Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-29

Juicy. The order which characterized
the meeting was equal to that which is
found in an old-field schoolh0use while
the tescheF is absent, or an asylum of
bedlamites turned loose. An old
codger who rejOices in the euphO-
gill, is president Of this charming
association. de came promptly up to
time, and marched up the aisle leading
to the stand with all the gravity Of a
hungry, brOken-down drsyhorse march
ing to stack Of hay. It was not long
before the fountains of his superhuman
eloquence were seen in fall gush. He
swore by everything sacred and profsne
that he and his silly confederates were
engaged in q most worthy and chris
tan object" Theinfuriated speaker then
commenced propOunding interrogatO-
ries and answered them as follows; at
may be asked, what is the purpose Of
this me ting, and of our selfsdenying
efforts OF time, talent, and means? We
reply, it is to deliver some Of the thous-
ands OF our fellow-citizens from the
shsekles Of osth-bOund secret societies,
and to save our young men from devot-
ing their time. talent and means to an
institution, not only heathenish, but anti
republican and anti-christian." Awful
and fesrfully sublime was the onslaught
Of Pettengin. He declared that secret
societies were disappearing before the
advance Of his little squad as rapidly as
the mists of the morning appear be-
| fore the rising sun. After declaring
his determination to pull down all
these stronghOlds OF Satan, "he was afiec-
tionately pulled down in his seat. AT last
accounts be was still alive aud doing As
well as could be expected. For several
days the lunatics hOwled and ragged.
Their display Of maddog ffOth and rattle
snake venom, was as disgusting As Il
was amusing. One sanity delegate, by
the name Of Blsnchord, gave another
saint, Dr. MMurdy the lie, then the
beasts ragged like the Gagged animals,
when they smell their coming repsst.
There were many fools in the
convention, and the proceedings
demonstrated that there were some
knayes. Rev. Mr.. Blanchard pretend |
ed to make an expose of Masonry, and /
Rev. Mr.. COguiletie testified to the ac-
curacy Of the exposes which had been |
made during the past two days by the
convention. 1t was said that once q |
Mason always Mason, but it took the
grace Of God to unmake him Mason. |
The ceremonies, as they had been de-
scribed by Prof. Blanchard, were sub
stsntially the same. He was Of opinion |
that the desired reform would not be eff |
fected by ridicule, but by earnest,
thoughtful argument, Mr.. Cnttenden |
said he had read the disclosure Of sew
eral seeding Masons, and their state |
ments were substantially correct, and he
was ashamed to say that he had passed |
through the ridiculous ceremonies. A |
yOice-"YOu may as well own up Mr..
Cnttenden concluded by stating that the
last time he was ever in 3 lodge he as
sisted in putting an Episcopal
clergyman of great eminence
through this ridiculous ceremony.
According to the Chicago Tribune, "one
OF the members told story Of friend of
his who joined the knights Templar,
and was compelled, after partakiDg of
the sseTamental wine, to drink the fifth
IibatiOn from a human skull without
even knowing the character Of the gen.
-leman who once occupied il, while the !
other knights gathered about him with {
irawn swords, executing a savage war
lance, and threatening to cut his throat
across, tear out his tongue, and bury !
What there was left of him in the sands {
Il the sea, if he divulged any Of the Sc
rets. After some Irish melodies on the :
,rgsn by Prof. Merrill, another member i
rose and told his little story, announc- b
ng to those present the dire disas. !
eTs which overtske such luckless :
dasons as inform their wives, 3
u moments of inebriation OF absent. i
OF any Of the secrets Of the
rider. First, they cut his throat across;
hen his tongue is torn out; then, not |
his complaints at their 8
'ough treatment, they let out his heart {
aud bowels, so that he has no further !
lse for affection or food. Having ac-
this, they then burn him to ]
ashes, singing 'Jubila, jubilo- jubilum, :
We presume, and dancing up and down.
Kicking up dust with the ashes of the :
ate departed. Then they gather the {
shes up in dust-pan, and scatter them q
o the four winds Of heaven These
Infamous and perjured scoundrels ought b
0 have been Kissed out of Chica- C
%. Shakespeare tells US OF one who .
7as a mark "foT scom TO point her slow, n
nmoving finger at" but these hypo- c
ritical knaves, have made themselves n
ojects for scorn to point the whole ten .
her "slow, UnmOving fingers -
nd the like number Of slow, unmov- o
lg' toes at, and to aim her slow, unmov- n
e tail at, If she has one. And these n
erjured villains, with the above con- ~
s-ions Of perjury, dUplicity, falsehood, h
eceit and hypocrisy before the public,
I'VE the shamelessness and the brazen
frontery TO walk with uncovered face W
and fro among decent people. They 81
EN- to appreciate their self-exhibition
little a. Adam and Eve did theirs, M
lille they were guiltless OF the apple. Id
they knew their present standing a.
nong honorable men, they would be Ell
D great towards 10 live. None of the III
cret societies which this conclave of oe
ave and reverend monsters would ex- as
-minate need any defense; but we can ca
X no longer about our advanced civil M
,tion. when we wines tl,o ro,,,r, =, Iif
at spirit Of persecution aud supersti- OF
n which disgTaced the dark ages. We rs
esume the next move will be on the en-
1T Of another gang of perjured indi- ne
tusls to revive the blue laws, which sh
lde it a crime for a man to kiss gu
: wife or to talk love TO his sweet In
art on Sunday. Secret societies ga
the middle ages in al European gr
untries had their trials. They were Va
'tched, and their meetings broken up, WI
d they were prosecuted in various WI
AVS. But in spite OF all this oppOsi- gu
N, they maintained their organizes TIC
'n, and disseminated their sublime rel
ineiples through allegorical symbols, Ca
ID were rewarded by the addition to
elr numbers Of the Hisest and best