Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-20

and be has even been the means d diiplac-
iug ehriaians to make room .tr deias.
4he .refent agent for the Tempt Of Rea-
fen, in New York, is well known to be
indebted TO Mr.. Clinton for thelucrative
Gtua,ion in the mercantile line, which he.
asp5eient-enjoys. One eftke mmbers e
TIE LegjQature ef thaf STATE, who was
foiaed in by the Clinton inseret}, is an
avourd /upporter and 1f4,sretthe prsa-
cent Palmer, ard for cughr know, alto
a member ofthe highea grade among the
illuminate; for there were feveral, Mr..
Baron tells me, who belonged to the high.
efi grade, that never met 10 the general
convention.
/" The oath taken by the directors in
the highea grade, was nearly the fame
with the oath administered to the minefval
among the illuminate, when he becarae an
4liluminatus minor, and mutt, without
doubt, have been copied from d II was
reported to me in .hele words
/, member OF the, helitlcal Society,
z protect before you, the worthy Prehdent
8 of our order, that l acknowledge my
natural weakness and inability; and that
9 ], with all my pohellions, rank ,<honots
{ and titles which l hold inpolitical foci-
ETY., am at bottom only man; l can
enjoy thele things only through my tel
low men, and through them al!o | may
love them. The appreciation ard conn :
deration of my fellow men are indifpen-
fably necellary, and mutt try OMAN
tain. them by all my talents. These |
9 will never uie TO the prejudice Of univer
: fal good, but will oppole with all nay
might, the enemies Of the human race,
and Of political iociety. / will embrace
: every opportunity of ierying mankind,
by improving ny understanding and my
affections, and BY impar,ing all imPsr
TAFT knowledge, as the good ard fa-
tutes OF this order require Of ne, ]
bind myfelf to perpetual fiiencc, and
un(hallen loyalty and iubnillon TO The
order, in tie perlon Of car PreEdent,
here making faithful and complete fer
render ofmy private judgment, ny own
will ard every narrow minded employ
ment Of ny power and Influence. |
pledge myielf to account the good Of the
order as my own, and am ready to fsrve
8 it with my fortune, my honor and my
blood. Should through omiAion, ne
g2cef, pafioc CT wickedneis, behave CON
trary TO the good Ct the o..der, ] fob
jeet myfelf to what reproof or punith-
mcnt our PRECEDENT hall enjoin. The
friends and ensmies of the order thal be
my friends and enemies; and wiz re-
ipea to both, l will conduit nylelf as
directed by the order, and am ready in
every lawful way to devote myielf TO
its increafe and promotion, and therein
to employ all my ability. All this
promiie and protea, without fecret refer
8 walton, according to the intention of
the lociety, which require from me this
engagement: This | do as | an,
and as ! hope to continue man OF ho-
8 nor
L have now related the origin and
progrefs of Illumination in this country.
It aroie, the reader will perceive, upon
the ruins of the democratic iociety it
fra exhibited i;lelf in the form of a phi
lofophical olab; then affirmed the more
Gcsl appel!ation of the Theif;caI
Society divided itlelf into. different
grades and orders, after the example OF
the inRitut;ca of Wei(haupt, and iepazate
contributions and leparase oa'hs, appropri-
ate to the leveral grades. They had ALTO
pats words, which forgot to fate. Mr..
Baron flys, the PATS word in the general
was truth. After the exam
PIE Of the German illuminate, they aIfo
efablifhed publications for the express
purpoie OF illuminating their principles
they fens copies Of 'htfe publications to
Paine ar Paris. and 70 the Prefldent of the