Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-29

Avn ~ sAFCSA Via " 10 " pbIstftEHt t3Ntfs
ment, md this implies that you know
great deal about it~-so that you know
great deal about 1t. and yet nj the IN u,
time know nothing at aIi. Now to- plai
and unsopbistjuatsd mind. like my owt
E this does appear II little contradictory, p Ii,
tie absurd. and a. clear ga mud. You
string Of objections against n,asubfy re
minds me Of a tribe nf little ants fighting
, pulling down and dragging oa, pnch other
II IL like q tad. ~pole--aII tail. II is revefs
ing the order Of nature, sending it's tail fore
most. But | grant you whit the civil wa
raging between your Lilipuiian subjects 70
fuses--tlie mercy Of my silence.
But vi encounter opposition where i
were least 10 be expected, Avowing Oh,
object to be 10 make nut, happier, by max
ing them better, we have n right TO expect
the corporation Of her whose happiness Il
40 inseparably interviewer with TINT ofmani
but here we are doomed to bitter dlsap.
pointment and this in to 10 ttite nnkind.
est cut of ALL" We afe tanntiugly asked
why we exclude woman from participating
in the labots Of the lodge. Now 1t were
n sufficient answer IT, reply. because we
choose but wo are far from refusing with
such rudeness her whose cheek the breezes
Of spting f%orl,ehr 10 greet with too rude n
saluiation. Suppose then our Tyler should
be instructed 10 adnit ladies' IN ott sn.
blims yct secret labors. Would not deli.
caey forbid their availing themselves Of the
privilege Well, The fundamental laws of
rihsunry do no more. Bat there nre other
reasons which | mn not ut liberty 10 dis.
Ulose%-abundant feason however exists
int the natdte Of tho institution. Like n
focal glass which collecting md concrn.
tratinp wandering rnys Of light. throws
them down upon IN object in all their in.
tensl.v TO illuminate its %surfnce and con.
sumo it, substance, ftasonry COLLECTS The
rays Of b~epesoIeneb dispersed throughout
n large space, md organizing them, sub.
jects then to organic laws. But ever sym.
pathetic With distress, and benevolent from
both principle and passion, and q. all times
ready tn calm The troubled thought, to ex.
pIofe the achipg heart, md 10 soothe nm.
hidden each sense and sensibiliiy Of our
nature, woman needs no Inventions sti.
mulani to charitable deeds. Bot the OBJ.
lection IL In fnct untrue, FIR tho wife nad
the widow Of every Royal Arch mason ~
entitled to one degree, which, comforting
many of the benefits without imposing any
Of tho burdens Of masonry, puts her in
possession of n word TINT will ring in d
mnson's car like frebells. at midnight, nd.
monishing him TINT her soft bosom once
pillowed the head Of n companion Royal
Arch mason. And | am glad il is so
were it not so, denrly Us | love the mother
who cherished my infancy, and the wife
who blessed the maturity Of my manhood
II could see them faden as withered %plutnes
upon tho brow Of ghastly death, and then
bless God for taking them away from the
wickedness of such a world.-But although
must n~ot--cannot unveil herself
and submit her native IDENTITIES to your
gaze, yet it loves and cterishes YOU. Yes
it loves yeti so, that it will mt permit even
the winds Of summer to visit your face too
roughly. Oh too we'll it loves You, to
make your sof, and gentle boso'ns The de.
pository Of h, lawful mysteries and when
purity shall be aspersed, innocence a%ssail.
ed and weakness trampled on in the person
Of Hoinni, with strong aims ind intrepid
hearts masons will rally TO the breneh
where the shafts Of your criernies fall
and fastest.
But contemplate the future prospects NJ
masonry: Coming events, il is said, tast
heir shadows before them, and The past In o
-. -. ri ..t;ar tt.sEIt,.o rat,a. .l..ta.t
If time and aeeiddnti fortified On all sides BY
conservative principles, masonry, With The
passport Of heaven, must continue 10 tread
she has over done the highway Of renown,
and the benefits dispensed by her III time are
Iessings~scatfercd on her ffatth 70 minor
tality. Founded upon a rock and lifting her
head towards another and better world, she
to an ifrpetishabie abode for ifnper.
lshable principles. Her motives may be i'm
her objects bclied, and her very name
denounced but unappalled by the obloquy
threatens her on the one hand, u1se-
by the Establishments that allure her
the other, persevering as she Began, she
will retain her strength until Tie last, and
then if she must fall, che vii fall on no
vulgar OCCASION by no ignoble hand.
Bafled in her humans functions, interrupt
ed in her high career, if she NUT fall,
like another Sampson, she will embrace the
pillars Of her colossal edi6ce, level the i'm
fabric with the dust. and bury her
self beneath the ruins Of the stupendons
wreck. I'll the pride and pomp and power
IF Thebes, Palmyra, and Persepolfs rtser
piled upon their heroes ashes So grand a
monument! Militant on earth, and not fiat
tering it's vain pomp, she may be assaulted by
he peltings of execration's storm. But !
distinctly see the field of her ultimate
triumph widening and frightening beyond The
of her crocfixion. !
Companions and brethren, | have refr:.d
rharges brought against the Institution Of ma
out were o stop here | should be-
cheIgeable with a want of candor.
rtaarses are alledgcd against some of you in
tividually, which consistently with truth |
cannot deny, ard to t1at'er you ! will not.
And it grIeves me to think that those against
whom | cannot Withhold the loudest complaints
bear the name of mason-that illustrious
name, which causes this bosom to heave with
and with pride.
A Numi9ian king once knelt at the feet OF
he elder Cato's daughter, and whispered love.
The damsel wept, and referred him TO her
The royal lover sought the old man
and told him of his GRAND. The old Roman,
a dignIfied altitude, scornfulIy said
the time was when a Ting burst not as
oire to the hand Of a Roman Senator's. SadgH-
bnt that tyrant Caesar has levelled all dis
.inctions." TIE ruthless havoc which the
fell rickety Tyranny Of a csssar eoaFd nA par
estrate, the despotism Of your own Fusfs and
~5assTons has caased. in levslling all distine-
ions between you and et,aef. men, and IN efae-
ing the line thar ought to divide you from the
at large. The very name Of nssson is