Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-07-06

How are the mighty fallen, the great ones Of
the earth brought low! The everlasting noun
tains must have decayed, for masonry was to
be co-cxistentwith them, nay to triumph in
their destruction. But il is dead, and nature
is not convulsed--no earthquake shakes the
earth, no thunderbolt the Heavens--MasonrA
is dead and nobody knows il! Masonry is dead
so say you all. Do you mean little finger of
~, here in Michigan--or that masonry through
out the Union is dead? Your masonic breth-
rem in many places would stare at you, to hear
you talk SO. The Lodge goes on merrily in
many sections of the United Statcs---but it is
dead here in Michigan, you say. thought it
was one and indivisible throughout. Is mason
ny dead in New York, dead in New-England,
dead in the Southern States?-Your Southern
Brethren would be surprised to hear it. But
let me know what has caused its death--that it
has died natural death no man will believe.
Has Morgan killed it! Has public opinion
Frustrated it? Have antimasons overthrow il
Or has it committed suicide! Has it gone to
the grave of Morgan, and buried its dagger
there in its own bosom-that dagger dripping
with the blood of martyred innocence! Who
heard its death groan? Did the monster die in
peace with the world, or did it die as it lived,
with curses on its tongue? Did it appeal to
Heaven for its innocence against prescription
and persecution Was it a martyr to the cause
of virtue, or felon at the block? I want to
know its last words and dying speech.--With
its last groans did it pour out excavations upon
antimasons-or did acknowledge the judge
ment of Heaven in its destruction?
The death-bed of the Saint is an encourage
ment, and that of sinner a warning-let me
know which it was! Its Epitaph is to be writ
item, if it is dead-"Here lies"-what? Alas;
all can say is, "Here lies monster that lied
from the beginning"
cannot trust 1.-THE villain was never to be
trusted--it always counterfeited-it counter
fsited truth, honesty, religion and morality,
while it was full of all deviltry and murder--&
now it says, sit is dead"
do not deny that there may have been a
lconvulsion or so--perhaps paralytic shock
where one half of the monster is dead, the 9TH
er half will have strength enough to drag itself
about. But the obligations are its breath of
llifc-has it breathed out them? Are these ex-
PEELED from its body? Is this vital spark gone?
IF not, how dare you say that it is dead! II
these remain, all the devil is still within--the
thing that doomed Morgan to death, is in acti.
on yet
Put your hand upon its heart-it is black c.
nohgh, & beats high as long as the obligations
are not expelled-these are its blood, the life
blood in its arteries. Like old Hiram, it will
arise even from the grsve--try it with the lion
gr;p-whisper the word-there is maroon IN
the bone, as long as the obligations are not dis
avowed.
\ For shame, gentlemen, for shame! You say
'masonry's dead'-answer now; as honest men
that would be thought honest-Did you stand
by its leath-bed! Did you witness the separa-
ton between soul and body.-between the old
carcase and the cbligationsa When it first brea-
thed the breath of fife, II cried-"Ido sotemnly
p, omise and szVear'--when it ceases to exist, il
will cry-"I no longer promise and srDear.' An
lswtr, gentlemen of the Lodge, or do you of the
Journal answer for them-you were sponcers
at the baptism, of this brat of masonry here in
Michigan. you stood godfather to this chip Of
the old block-say now, has the monster re-
nounced its creed or not-has that and its life
been Ereathed out together!