Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-05-04
MI. 81.

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! the citizens of Rochester, where he, resided,
flfo ferret out and to bring to justice, the da:
ring manstealers.
nus IT has come recently to public view
!nat while De Witt Clinton, the governor of
New York, was holding Up 1000 dolls. in pro-
tserIptive reward to any discoverer of the fate
4 OF Morgan. the brethren, in the Grand Chap
Ter at the City of Albany, where he resided,
and in the Grand Lodge at the city Of New
fork' We're secretly putting into the pockets
of the faithful a generous sum- to HELM them
bear the test of public scrutiny: and, furthers
more. that considerable sums were raised by
Icontnoutlon and voluntary subscription among
the brethren at large. for the same purpose, acs
cording as the liberality of individuals prompt-
ed them; while it was known before that one
chapter OF royal arch masons in the cit of
New York voted $500 from its funds to the
use and benefit of the same rebels against the
laws and the peace OF the country, Under the
name of the 'Wrstern SaHerys.' From the
manner in which these facts have come to light
after long concealment, and from the nature
oil all the circumstances, we are led to believe
that the hafis not yet told, and that these are
but the beginning of the proofs to show the ex-
tensive range of the Morgan conspiracy.
No single event of the past year has done
more to diffuse information against freemason.
ry than the call of the committee of York coung
ty, Pennsylvania, anti-masons upon their dis
tinguished fellow citizen. In every enlight-
ehed country, and especially in ours. the de-
liberate opinion Of an independent yeoman, en-,
dowed with the highest moral literary. and po-
ltical attainments is certain to command the
atte1tiori of all careful readers. II is the glo-
ny Of patriot. that, having gained good name
in the service OF his country, he is neither a.
fraid nor ashamed TO give its voluntary sup
port to the law and institutions of the republic
in controversy with an aristocratic brotherhood
The responsibilities Of office are chains of
bondage. only while worn; discharged with
fidelity, and laid off without rcproach, they pre-
pare man to exert mighty sway over the
public mind, on any emergency of liberty. as
is admirably illustrated in the public letters on
the subject Of freemasonry, by the Hon Rich
ard Rush. .s
"a later production. from the pen Of the
venerable and highly gifted expresident Adj
ans, has brought the support of another chams
pion to the righteous cause Of anti-masonry,
and hurled the keen dart Of truth into the very
fbtehead OF the mystery. ia, a.
keeping strictly in view the utter annihi"
lstion of the system of freemasonry, and the
dissolution Of the unhalIowed cement which
binds the living temple of mystic brothefs 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. odge-tooin to reflection, and
have not only withheld the better sort of the
fraternity from attending on its mysteries and
waiting at its altar, but have deeply impressed
upon them the duty of publicly abandoning it
altogether. Such step alone will heal the
divisions caused in society by the order of
masonry. Toward this honorable body all eyes
are turned. for the adoption of such firm. wise,
md temperate measures, as shall hasten the
time, when the pnblic mind, now ruled by vio4
lent conclusions of the falling hierarchies and
powers of freemasonry, shall be restored to its
wonted composure and peace; when the din,
growing out of the masonic violation Of our
| rights and liberties, shall have ceased in the
voluntary abolition of the mystic order; and
| when the cold murder of an American citizen,
Iby the Myrmidons of the lodge-room, shall
have been satisfactorily atoned by the public
trial, condemnation, and abrogation of guilty
! freemasonry.
4 'sAll which is respectfully submitted;
j HENRY DANA WARD.
SAMUEL ST. JoHN.
: Henry CoTHEAL, -
81 MationdL Committee OF LorresboJidence."