The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-18

oae o aaphas, u,pport end snhsnis fo fhase raela- tionsclhftts fks soriHl vistszes Aha pssfasts the general foed cf mankind. Ie do this 70 ase d. Tesse4 to.hs btbls e ear gutds which peaala eat the whcle dut1 eF Aan. Az, ,nssls.anis pad Fsmems braves. tIfrs nfe vsFipup emhlesAs and lnplanenis egien nsed 6gusAtitely b tuE,fnte Instruct, we Co sgaare oar lgses by te square Of viraae; to iimt oar desiFee by ihe scempass" sf moderation, 'that Faaing by merit, ae may kye sespected aad ] and dle irgretfed." By the @rAiess we reeoile ct panctaaiiiy to observe duty, having eferui tn view" Hy the -boak sf caaaisusssas." we are tsaght to De st0dious h tke acquisition Of know leagr paFtienay The literal arts and selssces that intelligence may abound and 70 be ahle to perform any Fsqnred duty wiih ds Co ourselves and pro-
 t e those Beilose behalf we ealled In short. without grra'iy benettine his fellows and lesvtng the world better ihsn ~e found it. DrOaes have no places in our ranks; al our teachisgs ineuIcate every virtue aud accomplishment praetieed or re, ! specied among men. We are band of brothers powerful tor gr,d impcteni for haim.
 The day msght be consamed in citing instancss of brethren who have shed unfsdirg lastse apoa their ages and patien, and left names msre endnT- ing ih the hearts of men. than If engraved ou moa- ! uments af stone. But no instanee could be shown Of the trailors who beirayed Dis people. Of by any act. hazarded the libertiss Df meEl-we might men tioa PythsEerss who travelled and studied In the Fsm0test nations and gathered in his owa pesson the kpouiedge of the wisdst and best. and wbO af- l ter achieving one of the meet pasabte and usefuI discoveries in the exact seience ran and esi@d out I kare f0uHd h--T Asrs foaad ns--oF pf Franklin al the heaHi of practical aud philosophical tccnee
 n his own county, trud the kingy halls of R. val Europe ihs mlghfiesi monarch of them ali; who by his sNsdom and sksil procured his country felp Tn it's direst need; and for pasiiEe toyci with the wrathful thundes-bolt; or yef of the great Wash lngton, who as omuaRdeT-in -Ctief of our Revo- iutlonary army. doubIy bTsyed the fsfcrst hate of ft. and who by the conquest he achieved over himself bequesihedto the wosid an example 0neqaalled in the history cf man.
 1 It has also been affirmed by a very intelligent brother whose opportunities fer knowing were good, that of the cine Major Generals in the army oI The Revelation, all were Masons sase one and that one was Beaedct Arnold.
 Bot without further digression, let us return 10
 tie general effects of Free Masonry ufon the world.
 ! We find as before observed that shout the closs of the first century of inc CaristAn era, b. Ro. man empire comprs hended the isiTest and nest civilized portions of the known world the severe discipline of its soldiers, and self debai Of its statesman, had carried is arts and its to the femo'est confines, anu built the largest and rnosi renowned of tas monsrches oi tie past. Roads and haFbors, cities and castles were built or works ef ofsHsive ss defsnsise wsr; and sss; numbers of skiisul aftiEas governed in gIeat measure by their own ta~s. were emrloye ed ln their cons:fnc ion. This, with the craft has always been an infexihie rule, they will elect theirowa officers, and enact i the,r own laws.
 l Their skill, fielty, siriue and government, attracted s,fnion ard their lair name froyoked 10 activity, the tongue oi the liar and back-bier while their rropery given 10 the torch of the incend- sry. and their thfoas to the knife of the aS.sssiu their hotiss to the Frek and screw of the incuis tton. 'sTbe pare and sublime idea which they en gtained nf the Supreme Beiag, escaped the gross conception of the Pagan multitude. aho were al a less to discover spiritual God; neither Fpresented unter sny coTporeai figure, or visible symbol nor was adored with the sccustou cd pomp oi hbA;ians and esvass Of aliars and ,tiees; wit the word of God in cue hand, ard the inpis msnts of honest
 industry in tiie other they travelled In co'npaaies under their own officers, from province 10 ptoylGcs and from ciy-and piastec tbe radimehts of that civil aud fegious liberty, wkich pow in its iufan breathings Is scattetiHg crowns, kings aad thfGne like ebaf aud stumble. and covering the bloated and Polatng systems o Royalty with the mantle of for getfuine-s and eonieup;.
 II has ever been that circumstance of t fling ign- pof a theEsesyes, Lave psoGcei ihe mi sbtiest re- suits. By tie ia ling of an apple irosn the tree i Newton was itd to discover how The earth hu 2 upon po'hing, wheeled is ci eis ahruu sh sDac !; or enc in our day, wcigi'ing tae universe as f ia scales, proV-G thr heces ity of existent ssr be- 1 lore then unkHoN and which from an sln,s in- GiSiLct sPeck; when eKam ed by the iescscope re- yesls sncther world t0 our gaze, and ss'Ot ises r +fs by oi taes small companies ef working r.s n, carrying win theHi te hsbis ot lsho-. heir fiber Y a}d iheir law, true Knowledge was disseminated ant dcterminatioa engendsreI to work. and to worship according 'c the ravs Of a1turaI right and justice, as heaven had before ordsined. Hangias t1etT hopes en hi they eare not the earth. say vh n the soundatos ol ie universe being la T wss decreed by the everlasting Jehosah, tat ran shaGit be free; and look well 10 it. ye Kings an 1 eoanss'iors, the behests ot oaiiniPienee must bs Gbeyed.
 h. t7s declining years Of Imperial Rome. wbea the aris ot peace were laid aside. ant juscr com pei 10 yi ld to strength; when ta thougst that Ch-ixteadom was m danger, and The loot pnnt Of iie iEdsi poiu ci ihe Hoiy Lsnd,-i.o ges of Free mssoas became escampmsBts of warrior kni Shis; tr9@ els and stone hsmm-as beaten into swords aai battle axes; and by thear di-cip vaor, the tlde ot moslen c ciBqu s, was stayed snl he san- dad of iie SaIaceHs plac&sd rom the sepuichFe of God.
 Bu; the empire of arms soon gave way 70 dark. ness aad craft; the Roman Pootii deriving lis claim to ''nniveis1f dominion from au humble, fisherman o' Gaii!ee, claimed jurisdiction ot the world, aHd with priest, confessional and iorafe hunted ch,s- tan st'd mason liberty ad the Bible from the val isy tn the h.il. sud from tic paae 10 the nountap But they ealiy learned to be diuseni in business and ereditaole n life to trust in God and lear not man--they were Free Masoas--aot bandnen nor slaves; they have never boaed the knee 10 pswef; ; nor have thsif checks paed al the dungeon the flag got or the axe; bu. whenever truth ard devotion. stout hearts ani strong arms are needed, there you had the Free Mason 'pedgieg bis life, his ioflune ard his sacred henor, in defcce of his liberty and h's right He loves the ins ifation doth the son his mother, for il has exploded the canning hypoth- esis of the JesIit .ihat wthont k.ng there is no Stsie: and without Bi shop there is DO Church"- and has brought 10 the unders' anding of men, a knowledge of the indecent vagabondism cf heredit- ary aristOcracy.