Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14

WIG supJet| ney cannot renounce masonry y.
without disappearing of it. And in process
OF time, will be satisfied, that the means pur-
sued by anti-masons,' for the prostration off,
masonry, are honorable and will be effectual. 1,
When the ties that now bind them to the
Institution are broken, the mists of prejudice
through which some Inasons have beheld anti
masonry will vanish, they will be satisfied that |
we are contending for the Constitution and
the law-they will be convinced by the Justice l
which antimasons extend to them, that we are I
contending against principles, not against men.
They will perceive, by the persecution theyl
will encounter from adhering masons, that ma
sonry is in its character, exclusive and re-
vengeful.
They will find too, other adhering masons
ready to defend the course they have taken,
mot because those adhering masons are attach
led to masonry, but because they are about to
follow the example set them.
| This meeting will encourage antimasons to
| go on and prosper-for truth goes with them
it will admonish masons, that the public is cal
| ling upon them, to read, mark, learn, and in
wardy digest, the information now before the
lpublic upon the character and tendency of
secret societies.
i Obstinate masons will charge these men
with inconsistency, because they are wiser to-
| day, than they were yesterday-tThe wise man
Il
i Writ, the fool is obstinate and doubteth not. ,
i circumstances alter cases. saith the prov
lerb--and where masonry originally all that its
warmest advocates insist, still present circum-
stances call for its remuneration.
1 But the character of masonry is now vastly
better known even by masons, than before its
records were published. Public discussion too
has thrown much light upon the Institution.
But the Morgan tragedy. with all its compli-
Gated circumstances and consequences, has
poured in flood of light upon masonry.
> Public opinion is speaking loud upon this
lgreat question-and public opinion must be
heard.
1t began in Ncw-York and is extending its
voice throughout the Unon-Every mountain
y lends it an echo. every valley pours the sound
S along-louder and louder-every honest mar
: will hear it-every man, who is not callous tc
public sentiment, will in the end submit to it
!, Let Antimasons persevere, the Temple reel
i to day-tomorrow it will be PROSTATE in tin
= dust.-EmiSrant.
!. Anecdote of King George HL--At the In
,r stitution of some of the Knights of the Carte
,e in 1905, distinguished nobleman said to tn
4 King; Sir, are not the new Knights now to b
installed, obliged to take the Sacrament, befor
n the ceremonys His Majesty changing coun
! NO; that religious institution is not to be mix
H. ed with our profane ceremonies. Even at tn
~ time of my coronation, / was very unwilling t
y take the Sacrament; but when they told me
!" was indispensable, and must take it, before
* approached the Communion Table I took o
J, ~ the bauble from my head. The Sacramen
MS my Lord, is not to be profaned by our goth
We Institutions HranaPS Memoirs.
MI English Morality thirty years Since-Tt
lis extraordinary number of divorce cases submit
e" ted to the legislature in the present session
Parliament has induced an opinion unfavorab
III to the existing state OF wedlock IN this countr
If, however, the following statement copi'
: from work published thirty years ago,
founded in fact, this inference is not just; al
lit will appear, the matrimonial state has N
suffered any observation-disclosures state
Marriage in the South Of England
on-l Number of wives who have abandon'
pa their husbands to follow their lovers-1, 1862
use Of husbands who have deserted their wiz
! M" If IS. 367.
au- OF married couples separated by agreeme
uL- "A, 100.
CHI OF married couples in state of disagree
't to ment under the same roof-191 ,o23.
sle- OF married couples who hate each 9th
tied cordially, but conceal their mutual detestatl
Ter. --163,82o.
nm Of married couples who live in state
,ce protested indifference to each other-51o,1;
ter: Of married couples supposed to be haPl
III" but who are not sol, 1o2.
eng OF married couples who may be consider
, y"u comparatively hapPy-135.
der OF married couples who are truly happy
mo-
The British government have determined
emancipate the slaves in all her colonies. |
we is kind of reform which is much needed
our, our own country, as is evinced by the rec'
ting disturbances at the SOUTH Chat. Phenis.
the VERMONT ELECTION.