Father Foy On Secret Societies.

for Cork—there was one person , a member of the London press , Avho received a dagger from Mazzini and a present of 1000 francs to induce him to kill the father of the present king of Italy . That person at present occupies a high position on one of

the chief London journals . At the same time that all these events were happening , Bishop Dupanloup Avrote his small treatise on the state of Freemasonry at the present time , aud he brought these charges and many others that they had seen and heard ,

and which Avere stated at such length in the Observer newspaper of last Aveek . And Avhat had been the attitude of Freemasonry Avith regard to this brochure of Dupanloup ? Had there been any contradiction ? No . At the Alexandra Palace the president

stated that they Avould go on as they were , notAvithstanding Pope and Bishop and pamphleteer , & c . That had been the only notice taken of Dnpanloup ' s pamphlet , not-Avithstanding that it had had a Avorld-Avide circulationand that they could not go into

, Paris or Brussels , or any large toAvn on the continent , without seeing it displayed in the booksellers' windoAvs . Here Avas a Avork of Avorld Avicle notoriety , Avritten by one of

the most distinguished men of the present day—a member of the Legislature of France , a great orator and Avriter , and a member of the French Academy—and how Avas it that his charges had not been met ? Dupanloup had charged secret societies Avith upholding infamous and horrible

principles , and IIOAV Avas it that these had not been disavoAved in England ? They had men of great honour and great courage , and let them speak out and say , " With regard to Mazzini , and the Carbonari , and the secret societies of France and ItalAve

y , have nothing in common , " and the Avorld at large Avould receive such an avoAval from them Avith the greatest possible pleasure . It might be said again that such charges might be very true in foreign states , but that such proceedings Avould hardly be

practised by the Anglo Saxon race , and in England and America no such things as these Avere possible , viz ., assassination and the appointment of tribunals for the purpose of taking aAvay life , As regards America , he would quote from an authority considered impartial—the " Popular Encyclopedia "—published by Mr . Blackie , of Edinburgh , The rev . gentleman then quoted

at length the case of William Morgan , a native of Virginia , AVIIO , Avhen it became known that he was engaged in preparing for the press a Avork by which the obligations and secret proceedings of freemasonry were to be divulged , was seized by

some members of the fraternity in and about Batavia , Avhere he then resided , and carried to Fort Niagara , at the mouth of the Niagara river . The disclosures which Avere at length made before grand juries , and on the various trials of those Avho Avere

indicted for carrying him off , have in a great measure removed the veil Avhieh hid those events , and established in a satisfactory manner that his life AA'as in a few days brought to a tragical end . Public indignation was aroused at this outragethe

, excitement spread over a Avide district , aud an anti-masonic party , numerous , active , and Avell organised , Avas immediatel y formed . Here Avas a fact that Avas notorious throughout the United States of America , and that happened in 182 GshoAving what

, he pointed out last time—that , as in the case of Mazzini and the Italian secret societies , there was a poAver and practice claimed by them of sentencing , in a private

tribunal , those individuals to death who had disobeyed their enactments , and sending emissaries to fulfil the sentence . That Avas Avhat occurod in the United States , and caused such an upstir of Public opinion . Why might not that , he asked , occur in England ? Whilst they continued to

respect and venerate the kwv in this country they need not fear such things ; but in times of disorder there mi ght not be such strength and vigour in the executive as the occasion mi ght require , and then it Avas that secret societies Avould have good

opportunity of carrying on their infamous deeds . Respecting these societies , there Avere tAvo points for their special consideration , viz ., their true origin , and their real secrets . These things , for the greater part Avere not secrets to those who read , AVIIO

had libraries at their command , and who had an opportunity of knoAviug Avhat Avas going on in the world . It was only to those AVIIO had no time and leisure to enter into such things that the secrets alleged on the part of the secret societies Avere unknown . NOAV , Avith regard to his first point , the true origin of secret societies , to some extent he had stated that last time iu