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NTJILMASONIC. ~ 0 __ , From the Elucidator? Governor Trnroor acarm.-Our acting Governor, by his proxy, the Ar- gus, is continually endeavoring to evade the force of the charge of the late special counsel. He cannot deny the charge it- self, because he distinctly admitted it, when-he first came before 'the public. He said plainly that he did divulge the confidential communication of Mr. Spen- cer, which related to. the purposes (g justice, to a few © discreet friends,\ whoge names he has not seen fit to give. us, AC whose feelings towards the in- _ _ .stitution and its implicated votaries are| Matthews and Griffin, that I had in- left to our conjecture. In striving to give an odious coloring to Mr. Spencer's proposition, contained in the said con- fidential correspondence, h& trays him- self, point blank, against the example of De Witt.Clinton. If Mr. Spencer's request was that the Governor should suborn to perjury, then Governor Clin- IP eoimmunieations addréssod-to-the ed- ecuted. \___ a gee a»; according to © ancient usage.\ _ The ived from one of out . clients, the abduction of Mogan. Our client informed us that r optaimep rom Jorn Ser- cma -We further state,that ' we'have never. obtained any.. informa~ tion in relation to Mr. Spencer's appli- cation to his Excellency for the sum of two thousand dollars; or any other sum, or in relation to any correspondence on that subject, from any other person.- Not having-had an opportunity of con- sulting - our client since the receipt of your letter, we do not feel at liberty to give his name. If necessary, we pre- sume he will not object to its being made public. 6 'We are, very respectfully, - Yom ob't serv'ts, V. Marrasws, ~E. Grirrin. Funes 10, 1830, Sir-To the above letter of Gen, Mat- thews and Mr. Griffin, I would add, in reply to yours of the Sist of May, that ray employmiont in behalf of the per- sons charged with a participation in the Morgan abduction, has been rather in the capacity of advocate than aS-advis- ing counsel. I was, however, retained two or three years ago, by one of these persons, ag advising and consulting counsel for him'; and it was from this person, whom I understand to be the individual alluded to by Meéssrs. formation Sometime last sumnier, of the? application made by' Mr. Spencer to Governor Throop for money, for the «purposes. mentioned in thehcletters I understood at the time, that this fact had been.disclosed to my client by Mr. Spencer himself, 'This person is the only source of my information on. the gay, that the information abovp stated, | who-was-indicted [qr--a;participationfinififfié‘swofi'inducing'\Elfifififida‘mé’to The elient makes ian - duct imputed to me, with their estimate u ms sum of $2000, to be used by me for the testify;\ Ac. application for so much money ; when 16 was-an application to renew the of- fer of a reward to.be paid on the conviction of the offenders. This-palpable difference the client was very: treacherous, or-that what information he had on the subject, must have come through several hands before it reached him;; by which as is usual in such cases, the original story. assumed quite a new shape. To those who know me, and to that intelligent community who bave so of- ten honored me with proofs of their con- fidence, it ~must be difficult, I should suppose, to reconcile the absurd con- ‘ \ == = - had \ applied to Gov.AThroop for the seems to indicate that the memory of! est rights are endangered. 'the United States convehifion to be held ber next. zens, be any longer manacled by the fears and threats of masonic influence, either by themselves or their more clam- arous coadjutors ; let us remember that # little Delaware\ has always been an important article in the councils of the nation : let her then shake herself from the improper influence of that institu- tion, and go up represented. [There- fore, ' __/ of my mental powers. To suppose that a prosecuting officer without any as- signable motive, would communicaté to an indicted defendant, the means inten- ded to be used to produce his conviction, is to attribute to such an officer not or- would commit. _ And to add to that sup- position, that in communicating the means thus to be employed, he should misstate and pervert them in such a manner as to make them utterly dis- graceful to himself, is to: imagitle a course of conduct exceeding the fatuity of any human being into whose mind a solitary ray of reason had ever peuetra- ted,. I should feel humbled by the consciqusness of its being necessary to deny such monstrous absurdities to those who know me. \But for the satisfaction of all who may take any interest in the matter,. and to dissipate one of the ma- chinations which have been in train for ly an-utter disregard of his own cath of office, 'but an act of-Stupendous folly, . which none-but a madman or an idiot|-~2, Resolved, As Free Masonry has is much religious &political commotion in the present day ;' we believe 'an oppo- sition to Masonry laudable and righteous; for its obligations, its penalties, and its pernicious influence has been revealed to‘a\n alariming extent ; .two or three witnesses shall establish every fact, and we have two or three thousand. been as a political engine to ele- vate its votgries to high places among the people, that we will use the ballot box to prostratevits power. 2. Resolved, That we will persevere undauntedly. and undeviatingly, until the institotion is nullified, which we conceive to be replete with the greatest absurdities & grossest enormities, \mur- der and treason not excepted.\ De- no man, censuring no mason ; yet systematized Free.Masonry. we will oppose. 260 , 4. Resolved, That all honest repub; [Ticans must desire the religious and mor- al improvement of all their neighbors, We deeply regret the necessity Of calling your at- tention, to the subject at this time ; yet -we haye long «lain dormant, beholding the, noble warfare in: many of our sister states, which -have held state .conven- tions, and aripointed, delegates to attend in Philadelphia, onthe 11th of Septem- And shall we, fellow citi- 1. Resolved,Th§trfiotwithétanding there | -| be regarded in selecting meh to admin- {following editorial arfiole is taken from the'last Mirror. ell\ M \ ‘ a. rs bers of the anti-masonic faction 'in this State, to have a grand celébration on the Sth of July next. . To this we haye ___ ._ . POLITICAL ANTEMASONRY. | corrupt and dangerous combination, they decline. to unite in a peaceful and law- ful effort-to suppress it. . Masonry is not political, they say, and why should we | make it a political test 4 ° If moral rec- titude be not requisite in a candidate for office, and it is of no consequence wheth- er his mind be sunk in ignorance, or spell-bound by prejudice, whether he possess unbiassed judgment, to discrimi- nate between rightand wrong, and suf- ficient strength of mind to pursue the former, 'when powerful passions or strong: temptations-assail; and urge him to follow the latter-and, if it be of no account whether he is a 'plain-unsophis- ticated citizen, or the sworn thrall of a secret despotism, the subject of a gov- ernment foreign to that under which we live, whose laws aré held of no-binding efficacy when in competition with the allegiance they have sworn to this for- eign power, and who hold all other members of the community as of inferi- 'or grade to a \free and accepted ma- son,\ and only fit to be door-keepers .ers of wood and drawers of water\ to ous nobility, of false freemasonry-if none of these considerations deserve to ister this government, then perhapgfng- sonry should not be made a political question. - But, is it more worthy: of making personal preference for men-a political question 1 is it more legitimate ly a political question, whether one pre- fers Jackson to Clay, or Clay to Jack- son 1 is the elevation of the one the | - -There are not a few ly and strongly against masonry ag. a moral evil, hut cannot, 'or. will not see the propriety of meeting it at the polls: at, the same time that they: declared it a and waiters in the civil fabric, and \hew-~| .the potentates and grandees, the spuri-|- of this party to re-enaif fooleries of the last winter, let them do - so. - If they are not already sunil low .enougll in. the slotigh of xofap-neg~ we have no objection to their plunging in again. - It is not prob able that their. braying will disturb the: community. | 'The good citizens can naw see the ears of the beast, andthey - will avoid his heels; - Though vicious,. - he is harmless., His power is gonei-> His riders may afford sport for the boyfi; and serves objects of ridicule, for those: who may think them of sufficient con- soqience \to inerit 'such distinguished honor. - Reflecting men will pity them. -Discarded by all parties they can asso- ciate with nome. . None will mingle with They may rally the rea- NANT ofitheir forces, andflike ovrzaw-\ i of their own rwramy. If the poor dupes can enjoy themselves in this way, we - would not deprive them of the right to do so if we could, Itis said there is honor among rocurs. - If this be true, it is not probable that they will waste much tithe in the discussion of each oth- ers characters or motives. | 'They will take care that the braying of the Ass they may select to preside over them, does not disturb the public peace. They will probably, on this occasion, prick - up-their-ears-somewhat trigher than il sual ; but if they keep _ them cloan'fiy the croppies, presume they will have a due proportion of this class a- mong them, nothing is to be aprehend- ed on this score. Ifany go astray they may be known\by their brand, and can he expounded or returned-to their right- ful owperd... Whether any have been broken to the rar®ER, isnot correctly known. | It-48-béligved, however that such medns of restraint or conveyance, them, even in a public celebration. --\ Ep _cUnrarrs, riot over the reflections.--.- - the head, passers-hy:smdy not receive -\... essential inconvenience therefrom. From | ___-' tOm B prunidmuuuu was L6 Samé ‘fllng. The former only asked for the- same in- ducements that the latter offered. If they are so adverse, why were they not discountenanced when they first appear-} ed 1 _ It will require more sophistry than Croswell can use, to get over this plain statement of the case. , Croswell has just pretended to discov- er. that Mr. Spencer himself disclosed the amount of this letter to the Gover- nor. And disclosed it to one of the in- dividuals indicted too ! Can it be pos- sible that he has forgotten how recently ho acknowledged that the Governor was the man who promulgated it 1 He is certainly imposing upon the plain hon- est common sense of community, to suppose that by this new track he can, subject of the application alluded to ! Very respectfully, , Your ob't merv't, ‘E. Croswell, Esq. D. D. Barxanrp. Messenger Office, Cannndaigun,} Saturday Evening, June 19. To the Editors of the Ontario Messenger : I avail myself of the first moments of leisure afforded on my return from the Wayne circuit, where professional bu- siness has detained me the present week, to notice a correspondence which ap- pears in the Albany Argus of the 14th instant. 'The correspondence alluded to, is the following. First, there is a let- ter from E. Croswell to Messrs. Vincent Matthews, D. D. Barnard, and E. Grif- the-worst-of-purposes; -+-sotemnty-de= clare under a deep sense of my respon- sibility to the Great Searcher of hearts, that I have never communicated to any person indicted for a participation in the abduction of Morgan, or to any one im- plicated or even suspected to be impli- cated, in that abduction, any informa- tion of any correspondence whatever with Gov. Throop relative to Elisha 'Adams : and that I hive ever had aby | conversation, correspondence or commu- nication, with any person indicted for, or implicated in, the abduction of Mor- gan, or suspected to be implicated in it, upon the subject of inducing Adams to testify, or of any offer to him for that purpose, or in any way directly or in- directly relating to, or connected with {uot of a select few only,) and that therefore masonic advantages are, from their exclusixe nature, anti-republican ; their awful oaths and enormous penal- ties are contrary to law, a preceding knowledge of which must disgust any moral man. 5. Resolved, That the boasted tenden- cy of Free Masonry to proniote religion and morality, having, we are constrain- ed to believe, resulted in murder and treason, and other breeches of law, we must look in vain to that institution for a systematic devotion to the comfnon good ; especially when we see it made a covert for vice, thereby giving en- couragement to the commission of crimes. 6. Resolved, That while we recog- nize among our best citizens, some who surety of our constitution and laws, or the triumph of the other to be the sig- nal of the downfall of this republic 1 It is idle, all. Eivena limb may be taken from a healthy body, without endanger- ing life ; so the favorite policy of either of the parties of which they are the rep- resentatives, and who use their nanies as a war-cry in every encounter, may be dispensed with or modified without danger to the republic. It is from other sources that danger is to be apprehend- ed. It is from vesting power'in the hands of men of corrupt principles ; from disregardiug the official incapacity of partisans ; of wading © through thick and tqin” to follow astute, selfish lead- ers. 'In this way the political edifice will be gradually undermined, decay im-case of escape, will be perfectly a- greeable, agthey have long been in train- ing. | It is & matter of congratulation, among the friends of good order, that these ors-o4§zs of all political parties are not permitted to POLLUTE the Nation's birth day by their riotous and disgraceful assemblies, £0 «George Washington, and many oth- er great men were masons,\ say the craft, ' therefore masonry must be a good thing ; for they would not have belonged to a bad society .\! - George Washington and many other great men were slave holders, therefore, with the same proprigfihm outhern nabob argue the justice and propriety of hold- ing his fellow beings in bondage. _ ~ sweep away all recollection of the pre- vious ground he took. This is silly erough, but the evidence upon whith he founds this new pretended discovery is incomparably more so. We shall, - however, give it to our readers, that they. may see some of the movings by ~~ -__- whichattempig aro made to cover plain truth. It consists in the following cor- respondence, which we take from the Argus. , May 31, 1830. Gentlemen-Mr. John C. Spencer, in his letter addressed to Governor Throop, resigning the office of special counsel, | and in his reply' to our remarks upon that letter, having made certsin allu- sions to the mannor in which his offi- cial communications were said to. have been divulged, allow me to ask your at- __ tention to the following queries : fim; requesting to know -from w hom and through what channel, they derived in- formation of the correspondence between myself and Governor Throop, relative to the propositions to be made to Eli- shia Adams to discover the facts within his knowledge, conccerning the death that subject, Ihave endeavored to make this declaration as broad as my know- ledge of language will permit, in order to moet the statements of the indicted client; and in it there is no mental res orvation of qualification whateyer, The wholo statement is pronounced: to be are of the Masonic Fraternity, we by no means concede that good citizenship is derivable from good membership with that association. 7. Resolved, That the title, \ free mason,\ is a perversion of terms, seeing that even the galling chains of the he- and desolation succeed, and this last hope of the patriot, the only refugo of oppressed humanity, will add another to the list of nations, great, flourishing, yet unworthy to be free, who have sunk ignobly into the iron arms of despotism. To return, it was a want of the es- « Gen. Jackson and Henry Clay, aro masons therefore masonry cannot be a bad society.\ - Gen. Jackson and Hen- ry Clay are practical duelists, therefore it cannot be wrong to fight duels, How will this method of reasoning do brother Boaz 1-Cadiz (Q.) Tel,. — - ;aro-the answers from the gentlemen addressed, in which, they say that \in the months of July or August last, we were inform- ed that John C. Spencer, Esq. had ap- plied to his Excellency, Gov. Throop, whos betome witness -in behalf: of the state, on the trial of indictments then pending against a large number of individuals, for the abduction of William Morgan.\ [ They also'say, \ t the information above stated, was derived «cerned. utterly and absofutely without a shad- ow of foundation, so far as I am con- JOHN C. SPENCER, Canandaigua, June 19, 1830. ANTI-MASONRY DELAWARE. At a large and respectable nicoting of the citizens ofChristiana and MillCreok, hundreds opposed to all secret associa- tions, convened by public notice, at the house of William Bracken, on the 6th day. of May, 1830, -'Thomas Baldwin in | for the pumps bop ional uo ie ooo a iet rom the (Wiimingtony Detaoware Fren Prow: -#- Resotved; That bete { mason\ so called ; the man who carries {his hammer and trowol to build our Qhouses and barns, is yot better entitled _| do, that there are many gro slave are not so binding as the vaths and other obligations of the \'free to the name. Fraternity, dissatisfied with its practices and who.are waiting a fit opportunity to manifest their dissatisfaction, we would hail as brethren those who, from pure motives, should secede therefrom: 9. Resolved, That we view the late oving, as we [ sceptre of her auth of Masonic masonic hands, were used, sential qualifications necessary for ghose who are 'the dispensers of justice, and the conservators of the public peace, that first induced anti-masons to fly to the ballot boxes for redress, for protec- tion-to rescue the scales of justice, and ity; whichy ing o one to deal out partial favors, and the other to protect outrage and violence, even to shedding of innocent blood. - When it was found that for Freema- sonry 's sake, a sheriff would refuse to ex- ecute his trust, but, on the contrary,. use From the Boston Free Press. - , The world in arms cant stop it.-Col. Jenkins-is as valorous as a Brother Brai- nard. - He says, - © If our institution is ever to be abol- ished, it must be done ourselves ; to- do-it; and- car ' tainly hone else are compotent to decide whether it should be abolished or not. Therefore, I would advise these volun- teors in the erdsade against us, to GIVE UP this work of supererogation, and leave Masons to manuge their own 1. Were you the counsel for the per- sons implicatod in the Morgan affair, ated for a participation in the. abduction the period alluded to in the letter of the special counsel 1 . 2. Did the subject of the correspon- dence (the proposition to induce Adams to testify) become known to you ;and when 1 3. From whout, and through what channel, did that information become sa| Perficial observer, who has paid the | '! kitown to you 1 If the above inquiries involve nothing of a confidential nature, and can be an- &woered by you with propriety, your re- plies to them, respectively, will confer an obligation upon, Gentlemen, with great respect, Your ob\E serv't, E. CnoswsiL. To V, Matthews, D. D-:Bamard, and E. Esqrs. Ju®® 9, 1830. - Mr. H. Croswell : Sir-Yours.of the Sistult has been received, and in reply Trogatory, we sa for nearly three yeats the active and advising counsel for the per- pB ted in the abduction of Wm, that] instructions of your Excellency to that trom one of our clients, who was indict of Morgan. Our client informs us, that he obtained that information from John C. Spencer himself.\ They then add that they have obtained information on the subject from no other person but, their client. ~ It will at once occur to the most su- least attention to the publications on this subject, that no such proposition was ever made by me to Gov. Throop, as the indicted-client of the counsel sta- ted to them haohad learned me.=- The suggestion to Gov, Throop con- tained in my letter 'of March 29, 1829, was this : ** I-propose therefore, to ap- prise him (Adams) that ®nolle prosequi will be entered on his indictment, that he will recive a pardon and the remard offered in the proclamation of Gov. Clin- ton, of March 19, 1829. - But I should not feel authorized to do so, without the effect ; and 1 presume it will be indis- pensable that I should be able to pro- duce written evidence of yogrdLre-zfiugs; I therefore respecifully solicit your in- structions or this head.\ - The reward offered'in the proclamation of Governor |- Clintons was -*~and if -murdered; two the chair, and Jacob Pusoy, secretary. On motion, John Walker, Nesbitt attempts to corrupt the purity of prin- ciple and the freedom of opinion of a Bradley, William Philps, James Giffen, Ezekiel Reed, Jacob Heald, Philip} Chandler, und Thomas Little, were ap- | pointed a committee to draft an address | and resolutions foy the consideration or; the meeting, whose report, as follows,‘r was adopted. \Fellow Citizens-We feel impelled by the vanous duties devolving upon | us as members of civil society, to call your attention to a subject in which you are deeply interested, but with which you are probably not all acquainted.- The preservation and security of our country's prosperity. and happiness, ' ought at least to be the second concern of every member of the Union ; and a free and candid investigation should be maintained in every instance where dan- gérvis to be apprehended. The recent disclosure of well authenticated facts convince us that the Masonic Institution is founded-apon-principles inimical to Sur Fepublican government. However taudable the motives of its founders may have been,. the corruption and subver-| sion 6f original intentions, have been carried tGan t that now demands the intorferenca of the strong arn cH zens opposed secret assocations: and proposed candidate for the office of Gov- ernor of a neighboring state, as showing, so far, the vast influence of Masonry in the political affairs of our country. 10. Resolved, that we earnestly re- quest the attention of the citizens of the I state of Delaware in general, and of; county in particular, to a more} strict examination of this subject, being persuaded that information only is want- ing on the part of the people generally, to condemn the institution, as at present conducted, by all who wish the pros- perity of our common country. 11. Resolved, That we reccommend to our fellew citizen to attend a county meeting on this subject, fo be held at the house of William Simpson, in the village of Christiana: Bridge; the 4th day of June next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. preparatory to a state convention pre- vious to the 11th September. .._ 12. Resofred, John Walker, Jacob Pusey, John C. Philips, James Giffen, Jacob Heald, Robert Gedd Lamborn, John Armstrong, Ezekiel Reed, and Philip Chandler be a commit- tee to correspond with cur fellow citi- ams to becomea witnessin behalf of the state om the tral of the indictments thies pending against a number of individe- to your third interrogatory, Fattorney generalor officer prosecuting onthe part of the e; thatthe persons claiming the last enficned reward, are jostly entitled the same ander tA protlamation.\ aqui is Sufficient for us to:know what it is at prefent ; and we do.know, that usder the sanction of masoni# obligations, acts of catrage and 'wickedtese bave. been | ent gave Is comet, is that led in different sections of this county. Resolved That these proceedings be published in the newspapers of this county. Signed by the chairman and secretary . \THowas Bazowrs, Ch'n. Hignant, and revengeful, spite 'of their his power to oppress the weak and un- protected-when it was found that grand juries, having a majority of the frater- nity, would not indict the participators in a horrid conspiracy,-when it was found that a judge refused to try his im- phicated brethren, -it was deemed high time to wrest power from such hands, and place it with those were not bound sonry, with those who regarded civil oaths and the common duties of citizen- in Their own way.\\ Cutting Morgan's throat, was \man- aging their own affairs in their own way.\ - He had forfrited his life to ma- sonic law although he had not broken the laws of the land. - Masons therefore [deemed they. had right \manage. their own affairs-in their own way,\ aud inflict the penalties of his masonic cath... The Grand Master of Mas- _ . sachusetts Grand Lodge says, the peo- ple are not competent to judge these things, and are \ wot amti®\ to de- ship as paramount to any secret and unboly compact, or fraternal eqncord oft a brotherhood, selfish, mercepary, ma- vaunted charity and benevolence. It, was such considerations that induced; antimasons first to reject masons from their confidence as public functionaries -they have already experienced the: benefits of this course, and they should; go on until the land is purged from a . sLconspiracy against the common rights That Thomas Baldwin, [of Citizenship, dangerous to our freedors, and destructive of every thing like e- quality among the free citizens of this , Thomas Little, Abuilla free republic--Aorthen HWFetchman, INDEPENDENCE of July will take place Hoston, Wor- cester, Stoughton,. Scituate, Reading, Weymouth, and several other places in that the peace mmarmdw- ~ Facey Pesey, Secy. andl advises canit amet.. fend their rights. We can assure Col. Jenkins and his legal advisers, that the People of this Republican land ere \ comrETE®t\ to judge of any usur- pation of their rights and privileges and are ABLE to defend them. - A cit- izen in this free country has the right of publishing any book, and the privi- lege of revealing any secret he being { responsible for his acts to the laws of { the land. No despotic society, no com- , bination of men, no tribunal can secret- ily doom his death, tear him from his {family and take his life under the man- stious plea, \\ of mapaging their own affairs in their own way.\ 'The peo- ple who are the sources of all power, have never delegated this authority to | Welearn, says theistmfigé‘PrQWM‘ T celebrations foorth- - Ff: yet sufigent to this {with impunity. | 'The péople \ ARE - ABLE\ and \* competent\ to yecres , Their grievances,. and they fierer. « GIVE UP the work\ as Col. Ja a order affaire __ ___