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On Freemasonry.
Their peculiar aim is thus described in a political pamp hlet of the clay , which was intended to tell against Masonry . " This society , under pretext of consulting the happiness ofthe people , and supposing that happiness to be incompatible with every species of religious and civil estab lishment at present existingsaid with one voiceLet us
, , destroy them all , and raze their very foundations . The secret Order of the Illuminati , included among its mysterious principles , at present exposed to the whole world , the whole of the doctrine which the Jacobins of Paris have since put in practice ; and it has been proved , by the most irrefragable documentsthat they maintained an intimate correspondence
, together , before the French revolution . The destruction of the Christian religion , and the subversion of every throne and of all governments , have been their aim ever since the year 1776 . " And thus Masonry , which , in its unoffending innocence , excludes from its assemblies , all religious and political
discussion , became charged with the most dangerous principles , because these philosophers carried on their nefarious designs under its name and sanction . The mantle of secresy and virtue , was assumed to cover the designs of fraud and treachery ; but they failed to affix the stigma of insubordination on that pure sciencewhich their hot-blooded zeal
, desecrated and trampled under foot . Masonry passed through the ordeal with the lofty port of insulted majesty ; and resumed her throne as the queen of benevolent institutions , amidst the acclamations of mankind . The
threatening clouds dispersed , ancl the rays of heaven again encircled her brow ; like a glorious diadem with beams of radiant light . It will be useless to revive the obsolete tirades of Barruel and Robison , which have been set at rest long ago , and finally consigned to the tomb of the Capulets ; but I may be
permitted to add , that when the continental controversy about Fremasonry was at its height , the former of those writers , although most violent against the Order , thus exonerates British Masonry from any participation in these unholy transactions . " England , in particular , " he says , "is full of those upriht menwhoexcellent citizensand
g , , , of all stations , are proud of being Masons ; and who may be distinguished from the others by ties which only appear to unite them more closely in the bonds of Charity and fraternal affection . It is not the fear of offending a nation
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
Their peculiar aim is thus described in a political pamp hlet of the clay , which was intended to tell against Masonry . " This society , under pretext of consulting the happiness ofthe people , and supposing that happiness to be incompatible with every species of religious and civil estab lishment at present existingsaid with one voiceLet us
, , destroy them all , and raze their very foundations . The secret Order of the Illuminati , included among its mysterious principles , at present exposed to the whole world , the whole of the doctrine which the Jacobins of Paris have since put in practice ; and it has been proved , by the most irrefragable documentsthat they maintained an intimate correspondence
, together , before the French revolution . The destruction of the Christian religion , and the subversion of every throne and of all governments , have been their aim ever since the year 1776 . " And thus Masonry , which , in its unoffending innocence , excludes from its assemblies , all religious and political
discussion , became charged with the most dangerous principles , because these philosophers carried on their nefarious designs under its name and sanction . The mantle of secresy and virtue , was assumed to cover the designs of fraud and treachery ; but they failed to affix the stigma of insubordination on that pure sciencewhich their hot-blooded zeal
, desecrated and trampled under foot . Masonry passed through the ordeal with the lofty port of insulted majesty ; and resumed her throne as the queen of benevolent institutions , amidst the acclamations of mankind . The
threatening clouds dispersed , ancl the rays of heaven again encircled her brow ; like a glorious diadem with beams of radiant light . It will be useless to revive the obsolete tirades of Barruel and Robison , which have been set at rest long ago , and finally consigned to the tomb of the Capulets ; but I may be
permitted to add , that when the continental controversy about Fremasonry was at its height , the former of those writers , although most violent against the Order , thus exonerates British Masonry from any participation in these unholy transactions . " England , in particular , " he says , "is full of those upriht menwhoexcellent citizensand
g , , , of all stations , are proud of being Masons ; and who may be distinguished from the others by ties which only appear to unite them more closely in the bonds of Charity and fraternal affection . It is not the fear of offending a nation