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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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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