Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-07


js,.Ss ); W; fs.,e,. p: Carney Of Missouri.
The pasaphIei contains ic.ty-eishi close
" printed pages, aud yet much of the do.
inss by the hody wcrc mt incltded. We
are informed by the Delegate from this
State, that The business was conducted ia
perscc; harmony, aud The members sepa-
rated from each uti.cr under The kindly in
fluence in Masonic principles. II is ex-
pec,ed 10 meet ut Winchester, Va, 10
May. ;i5a6.
The.?otlawing letter. addressed by the
Ce3venIion 10 the fraternity throughout
The Unitcd States, was written by our dele
sa'c-ihc Rev. Alicri Case.
10 the Nasoaic Ffa'ernityof tie u. s.
Brcrhrcn-rhc venerable institution Of
Masonry WAS planned in wisdom. and es-
tabIisii,. j on The firm and unshaken fuun-
,lations of Live and Friendship. in ages
long since rolled away. These founda
tons were broad anl deep by those mas
ter spirits Of yue. WHO we trust are now
conv.rsunt with other scenes in that bliss.
fol aud iarmor,nI Lodge which no Zine
eau remove. They constructed The fem
pie Of the choicest materials Of past ages.
aud il is ours 10 en,bellIsf il with The finest
ornaments OF modern times. Masonry is
therefore venerable with age. IL nobiy
lived in The hearts of those worthy spirits
Of ancient days before even science bad
thrown her beams over the world, or pu;
forth the embmlied cx xprcssions of her glory
in The combinations Of letters into words.
This fair Fabric OF Masonic spienjor
was planned aud reared and fuished for
durability.
II has wi,hs,ooI The shrcks Of time. The
revolutions Of ages, the concussiou Of en-
pires. aud the couvulsion Of hostile con-
tending nations.
When they have rolled garments in
blood on Ge!ds OF war, aud shaken thrones
10 The dust, sho has stood in her retiring
aud snliiary grandeur, retaining all her
ancient glory. and con,inoai!y gathering
around her brow fresh wreaihs and new
acccssiops Of majesty and spleudor.
Regardless Of nation, kindred, tribe, or
tongue, she speaks language understood
aud fci, by all. and has unilod tho hearts
of her voiaries in the Same mysiic tie OF
enduring Love aod Friendship; aud by
the mild glance Of her eye has melted even
the rough Indian into tenderness, aud tuTu-
ed away The tomahawk aud scalpiug knife
from The victim at which they were aimed.
While every thing unsolii in nature
falls, and even Kings aud Kingdoms are
losi in The vortex OF revolutions, and thrones
crumble into rein. and lDtter and full from
their basis, Masonry towers above all that
is awful and .uinablc in NATURES realm.
stands unmovcd rs the mountain rock, and
undismayed listens 10 rcvo;ution's stormy
voice. She has passed safely through the
dark ages Of superstition ard biso,ry when
wars mud ommotiousconvUlscd The world
to is centre. ond when change seemed TO
sway scept.c Of uuiversa! empire.
We, in this happy land Of the brave and
the free, have raised our eyes, and .gazed
upon her venerated splcndor.
Thousands hccnme enirancod, entered
the sanctuary OF her consecra,ed Temple,
and the tide Of popularity. rather than prin-
ciplc, has swept some Of the unworthy.
unhallowcd and psofanc into her hole Of
hoiics.
A hand stained with crisc has been
raised agnius, her principles, night oil
darkness haz gathered around her brow,
and an army led on ay unpriucipled recre
ants has assailcL her fortress iu more than
the horrors of war. .Convolving clouds
uf stormy darkness have gather round her.
The lish:nings Of vcngcasce have shot
their fires of death, aud the rolling ,hun-
ders Of human wrath aud Indignation have
been heard in reverberasins neals. The
Storm has spent i;s violence. Her enemies
10 despair have iatired from the fpld Of
couflic,. Tire unpriucipied have been casi
out ol her sanctuary. and many Of those
who were neither cold nor hot, have been
spowed out Of her mouth.
Having thus passed tho 6ery ordeal Of
public scrutiny, opposition aud rage, she
has come forth from The furnace, purified
from evil men, aud fram those stains which
The conduct Of the time-serving and un-
worthy, had ix6d upon tho bright escutch-
con Of her character; she has put on her
beautiful. garment. aud, shining with re-
newed ucGessions Of splcndor, she stands
among US in the firm uiojosty of w:r-wurn
grandeur, like snne lofty Apprentices sub
timely towcring-to Heaven, while The vcry
earth rocks at her feet.
On the venerable head which pierces
the dark cloud, we see The beams of the
Omniscient Eye resting, and around il,
the Light Of Eternity playing; while on
.,er sIoipiesa yexfure Foit1 Home and
Charity are written. There she stands,
and will sta1d till the last vibrating pendu-
lum of ti,nc--till the pillars Of Wisdom.
Strength and Beauty, that support and
adorn The Fabric of nature shall fall.
IT now remains for us to add, lha, the
sya,en involving tho Work Lectures and
Ceremonies as agreed upon after mature
by this Convention, will be
laid before you by your respective dele
gates. To tha, which may be empha,i.
cally termed a National System, believ-
;,, Z, IN hc Il, acrordc sc ef ,v ift, the npr,eo,