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former from governments , on the one hand , and mere conspiracies , on the other , they are of recent date . The others have claims to antiquity inversely as named . Professing to labour for the welfare of the people , and to enthrone in Europe , the goddess which free America worships , our sympathies
have been often claimed by , and given to , the transatlantic political societies . Yet , we are obliged to confess , that we know not one , with our present knowledge of them , which ought to have succeeded ; and , we feel quite sure , that none such can ever have more than a bri § f existence . Thus far , the cause of rational liberty has been greatly injured by them . That political societies might be formed on
proper principles , and , with the greater freedom of the people for their object , which would be durable and efficient , there can be no doubt ; but those which we have mentioned , had within , the elements of destruction , not only of themselves , but of society . Such associations may upset thrones , and overflow the banks of river channels with the blood of their kings and fellow subjects , but it is no less
certain that they are wanting in the principles of union among their members , and are wholly deficient in the power of regenerating and reconstructing society which they disorganize . Shells within a powder magazine , they may explode , and the disturbance be great , but they are indiscriminate in their destruction . Eriends and enemies are alike wonnded , and a religious and moral waste alone marks
their point of action . With the destruction of the fortress , they have left their country open to the rule and ravages of the spirit of evil . It is true that a higher power , which overrules all , has ordained that such sway shall not last for ever . The reign of the goddess of Season , crowned by the Illuminati , was singularly brief ; yet the great Napoleon , with his powerful mind and mighty energy , would neither have sat upon the throne of France , nor fastened again the
bands of society , had he not possessed the wisdom to see the cause of the dissolution of the social compact . It was a forgetfulness of this cause of success , and not the flames of Moscow , which dug his grave at St . Helena . The present Napoleon has mounted by the same ladder ; time will show , whether he has wisdom enough to retain it fpr his support ; or will be able to maintain himself , in mid-air , by his own self-sustaining powers alone , and govern a harmonious and united empire .
We firmly believe , that a direct recognition of , and a submission to , an overruling and Divine Providence , are primary and essential articles of the constitution of every government or society to give it permanency and stability . We may pile up building materials as we will , it is only by the will of the Great Architect of this Universe
that they can be sustained . We speak from authority— " Except the Lord build the house , they labour in vain that build it . " There is no one thing more remarkable , to the attentive reader of the Old Testament , than the invariable certainty with which failure in the designs , or punishment of the Jewish nation , follows as a consequence of their disobedience to the commands , or forgetfulness of their God .
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former from governments , on the one hand , and mere conspiracies , on the other , they are of recent date . The others have claims to antiquity inversely as named . Professing to labour for the welfare of the people , and to enthrone in Europe , the goddess which free America worships , our sympathies
have been often claimed by , and given to , the transatlantic political societies . Yet , we are obliged to confess , that we know not one , with our present knowledge of them , which ought to have succeeded ; and , we feel quite sure , that none such can ever have more than a bri § f existence . Thus far , the cause of rational liberty has been greatly injured by them . That political societies might be formed on
proper principles , and , with the greater freedom of the people for their object , which would be durable and efficient , there can be no doubt ; but those which we have mentioned , had within , the elements of destruction , not only of themselves , but of society . Such associations may upset thrones , and overflow the banks of river channels with the blood of their kings and fellow subjects , but it is no less
certain that they are wanting in the principles of union among their members , and are wholly deficient in the power of regenerating and reconstructing society which they disorganize . Shells within a powder magazine , they may explode , and the disturbance be great , but they are indiscriminate in their destruction . Eriends and enemies are alike wonnded , and a religious and moral waste alone marks
their point of action . With the destruction of the fortress , they have left their country open to the rule and ravages of the spirit of evil . It is true that a higher power , which overrules all , has ordained that such sway shall not last for ever . The reign of the goddess of Season , crowned by the Illuminati , was singularly brief ; yet the great Napoleon , with his powerful mind and mighty energy , would neither have sat upon the throne of France , nor fastened again the
bands of society , had he not possessed the wisdom to see the cause of the dissolution of the social compact . It was a forgetfulness of this cause of success , and not the flames of Moscow , which dug his grave at St . Helena . The present Napoleon has mounted by the same ladder ; time will show , whether he has wisdom enough to retain it fpr his support ; or will be able to maintain himself , in mid-air , by his own self-sustaining powers alone , and govern a harmonious and united empire .
We firmly believe , that a direct recognition of , and a submission to , an overruling and Divine Providence , are primary and essential articles of the constitution of every government or society to give it permanency and stability . We may pile up building materials as we will , it is only by the will of the Great Architect of this Universe
that they can be sustained . We speak from authority— " Except the Lord build the house , they labour in vain that build it . " There is no one thing more remarkable , to the attentive reader of the Old Testament , than the invariable certainty with which failure in the designs , or punishment of the Jewish nation , follows as a consequence of their disobedience to the commands , or forgetfulness of their God .