Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-11-04

"a itis, toattenPs 70 prop and support, tn
ana falling fabric offreemasonry, by assocatin
WIN tne iiustrious names of those who have lon
been confined in the narrow limits Of the "cold am
4 silent tomb" Washington. in his farewell address
his countrymen, propheticaliy warned them .to be
ware of secret societies'' His worst apprehension
have been fully realized within the last five years
The temple of liberty has been shook to its endao
line and liberty sacrfced-the laws impudentl,
stramplednpon and openly set at difiancepersons a.
tempting to assert and sustain the supremacy of the
laws nave been reyiled and prosecuted These ont
nave been proved to be the legitimate offspring
oi masonic oaths and penalties-the persons commit
j'ins them have received the sympathy, protection.
ana ushcation of the institution and have retained
'le,r membership even until the present period Yet.
/ v asalhgton's name belongs to masonry'--to this
outlawed cabal-to this unprecedented conspiracy a.
sainst the laws OF God and man. What vile ATTEMPT
70 stgmatize the character of that truly great man.
with particPatlonn the enormities of freemasonry
although he detached himself from the order, many
years prior to his DEATH and openly expressed his an
Pfenension OF the danger, which might result to our
Ihepublic from the existence of "secret societies"
"When lift my eyes to Heaven" &c. If Mr.
loneppam here uses the word Heaven" as proto-
type OF Lodgeroom, he has not cast his eyes in the
proper direction to discover III he should look oz
1haf Heaven, which is represented to be the abode of
"sanctifed spirits neyer can be the receptacle al
masonry, or those who practice its demoraizn and
unhallowed precepts Even in this world masonry
effects the moral and religious destruction Of many of
those, who received within its pollutng embrace
Mr.. Sheppard informs us that he is "troubledn at
the "tendency" of Antmasonry. We can inform
him, that this is but the commencement of the trou
bles OF those, who are determined to advocate andl
sustain the institution, ",ight or surong-"to brave
Heaven and Earth" supporting this sink of vice and
nquity, and to suppress the expression of public sen
timent concerning it.
"The bitter blasts of Antmasonry has already con-
verified the once amable Rush, into an Orlando Furio-
So" Why is Mr.. Rush thus denounced by this fra
ternal Knight" Isit for any public or private elin-
any immoral conduct? No. Mr.. Rush al
ways has STOOD and does stand high in public est
nation Then why is he thus stigmatized! Why has
he lost the friendship and confidence of Mr. Sheppard
and all the oathbound tribe of the mystic ties The
Dhy is simply this-merely because he has advocated
truth. justice, virtue and republicanis. the exclu
sion of falsehood Illegally, vice and aristocracy-bc-
cause he has had the PRESUMPTION to write three let
ers upon the subjects of Masonry and Antimasonry;
and because he has considered his obedience to the
of God, and his allegiance to his country,
rs paramount to the illegal, unnatural and immoral
obligations Of masonry These are facts, which we
Lefty "Jubelum" or the whole masonic fraternity to
gainsay. a
Mr.. Rush has manfully and boldly ssstemmed cor
'upons cause" he has stepped forth as champion of
. equal rights"-as guardian genius of liberty. He
will assist in rcdeeming the s'land Of freedom FRONT
mental thraldom of the most fearful character Sue
will eventually the noble effort and his
name will be endeared to all posterity. -
Some of our subscribers at distance, complain of
he irreguarty with which they receive their papers.
We them that the papers are uniformly put
into the Pos-ofice OH Thursday afternoon Those III
Irregularities alone be imputed to negligence in the
Post-ofcc department. We sincerely hope that when
-s. Royal shall have instituted her 'PauI Pry" at
she will endeayor to detect and correct
the of those numerous complaints. Mrs Roy
als object in establishing her paper, is, understand
% "cor7ect government abnses," and the one alluded
%, although giievous, is perhaps among the least,
The reports which have for some time been in cir
culaon concerning instruction among the blacks
IF this state, we believe to be entirely without founda
lion. We presume, that little, Gf any apprehension
has been felt upon this subject by the intelligent part of
the community. The coloured people in this section
have not the same inducements to excite a revolt,
which those of the southern states have.
QUERIES
Wonder il the practical utility of ssMoral Physo-
logy" has been fully and satisfactorily tested yet by
those who have been 6enevoientky engaged in giving
circulation to that work!
Wonder if Experimenting upon this subject Mould be
calculated to eievate the feelings and polish the hui
man character?
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