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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 5 of 20 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
blades will beware of coming through the fingers of the Freemasons ?' " Not contented with having circulated these viva voce calumnies , " the Square continued , " pamphlets began to fly about in every form , denouncing the proceedings of Masonry ; and several newspapers of the day joined in
the cry , for it contributed materiall y to the sale of the sheet . Are you aware , sir , what very poor productions these periodicals were ?—Do not speak ! Well , then , I'll tell you . They consisted of two leaves of about the size of what is now called pot paper , and were dreadfull y stupid . Barren , sir , very barren of news ; and therefore the present
popularity of Masonry was a godsend ; and the Avriters did not fail to improve the occasion b y inventing any sort of nonsense , which they nicknamed ' the doings of Masonry in secret Lodges ; ' and the more ridiculous the imputation , the greater was the demand for the paper . Danvers , a writer in the 'Craftsman , ' so far exceeded his fellowin
journalists absurdity , as to have written a prosy article for the purpose of proving that those Avho hanged Captain Porteous at Edinburgh were all Freemasons , because they kept their OAvn secrets ; and therefore this sapient writer concluded the perpetrators must be Masons , inasmuch as they were never found out . " The Fraternity was much amused with these abortive attempts to prejudice them in public opinion ; and I have
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
blades will beware of coming through the fingers of the Freemasons ?' " Not contented with having circulated these viva voce calumnies , " the Square continued , " pamphlets began to fly about in every form , denouncing the proceedings of Masonry ; and several newspapers of the day joined in
the cry , for it contributed materiall y to the sale of the sheet . Are you aware , sir , what very poor productions these periodicals were ?—Do not speak ! Well , then , I'll tell you . They consisted of two leaves of about the size of what is now called pot paper , and were dreadfull y stupid . Barren , sir , very barren of news ; and therefore the present
popularity of Masonry was a godsend ; and the Avriters did not fail to improve the occasion b y inventing any sort of nonsense , which they nicknamed ' the doings of Masonry in secret Lodges ; ' and the more ridiculous the imputation , the greater was the demand for the paper . Danvers , a writer in the 'Craftsman , ' so far exceeded his fellowin
journalists absurdity , as to have written a prosy article for the purpose of proving that those Avho hanged Captain Porteous at Edinburgh were all Freemasons , because they kept their OAvn secrets ; and therefore this sapient writer concluded the perpetrators must be Masons , inasmuch as they were never found out . " The Fraternity was much amused with these abortive attempts to prejudice them in public opinion ; and I have