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Why We Have Anti-Masonic Conventions In America.

WHY WE HAVE ANTI-MASONIC CONVENTIONS IN AMERICA .

BT BEO . JACOB KOETON . .. ' " ¦! HATEED of religious liberty is tbe root of all anti-masonry . The priest who proclaims from the pulpit . that there is neither honesty , morality , nor goodness outside of tbe pale of his church , naturally hates Masons . for affirming that there are good and true men among all denominations . For these reasonsthe Pope issued an anti-masonic

, bull in 1738 , ancl for the same reasons true blue orthodox ministers of other denominations have likeAvise assailed Freemasonry . . ., ; . , The late Dr . Oliver , though he A \ 'as a defender of Freemasonry , yet , having had a hankering for Christianizing tbe ritual , aA'ailed . himself of clamours raised in India b y some clergymen against Masonry , and . by Dr , Plilpotts , Bishop of Exeter , and a few others in England , upon the same subject . And our . Masonic Doctor -predicted , a

general crusade against Masonry , if . the G . L . of England did not restore saint . patronage , and Christian prayers in tbe Lodge ceremonies . NOAA ' , if . saint patronage and Christian prayers could have disarmed the Philpotts ' s from hostility to Freemasonry , then Ave Avould never have had any anti-masons in America ; for here we have Christian prayers in Lodges , Ave have patron saints , the , St . John's clays are observed rebgiously as Masonic festivals , and . a majority of our Masons are eA * en » read y UOAV to swear that the St . John ' s Avere bona fide Masons , and Avere . even Masonic Grade !

Masters ; , but yet American Catholic p riest ' s , as well . as Some Protestant . clergy , . have never ceased to denounce tbe Masonic brotherhood . , , . * I must , hoAvever , here admit that our Masons have to blame their : own folly for a great deal of tbe Masonic unpopularity AA'hich we haA'e-here . . American Masons have a mania for public processions . On the 24 th-of June , " tbe Baptist ' s day , the Knig ht ; Templars , Avith their cocked hats , crosses , banners , etc ., preceded by an

important-looking individual dressed in priestly garments , Avith a mitre on bis . head about a foot high , with a cross dangling from lis neck about a foot long , march through our streets , folloAved by the & . L ., or Lodge . The Tyler is equipped-with a tray ( similar to those worn by hot cross-bun vendors on Good Friday ) , on Avbieb lies a Bible , etc . This display of saint worship , priests , mitres , crosses , Bible , etc ., convinces the unorthodox that the boasted " Masonic universalit" is a mere Jesuitical trick : Avhileon the other

y , . , , hand , the number of aAwved disbelievers in the Bible , together with Jews , AVIIO may be seen-marching even-in the ranks of the Templars , . lead an orthodox to tbe conclusion , that all that Masonic Christian display in the procession is a . mere sham . . ' Thus , the , American awing for public displays , together Avith the . Masonic inconsistencies exhibited in those displays , helps to bring Masonry into . contempt among , orthodox , as well us unorthodox ... ' " " . ' - . ¦ ....-. '" . ' .. ' . ' ... ' : . J"JJ .. y .. . ' .-.... ' .. ' . " ..:: ;' .. / ::..:. - .

When the Morgan anti-masonic excitement broke out in 1826 , tbe orthodox churches naturall y took up the anti-masonic hue and : cry .. The . Whig party , Avho , like the old Enghsb Tories , used to court the Church ,. took anti-masonry up as a party measure . W . H . SeAvard took tbe lead in NBAV York , and John Quiucy Adams did . the same . ' . 'in Massachusetts . These two States .: Avere 'Mowed by . all . the " other Northern . States , Masonry was denounced daily in churches , in public meetings , ancl by tbe religious , and

Whi g papers . The result was , pious . parents . compelled their sons to leaA'e the Lodge , pious girls drove away their Masonic lovers , and the Masonic clergy , with a tew . honourable exceptions , not only left the Lodge , but became the most bitter reidlers ot Masonry . In one or two States Masonry Avas dissoked , and in others the . institution Avas greatly reduced , both iiLodges and individuals . ; . - " . J . '¦' . J . ' J . J . J"J ; Arnpng the causes that helped , to check the then anti-masonic cpnflagratibnjwa ' s the curious fact that Massachusetts ancl South Carolina ( the respective leaders , of the Northern and Southern factions ) were bound to oppose each other , in . party meai . u fe , s ., Ibus , Massachusetts Avas Whip , and South Carolina was Democratic . Mass ' aeliiisetts

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LIST OF LODGES (CONSTITUTIONS), 1756. Article 1
A CATALOGUE OF MASONIC BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Article 6
A CHANT OF SPRING. Article 14
INSANITY AND FREEMASONRY. Article 15
SPEECHES. Article 17
TURF SMOKED. Article 18
PAST AND PRESENT. Article 26
THE MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 30
BEATRICE. Article 36
THE HEROIC DEFENCE OF RORKE'S DRIFT. Article 40
FAINT HEART. Article 41
JOY OF MY LIFE. Article 42
WHY WE HAVE ANTI-MASONIC CONVENTIONS IN AMERICA. Article 43
MASONIC NOTES AND ODDS. Article 46
THE DYING MASON TO HIS BROTHER. Article 48
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Why We Have Anti-Masonic Conventions In America.

WHY WE HAVE ANTI-MASONIC CONVENTIONS IN AMERICA .

BT BEO . JACOB KOETON . .. ' " ¦! HATEED of religious liberty is tbe root of all anti-masonry . The priest who proclaims from the pulpit . that there is neither honesty , morality , nor goodness outside of tbe pale of his church , naturally hates Masons . for affirming that there are good and true men among all denominations . For these reasonsthe Pope issued an anti-masonic

, bull in 1738 , ancl for the same reasons true blue orthodox ministers of other denominations have likeAvise assailed Freemasonry . . ., ; . , The late Dr . Oliver , though he A \ 'as a defender of Freemasonry , yet , having had a hankering for Christianizing tbe ritual , aA'ailed . himself of clamours raised in India b y some clergymen against Masonry , and . by Dr , Plilpotts , Bishop of Exeter , and a few others in England , upon the same subject . And our . Masonic Doctor -predicted , a

general crusade against Masonry , if . the G . L . of England did not restore saint . patronage , and Christian prayers in tbe Lodge ceremonies . NOAA ' , if . saint patronage and Christian prayers could have disarmed the Philpotts ' s from hostility to Freemasonry , then Ave Avould never have had any anti-masons in America ; for here we have Christian prayers in Lodges , Ave have patron saints , the , St . John's clays are observed rebgiously as Masonic festivals , and . a majority of our Masons are eA * en » read y UOAV to swear that the St . John ' s Avere bona fide Masons , and Avere . even Masonic Grade !

Masters ; , but yet American Catholic p riest ' s , as well . as Some Protestant . clergy , . have never ceased to denounce tbe Masonic brotherhood . , , . * I must , hoAvever , here admit that our Masons have to blame their : own folly for a great deal of tbe Masonic unpopularity AA'hich we haA'e-here . . American Masons have a mania for public processions . On the 24 th-of June , " tbe Baptist ' s day , the Knig ht ; Templars , Avith their cocked hats , crosses , banners , etc ., preceded by an

important-looking individual dressed in priestly garments , Avith a mitre on bis . head about a foot high , with a cross dangling from lis neck about a foot long , march through our streets , folloAved by the & . L ., or Lodge . The Tyler is equipped-with a tray ( similar to those worn by hot cross-bun vendors on Good Friday ) , on Avbieb lies a Bible , etc . This display of saint worship , priests , mitres , crosses , Bible , etc ., convinces the unorthodox that the boasted " Masonic universalit" is a mere Jesuitical trick : Avhileon the other

y , . , , hand , the number of aAwved disbelievers in the Bible , together with Jews , AVIIO may be seen-marching even-in the ranks of the Templars , . lead an orthodox to tbe conclusion , that all that Masonic Christian display in the procession is a . mere sham . . ' Thus , the , American awing for public displays , together Avith the . Masonic inconsistencies exhibited in those displays , helps to bring Masonry into . contempt among , orthodox , as well us unorthodox ... ' " " . ' - . ¦ ....-. '" . ' .. ' . ' ... ' : . J"JJ .. y .. . ' .-.... ' .. ' . " ..:: ;' .. / ::..:. - .

When the Morgan anti-masonic excitement broke out in 1826 , tbe orthodox churches naturall y took up the anti-masonic hue and : cry .. The . Whig party , Avho , like the old Enghsb Tories , used to court the Church ,. took anti-masonry up as a party measure . W . H . SeAvard took tbe lead in NBAV York , and John Quiucy Adams did . the same . ' . 'in Massachusetts . These two States .: Avere 'Mowed by . all . the " other Northern . States , Masonry was denounced daily in churches , in public meetings , ancl by tbe religious , and

Whi g papers . The result was , pious . parents . compelled their sons to leaA'e the Lodge , pious girls drove away their Masonic lovers , and the Masonic clergy , with a tew . honourable exceptions , not only left the Lodge , but became the most bitter reidlers ot Masonry . In one or two States Masonry Avas dissoked , and in others the . institution Avas greatly reduced , both iiLodges and individuals . ; . - " . J . '¦' . J . ' J . J . J"J ; Arnpng the causes that helped , to check the then anti-masonic cpnflagratibnjwa ' s the curious fact that Massachusetts ancl South Carolina ( the respective leaders , of the Northern and Southern factions ) were bound to oppose each other , in . party meai . u fe , s ., Ibus , Massachusetts Avas Whip , and South Carolina was Democratic . Mass ' aeliiisetts

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