Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-12
MoRGaN.-Jt Is stated in the Batavia Ad
tocate. tlnt person has appeared before he
Grahd Inry Of Ontario County, who, undcI
oath. matlo tic following representation:


oath. maio the following representation:
THAT hc was called upon in the night to
tngn charge Of Moggan. who. It was said, was
about to reveal thu secrets OF ffcp masonry
that wlrcn no ECsn he found . nun tied hand
and foot, and that ne then. under the orders
hs several in,Ividmls, vas carried 10 the maga- |,
zi,re, and discussion toUk place us TO his dis |
ppsal--tbat Ire was kept there five days-that
during that thIrn mSsoHs wero feylsing plans to
&c; Oihcrs info thoir pussrssion--that he was
,akpn-a crgss tho river, and when in the boat
said, F" Gentlemen, ! am your prisoner, and l
l,ye yon will use INC kindly'-that a person |
Immediately replied 70 him. at the same time
pres1niilfy pistol at Ris breasj, 4" II You make
any observations will blow you through
The othfa Of taking him TO Newark, vas 10
pm him In charge of the 'Cauaiians. lie was
ssacd what deph he preferred his answer
was, "Ihavc bonn soldier in nav country'sI
scryirp, and wish TO die as n soldier" lie
sild this in the presence of twenty masons, and
Eddcd, ii you take my hfo il will be more in
iary you than all can write or say" lie
three times freed himself from the cords with
which he was bound, and asked them for a b.
bic, which wa, refused. 4 rope was tie round
his hunds neck, and body with heavy weights
attached; aud the unicciing monsters rowcd
cut, and throw him overheard. Thc lodge at
Lewiston met on the nig: of the murder, and
means were devised TO carry of other individ-
,,als. Tho names Of the persons who plunged
Margan into the deep, have been given to the
GSAnd Jary OF Ontario
From the commencement oe the Morgan
affair, VIC have paid but little attention TO il,
entertaining as VIC did, a fond hope that the
~no!e Transaction, would prove in the end,
,horc bubb'c or hoax, got up by Morgan, to
accomplish the sale Of his book, and TO tcnd
ia tl,e consupmat;on Of his own private and
selfish designs.
OF his fate, il appcars 20 US, there cannot
my longer rnmain doubt: and we must con-
Tess that il is our uncquiyo local opinion, that he
was inlninar!y murdered, by band of infu-
Rated masonic zcalots, and fanatics, who, act
ing on their own responsibility, and not on that
Of the Grand Lolgo Of Ncw-Tork, or any OF
lis slbo.dinatc branches, took the misguided
nan, at the dead hour of the night, and put
m end to his existence:
Il this be the fact, it is 10 be dcyoutly hoped.
that the oI.ndcfs will be brought to mcrited
punishment, aud on the galows expiatc their
iorrid offences, that tho whole body of great
and benevolent institution NIFTY be spared from
.lle oIium, which the cruelty and infamy Of
some of its blond-thirsty members, have heap
cd upon it, by the commission Of the dreadful
cUmc Of murder Bat, let the affair end as it
may, il is not fair, it is unjust, ungenerous and
unmanly, to attempt to mako the whole fra
tcrnity accountable for the misdecds Of fow
of its members; and certain are We, that no
class OF the community, look upon the abduc-
rlon of Morgan with more abhorrcncc' detcsta-
,on and horror, than the members Of the Ma
sonic Fraternity; and none are more anxious to
bring the oaenders..to the ba' Of offended justice
iliaa they arc.
That Morgan is dead, there cannot longer
remain solitary doubt; for, if as has beer
supposed by soue, he voluntarily absent
cd himself, TO get up an excitement, for the
purpose OF facilitating tho sale Of his work, il
IS utterly impossible that he should, for so long
time, escape the observation of man, pariic.
nlarly, when large rewards have been Offered
for his rhstoration and apprehension.
Beside this, it is difficult TO imagine. tha
any man would voluntarily absent himself from
LIS family, and suffer two years voluntary cxil
ana confinement, merely for the sake OF pro
curing the sale of litilc two-penny produc
ts,n, the proceeds of which, could not, at best
weld him an cmolumcnt, in any way compas
nb!c with the pains and priva:ions, Of voiun
tary exile.
The stories of his having been seen in th
town and in ssachusctts, are to our min
unworthy of the least attention or consider'
ton, anu were probably generated by som
Inventive writer, who appeals to his imagiH'
lion fDr matters Of fac1, and 70 his reason &
fancy.
The case Of Morgan is dreadful ore, an
nt the contemplation Of which tho mind revol
aud the heart sickens. A guiltless, and an III
suspecting member Of respectable society,
ilrc dead hour Of night, when he rcposed upt
tile bosom Of her he loved, and listened to Il
tender breathngs of numerous progeny, wi
looked up to him for protection and supPo'
was torn from all Ire held dear. and amid Il
tiarnncss Of the night, by band Of unkno'
A.fssihs, Carried he knew not whittier, a
compelled to perform dfcary pilgrimage
the place Of his execution;--and none to p
or laurent his hard fate! II he appealed
their sympailGes, and solicited their mercy
was tauntingly rcpulscd, and in the langua
Of blasphemy and cold d-blooded derision, ba
20 ha eilcnf. whist the infatuated crew OF I