The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-29


n The deep have been given to the Graud
IuTy Of Ontario.p These facts speak foi
hemst Ives, aud comment is unnecessary"
he following extract is cop ell lofmt' The
1toaitoT or EednSelic0l RepcSao-
~ Of November 1927, Alb iny, New York: +;
H"MoRGAS's B6DY-frhe body of man
was found near the mouth of'Oak O,chard
creek, on The shore OF 1.qke9 Onta4ic, on thcl
7lh uii, BY some persoi!s who were hunting i
md WHO gave Information to The coroner
before removing the body. The inquest:
iheh held, ended in a verdict Of SvGocdtion
By dropning, wilhout,any discovery Of the
name or character Of lie deceased Re- I
polis being spieadrespecting The height g.
appearance, &c. ), Of The corpse, led 10 susp 4
cion that il might be the body of Morgan. j
Though much purified, the body was taEenl
up; numerous witnesses being examined,and
among others the wife of William Morgan, 4
both before and after seeing the body. This
Second inquest which was held on the 18th
in unanimous rPrdict Of 90 jury
men that this ras the body Of Morgan. In
consequence 6f the verdict, il was removed
TO Datavia aud inferred" H"e. 1e... laT2
The following is taknn from the rendncia.
lion of Elder d. Barnard, who was n Royal
Arch Mason, having taken ten degrees, who
becoming disguise ed and sickened at their a.
,trocIohs crimes and wicked nummeries, for
sock them and became arespcctable Minister
Of the Baptist determination, He was ever
! afterwards prosecuted by tEemjnn more than
ionce his lie was in Jeopardy, BY the secret
plots Of those who sought TO kill him. After
telling OLA Mason Gospel Minister who five
weeks before the abduction Of Morgon, told
him repeatedly, that che tcas teilling to be
ore TO Pt Morgan out of the tcuy"-that
"tGod looked upon the Institution vit! such
Icomplacrncy, he mouM nerer bring the per-
Iretrators to lieM," and "dftempted 10 justify
itte decd from he Scriptures, Bernard says:
I "When was at The cast, $50 miles from
:. Batavia, heard Masons Of high standing
converse upon his IMorgan's1 abduction,
! which was several weeks before be was ta-
I IkcG of! On my way home, saw Elder
John g. Stems, and lie presented me one Of
Ihs books on masonry, just published, for
which paid him two sh!lings. When
reached home read the work, aud could find
mo fault in it showed the book 10 ma
,son. who Immediately putcl asedit! learn
Tied also, that Morgan was taken off, and pro
, badly put TO DEATH lbeenn conversing with
the nasons upon the subject, and they dlnloSi
FuanirerSally justified ii! then began not
Tonly to give the subject due reflection, and
Investigation, but TO express my adherence
land utter detesIa,ion Of the foul and mos
lawful deed lbegan alsoto converse freely
gnn the principles of the institution with ma
sous and others. About this time a speca
: injecting fine Lodge was called in Coving
r ton, which attended, and after the meetin!
) was duly opened, and the subject Of the alb
Il ducIion brought up, | arose aud decidedl,
disapprobated it, and advised the Lodge L
a do the same. Bu, instead of attending 10 m
! advice, they began 10 question me ahou
, what had said Of masonry, aud relative t
: nv bringing Stcrne's book into town, an
all of which, 10 the worthy body hppcare
crminal During this meeting, if | ma
n Judge, sap nctdt cali manifest dppro
= 6Hion Of the Morgan outrage, in most Of til
j members. and it was full meeting. AT hi
Q meeting there was a number Of Re rerea
,r gentlemen; one Of whom slid, as nearly as
il can recoIIect Cities have their law.
J. Churches have their laws, Masons have lie
# laws, aud here is The proper place TO lty
i Mason If Morgan has had his throat c,
from ear TO ear, and his boJy buried benett
e The rough sands of the sea trhere the It'd
ht ebbS and forS once in "a hours, lie cdant
il complain d fHot haring justice done him''-
j. Here he closed, and il was echoed with A
e MEN! AMEN! AMENp 3ra sN a5 a
J. Here we are tOidby Royal a ch Maso
is whose testimony is born" out by n thousar
Up others, that subsequently TO tn, murder (
v. Morgan, as well Fs before, the Lodges in
he pIciily adopted and sanctioned the deed
n and that the same foul game had been de
lg Itermined upon seycral others! Did Il
10 Lodges ever raise a finger or lisp sylIab
nd ia favor oil furnishing these murdetersf M
n Did they ever expel n single individual ei
10, gagged in in NEVER! Ol the contrary
"a they were cordially received in the l.odg
Of as worthy Brothers, caressed, screened a
ed tromihe penalties oflhe law, a
ed some Of them afterwards highly promote
A. Is tlis evidence TINT secret Lodges are pt
be}fectIy moral -iusiilulons!e-ihc fit abode
Gospel preachers OF ministers! and thai tll
VS. have derived their precepts from The Bibl
'ct tlfit is. God save me from such christian N
as lrdlity-(rom the pfncice Of such hear'
oal bora religion! as will subject Inc TO have I
d | throat cut for making It's holy preceI
his known! 'Uu5 qma'ras sjt 3e Dls NO
iol What contrast with the beautiful te al
rho ings Of onr divine Masler--sGo ye into
vii! tho world, and preach the Gospel TO eve
ng creatme; tMdrk 10 0.I5;D freely ye ha
Ids received, freely give; ;ntMath 10: S;)"wI
i'm tell yon in darkness, that speak yeinlig
as, an lwhat We hcar 10 the ear, that preach
er upon the house lops.p fl0;27)a How i
lie would Il take Cdd Fellowship, if in cha
nns Of thu Bible. to extend its principles 20 9
be lry creature, ii it continue to excludethe
md male sex, the poor, The young, the infrna
nos diseased from IFS Lodges, and impose he,
ler penalties upon every member Tor max
his them known? How many Peters of II
.alh would we Gad upoh the bpuse>loes prayi
he OF how many Ppus preaching to thelJ,
lesl aud GentIes at Antioch n Plsidin, "FOr
,lve hath ihe Lord commanded us, saying, | h
nor set thee to be ligh: Of the Gentiles,
n thou sbouldes DC for salvation unto the. G
eek Iof The earth" (Aels -: Az Eyes We
and their sound went into sll the earth, sndl
rev words unto the ends Of the world" (R
,alh 10: s) Melhuks your Lodges would
ans done np eloquent Apollos but little gooc
Ii al yonr sypngpgues admit no ieomeR, and \
gan, would lave been no Priscilla and Acq
fore 10 .'expaund ulto him The way Of God h