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Masons
Separate Themselves From the Illuminati
In 1826, Captain
William Morgan, a journalist and stonemason from Batavia, New York, who
was a high degree mason in a local Masonic lodge, wrote an exposé of the
Masonic Order in a book called Illustrations of Masonry, which revealed
many of their secrets concerning the first three degrees. Shortly
afterward, he was arrested and charged with stealing and indebtedness,
and put in jail. The Illuminati tried him in absentia, convicted him of
treason, and ordered five men, led by Richard Howard, an English
Illuminist, to execute him. When he was released from jail, he was
warned about the plot, and he attempted to flee to Canada. Howard caught
him at the border, and took him to Fort Niagara, where he was held for a
couple of days. The Freemasons that accompanied Howard, carried him off
in a boat, and drowned him in the Niagara River. [See the sworn
affidavit of Thurlow Weed, On the Abduction of Captain Morgan and
Kidnapping and Murder of Morgan
This event was verified by the sworn statement of Avery Allen (said to
be on file at the New York City Archives), who heard Howard give a
report of the incident at a meeting of the Knights Templar at St. John's
Hall in New York City. One of the three men who carried out the
assassination, confessed on his deathbed in 1848.
Masonic leaders refused to cooperate with the lengthy investigation,
which didn't get anywhere, since many of the police officers were
Masons. [This collusion still afflicts America today.] The general
consensus was that Morgan accidentally drowned himself in Lake Ontario.
However, the press, religious leaders, temperance and anti-slavery
groups, united to condemn the apparent murder. The murder caused over
half of the Masons in the northeastern United States to break off their
alignment with the Illuminati. The incident led to the creation of the
country's first third party movement, the Anti-Masonic Party (1826-33)
in New York. They wanted to stop the aristocratic conspiracy, and
prevent all members of Masonic organizations from public service.
Anti-Masonic candidates were elected to the New York Assembly in 1827.
A State Convention in Massachusetts in 1828 saw the establishment of a
committee "to inquire how far Freemasonry and French Illuminism are
connected." The Committee reported at a meeting at Faneuil Hall in
Boston (December 30, 31, and January 1, 1829), and passed the following
resolution: "Resolved, on the report of the Committee appointed to
inquire how far Freemasonry and French Illuminism are connected, that
there is evidence of an intimate connection between the high orders of
Masonry and French Illuminism."
A National Convention was held in 1830 in Philadelphia, and another in
Baltimore in 1831, where they nominated William Wirt, former U.S.
Attorney General (under Monroe and John Quincy Adams, 1817-1829), as a
Presidential candidate. They were represented by 116 Anti-Masonic
delegates from 13 states. The movement caught on mainly in New England
and the Mid-Atlantic states. Even though they won quite a few
Congressional seats in 1832, Wirt only carried the State of Vermont,
while Andrew Jackson, a Mason, won big.
The Party was phased out in 1836, because the anti-slavery movement
began to overshadow their activities. They merged with the Whig Party
(1834-60) in 1838. The Whig Party later assimilated themselves into the
Democratic Party, the Liberty Party (1840-48), the Free Soil Party
(1848-54), and the Republican Party.
Fifty years after Morgan's disappearance, Thurlow Weed (1797-1882),
owner of the Rochester Telegraph, and Editor of the influential Albany
Evening Journal (from 1830-1863), who helped found the Anti-Masonic
Party, published information about Morgan's death. His grave was
discovered in 1881 at Pembroke, in Batavia County, in New York. In the
grave was a piece of paper that had the name John Brown written on it.
Brown was said to be one of the people involved in the killing. A statue
was erected in memory of Morgan in Batavia in 1882.
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