Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-13

& MuI.Axp F1ILxosr. THE GAxDIDArss on THE Asrr-.
sMAsoNs N 1925. The New York Mirror in an ar
tcle strongly eondem1atory Of secret political asso
ciatiops gives the following history of an anti-Ma
sonic Convention held at Buffalo, and the nomination
Of Mr.. Fillmore as their candidate. *
Read the following resolutions, at the meeting,
which nominated Fillmore as their representative.
Mr. Fillmore then held that secret associations, even
whose sole object the cultivation and prac-
tice of benev0lence toward the whole family of man,
of every race and creed, was highly dangerous to
. our institutions. Now he is an open and declared
member of secret political Order, bound by solemn
oaths to carry out system of personal and political
prescription against portions of our own citizens.
The points embraced in the address, and resou-
tions adopted on the occasion, given follows
l. "That large body of our citizens who do
not belong to the Order are mysteriously Influenced
by those who do"
Q. "We honestly believe the spirit of Free Mason
secret societes) to be essentially opposed to the
security of the citizen, to the impartial administra
ton of the laws and to due reverence to religion"
g. "The institution is at with the spirit of our
free government, hostile to all equality of rights,
and an impossible barrier to the administration of
Justice"
4. "The equality of right, which the Conssitu-
ton expressly guarantees cannot exist while Sc
cret society shelters it's MEMBER and the ascendancy
of law and good order cannot be maintained IN the
community while an extensive and influential body
of men claim and exercise the power of imposing
and enforcing obligations which must soon come in
to direct collision with the laws and duties of society,"
8. "Moral sentiment constitutes the only weapon
with which the stronghods of Masonry, (secret So
cietesD can be assaed, and this engine, Improperly
directed, will prove sufficient to battle down its bull
warks; and to expose to the gaze and derisicn of
the world the mystic mummery with which it has
shrouded its deceitful and detestabe principles"
g. at is vain to temporze and palter with our
duty. If we wish to destroy the baneful influence
of Masonry, (secret societies. must withhold our
votes from those who support it. We frankly &C
knowledge that in cases personal and political
friendships render this duty painful and difficult to
perform; but honest and faithful citizens we are
bound to sacrifice predictions for individuals
to the safety and of the important principles
| we have espoused, and why should we startle at a
measure in defense of our rights, which our oppo-
| nents have successfully used to usurp them? They
bound by oath " to vote for brother before any
person of equal qualifications" and "to support his
military and political preferment in opposition to
another" Is it not necessary in sefdefensc to re-
| sist this alarming conspiracy? Can we shut our
eyes to the fact that ambitious and designing men
have attached themselves to this institution to obtain
that preferment of which they were undeserving !?
When it shall become we'll established that Mason
ry, secret societies. has ceased to afford its votares
superior advantages for political Objects the great
inducement that sustains the institution will be
lost"