Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-05-02
BEWARE OF IMPOSITION.

those VINO are WillinS 10 resort 10 such
pitiful measures. Passing by public
corner the other day, we were hailed in
a loud tone Of voice which attracted the
notice of some by-standers, by the great
leader of anti-masonry in this town, Doc
tor Benjamin Waite Case, who request
ed US 10 step into a store that was near
by, and hear him read how the term
"MoRAL ANTI-MAsoN," was defined by
the editor of the "Masonic Mirror" a
paper printed in Boston devoted to the
cause Of masonry, Although somewhat
in haste at the time, we nevertheless
consented to stop and listen to the Doc
tor while he read, not in bur presence a
lone, the following definition of the term
"moral anti-mason," written as he de-
clared, by the editor of the masonic pa
per alluded to-
"MoRAL ANTIMAsoN: A political trim
mer, without spirit, principle, and without
moral honor or honesty, who is all things
to all men-a sycophaDt and knave,
who to gain the suffrages Of people, will
change his opinions sixty times an hour,
by Shrewsbury clock;'-a coward in pol
itics, and cheat in principle.
"a dog in forehead, but a deer in heart"
Doctor Johnson once said, "we must
either be wise men or fOols-there is no
medium" we adopt this sentiment to a
certain extent, and assume the postulate
that euery man IN POLITICS must be an an
timason, or a foe TO The aniimasonic party.
There cannot be medium God
forbid that there ever should be-"
After the Doctor had got through with
reading the above, (keeping the paper all
the while so close to himself that we
could not get a sight at the article,
"there Atkinson, there 20 says he
"there's for you-publish that-publish
that-publish it for the benefit of your
ubscribers-that's what leading ma
sonic paper says Of moral antimasons-
don't fail to publish it," SC. &C., finishing
off (as we have before now heard it OBJ
served) with broad "horse laugh, that
was loud enough to be heard all about
the ne ighborhood. Not knowing whe-
ther the article we had Just heard read
was actually original with the editor Of
the Masonic Mirror, (for we believed
that the Doctor had some pretensions to
truth,l we did not stop to make any ma
terial reply-but resolved to look over
our files Of the Masonic Mirror which
we fortunately had in our office, and as
certain for a certainty whether we had
been imposed upon or not. We accord
ingly set ourselves to looking over the
files of that paper, and almost immediate
ly found the number containing the very
article we were in search Of. But not
much to our astonshment, instead of its
being original with the editor of the Mir
ror, it was copied into that paper from the
Providence Literary Subaltern, whose
talented editor is neither mason or anti
mason, and who it rs we'll known always
pursues a bold and fearless course in
whatever cause he is engaged The
article was not even approred Of by the
Masonic Mirror-directly under the ar
ticle the editor of the Mirror makes the
following remarks:-
"The editor ofth Subaltern undoubt-
edIy meant to convey the idea, (and we
know that he could have made better Sc
lection Of Words that, as the antimasonic
faction is avowedly opposed to every man
who will not subcribe to its intolerant prn-
clples, and engage in the persecution of
Masons; so "every man in politics, must
be an antimason, or a foe to the antima-
sonic faction." A man may be opposed
to the Masonic Institution, without be-
ing political, antimasonic knave. In rol-
itics, as regards antimasonry, there can
be no medium. No honest man can be a
POLITICAL antimason."
The above is what the Mirror says in
reference to that article. We have re-
lated this circumstance in justice to our
selves and our cause, as well as to show
what sort of tricks may be played off up
on those who are credulous and have not
the means of finding out. things as they
really exist. The Doctor has for some
time past been hacking this piece about
and reuding il to every one who he could
make believe that it was the language Of
the. Masonic Mirror, and to impress a
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