American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-03-13

withhold, or bestow upon other presses, which have
given the whole information" Another resolution,
denounces the Governor for having, as they falsely
say, issued two procIamations Of doubtful charac-
ter, when of the right kind would have answer,
ed a much better purpose Another resolution
ridculously enough resolves that they will adherc
to the last feeling advice of the father OF our couD~
try, and particularly the caution to beware OF all
secret societies believing that it must have been tho
mysteries and secrets Of masonry to which he au-
ded in his Farewell Add,ess'' When in fact
Washington was a Mason, and Grand Master of tho
order! Another resolution censures the Sheriff.
Tor treating those who are in confinement, undergo
ing the sentence of the Court with too much hui
maniy ssc.-as though they were TO be left to
freeze and starve in their cells These resolutions
are not only ridiculous, but cold uneeng, and un-
just Should robbery. murder be committed
in Ohio public meeting might with the same pro-
prety resolve that the people of Ohio were all rob-
bers and murderers, as this Canandsgua meeting
resolve that they will never support Freemason
Tor any Office. Or should horse be stolen in
Ontario county, the whole population might by the
same rule be pronounced horse, thieves.
Another popular meeting was held at Ulysses
Tompkins county. on The lath oi February at whcia
fourteen resolutions of a character very similar to-
those described above-full of zeal without knowl
edge or discretion adopted. In some
spects however, this meeting went farther thar ,has
at Canandaigua They libel the order, by detlar-
ing that the great majority of masons couDenanced
the outrage. They moreover resolve to use all law
full efforts to accomplish the downfall Of the instu
tion-censure the Court, denounce some OF Inc
newspapers, praise others, &c. Now it strikes Us,
that such intemperate proceedings will have q
tendency to do vastly more harm than good And
it persisted in, they will most certainly produce
| action.
the 5,h of February, of which Jacob Falznger was
chairman, and c. L Haskins secretary The re-
solutions adopted at this meeting, were more tempe
rate than those of the other meetings.
| The same paper which contains the proceedings
Of this meeting, (,he Ithaca Chronicle.) contains also
the proceedings Of Charity Lodge, in-Danby, at
meeting held on the 10Th. From these proceedings
we extract the following honorable, temperate, and
judcious resolves: "a
"Whereas it is publicly asserted that the persons who
were concerned in tha, transaction Freemasons.
And whereas Freemasons, body, have been cha ged
with conniving at these unlawful proceedings.
Resotyed, Therefore, that discam any knowledge
Of participation in The transaction either
ctzens and that this Lodge dsapproyes Of the proceed
ngs of those persons who concerned in that transact
ton, whoever they may have been and that we consider
be an outrage on personal liberty, and hasrant vio
Istion of the laws of the land.
Resolved act we will Cooperate with our fellow cii4
in all lawful eorsto bring the facts pertaining to ths
mysterious affair to light.
Resolved That consider the resolutions that have
been passed certain public meetings in this and othe~
countless charging the masonic institution with ccnnivrg
person
manifesng spirit and temper unbecomng the enlighten
ed age in which we live"
Several Of the western lodges and chapters have
taken similar course, and believe that most if
not all, Of those who have been directly i'm
pIicaed in carrying Morgan off have been expelled
from their respective lodges. This as it should
be. To quote the appropriate language OF ives"
tern paper
g These violations, which would disgrace savage
people Uere not committed by masons. That they
were committed by men who profess to be masons---
| by men Who belong to the masonic institution, we
do not deny but we do deny that these men
any more masons, than hypocrites, in consequence
OF their belonging 10 church, are christians. We
say let the genuine masons set their faces flint
against such conduct, well as against those who
countenance connive at so foul deed And we
say let imprisonment be the fate of all those who
are guilty, until Morgan is restored or satisfactorily
accounted for.''
| We come now to another article, which raises
another doubt, and involves another important con-
tradciion: The Peoples Press, published al Baa-
via, of Saturday last, says" We authorized Iy
one of the Delegates to the LeUston Conrention to
state that no signs Of BLOOD, or any other proba
BILE evidences Of the murder Of Morgan, any body
else, were discovered at or about TT. Niagara"
Here, then one OF the stronees, circumstances IA
voripg the conclusion that Morgan was murdered
at Fort Niagara, is positively denied by one OF the
Lew iston Convention, which was SAID to have made
the appalling discovery Ought not editors there
fore to pause before they attempt to add oil to
fame which is already raging With sufficient vio-
Iencep
In concluding this article, already far longer than
we could have desired, VIC come TO point more
imme edatey interesting to ourselves. About ten
days ago We informed that one of the indisi
duals implicated as principal in this sad affair."
had passed through this city on his wsy to Wash
inpton, where our informant said he then was. This