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"iffiest front rmgland.—The
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the following:
The London Morning Chronicle of Ist
Julie contains a long letter from its Corres
pondent, O. P. Q. dated, Paris, 29th Max;
in which hegives not Only his own views,
butirepeats conversations, said to have ta
ken place on the Bourse between himself and
several well informed men on all sides ofthe
question which is now the enurossing
peace or war. It seems that 0. P.Q. hini
selfleans to the side of War in Europe.=
That Perrier's determination to preserve .
peace is not so popular as it for though
France wishes peace, vet .as peace cannot
be preserved without "humiliation," French
men desire .War: and therefore Perrier's
popularity is on the wane. France seems
to.be dissatisfied with the course pursued by
. the Government in relation to Poland, Bel
gium and Italy. ' Frenchaten wish to assist
Poland; they wish, inronjunction with Eng.
land, to obtain peace -and independence for
Poland without going to war;
,bait if Nicho
-las-refuses-mediation,-then le t- war-come,
On the Belgium question, the opinion was
that Louis Philippe had evinced much cow
ardice and apprehension of offending; and
In that of Italy, Frenchmen feel that the
'ltalians have been most cruelly treated by
- - the - French Government. The Royalists
are not numerous: and it seems; fon 0. P.
Q.'s conversations reported in his letter,
there is little or no chance that the young
I , -of Bordeaux will ever reign in Fmnce
if he die without issue, the Orleans family
are the kgstimate heirs to the Crown. The
news from Belgium that Leopard would be
.elected to The throne had caused an advance .
- -- -- hrtherfandsr - bectitts . ei - 11 - 4111 1 1 - ; the-question
in relation ,to that country and Holland will
in all likelihood be definitely settled.
•
:s i er—Riported-
POLISH P ICTOIIY!
BALTIMORE, July 20.
The Nerus, arrived at Boston, has brought
the gun of the evening of June 3d.
The coil article frOm this paper furnished
by our Bogen n Correspondent, is the follow
ing; which affords us some ground to hope
that the gallant Poles have been winning an
other -harvest of laurels in their unequal
struggle with the Russians:
From the London-Sun-of June 3.
We have yet nothing absolutely to au
thenticate the rumor mentioned yesterday,
of another signal victory of the Poles over
- doubti however-,—exists
of great and important advantages having
been obtained by the former; and we have
just been informed from a most respectable
source, that the Polish Legation is in pos
session of the particulars of this fresh victo
ry. Our informant, however, states that
the obstinate and sanguinary conflict, which
- (Path and 20th May) took
place with the Russian imperial guard com
manded by Gen. Pahien, which were almost
annihilated.
Since the fore
come to hitid. Its foreign intelligence is of
the - highest importance, as. will be seen by
e ()Wing extracts'. - if - thess-Zelails are
true, to the extent reported,' the Russian
_commander must have been in a very disa
eable predicament,g.ttt the date of these
--- --- ---- -•----
Contmed success of the Poles.
The 'London Star of the evening of the
3d 'June, says, "The brave Polish Comman
der has coMpletely dutmanceuvirl the itus
sYm?.. While a Polish corps was amusing
them at Minsk, Skyneeki united all the corps
orals left„ crossed the Bug, and taking Os
trolenka by assault, has proceeded to Lomza,
defeated the Russian iluards at 'fychosin,
And in feet occupied the whole country be
tween the Bug end Naroiv.
' Accounts from Warsaw, of the 26th, left
Diebitsch at G2colow, apparently in 'route
. for OstrolenksPbr for Bielsk or Bialistock,
with no resource but to throw himselfon the
pmteetion of Prussiat as Dwernicki threw
himself on the protection of the Austrians.
lie has, however, to cross the Bug and N l 's;
row, with Polish corps on every side of him.
-, By this masterly movement, the Polish
aerosol has placed himself in contact with
,the Semogitians, Lithuanians, and other re:.
vetted districts, by whose population -his ar-
my will be indefinitely augmented, So as to
leave to. Diebitech no prespeceof escape, but
within the Prussian_ frontiers.- The foreign
Lis assert, he will endeavor to reach
e; in Prussic; but we expect he will
seek to cross the Awsoka.ond,Ar.,til himself
_ ethic shelter ()fits vast forestikz •
, - The march of $ znecki ibwithout liar
. tillel in mederii w Are: From Warsaw to
ieOstrokaike, was a inarchof-full e . aty
iN the See to' )inother 30; an to
. eheitt - 0 20 innie:—' a() t ras being in, the
- of Russian 'd army. the P les
ssm also to hive gained advantages in a re
p 0 *the, Lesions, at Minsk; and thie,
: 4
-•,othirtelwtetitien.elf.SkrYnecki, no doubt`,
' 1614.1:tri to retreat to Focolow, near
'•'- liii* ".
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-MASONIC 'ST _L -AND REPUBLICAN BANNER.
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been. recruited by volunteers from Prussia S till Later from Poland,
and Austrian Poland; and the whOle cam• . BOSTON, July 20. •
paiL7tresembles a war of chivalry, in which The Free R 111.19 says--O - By the arrival'
the enlightened - enterprize -pf-Europe-is Ai- at this port
yesterda . v of the brig Czarina
meted individually;against - the --- furthi 4- -
trom Cfonstadt, Awe team that verrlittle - wrm
eroachments of the barbarous e
Muscovits,
published at St. Petersburg relative to the
Tarters and Siberians. Polish War; but it was generally r acknowl-
We pave just learnt, (says The London edged the Russians had lost 80,000 men
Globe, under date June 2, three o'clock, P-isince the coml .- tie:la:molt of .the campaign
M,) that a report is general 'in the city of the ! and that the Emperor calculated to sustain
Russian defeat by the Pole and that thela loss of 200,000 in the final subjugation of
Imperial anards had been cut to pieces.. It ! p o i an d.
is sari-to-rest.- on letters from Berlin. It is -(r.,.Y-Af Elsiiieve it was .currently report
certainly-very-prevalent . eethat the Polesovided by:Lithuanian in-
The
--- -.--- -
The Morning Star of the 3d says, that the i surgents, had cut off the supplies for the
hh - rive tryyrt - prollablV alludes to the over- ultus!iinu_AnnY;' .and that Gen. Diebitsch
ftlirbw - Tif die Gail I il, at—
l'ye'hosiii.-who were-! would 43e_obliged tu_eriter the Prussian-dom--
taken by surprise. • inion; and that Wit= way in possession of
A private letter from Warsaw, dated I Sth, insurg"ffis•
sues: Since last Thursday the two armies
are in full movement. General Diebitsch
has made a manoatv re with the principal
part of his army, in the direction of the Bug
and Narow, with a manifest'intention to get
into the wawodie of flock, to gain the Prus
sian frontiers. • The motive of this change
of position is lot difficult to he understood,
as the Russian General finds it difficult to
receive his convoys from :Russian. Poland,'
and he now wants to gain the .P riissian fron
tiers, to be in communication with Thorne,
where he lips a considerable magazine of
fl.orisions and amunition waiting for his a.p.
awing
was in type, the Bos-
Mlle
proaeli. .
Gen. Skryznecki has also made a flank
movement, on Friday morning his head quar
ters were at Milosna, and in the afternoon
Jablonna, and- on Saturday at Sierwli, his
main army was_ in
-the direction of Pultusk;
three hundred Polish officers have received
orders-to -proceed to Lithuania,- _to organize_
the insurrection there. We have this mo
ment .a report, that in the environs of Ostro
lenko the Imperial Russian Guards have ex
petrienced anew check.- Gen. Uminski com
mands in that quarter.
The Messager de Pologne, &Warsaw pa
per, of the 21st May; announces that Gen.
Skryznecki had taken Ostrolenka on the
18th, where he obtained a large sum of mo
ney,.the.-haviage_of the enemy and 1700
prisoners. The object of Skryznecki in
advancing to Ostrolenka, is auposed to have
been to get between the Russians and their
supplies. •
LoNntifitjunel.—L , The - fiitioets -- Uk - astrof
the 23d of March, addressed by --the-Auto
crat of Russia to the insurgents in Lithuan
ia and Sarnogitia has been carried, wherev
er the Russian arms hay been toccesiful,
into - barbarous execution.Mi'eadthumbers
of prisoners have been shot in cold blood, or
I otherwise butchered by the Scythian "he
roes,-" who are never at a loss to make up
fbr their deficiencies as soldiers by their en-.
ergies as executioners.
What a contrast to the savage spirit in
which the Russian forces carryon hostilities
was 'the generous conduct of the Poles, even
in the moment of the first fervor and excite,-
-mental _th.eir_..revolution. The conflict of
Warsaw on the night of the 29th of last No.
vember--the consequence of 15 years of in
tolerable oppression—ended
. in giving a
_completeAriumpli of' the Poles; and, with a
forbearance and magnanimity to which none l
but a barbarian heart could, be insensible;
they allowed 7,000 Russians, with the broth
er of the Emperor, to return peaceably to
their native land. What was the return
made for this forbearance? Those very
troops came back soon afterwards to spread
slaughter and devestatidn through the land
w iem ey had - found that mercy-which
they did not merit. Great were the cruel
ties \vhich they committed in many places
—sparing neither age nor- sex, when they
--thoutrltt---theirmafe-h-to-Warsa.w.m.as_to have.]
been more of a triumphal procession t1:111
any thin° . else, -and their imaginations alrea
dy .revelred in spoils and pillage and desola
tion of the bnyning city, 4hat .was to have
been offered as one vaAlielocaust to appease
the indignation of the Calinud J ove, who
hrandishesh against freedop
from the secure summit of his Northern
Olr m pus.
But the prisoners whom they.have taken
they dared not put, to death as rebels,. be- -
cause the - Poles have in their'hands 16,000
prisoners, along with 300 'officers and 16
genoials, whom they have treated with at
' tention and respect .Which brave men pay to
'misfortune. But the question • arises, how
long can the Polish soldier restrain his just
indignation, when he learns the.savagc cru
elty
that has been practised on his Lithuan
ian brethren!
Another question .arises fioni this state of
things, and it is, Shall . the Polish Govern
. ent retaliate for the executions awl massa
cres which the Russians have perpetrated in
the Lithuanian and Samogitian territories?
`; MADRID, May"?l.—lt turns out that the ,
negotiations with the South American States ,
cannot be settled so eaSily as was at first ime-
I i
gined;. they have, .however, n o j iection to
paYashare of the _old debts; but re ' to lay
down a sum' of-moneytheir.ToT ;P.,er
griition,
on the ground that such an act would 'be ii."
kind 'of bartering for. theft. emancipation.. -
PORTUG*L.
1
No answer had yet been received- at PariS"
from London, but. Don" Miguel has taken it
into 1 - ki.s head that the English squadron,
Which remains at the mouth of the.Tagm, is
intefided to protect him against the. Fteti6jr: ,
The captain of a Portuguese schooner,
which arrived in Cork, mentioned havinj
, passed ;on the I.6th, two large French frigates,
and three-limier ones; clow \ to the ,harborof
Lisbon. These; with 'the 09 gun frigate al
ready-in the Tague r ferm the expefted squad. ,
ron seeking reparation, at the h ds -of the
pot; fir .the - tr, Hp gm against,
SPAIN.
From.Consimalinople.—lly the
arrival of the brig Ilenry from Coustatitino
ple, whence she sailed on the 15th of April,
the New York Commercial learns that the.
Grand Seiunor was very act iN e in fitting out
his fleet. News find just reached Constan
tinople that an insurrection had broke out
among the Tnrkisli troops, and the Grand
Se i ignor had despatelied troops to quell it.
Ile has thrown aside the Turkish costume
and re-placed his dress with a frotk coat and
red cap, and most oldie officers in the Tur
kish Navy had done the same. The uews
of the ratification of the treaty between the
United States and Turkey had-reaehed-Con
stantinople, where it had been anxiously ex
pocud, and gave great satisfaction to the
Turks.
ANTI-MASONIC.
The following is from a gentleman who
was elected, by the recent Clay Convention
held tit Albany N. Y. a delegate to the Uni
ted States Convention, to be holden at Bal
timore next December, for the purpose of
nominating Mr. Clay for the Presidency.
It will serve to show the state of feeling a
mong the high minded men of New York,
_who were formerly Clay men, but who have
left that partyso, soon as they saw it truck
ling with the Regency to save free-masonry-
Ogdensburgh, June 18th, 1831.
'o-the-Editor-of the- Albany Evenirig—Jourrial
I have seen by perusing the proceedings
of the-Convention of National. Republicans,
recently held in the city of Albany, that I
'was appointed a -Delegate-froth -this- Con--
gressional District to attend a National Con
vention in Baltimore, next December, for
thellithipose of - nominating Mr. Clay to the
next Presidency. The object of this letter
is to comthunicatethrough your Journal, to
the gentlerrien cortiposing - the late Conven
tion, and all other*interested, that I decline,
the appointment, and give this early notice
to enable them, at their pleasure, to supply
my place.
The occasion affords me an opportunity
to say that I always have, and do still, en
tertain the highest regard for Mr. C. as a
patriot and statesman. But a large portion
of his professed friends who, like himself,
are attached to a secret; dangerous - and
highly obnoxious institution, have, by ma
king political integrity a matter of seconda
ry consideration, suggested to FREE MEN,
the necessity and justiceof-edistinot
ization, founded upon the basis of pure Re
publicanism, and having for its object the
sustenance of the vital spirit of civil liberty.
-of-t-hie-efgattization,-Mr—Clay__cannot_ in_
any event, become the head, and of course
his interests cannot command my, humble.
services. • Without reflecting upon the mo
- Aims or 'conduct of gentlemen composing the
late Converftii - th, I would:Wale that I adher7
ed to the party which is now so urgent in
the support of Mr.'Clay, till the last annual
election in this - State, when the portion to
which I haire reference; shamelessly gave
their influence and suffrage to strengthen
his enemies, as well as - the principle's which
they had previniiilY'
ence, in political, as well as moral subjects,
is a grave monitor, and its lessons cannot in
iis instance, pass unheeded. -
Very respectfully, yours, &c.
J. C. BA RTER.
Democratic Antimasonic Cele
bration at Harrisburg.
Rkdait. : TOASTS: -
(:.gorge Washington.::—The first commander-in
chief of an army of American freemen—the first
President of 'this free republic. His fame was
great—his worth was grouter.
, The eatyge of Anti.masonry.—lt is the cause of'
the people, it will_ triumph. Crowns have fallen
before it—Mitres are at its feet; and at its nod re
gal banners, plumee and royal badges tiro inglori
ously imprisoned in musty aloscterrimd concealed
in unfrequented,garrets. • - . ...
The Humbug of Freemasonry.—lt , hus put the
State ofTennayh•ania under the direction of an
'oath-bound bend, but she i drily ho‘yed down *to
- rise the stiranger,-- . 1 , - • . .
The Ham dlichard Ruak r —Hia able and patriotic
exposition of the oviLeilee.s and tendency of Free
masonry .and its coadjutors, entitles him to the
zratitndo and reward i,f the American people,
r The Count ry.--The home of Anti m noon ry:—Too
many of the inhabitants of our cities and, towns
' are joined to their ickils---letthom alone.
Domestic. Manufaqtures and Internal Improve
mente.l-,-, T.ho truadolinaation ,ot'lasting Indepen
dence. , ,
, The Pram—A grand source of knowledge.—
May it continue. free, but not licentious:-.—not
io, eAcret iniuence nor enlisted by execu.
10 4
46 at - e..
*.votust:roß, TOARTS.
~ . .
• By Mr. Thontatt - ifider.—"S
.ecret Societiett---If
not abandoned, ther must be-übolished—ryirtue,
•Libeity and Indeptndenoe require IL." ''• '
By-Mr. John S ll.—Pol*al Antimatonry—
hi.
The, only check th hail ever afrectid the masonic
institution. . ', .. . .-
By lyo.-J. D. Elder,tho Fkrmers of Penney!.
vaniti w
ind guhe me o.wouldinicrifice•the proceeds
f it
of ! ,the r honesty . to line the tigeitetit of 11'
train " 10 oifr'sr . nos rerhitps - Ine.it wititho.iir
accounts drawn out and balanced ere long in the
poll-book. --
By Mr. AnAew Murry,Jn—The liberty or
Press—lts value is not known until ks libe7
usurped.' .
Ayres.—The Sovereign Pao]
The only legitinliStelowor to correct abuse!
republican government.
By a Gurst.—Gen. Jackson--His selectii.
the Wand Ilth Priest of Masonry, the brig/
mason, in the Union, as his cabinet Secretai
disrespktful totho sentiments of the Atitima
party and evinces an attachment tolM is,
which will not be sanctinoed l i v the intlepe,
voters of Pennsylvania.
By a Guest.--If conduct not half !to heinous a,4
the abduction 'find murder. of William Vlorgan,
will expel-a. uterulierfrvin the Arasonic Institution
and cause him to he so publislflnl, wny the, do not
fret-roosons do so_with these wile were concern
1 ' ; a+ atrocious act, It was inconZstaut_with
their masonic obli;ation . ?
TOASTS DR AN li AT YORK, PA.
By .Dr. William 111' Dwain—Our fellow towng
mail, the [lon. Richard Rush-- A firm and incur-
ruptible st;ttesmtin, an lioneqt and enlightened poi
Mean', a Roman in virtue and integrity; his coon
try 'dl not long overlook his merits.
By D. .111 Ritner, the next row
ernarofPennsylvania, an honest man, and the can
dilate of an honest party. 7
RI/ 1.1% Lanitis--The )11)6. Richard Rush, too
elevateil in. public ekroto to ti-el the shafts
of malice or to 'be soiled by filth ejected front the
BEE
By .1. Cramer, Rt. .--The next presidential elec.
tion : the voice of the people and daylight on one
side, combination and midnight on the other.
AT WORCESTER., (MASS.)
American Independence—While we reit vivo in
our Emancipation from the British Throne. may
every freeinan_refttse.to tolerate the baser degra.
dation of Lodge-room Royalty.
The memory of George Washington. •
The ()Ricers and Soldiers of the Revolution.
Our Curnif y—Porpetuity to the liberal insti::
tutions, Which have made it an asylum for the op.
pressed ()fall nations.
Public Officcrs—The freemen of the country
will not permit them to owe a slavish obedience to
Secret Societies.
The Press— , Subdued for a season by Masonic
Influence to disgraceful silence, may its awaken
ed energies destroy the despot that has dared to
touch the Palladium of Liberty. _
No closed doors, no secret societies, no kidn.ap.
pin g, in this land of equal rights„
• Richard Rush—Eliiquent, fearless, honest--the
people will do justice to the man, who has done
justice to their cause.
The Reverend Clergy—Much esteemed for their
work's sake,—may they hereafter remember, that
the "square and the trowel" are not weapons of.
Christian warfare, nor. "three burning taiiiro, the
tight of life."
The present age, whose, light has penetiated-all
the folds of Freemasonry, andwhose justice has
doomed the total extinction of the Institution. 4 • ,
The Masonialnetitution*—The mystic Dagon
'the age—may' it fall, never to rise again.
Antimasenry , —The cause of the whole people
' against the stratagems ofSecret Combinations.—
The voice of our fathers cries to us from the
ground - "my sons scorn to - be ,
By P. Merrick, Esq.—The Institution of Freetna
sonry—May its abolition by the povier ofthe people
be speedily anticipated by its extinction through
the good sense and magnanimity of its members.-
By Daniel Henshaw.—Richard Rush and the
kasonic Presses—Though there be "more than
forty lying in wait, who have bo9nd themselves
w i th an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink
till they have slain Paul"—Paul may have a g reat
er force to defend him.
,Antimasonry—May it spread like the Camo
mile and flourish like the Bay-tree, t ill it shall scut
down all Grand King% Most Worshipfhl High
Priests, and all Secret Societies, and give equal
rights to the whole world. #,
The American Fair—We recommends:l'llot
Mr their own safety)• they petition the Grand
Lodge for an' alteration in the Master Mason's
_ obligation, so far as to extend protection to the
wives and, daughters of anti masons.
fet:CzA, :
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—The Dan
ville Intelligencer, received yesterday, states
that on Tuesday the sth instant, Mi.. John
C. Thiel of that place, was robbed on his
way from Pottsville, by itakighwayman, who
was armed with a pistol. Tile robber is des
c-i'id-tis-wribout 5 feet - 8 or 10 ihk,l les high,
of mther a sandy complexion, with long cur
ly Lair, and gives the New England accent
to his conversationhe is about 30 or 35
Mr. Thiel will give $25 for liii - appi.elVetiSion.':
When Mr. T. was leaving Pottsville, he
met a rdlar, who inquired if lie was going
to travel 'overthe mouataiiii, and tinswerifg
in the affirmative, he was informed that the
pedlar had been robbed the day previous,
..ivtiletossingLocust Mountilin, and adijSo
to prepare hi inself for defence; bat the adiiiii
nition was not
. heeded, as the road has not
been considered dangerous• for some years
pest. , Mr. 'P. was the first man who tniv
cited the road alon&ofter the pedlar had been
robbed; others crossed the mountains, ip ad-.
vance of him, guarded by men hired for that
purpose." . ..
•
From the Albany. Freeman's Advocate.
STEALING
.NE WSP APE ltS.—A boy., ,
belonging to the office of the Argos saw
.ft
person steal a copy of the Freentaa'sAdvo
cate from the steps-of a-house, at an early
hour on Saturday morain4. lie caused the
thief to be apprehended and Inought:betbre
Mr: Police JustictCole,, whomentenced him
to ten days trnprisotiment. This may serve
as a warning to others. The lad of the Ar
gus had, , we presume, been found fault with
.by subscribers who•flid-net-receive their pa
pers. .He therefore did but justice to titin
self and his- employer while he caused ius,,
tice to be.done to the. deliwitiont.
itrThose persona who are in the habit 8£
napping" and "abductine the.STAR, are respect
-fully invited to notice the above.) • ,
More of the Owllioul4r Plot.—Tho Al
bany papers mention thatn weight which had
been used as a 561 b: So nollowda out as to con
tain half a pound of gunpowder, was found
buried in the stable in the rear of the Mayor's .
residence. A hollow'. straw . comthunicated
with the powder and thersurface of the &Kik
It is supposed that the explosion in front of the
houSe alarmed the incendiary i btfore,he could.
apply a match to. the 'combustibles in they
stable:
The *so., and' its young ones, have, returned,
oath 'And 2 . nunil, wai4)elieva.
'
Mil
a • • I.
Here shall the PRESS the People's RIGHTS proclaim
Uncut:V.lly. ilytu.ence, und _Antaiif d
711_o_oki ligg Jul
Oeittocratile Ant I•Mamonie IVoniUii►ntlun
FUR PRES! DENT,
John McLean, of Ohio.
f'foß VIC PH icsi DEN•r,
Richard Rush; of Penn.
BALTIMORE
From the Patriot or Saturday
FLOUR, Iluward-st.--The receipts continuo
liuuted and•as the demand for fresh ground flour
lias'exceeded the supply, a little improvement in
prices has been realized. Sales of fresh ground
in small parcels have been-made at J to 5 1.2 i per
MI. In prosecntingour inquiries torntlay, wo find
that some of the deiders name 5.25 as the store
price of fresh ground, and others 5 121. In the
early part of tho week a parcel of old Ihtur was
sold at 4,15, and a lot, subject to ro-inspection, at
4 87i1. To-day a lot was sold at $5, subject. to re
inspection. The wagon price of fresh ground
flour te.day t ranges from 4 871 to $5 per brl.
WIIEAT.—TIic new crop has begun to arrive
at market. Sales of various - parcels of very good
red, weighing from 58 to 59 lbs. have boon sold
within the last two days at $1 00 per bush. and or.
dinary parcels lower as in quality. Several par
cels of very prime' new red have also been sold at
1 02, and oneparcel at 1 03. Tho sales just re
ported Will show the state of the wheat market
to-day, and we accordingly quote good to very
prime red at 1 . 00 to 103 per hush. A parcel of
prime new white wheat was sold to-day at 1 05.
A parcel of old Maryland wheat of prime quality
Was sold on Thursday at 1 09. A cargo of 1800
-bushels- prime Westßranch stored red wheat wa•
sold early In the week at 1 08 per bushel.
THE LADY'S BOOK.—THE JULY No. of this work
has been received. It is nauchimpssmd,"and_
contains a large variety of interesting matter.—
The contents are crowded out this-wee.—
, It is rumoured that 'linos ICendall, W. G. Lette.
is, and W. 7'. Barry, are about to be dismissed.
Mr. Clay and Masonry.
The differentcontending parties relative to the .
Presidency of the United States, (says the Harris
burg Statesman,) oath in their turn . affect to die
piss the strength of tlicr -- Ahti•masonic party; but
they often give strong signs of fear, from the con-
sequences of the Anti.masonie party uniting with
their opponents, and they frequently court the aid
of the party they pretend to disregard. Their
_fears are,graundleas,& _their nuations-useleits.-
The Anti•masons have formed a party from prin-
ciple, and they will support their- own neon and
measures with firmness
We have been led to those remarks by the fol
lowing charge made against Mr. Clay, in the
Washington Globe, a,papor.much opposed to the
Anti-masonic party.
< ln 1822, a masonic-notice wiis' published
in the Intelligencer in Washington City
culling a meeting of the , members of Con
gress, and other citizens attached to the
fraternit-to-tako-into-constdc.mti 'on "
tern of general interest to the Masonic Insti-
Xntion.n_;.the first resolution uttered tb the
ineetii* was by Mr. Clay, and is in these
wi rd,l:
"Resolved, That in the, opinion of this
meeting it is expedient for the general in-.
teregts ty . Freemasonry- to constitute a GEN.
-ER AI/ GRAND Loud: of the United States.'"
.
• Mr. Clay, as chairmiui of a,oommittec
appointed
. for that purpose; Inadell report in
with the_.above :cinotohlrom.
which we extract the ibllowing passages:—,
"'llic United states are supposed to. con
tain near eighty thousand 'Freemasons.—
They are generally in the vigor ofmanhood,
and capablelor inuch active usefulness. Not
withstandin pp the abuse in some plates" by
the itchnissii !v elr',uni .. rrthy.:masons, :tit% are,
as a body aikoVe in6diociity in character and
talent. It becomes an interesting . question
how the 'energies of this body can be best
COMBINED TO Give effect to the beneoo.
lent designk.y . (heir association!
"From causes which need no._explatait ion,
the masonic jurisdiction in this ciiiintry, has
taken its fbrin froni its pol4icul.divisions,—
The modification.which it undergone,
front the spirit of our civil institutions, 4as --
its benefits and defbcts.
"It is requested. that this letter may not
,be published in the newspapers; but submit
ted to the several Grand LodgeS,itriddistri
hilted allying Masons as a subject concerning
the itiiitioftheir own body." • - ,
In order to show how far Mr. Clay's ma
sonic ardour, hurried him beyond the bounds
of discretion in getting up this project, it is
oply necessary to state that-every lodge in
the Union instantly discountenanced it as
wild, visionary and impracticable; and,..even
denounced - it as calculated to. become a po
litical engine. in the hands of a centhil juntia
at Washingten,which might one day destroy'
the liberties of the nation. .
It has beenrepeatedly charged ag#eat.
Mr. Clay; that his political pirincifilia, WA% ro
ried .out in their consequences, would end in
the establislinient of a p rand . Conitifticlitted
S paten r :divt * Oberntnent. , - .`lt - appetto leapt
by the. resolutio n . and moil to !which we .
allude, that .as late ai 1822 heattempted to
erect tr - Or:onif. cirniitifitpTteri N'errif hisritik
6 1831
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