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Article MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
master , seduced and deceived , should cause the destruction of their relio-ion and state . When once a man is accustomed to command others , he very reluctantly submits"to obey . l enucci prop hesied , that if once the king allied with the Masons , that a minister would then be what he ought , only an agent , and not a master - this was he real cause of the premier ' s uneasiness . It appeared by his conthat it the only stimulus to his
duct towards the Masons , was pro Ce Tenucci employed all his art to convince his master of the justness of his sentiments , and to engage him to extirpate from his states this pernicious-plant . He managed with such success his influence the tender mind of the princewhose education he had
on , directed , that there appeared . in 177 $ , ™ edict oi \ . >« S > vsn ™ r ino- that of his predecessor , charging the Giunta di Stato , or , Tribunal of State , of all that regarded this affair , and ordered them to proceed ad median belli ! towards the punishment of the factious , or according to the rig ht of war , with full power and authority to ¦
treat them as criminals of leze majesty . _ The Freemasons of Naples obeyed and fled ; their worthy Grand Master , whom I would here mention if I was permitted , added his interdict to that of the King . Persuaded of the jus ice of their cause , the Brethren resolved to wait a time more favorable , when his majesty would render justice to a Society which does honor to human natureThey perceived and bewailed
thathow-. , ever inoffensive their Institution mig ht be , the legislature could suppress them , without seeming to violate the rights of nations . Those times appeared to be renewed , when , according to the expressions of a writer of ancient Rome , they treated as guilty of leze majesty those who had no crimes at all * . They blushed to think , that the minister should accuse a Society whose pnnciples and at the time to charge that So
he did not understand , same - ciety with hig h treason . Their sentiments on this subject were mixed with , compassion for his error and ignorance . Others more animated for the love of liberty , so congenial to man , dwelt on the terms of the edict , ad motltim belli ; terms which appeared to them as announcing the completest despotism . Cautious of giving the least Ground for complaint , they bewailed in secret , and
submitted to the will of the monarch . _ The Marquis Tenucci , unremittingly arduous in the extirpation of the Society , and knowing how frequently they had survived oppression , resolved to accomplish it ' s total abolition . He sough out an agent fit for his design , and met with one whom _ he had served- this man was one of those sycophants , whose principal skill lavin the art of palmestry , and bending his body before a great man , either for good or bad . As this person will act a principal part in
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
master , seduced and deceived , should cause the destruction of their relio-ion and state . When once a man is accustomed to command others , he very reluctantly submits"to obey . l enucci prop hesied , that if once the king allied with the Masons , that a minister would then be what he ought , only an agent , and not a master - this was he real cause of the premier ' s uneasiness . It appeared by his conthat it the only stimulus to his
duct towards the Masons , was pro Ce Tenucci employed all his art to convince his master of the justness of his sentiments , and to engage him to extirpate from his states this pernicious-plant . He managed with such success his influence the tender mind of the princewhose education he had
on , directed , that there appeared . in 177 $ , ™ edict oi \ . >« S > vsn ™ r ino- that of his predecessor , charging the Giunta di Stato , or , Tribunal of State , of all that regarded this affair , and ordered them to proceed ad median belli ! towards the punishment of the factious , or according to the rig ht of war , with full power and authority to ¦
treat them as criminals of leze majesty . _ The Freemasons of Naples obeyed and fled ; their worthy Grand Master , whom I would here mention if I was permitted , added his interdict to that of the King . Persuaded of the jus ice of their cause , the Brethren resolved to wait a time more favorable , when his majesty would render justice to a Society which does honor to human natureThey perceived and bewailed
thathow-. , ever inoffensive their Institution mig ht be , the legislature could suppress them , without seeming to violate the rights of nations . Those times appeared to be renewed , when , according to the expressions of a writer of ancient Rome , they treated as guilty of leze majesty those who had no crimes at all * . They blushed to think , that the minister should accuse a Society whose pnnciples and at the time to charge that So
he did not understand , same - ciety with hig h treason . Their sentiments on this subject were mixed with , compassion for his error and ignorance . Others more animated for the love of liberty , so congenial to man , dwelt on the terms of the edict , ad motltim belli ; terms which appeared to them as announcing the completest despotism . Cautious of giving the least Ground for complaint , they bewailed in secret , and
submitted to the will of the monarch . _ The Marquis Tenucci , unremittingly arduous in the extirpation of the Society , and knowing how frequently they had survived oppression , resolved to accomplish it ' s total abolition . He sough out an agent fit for his design , and met with one whom _ he had served- this man was one of those sycophants , whose principal skill lavin the art of palmestry , and bending his body before a great man , either for good or bad . As this person will act a principal part in