The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-15

the safety, and the durable glory OF the naton' Ee1
the law, that sheet anchor OF soclety, couie " MSS
its grappe upon public felons banded IN league TO-
fgether nv nrincnIe that exslts their crimes into
achieyemen of merit, and every thing Is exposed
TO week and dissolution. Inc caring ana profit
gate nature of the conspiracy against the liberty
and life of this citizen the lntexlble and malg-
pant vyor of purposo with which, step by STEP 1t
vv,s nnrsued TO consummation the cool, the sys-
temaTic the inveterste dsfavity of all the actors
in il. have no parallel in The previous history of
our country scarcely in that OF any country /
challenge the Spanish lncuisition to exceed it. |
boldly invite search into the archives of that en-
gine ofa ferocous despotism, which for four centu-
Iies in Europe crushed It's unhappy victims with
vengeance so daboical, under color of vindicating
the holy church. to produce a case that goes beyond
it. Morgan's immolasion was in spirit almost in
form an Auto dd Fe Holy Masonry found its vim
icators TOO. The similitude is close and shocking
1t should barn the cheek of every American, who
contemplates 1t. The iron clamps that were prob
ably prepared Tor the feet and hands of Morgan,
aptiy compare with the chains in which the victim
of the inqusition was habited when trembling on
the verge of eternity whilst the pictures of de-
vourlng dogs and serpents that were hung round
his neck, completely prefgure the horrid gang of
numbering conspirators who plunged theft hands in
the blood of Morgan.
This case. thus far is entirely out of the track of
all events IN free or well governed community
II BELTS the grim despotsrh Of dark and supersti-
tlous ages and countries. Bat am now to present
an aspect OF it, still more extraordinary, still
alarming. How to present it, how to realize it,
at a loss. 1t seems delhsion 1t doubles all
my amazement. l would throw it off as phantom
1t could but cannot, and sink in my feelings
as an American citizen, under the mortified and
abashed consciousness of its truth Perhaps
ought to pause ere advance further. That which
am about to touch, is on all sides encompassed
with hazards. A saving energy it has, indeed for
its friends, and knows how and when to exert it !;
but it can make its blasts howl about the ears of
all who, with unsanetGed steps, approach its pre-
cncts; blasts as from " Boreas and Eurus, and
Caurus and Argestes, loud" If / followed the
counssls of prudence, should bend the knee in
reverence, and retreat before it. But will pro-
coed. AT your call, | have taken what believe
TO be the cause of public order and of truth, in
hand, and that cause must be my shield. saying
that we had when was at school, comes into my
mind | scarcely know how to quote it, and must
hope for your pardon if do 1t was not fat juSti-
clG rtGt cGtuan but, TELL THE TRUTH THOUGH
THE DEVIL BE BEFORE YoJ. Let it be heard.
Hitherto, when a murder, especially one attend
ed by any startling unusual circumstances, has
been committed by unseen hands, in a country
where existed free press, that great instrument
has never failed to raise and keep up the alarm 1t
has done more, far more, than writs, and deposit
tions and search warrants more than the whole
roll of sheriffs and constabes and deputies, with
the posse commitatus in their wake, to drag the
perpetrators from their cover. BY its universal
aud spontaneous activity, operating like moral
nue. ana cry IL ne lpS 10 point arlgnt PUBIC vigil
lance and suspicion. 1t ministers uSefully to pub
lie Indignation making it strong and stirring. 1t
puts every thing in motion, itself heading the pur
suit. 1t sharpens scrutiny re-invgorates tagging
exertion, smites like inward fire upon the fears and
paintings of the skalking felon and throws out sig
mails of all kinds Thousand times more valuable
when its mighty trumpet is sounded in good
cause, than any that masonry planted upon its
mysterious lodges. Need l instance the case of
White at Salem Need mention that of Thurtell
in England a few years ago, when the unceasing
clangor of their press reverberated even to our
shores Paris never had such a police; society
never such conservative principle. 1t is omni-
present. Like flashes from the heavens, it lights
up the entire horizon. Its sweep is from the " ORR
ent TO the dropping west = the whole nation its
stage, the whole people its audience. What a pow
er in society when directed proper ends how re-
sistless, how awful! But, in the case we are con-
sldering, with the exception of the comparatively
few newspapers, antl-masonic in special name and
object the press, far as have had opportunities
OF observing, has been shamefully silent. This
best guard of free state, better than legons Of
bayonets, this Lion at its portals whose noble ma
ture for the most part is to spring forward enrag-
ed and incorporating, upon crime, has been lul-
led to sleeps has been chained and muzzled has
been faithless; has been criminal. | say criminal
Silence, IN such cause, is participation 1t shows
in effect, conpanionship with the murderers had
there been nothing more than silence. 1t is keep
ing bands with blood, when a voice, loud simulta-
uOous dAAN AuSChsCOI SuOulu nave through the
land.
May not Justly say that the whole transaction,
in every feature in which the public have right
TO feel an interest, is an anomaly 7 Generally it
has been the course Of the Press as through a sal
utary instinct of Its nature to be too quick rather
than too slow to fly at wrong in the remote inten-
ton and tendency TO err by inhaming too much
rather than too little. But here in MOrgan's case
with the stain of blood before its eyes with crime
actually perpetfated, and crying for punishment it
abufc sfoa hoe 4 4 T.. II
blind, or it turns traitor. There is no alternative
The press on this occasion has fallen into stupe-
faction, turpitude for it cannot SO utterly have
lost its senses not to know that the crime would
never have been committed and left unavenged
but for the full and continued existence in our
country, of the masonic obligation. No sophistry
can gainsay this position. The evidence of it is
fragrant its foundation is upon a rock Had case
like Motgan's arisen in 1776; had blood been so
atrocousiy shed, and gone so long unavenged,
through any acts of the government then ruling u.s.
or the black doings and subtle hidings of masonry
within its borders believe that it would have act
ed upon public opinion like an electric shock and
that our fathers would have sought no stronger
cause or Frustrating in the dust open authority
or secret influence, that could so iniquitousIy
PROSTATE justice. Am ] wrong 2 Do affirm too
much Am | giving way to feeling in place of
reasoningl No speak under the highest of all
sanctions. before the American public Turn to
the DEcLARATIoS or lEDEPEYDEScE, that glo-
ous OHd lSI Vi our liberties, and see II 1t be not
there recorded as one of the causes for dismem-
berng an Empire, that the British King, by his
odious acts had obstructed the administration of
justice in our country. No single case, compare.
Die IN atrocity to this of Morgans whether as re.
-gatIS ine original conspiracy and murder, or the
total obstruction of the laws SINCE ever dsgfaced
Tue tyranny OF that era over u.s. If one like il had
occurred. town meeting in Boston would have
rallied New England to her duty; the fire of Pat
rick Henry's eloquence would have sommoned
virginia to hers; the decree would have gone
forth, and Monarchy or Masonry would have fallen
That the contest with the latter would have been
the most difficult, have no doubt but down il
would have come Had the universal Press Of the
country done its duty, in spirit resolute and lofty
as of that day instead of sluggshy remaining quiet
or ANONYMOUSLY connivng, this conspiracy against
Morgan would long since have been laid bare, and
public justice been vihdicated. Its voice would
have carried CONSERVATION into the recesses of ey
cry lodge Its thunders would have shaken their
very walls and raftefs; their foundations under
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