Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-11-11

standing Of Mi! William Wilson, on challenge,
failed him on trial: for when his eleven COM
peers consented, at once, to verdict of guilty,
under a plain charge 60 that effect from the
same judge, he held out Sc hours for Elisha
Adams, in peril of prison, and finally com.
PEELED the court to discharge the jury, without
verdict. and so rescued his brother Mason
from his difficulty, whether he, was right or
wrong.
Time would fail us to enumerate the facts
under this head, which have occurred in the
last twelve months, making deep and lasting
impression of the corruption of Masonic OBJ
legations in the by jury. We cannot re-
fuse, however, to mention very recent case at
Albany, where ON trial, of libel suit, the Ma
sonic Judge, on the most precise legal scruples,
refused much evidence that the charity fund
of the self styled Most Excellect Grand Chap-
ter of New-York has been used, to shield or de-.
tend absconding, indictcd--or convicted man.
stealers. Enough was admitted, however, to
bring the records of the Grand Chapter into
court, and from them, in the court to show,
that, in the same session, that they solemnly
denied, Individually and collectively, all know
Hedge of the outrage upon Capt Morgan. and
publicly denounced the deed, the Grand Chap
ter secretly appropriated one thousand dollars
to trustees of their body, FOR charitable purpo-
SEES, which the treasurer, nor the Chapter. nor
the records can tell how the trustees appropri-
ated but the public learn. by the testimony
ladduced on this trial. that they spent it to the
satisfaction of the Grand Chapter, for the OBJ
ljects the Chapter had in view, in entrusting il
TO them; and that hundreds of it went, either
to kidnappers, or to settle the debts of kidnap-
lpers, springing out of the violation of the
laws, in the case of William Morgan, and
this. too, at the very time the treasurer of said
trustees was acting or pretending to act, on a
I committee of the citizens of Rochester, where
he resided to ferret out, and to bring to justice
the daring man-stealers.
Il Thus 1t has come recently to public view,
4 that while De Witt Clinton, the Gov. of New
York, was holding up $1,000 in prospective re-
i ward to any discoverer of the fate of Morgan,
the brethren in the Grand Chapter at the city
lof Albany, where he resided, and in the Grand
ii Lodge at the city of New York, were secretly
,lputting into the pockets of the faithful, gen
!. erous sum, to help them bear the test of public
ell scrutiny; and furthermore, that considerable
K sums were raised. by contribution and volun.
tary subscription among the brethren at large
= Tor the same purpose, according as the liberal.
81 ity OF individuals prompted them: while it was
known before, that one Chapter of Royal Arch
J Masons in the city of New-York, voted $500
4
: same rebels against the laws and the peace OF
our country, under the name of the WeStern
i snBerers.' From the manner in which these
Facts have come to light, after long conceal
ment, and from the nature of all the circum-
/ stances, we are led to believe that the half is
not yet told, and that these are but the begin
ming OF the proofs to show the extensive range
4 OF the Morgan conspiracy.
i No single event the past year has done more
q to diffuse information against freemasonry than
t the call OF the committee of York county (penp-
c sylvanla) Antimasons upon their distinguished
/ fellow citizen. In every enlightened country
: and especially in ours, the deliberate opinion
# OF an independent woman, endowed with the
'tlhighest moral, literary, and political attain
I ments is certain to command the attention of all
fcarefui readers. 1t is the glory of patriot,
II that having gained good name in the service
!, OF ms country, he is neither afraid nor asha-
: med to give its voluntary support. to the laws
and institutions of the republic. in controversv
n with an aristocratic brotherhood. The resnon.
= sibiities of Office are chains oI bondage, onl,
while worn; discharged with fidelity, and lai,
: OFT without reproach, they prepare man "a
Il exert mighty sway over the public mind, on
e any emergency OF liberty, as is admirably il.
Il Illustrated IN the public letters on the subject Of
S Freemasonry, by the Hon. Richard Rush.
; A later production from the pen. of the ven.
+ cradle and highly gifted ex-president Adams,
has brought the support of another champion,
> to the righteous cause of Antimasonry, and
. hurled the keen dart of truth into the ver,,
:, forehead of the mystery.
:. Keeping strictly in view the utter annibila.
!. tion of the system of Freemasonry, and tbe
dissolution of the unhallowed cement which
binds the living temple of mystic brothers TO
: their mystery and to one another, perseverance
is necessary in the use of those means, which
: have already been so successful. Undeniable
facts and spirited measures. have, in few
short years, brought the deceived and deluded
followers of the Lodge room to reflection,
and have not only withheld the better sort Of