Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-01
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But greater than kings ere iabor's Amounted,
And you can't Judge . man BY the coat that
he wears.
've me the msn as q friend and . negbbor
T" no tons at the loom, with the spade, the
pillow,
y ho wins his diplcms of manhood by labor
And purchased wealth by the sweet OF his
trow. -.
Why should the broadcloth done he respected.
AID the man BE- despised Who In tussisn sp-
While the angels in heaven have their limbs un-
protected,
You cant Judge man by the coat thss he
wears.
Judge of man By the work be Is doing.
speak Of . man o. his actions densrd:
Watch well the path that each 10 pursuing
And let the most worthy be chief OF the land.
And the man shall bs found mid the close ranks |
Of labor,
Be known BY tho work that hi, industry !
And his chieidom, when Won, shall be de ar TO his
neighbor,
And we'll honor the man whatever lie wears.
VIII our brethren read VIVA, our reliable
Oberl.n correspondent sends 10 under the
head Of Intelligence" in the Ohio col
umns
We recomned 70 our brethren in the
anti Masonic crusade now Commenced -
%. The avoiding Of al personal discus
sion.
90. Firm, unyielding Masonic consist
ency; quietly attending the Lodges and
giving especial sympathy and aid to every
persecuted brother.
~. Increased carefulness in the recep-
ton Of members.
a.. Renewed devotion to Masonic tenets
and he moral law, leading eminsntly pure
lives, and remembering the poor an / the
suffering.
90. Quietly, and out Of self respect, and
| not by way of retaliation, Withholding aid
and encouragement from journals, political
and religious, from clergymen aud from
churches, that malign our institutions and
annoy our brethren and
t6). Kindly placing before the eyes Of
honest anti-Masons such Masonic publica
tons as will dissipatc prejudice, not for the
purpose Of inducing them to become Free
masons, but for the ends OF justice and
peace.
The National Fresmdson will expose anti
Masonic prosecutions TO the hearts content
Of antI-Masonic malgners, avoiding being
drawn into any discussion Of our my 81 eries.
II will continue to show that in destroy il Q
Masonry and Masons, very serious evil
would be inflicted upon every valued inter
est Of the country and the world Nation
al FreeBsdson.
WAS UScLs PAUL Mason t-Bv BIO
SnILLABAR.--"Was Uncle Paul q Mason p
Ike asked Of Mrs. Darlington, as he stood
looking nj the rigid profile Of tho ancient
| of he bu khaS
ON the wall.
"No, he wasa veteran sergeant, naturally
though he took in gardening afterwards
and raised the most wonderful kqnashes
that always took the primer at tue ifo,,l
cultural FAIR"
II mean was he Freems con 81 continued
Ike.
"oh. dear, no." replied he, land Tn
clad OF i, fer they nrr u great deal too fFes
III throwing their plas'crn' rouad, whct
is very n.ortarfying, and takes the coloI
out 81 things 20 and when they white
washed the kitchen didn't they make free
with the balmy bud rum which they mis-
took for cordial md | wish 70 gracious
it had been a me,ic, to have 10 have taught
'em iesson 10 be n ll;l.e less free mex
time
But, Ffeomasons," said Ike, petulantly
''an't rnasons; mean the fellow thai
built the temple
.Oh = she exclaimed, them. Well
dear, have heard Of good many thing,
they did, and then again have heard of q
good many things they didn't, and so be-
tween en- both, don't believe neither
|, is a great mystery Y she whispered
and if they did kill Morgan, they ough, tc
have done il if they agreed to, though twa,
bad thing for him. But l never believed
the story told Of his scuilng Up the Mag
ry Falls in q potash kettle with crowbar
which is preposterous, and MS for the grid
ron thsreby hangs tale, end the Lord
knows what they DO in their secret seine
teries, when they get on one another's
clothes by mistake, and cut up all sorts Of
capers. 70 say nothing OF the ridcnlou.
aprons which make 'em look so queer
The interest Of Ike had ceased, and BE-
had turned his attention to a1ointing The
cat "lth en- application Of soft sosp.
MAsosRr-A ToNp The JEws-Scorrisn
aK-TEuE SEcRErs.-It wcro profitles IS to
inquire whether Adam, Nimrcd, Moses, or
Joshua belonged to the Masonic Order. rs
some have alleged and others denied but
our tradition says that st. John the Evan
! golist, who was IN Essenian Freemason. in
stituted q secret theological society, with
mystic rites and Masonic emblems, and that
| Clement, of Rome, who was the desciple of
| Peter and Paul, got possession, a. the
| death OF St John, of the books and papers
| of the society attached 20 the Christian re
ligion, and by means Of missionaries prop
agated it through tho world that Poly carp
was presiding officer, and, that successive
homan Emperors connived at its existence
And II 10 q fact something more than tradi-
tiona, that IN the sixth century, in the
| course Of an excavation in the salt mines OF
Prussia there was discovered, at the depth
OF fifteen cubits, the foundation Of trian.
gular edlfce, in the centre Of which was a
small pillar of marble, on which was in
tcribed the history Of the buildiug Of the
tower Of Babel, in Hebrew cha -aetAse A
| tomb was also found, In which ~ agate
atone was encrusted, containing these
words, "Here were deposited the ashes of
the Grand Architect of the Tower of Babel.
God showed him mercy because he hpm-
bled himself And these monuments are
now in the possession Of the Kings Of Prus
STA, one OF which. the Great Frederick. Wa
once Grand Master Of Germany.
The Jews preserved their secret society
during the captivity Of Babylon, and had
Grand Lodges after their dispersion, tn ough,
OF course. under different name; and Eu-
cid, ani Pythsgoras practiced societies of
this nature in Tyre and Italy they called
II Geometry and these Lodges were called
communities Or schools. $1,000 Masens
accompanied the Chrstian Princes in The
cru.ades to recover the sepuchrc from the
infidels. The name Of Freemasonvy eeems
not to have been adopted until some time in
the middle ages, probably about the cl6ss CT
the l4th century. But though the name
may DC Of comparatively recent date. vet
true Nasors may discover The antiquity O.
tie parent in the .linesmeats es the Off
epring, and Freemssnnry q to ,lay hae the
same Wild acnna and h,rh moral ai.,,. af