Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10

TVS following beautiful extract Is from
the Grafton Of Grand Master Bromwell. on
the occasion Of the laying Of the corner
stone for the new Masonic Temple at wash
iugton, and is an excellent bit ~ those VINO
are always apologizng for Masonry:
Lat him who wishes 10 mako apoIigies
max, them 10 Masonry for himself, and |
answer objections, If any, to bus own eon-
duct and As to the venerable insutul'on'
il will take care Of its own grand carer
What signifies it to the institution Oh NJ.
sonry, that selfish or mistaken men, wen
now, are engaged in the pronuese sssk 81
striving 20 overthrow its buiwaiks IN pagan
and papal countries, and even IN some Pof-
tons Of this free republican lane. Net
generation has passed butsome we're iound
engaged in the sane WORK: crowned
heads have united with mitrsd hierarchs IN
this labor, but the sceptre and CROKER cor.
bined were too light to smite down the
pillars Of the poreh.-Ths fires ofpsrDecu.
don have been famed 10 ragise nsmss, but
they have been only ''as The cracking II
thorns under the pot" while the bush Of
Moses ever burning, 10 never consumed.
Yet il may be proper to offer one or two
reflections. In this land, whose princplse
Of free government have been nurssd ID
Masonic Lodges through psrils and psrss
cutions in older despotic realms, We night
think il strange TO hear Of organized war
fare against this institution in the name OF
liberty and law for this Federal Govern
ment 10 represented by flag which Learn
the three Masonic colors, tho red, white
and blue, with q five pointed star OF the
ground floor for svery member Of tho
Union and tho great seal OF our Federal
State shows the Masonic unfinished pyra-
mid and the Omniscicnt Eye above.
Stranger still it might appear TO US to
nnd again crusade on foot to put out the
lights Of our affairs in tho name of holy re-
ligion. Ii il harm TO religion that three
hundred thousand men Of one nation are
banded together and devoted to an institu-
ton whose laws, teachings and ceremonies,
and accumulated literature, all tend forci-
bly, and continually to inspire regard for the
Holy Writings and familiarize ito votaries
with the wisdom and sxcsllsncy Of those
sacred pages,
Has any man another or better Bible TO
offer than that which 10 the farniture Of
the Lodge! Has he found God other than
the Lord Jehovah, to whom . Lodge or
Temple nay b srectsd7 Has he better
rule Of life than that taught BY the signst
Of Zerrubbabel Or the pluublins Of Am 90!
Does he fnd fault with the lessons wrought
in the workmanship Of Bszslssl, and the
form and furniture Of the most holy place!
Does he abhor the teachings yelled in the
characters Of the TIVE Saint Jshns and
are the chsrub and the palm tree only
thiags Of vanity and superstition 10 be
smitten and profancd by his iconoclastic
hands ~
West Vergina il almost certain to g foI
Seymour and Blair. The recent demo
cratic convention Of that state was address
ed BY Rathbons Van Wrinkle, son Of one
one Of the senators from that state, and
William p. Wiley, son Of tho other sena-
tor, was nominated for attorney general.
II. s. Walker, the nominee for congress
ia the hrst district, 10 editor Of the Wheel
ing Regster. John N. Camden. one OF the
ablest and best men in the state, is the
democratic nominee for governor. Though
president Of the National b ank at Parksrs.
burg, and bond holder, he approves the
greenback platform.
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There ara frsm seven to eight hundred
wounded soidsrs-organists- throughout
the United States.
The late great German Sangeriest at Chi.
cago, Illinois, paid It's expenses and cleared
$3. 269 from it's receipts OF $27,442.
During last year the Chicago district las
yielded .l23 bankrupts.
II costs England ten thousand dollars
each to test her guns.
| Liverpool has new paper, the Dawn.
The Nov Bedford Mercury hopes it won't
| break.
TnR names Of houses are for the world
outside. When you read "Rose Cottage
on the wal, think Of the lot of thorns in.
| side.