The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-20
The NYTES OF YAScNay.
MEMBER OF TIE ORDER WHO BREAKS
ITS EnBLRnATIc TOOLS.
From the New Ysrk Herald,

From the New York Herald.
Colonel Thomas Piotoa was appointed In
1858 secretary General Of the Celestial EN-
pire of the Masonic Order Of Memphis for
America. He said thss the day for secrecy
in Masonry in America was passed. In
land in which thsrs was ~ established re-
ligisn secresy was necessary, bat in Ane.i-
On it 10 adstriuent to the order. "Indesd,
fancy that Masonry does not exist in
Amsrios-that is to say, % it should .x-
ist-for hero IL Is benevolent society in
stead Of . philosspbio institutioa. Instead
Of stimulating inquiry, Americans who
style themselves Hassas throw veil over
the truth. They besis. witA ayshs and
legends and add to them With every sue-
oessivs degree, and the higher they 70 the
moro lies they tell." The Colonel threw in
the parsuthsHs that probably thsre ore rot
in the United States six Nasous Who ere
really educated in tho history Of their Or
der. Then hs sAdel: "1hs origin Of
modern Masonry can bs attributed to Lord
Bacon. In the now Atlantis thsre 10 de-
scriItion Of Solomon and his house, s.d it
is said there that the King set apart differ
ent days for prosecuting the arts and sci
encss. The new Atlantis was excessively
popular among tho learned men Of Bacon's
day, and they tried to establish . society,
taking Solomon ~ An exponent Of wisdom.
It was encouraged by the Court Of James
I. and his successor Charles l., until the
revelation broke out. Then the royalists,
after the death Of Charles l., reorganlzed
their society for religious and political
motivos-the religion for the re-establish-
ment OF the Church, the politics for tho
restoration Of the monarchy. Next they
invented what is called the legend Of tho
third degree. Hiram Abif was the nur-
dered monarch. Hiram, the King Of Tyre,
was the King Of France. Solomon was the
Church. Hiram's three assassins were
tho three kingdoms, England, Scotland
and Ireland. The Masons of that day, who
were the conspiratois-the Jscobites-wsrs
necessarily . secret society. They called
themselves, as the Masons of the European
Continent do to the present day, the Sons
Of the Widow, inasruch as tho King had
been beheaded and his son had not been
recognized. After the rest grafton the lead
ing men of the movement formed tho Roy
VI Society, which exists to the present day,
and they openly continued tho work Of the
house Of Solomon. The Jacobites in
France continued their benevolent orgaui-
zatiou. In England, Immediately afser the
res' oraLiop, a number Of taoss wno had
been previously affiliated conjoined With a
guild Of so-called operative Masons, . body
Of freeuen Of London, nesting in Mason's
Lane. Then they became Free and AZ
cepted Masons. In 1717 there zppeared to
be four lodges in London. They met in
the Appletree Tavern, placed tho oldest
Mason in the chair and proceeded to Oh
ganize Grand Lodge, eleceing Sir Chris o.
pher Wren Grand Master. From that body
originate all the Masonic Lodges in this
"Of late years on the e.,..,n.,. Of r.
rope, and in France particularly, earnest
endeavors have been made to divesS Ma
sonry Of all its fabulous legends and histo-
rical errors" In conclusion Colonel Pic
ton said that the square and compass were
rejected by all intelligent Masons long ago,
the All-Seeing Eye within the triangle be-
ing the recognized emblem, and that,
whatever the symbols may prove to be that
are on the stones that upheld the obelisk
in Alexandria, they will not prove that Ma
sonry as we know it existsd among the an
cient Egyptians.