The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-06
What madness hath seized thee?
From the Bards,own Saturday Gazette
TO MAS0NS WHO HAVE JOINED THE SECRET OR
DER CALLED KNOW-NOTHINGS.

From the Bards,own Saturday Gazette.
TO MAS0NS WHO HAVE JOINED THE SECRET OR
DER CALLED KNOW -NOTHINGS
wish 10 ask you whether ii is inconsistent
with your obligation Masons to join or remain with
this order? intend to write nothing that is no,
proper to be written, but give you plain facts
Almost the first knowledge impressed upon our minds
in A. " Masonry the fact that does interfere with
religion politics 1t receives in its bosom The good Of all
denominations, Catholic Protestant Christian or jew
it unlike know-nothingism) the Atheist In its
glorious piecepts taught that each other
fraterna feeling brotherly love, which should last
through life We manifest this by attending even to the
long home dead brother, by depostng with his remains
the sprg of Cassia Let ask you if Masonry does
teach and charge to be true TO government And
does that government in accordance with be-
loved principles alluded to- say shat no religious test
shall be required qualification to any office
public under the United Sates TO these principles
as laid down consider my self solemnly pledged and
sworn to maintain. l. Mason, consider further that
could not be member Of this ORDER if found
ceptble their council for could not agree that
'eoud only for aatire5orn citizens for all Offices Of
honor trust profit in The git Of tho people, 10 The exclusion
Of all toreiyers Aliens Roman Catholics pariculor
and without regard TO party prediction"
AS understand Masonry land have been one for n
good many years) its aim is moral Improvement; its end
charity from all nations and creeds profess these
prncples Let me ask you that if there is nativc-born
American who is my brotherMason in good standing,
who is Catholic in belief say the husband of Catho-
lie wife or another who may be foreigner and natural
lied citizen how l. Mason take oath to pro-
scribe either being Mason because of their religion
birth? II am in need distrcssyea, If am drown
np-are they not as much bound relieve fly to
nv rescue ut the risk of their lives my natiye-born
brethren Of Protestant belief? Would they not do SO
soon? ask you, am not bound as such 10 do likewise
to or for them? Do not meet them upon The ieoe, and
part mih them on The squarea
Would all this occur whether in this any other
continent2 If what here say then, be true then Ma
sorry is nothing-know nothngism everything How can
l. then Mason go into lodge council where there is
no representative of the al high meridi The beauty
qlory of The day and into obligation and compact with
every decrpten of character Christian and Atheist pre-
vent forever the two Masons described from hold
ing offices of honor trust profit in this their and my
country though they may be needy and worthy
than their opponents in contest2 Ny conscience my
obligations them oath to support the constitution Of
my country and which they have sworn to support forbid
it, II swear what is required by this order
swear against Masonry swear against what ! have
sworn--I commit, virtually, perjury!
Consider these few reflections in fraterna spirit and
come to such conclusions your conscience and bet
| ter judgment may direct
Fraternaly, w.