasure of making one or two extracts . Thus , in presenting to the notice of those assembled the character of the noble lord , the illustrious Duke said : — " I shall allude to him as a statesman and a soldier , for in those two characters I can introduce hhn into tbe Society at present , reserving his character of a Mason for the consideration of tho Brothorhoood when our fair visitors have with .
drawn . As a soldier , his military character has beon long known ; he has distinguished himself more than once by his feats and his gallantry as oarly as in the American War . I may next call your attention to tho recollection of his campaign in Flanders , where he BO eminently assisted my Illustrious Brother , the Dnko of York , who now sits ou my left , and who will bear testimony with what alacrity
that noblo Lord came forward and assisted him upon that occasion . " He then went on to speak of him as a statesman , and then proceeded , — " I will now go from his high station down to the lowest , and I ask you , if his character , in every point of view , does not call forth your admiration ? I will challenge any one of the numerous brethren now present , if thoy do not consider themselves under personal
obligations to that noble Earl ? Of that universal benevolence of heart which extended its bounty to all around him , I am sure everyone who hears me has seen so many instances during the period of twenty-one years , in which he has presided over the interests of the Fraternity , that you must be all penetrated with a high sense of the gratitude whioh is dne to him . "
When the applause which greeted these remarks had subsided , the Earl of Moiva returned his thanks . After deprecating the too eulogistic terms in which tho toast had been proposed , his Lordship went on to ascribe the qualities he had exhibited as " only the emanation of the principles cultivated in this hallowed Institution ; the practical effect of those lessons , which Masonry inculcates , not
for purposes of mysticism , but in tho hope of their influence on the interests of society . " With referenco to his services he could only claim credit for zoai iu tho cause of his country . Ho also oxpressed his indebtedness to the Prince Regent , who had placed him in the position ho had so long occupied iu Masonry ; it was owing to His Royal Highness ' s kindness he was receiving so great a
compliment that day . His admirable remarks on tho connection of Royalty with tho Craft cannot but evoke the sympathy of all Craftsmen , who are doubtless as f nlly sensible of the great benefits resulting from is as Lord Moira was . " Dignifying , indeed , " said the noble earl , " it ic to the Craft , to seo those elevated personages exhibit their fellowship with us . But it ia not merely a superficial honour to which your
minds shonld be alive . No , you ought to feel the incalculable benefit which the serious objects of Masonry must derive from this public display of the sentiments of Royalty towards the Brotherhood ; this avowal from so many of those immediately connected with the Throne , that they make common cause with yonr welfare and your a ifeutionu . Let us carry this thought further . Let us exult