A Solemn Warning Against Free-masonry: Addressed to the Young Men of the United States : with an Appendix Containing the Correspondence Between Eliphalet Murdock, of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. and the Author, Relating to the Supposed Murder of Mr. Murdock's Father, Through Masonic Vengeance, at Rensselaerville, in the County of Albany, in October, 1803--and Several Other Interesting Matters |
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... and on this occasion , I have thought due to every principle of patri- otism and justice --- I subscribe myself , Gentlemen , Your friend and fellow - citizen , THE AUTHOR . ADVERTISEMENT . The " Solemn Warning " pourtrays to the V.
... and on this occasion , I have thought due to every principle of patri- otism and justice --- I subscribe myself , Gentlemen , Your friend and fellow - citizen , THE AUTHOR . ADVERTISEMENT . The " Solemn Warning " pourtrays to the V.
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... citizen , his proscription of them and their works of darkness , was called for by every principle of honour , humanity , liberty , and law . He will , therefore , continue to proscribe them , in his editorial department , so long as it ...
... citizen , his proscription of them and their works of darkness , was called for by every principle of honour , humanity , liberty , and law . He will , therefore , continue to proscribe them , in his editorial department , so long as it ...
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... citizen , a citizen of his liberty , a wife of her husband , and a family of helpless children of the endearments and protecting care of a pa- rent : " Those , I say , who on this account have pursued me with their slander and malignity ...
... citizen , a citizen of his liberty , a wife of her husband , and a family of helpless children of the endearments and protecting care of a pa- rent : " Those , I say , who on this account have pursued me with their slander and malignity ...
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... should esteem the man , who could see all this without being highly excited , as a wretch , wholly unprincipled , and totally unworthy the name of an American citizen . But to return to the Lewiston Convention . This patriotic 15 :
... should esteem the man , who could see all this without being highly excited , as a wretch , wholly unprincipled , and totally unworthy the name of an American citizen . But to return to the Lewiston Convention . This patriotic 15 :
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... citizens of the Western District , of all parties ; and , so far from there being any ground to charge them with electioneering or selfish views , only one of them has come forward since as a candidate for office , and he has been ...
... citizens of the Western District , of all parties ; and , so far from there being any ground to charge them with electioneering or selfish views , only one of them has come forward since as a candidate for office , and he has been ...
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Page 113 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 58 - Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Page 38 - Jehosaphat, there to become a prey to the wild beasts of the field and vultures of the air, ere I had conspired to take the life of so good a man as our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff.
Page 38 - But when I came to the closing part: -"To all of which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatever, binding myself under no less penalty than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water mark. where the tide ebbs and flows tivice in twenty-four hours; so help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same"...
Page 90 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Page 114 - On the nth of September, William Morgan, a native of Virginia, who had for about three years past resided in this village, was, under pretext of a justice's warrant, hurried from his home and family and carried to Canandaigua. The same night he was examined on a charge of petit larceny and discharged by the justice. One of the persons who took him away immediately obtained a warrant against him in a civil suit for an alleged debt of two dollars, on which he was committed to the jail of Ontario County....
Page 38 - ... or trace of remembrance remain among men or Masons of so vile and perjured a wretch as I should be, were I ever to prove...