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VOL. 6--NO.
THE GARLAND.
_ ,, With sweetest flowers enrieted,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
From the Baltimore Chronicle
SONG OF TILE AMERICAN GIRL.
Dv JOHN H. HEWITT.
OUR hearts arc with onr native land,
Our song is for her glory;
Her warrior's wreathe is in our hand,
Our lips breathe out her story.
.Her lofty hills and valleys green
Arc smiling bright before ois;
And like a rainbow sign in seen
Her proud flag waving o'er us.
And there are smiles upon our lips
For those who meet her foemen, •
Fur Only's star knows no eclipse
When smiled upon by woman.
For those who brave the mighty deep,
And scorn the dorm of danger,
e've smiles to cheer—and tears to weep
For every ocean ranger.
Our hearts are with our native land,
Oursong is for her freedom;
Our pratrers are for the gallant band
ho strikes where honor 'II lead 'ern
We love the tauntless air we breathe,
'Tie freedom's endless dower.
We'll twine for him a fadeless wreath
Who scorns a tyrant's power.
They tell of France's beauties rare,
01 Italy's proud daughters;
Of Scotland's lasses—England's fair,
And nymphs of Shannon's waters;
We heed not all their boasted charms,
Though lords around them hover;
Our glory lies in Freedom's arms,—
A Freeman for a lover I
THE REPOSITORY
THE lIINDOO 1110THER
Of the custom represented in the engraving,
Mrs. Belnoss gives the following interesting de
scription: —"Hindoos of high caste burn their
dead; but if unable to do so froth poverty, tire
forced to throw them into the Ganges, after hav
ing performed the ceremony of burning the
mouth with, a wisp of straw. The expenses at.
tending the burning of the dead aro too great for
any but the rich. When the infant of a poor
Ilindoo dies, the wretched mother takes it up in
her arms. and carries it to the river, on the bank
of which she lays it for some time on a piece of
mat, or on the sands; she stands weeping over
the body a little while, then retires a few paces
back, where she sits down watching for the re
turn of the tide to wash away the body, and to
prevent the birds of prey and Parish dogs from
approaching it; at intervals she breaks forth in a
loud lamentation, /something roiembling a chant,
which is often heard at a great distance,) in the
following words.
"Oh! my child, who has taken thee, my child!
I nourished and reared thee, and now where art
thou gone! take me with thee, oh ! my child !
thou plarst around me like a gold top, my child!
the like of thy face I have never soon, my child!
let fire devour the eyes of mon, my ehild! The
infant continually celled inn mah, mah, (mother,
mother,) the infant used to say midi, lot me sit
upon thy lap! My child, his father never Wald at
home since he was born, my child! my child! but
bolo him continually in his arms for men to ad•
mire! What has become now of that admiration!
Evil boral the eyes of men! Oh ! my life, say mah
again, my child! my child: My arms arid my
lap feel empty, who will fill them again? Oh, my
sweet burden, my eyesight has become darkened
now that thou haat vanished from before
She loaves it to the sacred stream,
She loaves it to the tide,
Her little child —her curling one,
And she has none beside.
She used to sit beneath the palm,
The .abro in his hand;
His pistols gleaming at his-waist,
The foremost of his band;
Sho saw him With his father's smile,
Beside some maiden dear;
She smiled to hear familiar words!
Alas! and is lie here?
The light has vanished from her day,
The hope gone from her heart;
The young, the bright, and the beloved,
Oh ! how could ho depart?'
No more his sunny smile will make
Her own, her household light,
No more will her sweet voice be heard,
Above his sleep at night.
Her heart and home are desolate,
But for one dearest tie;
But for the father of the child,
Sho would lay down and die.
The tide rolls on beneath the moon,
Down to the mighty main,
To-morrow may the mother seek,
And seek her child in vain.
WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
Foreigners have affirmed that the women
of the United States were of a superior race
to the men, both in person,style of thought,
and expression--[ do not know if Brother
Jonathan would be gallant enough to smile
at a sober compliment paid at his expense
to his wife or sister, but it is, I believe, nev
ertheless true. There is a great charm a
bout the females of good education; . and
they are justly celebrated for the solidity of
those qualities which_ render them good
wives and mothers, as well as such as catch
the attention and command the respect of the
stranger. Alas! that so many of these fair
flowers of the (Vest, may be compared to
the beautiful ephemera of their country,
which are born and glitter for a day, dying,
as it might seem, [mane their time; sinking
to the grave, just as life renehes ii ponied
ofgreatest enjoyment. The number oflovely
girls that gather together and crowd the gay
winter saloons, Or deck the summer fetes, is
no less surprising than the proportion that
die before their prime; whether from the
effects of a climate subject to the most sud•
den 'extremes, or appropriate style nf dress,
or both combined, it is difficult to determine.
Again, it has been said, and repeated, that
the females are not respected as they ought
to be in the United States. This I believe
to.be founded in error. Still I should be wil
ling to allow that they are not .appreciated
as they should be, so far as their influence
on society in general is not as much felt as
it ought to he. It is contended. that female
education is as carefully attended in Ameri
ca as in Europe; if so, they are hardly al
lowed to make the same use of it, as, from
the time that either a lady marries, or is sup
posed to be past the age of marriage, which
is tolerably early, she either vanishes alto
gether from the circle ofsociety,or is thrown
into the back-ground. "Well," you may
say, "I suppose the mother is better at home
caring for herchildren." No—her children
are launched at an inconceivably early age
into the world, and if she will be with them,
she must follow them. And hero I may
mention one broad line ofdistinction between
European and American society. In the
former, the prevailing tone is taken from the
middle aged. Ladies out of their teens,with
mature judgment, and that grace and polish
which added years give, though it may im•
pair beauty, and subdue sprightliness, give
the lone of society. But in America--the
paradise of youth, unshackled by those
forms and precautions which the corruptions
of European society render indispensable--
the land of confidence in the young, the-tone
of social assemblages is almost altogether
under the control of the youn g . The mar•
vied and unmarriageahle look on and listen,
but they hardly partake—far less dictate;
and one thing which immediately indicates
a fweigner is, that he pays attention to
them.
I have been really astonished to see how
the belle of last spring, then Mowed by all
sparkling like the fire-fly flitting over her
hair--whose form was in every eye—whose
words sounded sweet in every one's ea r,would
the next season be handed quietly into her
sent among the sedative ladies of the back
row, and hardly have occasion to open her
lips during a whole evening's entertainment.
It is true, she had been married in the in
terval--yet,there she was,with a mind more
matured, with beauty unimpaired, and ad
ded interest!
Delightful as the buoyant scene ofyouth
ful gaiety, enjoyment, and excitement is,all
but the young become tired of badinage af
ter a while, and then there is nothing to sup.
ply its place.
The youth of both sexes are introduced
into society too soon, and become too promi•
rent on the theatre of life. The one sex starts
up at once from children to puny men, and
the other become surrounded at far too early
an age with the cares of American family
life, which, owing to the difficulties in ob.
tinning confidential, and trustworthy, and
really attached servants ti re unusually great.
But no more of this—l am getting out of
my province. [Latrobe.
PEEDIC PIONS FOR THE FEAR 1930.
This year will he (humus for a thousand
wonderful things. From January to Decem
ber, the days will consist of twenty•four
hours each; and there will he such a num
ber of eclipses, that many wise reople will
he in the dark. There will be fogs in Maine,
fires at Constantinople, and a lack of brains
in many a fool's head.
South America this year, will not extend
beyond Cape Horn; and the North Pole will
he exactly in ninety degrees of latitude.—
Those who lose money will look sad, and
those who are in want of cash when they
borrow, will want it more when they come
to pay.
Wisdom will cry aloud,but few will regard
it. There will be long speeches in congress;
hut, for all that, Lake Superior will not be
upset.
Quadrupeds, this year, will go upon four
legs, pretty generally; and cows' horns will
be crooked. The fate oflottery-tickets will
be dubious; but whether there be a war with
France or not, mortal wounds will be apt to
kill, and he that is sick with old age, will
have a disease harder to cure than the
mumps or chin•cough.
The celestial aspects indicate that politi
cal parties will not agree for some time to
come; but whoever is president, water will
iun down hill and ducks will waddle as here
tofore.
Cabbages, this year, will be rather round
than three-cornered, and carrots will be de
cidedly red. Coals will be as black an ever
cats will love fish, but hate to wet their feet
and all on account of Hallev's comet.
The world, this year, will' turn upside
(fowl., but not in consequence of the trove•
nor's proclamation. The crop of hay will
depend upon the weather, but, whether it
rains or not, there will be plenty of sand at
Cape Cod.
Whoever sells his house to buy moonshine
will hardly get his money's worth. Who.
eve runs to catch the rainbow, will get out
of breath for his pains. Fur all that, easter
lands may be had for the buying.
LoeOmotivesand auctioneer's tongues will
run fast. There will be mortal war between
cats and rats, as \,well as between aldermen
and roast turkeys. People will talk about
the end oldie world, but it is ten to one thn
the solar system will not run against the dog
star between now and next December.
Sea•serpants, this year. will ho hard to
catch, and none but a cunjuror will he able
to get a quart into a pint pot. Those who
have wooden legs will suffer little when they
freeze their toes. Wigs are expected to be
fiishionable among the bald, hut blind folks
will have some 'difficulty in seeing.
Divers steamboats will blow up this year,
yet it is hardly probable, that any southern
slangwanger will be able to set the Missis
sippi on fire. Apples will ripen about Oc
tober, sooner or later; but that is all ore,
provided we have cider enough. - Foxes will
pay particular attentionto poultry; there will
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be very few old birds taken with chaff, and
wild geese will not lay tame eggs.
But, most of all, there will prevail this
year a horrible epidemic, worse than the
cholera, smallpox, or plague, which there
will be no cure. The Italians call it poco
donaro;the Germans ; keineeld; the French,
faute d' argent; in this count ry,it goes under
various appellations, but is most commonly
known by the name of empty pockets.—Bos•
ton Courier.
NATURAL PRAISE.
BY RICHARD Howirr.
High in the dawn the la: k will sing,
O'er mountain and o'er river,
Wnfting his worship on title wing
To the all bounteous Giver.
The thrush et eve, as sweet as loud,
Of jny like large partaker,
Will Sing, nnoid the singing crowd,
Yet louder to his Maker.
Wood unto wood, and stream to stream,
In melody replying,
Till, with the quiet of a dream,
All sounds from earth are dying.
Nor will the nightingale forget,
Though darkness doll] await her,
Sweetly to pay love's thankful debt
To the adored Creator.
Whilst man, who cannot breathe in vain
The breath of all things vernal,
Will, too, a grateful part sustain
In song to-the Eternal.
Love.—The city of Lexington, Ky. was
recently thrown into an unusual excitement
in consequence of the sudden elopement of
an heiress entitled to $30;000 when of age,
with a young law student. Her guardian
with half a dozen sturdy fellows started in
pursuit of the fu g itives, but tailed in overta
king them till after the nuptial knot was tied,
when making a virtue of necessity they .alt
returned in company.
When I see leaves drop from trees,in au
tumn, just such, thinks 1, is the friendship of
the world. While the sap of maintenance
lasts, my friends swarm in abundance; but
in the winter of my need, they leave me na
ked.
VARIETY.
A correspondent of the Boston Medical
Journal says that beeswax, applied as warm
as can be borne, is a certain cure for corns.
Miss CATON, in whose fortunes as a native
of Maryland, and a ending grand daughter
of the venerated CHARLES CARROLL, of Car..
rollton,therels of coil rse
we observe it announced in the Englisl, pa
pers, it 4hortly to he united to Lord Stafford,
a Roman Catholic nobleman.
LEGAL BOW MOT.—An eminent lawyer
being about to rep;y to his opponent in a case
argued before the Supreme Court last week,
observed that as his adversary had travelled
very mach out of the record, it would be ne.
cessary for him to follow the example to some
extent. The Chef Justice inquired of him
if he cited tin- course of the opposing counsel
with approbation? No, your Honor, was the
reply, but as Whitefield once said, if my
hearers will go to the d----1 I must follow
them.
A new census of the State of Illinois has
recently been taken, the details of which
have not yet been received, but the aggre
gate population is found to be about 275,000
or a gain of 117,425, ne arty 75 per cent in
five years! This flourishing State has en
tirely grown up within thirty-five years, the
population in 1800, being only 215.
The Washington Globe informs the
members of Congress that the Bank of the
Metropolis is provided with gold, to pay
them the whole amount of their pay in that
coin, if they wish it. The whole amount
of the gold coinage in half and quarter ea
gles, from Aug. 1,18 A, to the fist of Dec.
last, is stated to be $5,220,048.
TALL.4IIASSEE, Florida, Jan. 7, MO.
The Indians :it Tampa Bay are fighting
the U. S. Troops and our Territorial Vol
unteers. A severe battle was had on the
31st ult. in which 50 savages were killed
and many wounded—four regulars were
killed and 65 of volunteers and regulars
wounded. 'I he Indians have killed Gen.
Wylie Thompson the Indian agent, and
Lieut. Smith of the army—his first name I
don't know.
Maria Louisa, the widow of Napoleon,
has taken a third husband by the name of
Bombelles. Her second spouse. was a one•
eyed Count,. who rejoiced in the name of
Neipperg. •
The Capital of the United States was
captured during the last War. It is nom
bankrupt!—The corporation of WashiM , -
ton have petitioned Congress to relieve them
of their debt, which is near two millions of
dollars, a million and a half of which is sub•
scription to the Stock of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company. The town plot
of the city comprehends 7130 acres, or 1.1
square miles. By the contract of the origi
nal proprietors, with the U. S. Govern
ment, Congress has acquired a voluntary
donation of four fifths of the land without a
ny pecuniary compensation. Over $741,-
000 in December last, has been paid into
the U. S. Treasury, for city lots sold by
them. The small portion remaining to the
proprietors is encumbered with debt; mid
the city is on the eve of bankruptcy.
The Re/'i•aclory Witnesses.
HARRISBURG, Jnn. 22, 1R36.
The question again came up on the amendment to
the amendment offered by Mr. Spackman. Mr.
WATTS took the floor and spoke at some length as
Connive:—
Mr. SPEAKEtt—Although, during the
discussive debate of the past three duys, the
remarks I had the honor to submit, were
upon points incidental to the main question;
it was not my intention until late last night,
to trespass again upon your patience. Re
volving however, the subject in my mind, it
occurred forcibly to me that the interests of
my immediate constituents were so depen
dent upon the cast of every intelligent nian's
vote, that it would be reckless of duty.did I
I not make every effort, of which I was ca
pable, to meal the wandering opinions of my
political friends. from the mystification in
which the discursive range of the discussion
has involved the true point. In doing this,
I shall endeavor to avoid the repention.of
argutnents previously used by gentlemen
upon this floor—taking it for granted, that
the House has been satisfied upon their
constitutional power to punish for contempt
after the adoption of the resolutions ofFered
by our friend from Philadelphia, Mr. Reed.
The topic is on important one, involving
on the one hand, the highest interests dour
country; and on the other, the liberties of
some of our fellow citizens.
It ought, therefore, Mr. Speaker, to be
approached with calmness and anxious de
liberation, and to be decided with impartial
ity, with wisdom and with firmness.
Sir, we live in a land of freedom and un
der a constitution, where there are fewer
restrictions upon our natural rights than in
any nation of the known world. Some lib
erties must however be abridged lbr if o
sake of good government; care being taken,
that the blessings which the constitution dif
fuses around it and the restraints it imposes
should be equally enjoyed and felt by all;
all men, the rich and the poor—the scholar
and the illiterate—the humble and the ex
alted, stand before our constitution, our civil
and criminal codes, upon the same level;
each owing the same allegiance, claiming
the same exemptions,- and entitled to the
same protection.
Any thing incompatible with these insti
tutions, that invades our honor, threatens
our personal security, or weakens the ten
ures of our estates, becomes dangerous to
liberty, and has a direct tendency to revo
lutionize the Government.
It may be the policy of a despotism to
sustain itself by concentrating the power of
Nee many in the hands of the few—by se
ettei organizations of the noble, the learned
and the wealthy, so as to elevate themselves
above the ignornnoo, the poverty and low
dependence of those they crush beneath
their feet. These sir, are the props of aris
tocra....ies, kingdoms and despotisms. But
who ever heard, or who dare assert the ne
cessary existence of a secret association,
bound together by secret, extra judical and
horrid oaths, in the very heart of a free
government. Why this concealment? why
this concealment? why exclusion? why the
administration of oaths to cover philanthro
py and deeds of charity!—Charity is as be
nignant and diffusive as the light of the mid
day -sun, and dispels the clouds of darkness,
if any such should pend over it. Sir, the
very mysterious covering this institution
has thus thrown over it, mantles it in the
dismal shade of an honest suspicion, and
ought to induce a honest heart to quake on
its threshold before he entered its dark do•
main. The true character, however, of
the masonic order is to be discovered, like
every thing else, either by our senses, or by
human testimony.
The advocates of the lodge contend that
as it is invisible to all but those of the mystic
tie, so it is incomprehensible by human tes
timony. Since every one who becomes
member of the Order, solemnly swears not
to reveal, and divulge the secret, he is a per
jured villain and unworthy of belief. Hence
the rights of conscience set up by the delin
quent witnesses. This argument is specious
at first blush; but sinks into insignificance,
when we reflect that 500 witnesses, without
previous concert upon their solemn oaths,
subject to detection and punishment, if false;
have substantially concurred in their rove
-
lotions. - The rites and ceremonies too of
the Order,are as mysterious as the ouths,and
yet numbers of-instances have occurred
where uninitiated individuals have risen
from the lowest to the highest degrees,with
the approbation of unsuspecting Free-Ma
sons, who never dreamed of their derivin
knowledge entirely from books. This cor
roboration amounts to "confirmation, strong
as Holy writ."
Viewing, then, the obligations of Free-
Masonry, us they have. been 'revealed
What think you, sir, atilt pretext; the con
tumacious witnesses have set tip' for their
contempt of the authority of law. Their
conficience wont permit them to foreswear
themselves. Hine either of these sagacious
gentlemen, as an officer of this Common
wealth, as a member of the Bar, assumed
the oath to sttpport the Constitution of Penn
sylvania? If he fins, has it not occurred to
him, he is as much and more foresworn by
.taking the oath precedent to Master Mason
or Royal Arch Degree. I say more, be
cause in the one case he is discharging a
duty to his country, in the other he is vio
lating it.
It is an absurd notion that a man can con
scientiously disregard the obligations of Ma
sonry by acting in obedience to the supre
macy of the laws, when,at the same time,he
resists and defies-their power, when they
come in conflict with hie conscience--let
conscience not be made a word of conve
nience. Let these things, if they can, be
I reconciled.
I say then sir, that Masonry is a danger
ous enemy to the liberties of our country
!and that the rights of property, personal se
'curay and individual honor are in jeopardy,
while it is suffered to live—God frithid that
I should say that all, who have penetrated
its mysterious recesses and became famihar
with its rites, have been actuated by bad mo
tives or become bad -citizens! I have the
honor to find in the ranks of Free-Masonry
men to whom I would willingly coufkle ail
that was dear to me en earth. These are
not men though to be influenced by Masonic
obligations. The impending danger, with
which the Institution is fraught, consists in
this—Good men have retreated and avoid
the infernal machine, while bad men have
coiled themselves into their places and are
now perverting it to the most designing and
basest purposes. Their operations have
been plainly-rem in the acts of our Execu
tive—the sacred ermine of the Judiciary
has been violated—the panel ofthe jury has
1 been prostituted and the proud right of the
elective franchise made to yield to its power.
Sir, nearly MAO of the untrammeled
voters of this commonwealth have pronounc
ed upon the guilt of this institution. They
have seen a rnnn,who had the moral courage
to throw off the thraldom of the Lodge,
dragged by Masonic conspirators from his
family—scourged, punished by protracted
torture and ft, ally murdered. The abduc
tors, teen oloflicial influence and high stand
ing. The perpetrators of the horrid deed
secreted,.rewarded by the Grand Lodge,
and finally, transported from the country,--
They have witnessed the trials of the con
spirators, known Masons to resist contuma
ceously the power of the courts to compel
them to testify, suffer imprisonment, and fi
nally one of twelve jurors, a Mason, to re
fuse his verdict ofguilty, upon the most con
clusive evidence of guilt.
Thus has masonry, that foul progeny of a
barbarous age, with unmitigated wrath set
at naught the benign institutions of our
country, and defied their powers - The
' Ghost of the kidnapped, abducted, murdered
Morgan haunts the consciences of living
men, stalks thro' the sepulchres of the vault.
ed Lodge, and cries vengeance—vengeance
for the unrequited blood of an innocent man.
Horrid that a fortress, over which the A
merican flag was unfurled to the breeze,
should be the scene of such an atrocious
outrage. Shall it do so here! Shall this le
gislative
hall be prophaned by its impious
intrusions? Shall we be told, and shall we
respond to our constituents that this "hydra
headed monster" is too powerful for the Re
presentatives of the People. That the Con
stitution, the statute book, safe precedents,
common sense, legislative and personal dig
nity shall crouch beneath its feet! What in
visible spirit is it that creeps into the under
standing to steal away our senses, and into
our hearts to enfeeble and destroy our mor
al courage!
Came we not hero to investigate, publish,
subvert mad annihilate the evils of Free
Masonry? Did we contemplate that this
would be effected by voluntary witnesses?—
Are we t. , ) be baffled by the efThrts of re•
cusant witnesses)—Must we abandon our
principles, duty, self respect for an inglori•
ous and disgraceful termination in solemn
mockery? Let those, who will, answer in
the negative to their God, their country
and their constituents. For myself, lam
proud to enroll my name in the capitol of
my native Slate, as the decided and unre•
lensing enemy of Free 'Masonry.
Mr. HALL spoke against the power of
the [louse to legislate on the subject of
masonry. He said it was beyond the reach
of the Constitution! (Truly we think it is.)
He read various provisions in the constitu
tion to prove his position, but we were so
unfortunate as. to be too dull to perceive
their pertinency.
He said the right of petition was alone suf
ficient to disclose any evils, which required
legislative remedy.
He WM willinggeneral law should be pass
ed to suppress evils; and opposed the singling
out of Masonry,or presbyterien, or any other
alledged evil to perBecute, while the rest es
caped. He thought the legislating upon this
particular evil, as it was called, would be a
dangeroui precedent,tbr the next thing would
be to attack the protestant, or some other
religion, and persecution would be the order
of the day, as it was when the Quakers of
Massachusetts were punished for their reli
gion.
He related an anecdote of a neighbour and
friend of his, who. was killed by the. bite of
ars Anti• Mason! and concluded.
Mr. Cox replied. He deprecated the co►n-
pa rtson of Masonry with religion. He show.
ed the great contrast in which they were
placed—that one was light and the other
darkness—that the benefits of our holy reli.
giou were benign and general—while Mason.
ry is exclusive, selfish, and confined to the
few. To participate in the benefits of Ma.
'sonry was not allowed "to young men in
non-age, or old men in dotage." The very
ones who should have the benefits of its glo
rious benignity and charity. Females too,
were excluded, and who, after this,. would
say it was like religion--or even the hand.
maid to it, He showed its opposition to
democracy and equal rights , =-abd 'its com •
plete anti-republican tendency.
He alluded to the sacred rights of protec
tion—and showed it was useless and nugato
ry without the House would respect them--
,that the case of-Masonry ought to he no ex
ception. He referred to the Constitution,
[WHOLE NO. 3044.4-,,,,,t.
and elbowed that the House had the PoWer - to 1 .- 4
grant the prayers nfthe people, in this 08.,'47 . , ;
—at any rate the wintesses here,- were not
G,l
to construe the constitution for lis t end..th4. ~
House to he governed by their constructioii:.?4,
He considered the attempt of theirs to defitier:f.t
the power of the House, to be impudent;attri:,.o
abusive of the rights of the people who iteti.,.-...fl
them here. He could not tolerate their corti. - :15
struinr• the constitution for him—he tritiittf:••ill
judge for' himself, and the House must ju g , ~ , iy.
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for itself: .
He prneoedpil to prove that Mrisotig,eo•,4,
sidered their obligations pararnetnit. - tti - thel .
laws of the land--that they asked fbr rightittr''/!; . .•
nut allowed to the rest eithe community; and` s,*
if the House granted their itssumptionsi,io..4,
would ben violation °film Ccinstitutioif,Wl4;l3' , : ; :
guaranteed ecial rights. He stated t4at;if' ; ',„
any one, not a Mason, had been called ;•. , 3i.:
testify upon the evils of Masonry; they ceuid:.',,?...
not be excused, while their views were"toh&-?.
J
in opposition to equal rights, nod in violtitiok4 l '
of the Constitution. • - :'• ';(4,
He 'read various clauses in the Masento.;',..f=4.
oaths to show their opposition Lo e . qual•right's '',•;:t .
and the necessity of their being prohibite4 . 2.j'.24;
It is the duty of every good Mason to expose:::',', ‘
this if' true, or deny it if false. Could they'.;
have vindicated the Order by their testimeny'",
they would not have had constitutiorial :' 'l,
scruples about testifying. • " ...';7 ! •,:
..
M r. Cox, then with a brief recapitnlatinn. , .s• ,
of' his arguments, concluded a very able:A.
speech, of which the aticve is altogether aa:-:'::.
itnperfect sketch.
~,
Mr. HARRISON brieity opposed the c0ur5e . ...... , 4
proposed to he pursued.
.... - .w
Mr. Suer! of Butler, spoke at length oa - .:-,7
the general question.'
The Yeas and Nays were then taken tip-_• , ; , ; -,:
on the amendment of Mr. Spaultintin, which
stood us fellows; Yeas 21 Nays 71, so the '-',-..':
amendment was lost.
Mr. SPACKMAN again offitred the follow- .'.;'.
ing: .
That the witnesses who have refused to
,;-•
be sworn or affirmed before the House and
itecommittee touching the evils of Masonry,. ,
be forthwith discharged from the ' Custody
of the Se r=eant.at-A rtns. "
Mr. SPACKMAIV made a few observations..
in favor.
Mr. Fnt.w opposed it, at length.
Mr. KENNEDY said, he should vote for the
amendment on the principle .of forgiveness
to those who trespassed against us, and to,
get rid of the subject.
The Yeas and Nays were then called upon
the amendment which stood as follows:
YEAS.---Messrs. Atkinson, Bid lack - ,1 -
Bringhurst, Brooke, Bullock, Burson, Corn. - ...
ley, Conrad, Cowen, Curran, Derr, Dewart,-"
Douglass, Emtnert, Ferguson, Gamble;
reison, Hall, Harrison, Hasson, Hill, Honewi ,
stein, Hubbell, Huston . Fay. Huston North'.l-,
ton, Hutchinson Phil's:. Jackson,Jones,Ken.',
nedy, Kirk, Mtlelland, M'Clure, Mathericq
Mayer, Myer, Norton, Parker, Rinehart; * i.'.
Sheetz, J. B. Smith, 'F. S. Smith,Spackroan,.
Suffer, Stout, Taggart, Thompson, Trego,
Ulrich, Wagner, Watson, Weygandt
Woodward, Work, Weyant —55. •
NAYS---Messrs. Carson, Clarke, Cox,
Davies, Frew, Gebhart, Gilbert, Graham,...,..
Hersh°, Hutchison Chester, Karns,
man, D. Krause, J. Krause, N1'0)11 . 1101, M',
Donald, M 'Sherry, Mendenhall, Metzger,
Miller, Montelius, Neal, Neshit,Oliver, Pat.. ,;" ; : f
terson, Pennypacker, Reed, Riegel,. G._
Smith, Stevens, Stioson,Stah r,
ker Allegheny, Walker Erie, W atts, Mid
dleFiWarth.Spir.—N7.
Mr. STEvr;Ns moved a piIStpOIMITIOnt
which was agreed to, and the House adjourn 7. - - ,:'
ed to meet again at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 23, 1836..
THE FINAL RESULT.—The proceeding'
of the House of Representatives against thii 7 74,
Nlasonie witnesses who were arraigned on a
charge of Cormntrr, finally resulted, yes.'
terday afternoon, in their release without •
reprimand or censure, by the fullowtng vote, •
after a protracted debate,in which Mr. Sri
vr:Ns delivered a long and able speech,which' .:.;
having taken full notes, we shall lay before
our readers.
The question was on the amendment 0f....
fered to Mr. Stevens' resolution by Mr.
Spackman, which is as follows:
Resolved, That the House forbear to pun-
ish the contempt committed against the
Home by the witnesses who have refused
to testify before the and the commit
tee appointed to investigate theevils of
Masonry and secret societies; and that the.:
said witnesses be discharged from the eusto-,
dy . of the Sergeant•at-Arms, forthwith..
The following was the vote on the resO;
lution. •
YEAS—Atkinson, Bidlack, Bringhurst,
Bullock, Burson, Comley, Conrad, Cowen,
Curran, Derr, Dewart, Douglass, Ferguson„
Gamble, Garretson, Hall,Harrison.
Hill,Hottenstein, Hubbell, Huston, Fayette;,
Huston, Northampton; Hutchinson, Phila.'
delphia; Jackson, Jones, Kirk,:
IVl'Clure, Myer, Norton, Parker, Ritteltart,...
Sheetz, J. B. Smith, T. S. Smith, Spnel6 , ,
man Stouffer, Stout, Taggart,.Thompou t ,
'rrego, Ulrich,Wagner,Watsen s weygandt,
Woodward, Work, Wevant-49. - •
..•
NAYS—Brooke, Carson, Clarks, Cox,
Davies, Emmert, Frew, Gehhart, tbe
Graham, flersh, Hudson, Bunter,
son, Chester; Karns, Kauffman, Kentrady,,
D. Krause, J. Krause, M'Cnimell,
aid, M'Sherry, Mayer, Mendenhall,
gar, Miller, Montehum, Neal, Wahit,tol.;,:''.?;
ver, Parker, Patterson, Penny paeker,ilAitdr:
Riegel, Schell, G. W. Stnith,Ste,vero f
son, Stoelir„Taylor,. Waiker, Altegtes:raykrYi,
Walker, Erie; Watts, Mitkileywiligitivitifie.A.
—ts.