Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-10
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feet is ayawning gulpbi and before your breast
is pointed instrument of death!
| The conductor then addresses the brethren
| of the lodge, and says Shall we proceed to
torture the victim, or shall we mercy show?
All the lodge, with one voice exclaim, with d
low cultural sound, Proceedr The conduc-
tor then says Prepare then, the CALLING chain
prepare, and bind the victim fast!' The can
didate is now chained. -
| The chain answers, in this society, the same
purpose that halter, or cable-tow, does in ma
tsonry 1t is put over the candidates. neck,
brought forward under his arms, and carried
back and hooked tight on his back, The con-
ductor then exclaims, Light up the furnace,
and make it ten times hotterp Then great
rattling of old irons is heard.
| The conductor again addresses the brethrens
as follows: Shall we proceed to torture the
victim, or shall we mercy shown They all say
| mercy show The conductor then says, But
bark. hear the agonizing groans of those who
are doomed to everasting woen A II now groan
and the conductor says, then mercy we will
show. Stranger, go down on your knees The
candidate kntels: his hood-wink is taken off:
and the following passage of scripture read to
him: Man is born of woman &c. Job iv. 1,
& {. The candidate is then directed to rise,
cally called by the o. F. the D. S., and is ask
ed, What do YOU most desire?' He is promp-
ted to say, Light He is then asked, .ifyou
were brought to light, could you tell who con-
Quoted your The candidate generally replies
in the affirmative. His bandage is then stripi
ped off by one of the brethren, who points to
the death scene, and says, is that hef'
To be Continued.
Brother Boaz gave in his last sentinel rlo4
tice of the decided stand taken BY an Anti.
Masonic Editor in favor of. Clay and the Cons
stitution-but forgot, kind soul, to state that
that Editor had heretofore been like himself,
a milk and water neutral. and that he never
was decided supporter of Anti Masonry
However. tbs act only illustrates the principles
of Masonry. Both himself and the Editor of
the Morristown Palladium are Brethren Of
the Mystic tye,' and, consequently, prefer
supporting brother Clay lTswho wished to
establish at The Seat of tn, General Government;
a GRAND NATIONAL [ Republican !
LODGE. 4E0--to that pure patriot. VIM.
WRIT. who abjures the Institution, consider
ing it as dangerous to the lest interests of the
Republic,
iCT1Wonder if brother Boaz will give place
to the determination made lately bya Vermont
Editor who advocated Clay? The following
is the editors resolve-Get Star.
"CHOOSE YE THIS DAYp'
The Northern Argus has an address, intends
ed for effect, to the opposers of anti masonry
in Vermont in which Mr.. Walker says: Il
must be obvious that any attempt to keep up
the organization of the Clay party will not one
ly end in failure but will be worse than useless;'
and calls upon the national republicans to
choose between Jackson and WIRT-between
masonry and anti-masonry. ITO this COM
plexion we must come at last We expected
it.-The line is drawn. We go fer VIM.
WIRT-THE SUPREMACY OF THE
ILAWS-THE AMERICAN SYSTEM, a.
gainst JACKSONISM-MAS and
all other ARISTOCRATIC, SECRET. SELL
FISH and PROSCRIPTIVE MONOPO-
LIES and COMBINATIONS.-W can
hesitate between them? We have always been
opposed to masonry--so are three fourths OF
the people-although not agreeing as to the best
means to put it down. We have waited-but
in vain, for masons to abandon the Institution,
and permit it to pass down to oblivion in si-
lence: until forbearance has ceased to be duty
i We must now expose its true character and
+, tendency; and believing, as we do, that it can
,. no more withstand the light of investigation,
i than the igniS tatUnS can dance amid the rays
j of the mid day sun, we are are sanguine in
our expectations that it will go down by the u
) unanimous will of an intelligent people, when
the light of truth shall have discovered its de-
Iformities And as jackson and his party
d have identified themselves with the cause, and
II vowed to stand or fall with masonry, this
course will be far more agreeable, as in con-
tributing to the destruction of the institution
we anticipate confidently the wrestling of pow
er from the present corrupt and selfish adj
ministration, and the placing of it in the hands
of those who will maintain the supremacy Of
the laws, the interest of the people, and the
honor of the nation.
: ReLLo5us EoUe Intel