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Publicity And Freedom.*
PUBLICITY AND FREEDOM . *
" The cry for public freedom echoes through the lanil . " " I BELIEVE that millions of individuals will be sacrificed upon its altars , but it will and must be accomplished . The first war—the first revolution in Europe ( and their appearance is perhaps not far distant ) , will be the signal for beginning the battle of freedom and publicity .
"Also secret societies dare not exist ; every thing that is secret is bad ; even the would-be success of professionals and artists serves onl y to impede the progress of talents and knowledge . " One of the largest and most dispersed of these secret societies is the Freemasons . I had an opportunity to watch their doings and objects . Their efforts are to forward only their own interests at the sacrifice of the public . This they can the more readily accomplish , as all the
government employes , more particularly in the kingdom of P ., belong to this Society . Among their members they have persons who are contractors , and connexions of the Treasury ; against members of this order no redress can therefore be obtained , even if they could be shown to be thieves . Two cases of this sort I can prove . " The Jesuitical dogs encamp themselves before the gate of heaven ; as the ' Locomotive' recently very correctly remarked , so do upon earth
the Freemasons , who blockade the gates of universal benefit to mankind , to heap up wealth only for themselves ; and for their enjoyment they cast their fellow-creatures into misery and misfortune . " They surely deserve no better fate than the Jesuits . B . P . "
1 he editor of the " Locomotive' remarks as follows on the preceding : — " The contributor certainly shows here a horrible cause of complaint against the secret order of Freemasonry , to which he seems to have belonged , - but the order has onl y itself to thank , for it worships in secrecy . Every man has a right to fancy , that in a dark cave , where the light of day cannot penetrate , he will find toads and every kind of venomous and noxious reptiles . "
rlie Freemason will smile at the prejudice of " B . P ., ' whose ignorance of our principles is , however , no excuse for illiberality . But we seriously recommend the editor of the " Locomotive , " who can so readily "fancy" himself beset , when in the dark , by toads and venomous reptiles , to seek the "Light" of Freemasonry , as the best mode of avoiding the slanderer , who is at once the pest of society and the enemy of the world . —EDITOR .
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Publicity And Freedom.*
PUBLICITY AND FREEDOM . *
" The cry for public freedom echoes through the lanil . " " I BELIEVE that millions of individuals will be sacrificed upon its altars , but it will and must be accomplished . The first war—the first revolution in Europe ( and their appearance is perhaps not far distant ) , will be the signal for beginning the battle of freedom and publicity .
"Also secret societies dare not exist ; every thing that is secret is bad ; even the would-be success of professionals and artists serves onl y to impede the progress of talents and knowledge . " One of the largest and most dispersed of these secret societies is the Freemasons . I had an opportunity to watch their doings and objects . Their efforts are to forward only their own interests at the sacrifice of the public . This they can the more readily accomplish , as all the
government employes , more particularly in the kingdom of P ., belong to this Society . Among their members they have persons who are contractors , and connexions of the Treasury ; against members of this order no redress can therefore be obtained , even if they could be shown to be thieves . Two cases of this sort I can prove . " The Jesuitical dogs encamp themselves before the gate of heaven ; as the ' Locomotive' recently very correctly remarked , so do upon earth
the Freemasons , who blockade the gates of universal benefit to mankind , to heap up wealth only for themselves ; and for their enjoyment they cast their fellow-creatures into misery and misfortune . " They surely deserve no better fate than the Jesuits . B . P . "
1 he editor of the " Locomotive' remarks as follows on the preceding : — " The contributor certainly shows here a horrible cause of complaint against the secret order of Freemasonry , to which he seems to have belonged , - but the order has onl y itself to thank , for it worships in secrecy . Every man has a right to fancy , that in a dark cave , where the light of day cannot penetrate , he will find toads and every kind of venomous and noxious reptiles . "
rlie Freemason will smile at the prejudice of " B . P ., ' whose ignorance of our principles is , however , no excuse for illiberality . But we seriously recommend the editor of the " Locomotive , " who can so readily "fancy" himself beset , when in the dark , by toads and venomous reptiles , to seek the "Light" of Freemasonry , as the best mode of avoiding the slanderer , who is at once the pest of society and the enemy of the world . —EDITOR .