Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-12-18

| haupts his waking mofrarta, 1t Is reso red
into tho hIGaUus forms n Il tho9gan6 pbgp.
toms, ever ready to tortrr" him With their
snrca srDa, oyerwbeIrn bin with their rr-
proacbes, and brand his brow ith the seal
oF inlapy.
Amid these incpssant t~ortprss, but one III.
sire IL alive in hi breast the desire ri
vengeance and this insatiab!e feeling he
duIgrs. d~elling with his vrnnm ali that
society holds dear, and striving 10 soil with
his fptld SLAYER the noble scinns Of ou race,
whose genius AMI virtues prey like n re-
morse on bis narrowed conscience.
Masonry bn~ not escaped The rdtomoU
fate of such institutions. Vain had been
I'll rH"rts 1t It's birth, to keep It concealed.
Il WA destined 70 ex IT ion great 40 in.
fuonrr on tbs lu'Dro d %s'!pi"s Of m1nkind
e. remain long Unknown. The very p in.
ttp,C- Wiah It aY1wed we're alI sui, ipnt
10 give i IL conspicuous atii'nir, aud draw
Iarih's pp!sn.ates. The privlcgrd ~rIaascs
Of e0rl,ty ROSE up. in qoIid ptalnDSrs, a
eaiust lis dogma "t"qutliy. As an aposflr
IS 10 crane il had f. e]ncnunt"3 the vindtc.
tive cptnffy oralI the .,rolI ties orr,n,ti,jsm
A. a s.io. afy 81 fir ehorp. II had. unlar
her ralIr a,g hurled dnGancn NJ tvra,,s .
and the roafrst uhirh was hence H. .nsrr
With the partlslns Of abaolutism, wna a
rurh'r4s .~trryvlp that would allow tho o,n
baianiz ~n.r,rr l,rrr n,, ,ero.r A.
prtrr rvcn oCia m~j,ist.y Of Ch,,ity !, yves
/, inrIr tho hatred .rrtr prg9ta'a -, IRE
in those agca Of la rE, -isln v hen il waa ,
cFlInr pogt4tryfch . kind hand In iae IN.
f~,rtpn,le bria9g whnsn E.rf1'. drs,,t. had
consitncd TO nroerrintinn nr d.nt,. far ibc
timr was not FIR distant when VI sanrv
too wrak itself 10 r.trrd nm eGlc rioiis
shield oy.r the victims oc prrzerntioo mp.t
Omen is c~utarnr,l,s IN aUnrd Il. - IN $50
lpn. TO prny with tlrm. :, aid their tribi,.
lnti3n. to console them. n teach them the
saving pajlosnpby Of 1eIrronI EYER end -.
lpr hone. uerA.. the manv,~,.,nI,,. yer
atjons and Dirtrapes to which il has Lecn
subjected in those cotntries OVER which
dpspotism extends IFS iron rod in which
stnpid II ciudic.s. sk1G,nv .rorofcd -, fho
minds Of the masses. BANNER the rrogtess
Of inirllieenre. and in wbirb The pnfni, l.
too ofep nrostifDted t,v me, al, 4; .Ln,or
inc Inc ancrrdot,l mission with v hich ,bev
pre- invested, preach brpotrv and iutolc.
r.ure in the name or an Al. tncrc;cI and
Al-kind God. whoae di.ciDles thew inso.
ler,ly claim to be How often has !, had
to lament it, miaprirr thrown on, ~ food
FIR N, lie erecration and con.sront -~ts
shattered col INNS and ia deaecr,tsd tom.
olegl How often has it, devoted hs,d cl,
the 4hunderS and ~apntbenaa nffbe Va,icari
Has /; moi behrld il. deyotees consumed in
the cracklin6 flames If the Iurfd nile J Uos
il no. been driven into the very bowels Of
thp earth, to seek an agvlum where. lie.
pond the rpach of the s.sassj,,s kuiGr and
the erccntionefg axe. lie faithful workman
might pcarcf1lly adore the Or. A. of the
IN: 7 And ey n though il be tr,e that
after Il had passed through long and srri.
bic TRIALS. the torch oC philo. onhv. nv en-.
Iiphte ming nation. and kings. NAV La ve
rendered lts y .sjtion less prerarions. and
allcvated it. hard fate .--evru thn,,h i, ba
frne that the sword of D ,moclcs 90 lone
suzprnded over ia head. may arre,r Ices
tbrraffIi than il wa. Of yorn--it r. nof H..
lea. tr,e IN + IN old E.,r,,e wlcr. I;l,.raI
IDEAS are ,hoked and .pn,,e.a.d and n
al other cn,o,ries s,al I, hh,rf,g p,l.r In.
woke Of dear, ,ti.n !, a,nI ,. n ms erroge1
lathe II ;thc-fng ;,fnenre ,rar,i,r, ooy
ernnopnts that can. nm any canricio,,s "rn-
,;r,n. tbrcafercd ia .,tiort;o, and 81
,,t;ot :, a,It x.t.;,. r,,,.arI ~
,ra nco
Fo,.ver cbcrished and hal. rycd T.. -.
,o.r,ory ri tb,-e v..nrs ,vEo ,t:r.,no
,fcr ir1o .,I.rc. and =, ,yi,r ,,;,t' ,.,,y
co,,Id s%;llrco ~. inno75a rcr,oo ,hat t.,IIs,
man tn n. land If Lia Li.tb Iaro tq,sf
sben.e1ycs and their lcrt,,,e, r., fail
lark and b~rav;rg tho occ.n .c.s =, ..
forrian sborr, fhc hIceefno which their
nngratrf1I roI,trv had dcuiod fbcn-tbe
r;oLt or ora,;cgf, tbeir Great,r tho bon,.
49, ortbeir ador tiop, in sinc.rfv If ron.
s7ic rc. and ero~r.aueffv orIea ,~t..,,CtLnoo
n,.oos clio 4r.t n.,,. H. Mitch 'hoir ,crt.
and ~ror rceev af,,rs IN tho oil or varuo
Columbia, and to as~eociafe whhlhe rchoe.
orhar vfryi, f,r.sts . n,ror tin thon pavo
repeated IN t~hpn--tbc naroe ~ofJehoyah.
There. At least. could the incense offheir
,vorshiD ascend in freedom Gloomy dee.
~po;iz,n. nro4cTiption. tortrrrs, the rack and
blazinn pile had No. existence there. A. a
rec,mgca.e for the persccutf,ns which
thew had endured Heaven wed them a
ho4pirable land; that on which they hac
been cast was destined 10 be called rhe
! cradle .fIihnrfv andttc authority by which