The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-04-30

oueyeu us uiunua,e. When tney nave fur.
nished the pubiick, with full catalogue Of
their pe1urcs. and other crimes, what
weight do you fancy would be attached to
their oaths, in court OF justice, or else
where DO you know any thing the COM
tempt in which honest and upright minds,
not lnasonick, hold behaviour like yours, as
cxemp'lhed in your renunciotionp Are
you aware OF the pity aud scorn, which tho
master spirits Of his foul crusade against
the privileges oftonscIence e,slready frel to-
wards such miserable tools as youself9 The
tool Of masnns Tor thirty.one years, you
have now become the voluntary tool OF an.
Il masons for The fersinder OF your life. AZ
the end'you will be able 10 sum up a vast
aggregate of independent behaviour.
You declare ,hst the murderers of Nor.
gan could have been arrested and pun.
shed. had the competent masonick author.
tiles exercised their authority with common
discretion" shall not perplex you by call
ling on you to specify what " masonek au.
thority" failed TO act with common dscre-
iIon," in the "arrest and punishment" OF
hose assassins but shall remark, that you
have been mason. and as good citizen,
tsk you, why you have not avaiicd YOUR
elf OF your powers and privileges as q
mason, and assisted in arresting, and bring
.ag To punishment those offenders? Ii seems
10 be. that IL You and oil your renouncing
associates ! al acted patrio,ically you uould
have ransocked every point and corner Of
he infected district. speaking in that un-
fnoion tongue, by which masons hold their
super human communications; and have
collected all the facts aud particulars OF so
Z" "horrid and foul MURDER" then have giv-
en those facts to the competent Judicial nu-
thortics; and after all that, have come out
with your rcnunc Iation And If so many
masons have been the repositories of SO
important q secret, IL would seem that somo
of you, offender copscicnces, who have re-
nounced mus, have gotten possession oft;
and IL the ceremonies g. secrets Of the anti
masonlck institution, the Ilamil,oniish for
instance, are really good sound masonry
would seem that some really learned Ham
ltonite of skill and address, might pass very
well among the fraternity for a mason; and
might insnnnte himself into their conf
dence, and drag out tho secret OF poor Nor.
gons fate and expose il to the competent
authorities. But do you not think such an
one, in such n effort would soon find HIM.
self mere JACKIE -daw ip borrowed feuthers2
Or II you choose metaphor more tormid-
able in sound, like wolf IN shecp's cloth.
ing?
You speak Of having associated with ma
sons but li,tle. for the last eighteen years,
except when travelling. Wss il for the
purpose OF saving goodly portion Of your
travelling expenses, that yon associated
With mnsons while travelling? Or were
you needy and destitute. and were your
wants supplied by the fruterniy' You must
confess IL is very novel mode for gen.
ileman, although a mason, TO pass along
through the world practicing, unleso in
needy and destitute coDdItion--in that case
you had claim upon the fraternity. Dor.
ing the period in question, you have met
but occasionally with mnsons. Here per-
nit me 10 put you a more important ques-
ton and let your answer be such, as you
will encounter at higher than human trib-
unal
Had you neglected to meet often with tho
fraternity, because the ceremonies Of ma
sonry had become irksonie; or because ito
principle had become odious2
Until you satisfy the publick on this point
depend upon Il an Inference will not DO
drawn to your advantage. Dare you sny
that the principles Of masonry, az you have
understood them, and have supposed 9TH
ers 60 understand them, and have been Of.
fcnsiye 10 you for eighteen years?
If you dare not, how dare you insult the,
publick creduli'y, by making merit OF
your not having associated much with ma.
sons during that time? DO you wish now
TO dcclaro,to those by whom you were BEN
e6,ted while travelling, that you were then
u mere bypocri'e; that you then had irea-
son to the institution in your heortf
----"Beware Of fyonder dog,
Look when ho iawns he bites; and when he
Ills venom tooth win rankle 10 the DEATH"
Do you declare, that TO be good ma
son, and consequently better citizen, that
il is necessary you should meet oiieD and
constantly with your brethren in lodges?
Do you learn any thing there, OF moment,
more than the art by which masons mike
themsclvce known TO each otheii and is 10
not among men, and not exclusively among
mas0ns, in the world, that you are to learn
md practice iis principles Do you deny,
that The constitutions Of lodges, the Free
mason's Monitor, and other books do not
contain, the true principles Of the ins,i,u.
ton?
Your sngaciiy in discovering, after the
short lapse ofthiriy one yeats that lbc ma
sonic society is BABY lon the great, The
mother of hsrlo's, and abomibstion OF The
earth" If you mean II os any thing more
thon flower Of rhetorick. challenges my
warmea appreciation. You have esto blish.
cd character for most prompt g. cxtraor-
dinary discernmept a society, which seem.
cd 10 you for thirty one years 10 be good,
you suddenly discovered, was absolutely
The mother of harlo,s. and denominations Of
the earth Verify you Rugged the viper
long time before il stUng you You did not
merely chang esides ofa subject speculative
Iy uncertain m its tendencies but you went