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Panola, June 24, 1845.
Dear brother:
In accordance
with a resolution of Panola Lodge U. D.
of F. & A. Masons, I respectfully soli
cit acopy of your Address of yeslerday
for publication.
Yours Fraternally,
J AS. PACKER.
F. A. Tyler esq.
Panola, June 26, 1G45.
Dear brother: The copy of my
Tti'drcssy which the Lodge has done
me the honor to solicit, is herewith
placed at your disposal. Yours &c.
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Jas. Packer esq.
A DIM! ESS,
Of F. A. Tvtrr, Esq . delivered, before
" ranola Lodge U.D.of F. $A. Ma
sons, on ihe occasion of the celebra
tion of the Anniversary of St. John
the 'Baptist'- A. L. S3 15.
Brethren of the Order, and Ladies
and Gentlemen: We have met, for the
first time in this village, to celebrate
the anniversary of our patron saiit and
lamented brother, and to cultivate and
cherish the social ties aid relations
which bind tistogether as abrotherhood.
I shall be excused if 1 do not attempt
an entrance upon the field of history,
to truce Masonry from its incipient
steps through all the ter rors of the
'dark ages,11 the reigns of tyrany and
violence, wars of extermination, bigot
ry, persecution," and inquisitorial tor
tures; which, like gold from the refi
ners' furnace, she still survives. A foe
to ail tyrannies, her Eden is where. the j
Goddess of Liberty reigns: and, under
the protection of the American Eagle,
like the church of Chris, she has no
foe to face but her own vices. Here
in America, (unlike the scenes of her
ancient history,) warring with no exter
minating Tyrant, and her own mem
bers being sovereign constituents of the
government under which we live, she
may go forth dispensing charities and
mor, instead 'of surviving the reions
of tyranny, the throes of anarchy and
revolutions, and downfall and upbuild
ing ol empires, as ha3 thai of Masonry,
would vanish like a babble and be for
gotten in nn hour. It might do tempo
rary good but it could not be perma
nently useful either toils members or
the world. To say, as some do, tjial
" good can be done as well openly! as
secretly," is to beg the question We
deny the fact, or we should give up cur
position on the subject. The truth is our
pecuniary fund is limited. If we would
do the greatest amount of good with it,
we must exclude the unworthy. We
are unable to ao this without means of
our own providing. If these means are
exposed alike to the worthy and unwor
thy wc shall be subject to imposition,
and our money, instead of being distri
buted among the worthy alone, will be
chiefly consumed bj those least worthy
of it. 1 deem it a i conclusive answer
to the objection to stale the fact, that
while no shadow of injury is done- to any
living- by this feature of secrecy, our
charity fund, is, h conse juence of its
existence, rarely misappropriated.
Again it is alleged, that our regalia,
jewels and emblems are ail "mumme
ry fit only for children to play with."'
And what on the s?agc of life is not
in our w ide land, officers of your go
vernment, member- ofyour Congresses,
and of almost every family in the land?
lie who can do so i3 fitter for a mad
house, lhan for the walks of ordinary
life. Oar institution always has been
and is a foe to tyrany. i! has never
meddled with a free government, al-
be a departure from not in conson
ance with- the principles of our institu
tion. The confideace and good trill
which exists among masons wherever
it docs exist, is the result of an innocent
and vittuous intercourse, which was
never yet known to exist among men
associated for any base or improper
purposes. A mason wiil not intcrfer
in Lehalf of a brother to obstruct or ia
terlerc with due and just administration
of the laws of the land. Y'et, if a bro
ther is charged with crimo and e bf
lievc him innocent, we willjsee that he is
provided with the means of a fair and
impartial trial to vindicate that inno
cence. Charged as we are to be courteous
and affablo to each other, to treat each
other's opinions with deference, and be
kind and lenient to the faults and foibles
of each other; much good will isindas-
t hough it has existed ever since the
Flood; and it never can, until hman ed, when otherwise bickerings and con-
nature changes, and the anomaly is j tentions might prevail and etren scenes
presented of ihe sovereigns of a govern, j of conflict ensue. Thus' not only do
ment turning traitors to their own in- mason3 improve their characters in so-
tcresis, their own ramiues and all tWv ri-i ioiorcourse. an(- stngu
hold most dear. With Tyrants, howe- j power of restraining impetuous tempers
ver, it has meddled; and by turn3 op- j and unfortunate dispositions onm,.
pressors hive persecuted, th.cn dreaded
and trembled for the weight of its arm.
I know not if a Caesar should grasp the
reins of power but he might be brought
to tremble on his throne by the aid of
our Masonic associations. If the exist
ence of such a power in a free govern
ment is to be condemned, if associations
may not be formed for the purposes of
chirity, and the diffusion of good will
among mankind, to which is incidental
the possible dethronement of a tyrant,
let Masonry in the U. Stales be con
demned. 1 have now taken such notice of the
three principal objections urged against
our institution, as seemed to suit the oc-
mummerv? Everv-thing is insignifi- cas,on- 1 doubt not however, the sim
cant, trilling and useless to him who ; P!e assurance from tho members of this
doc not reflect, or does not understand ! fraternity that these, with all other oh
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Wlmrver lo.Wed unon a came of Jnuus ai j-ruuuu.ess, wou.a nave
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Chess, without understanding it, and
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grown men to indulge in? Did ever a
philosopher hunt in natures mines to
develope her hidden mysteries, without
appearing a very child? Did net Dr.
Franklin seem as much the child, when,
playing with his Kite and keys, he
drew down tho lightnings of heaven, as
whenhe spent months with alord of Eng-
I.mrl in jil:ivinr a sino-'e rrama of chess?
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Although the result ofthe recent con
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: , F. y. rockett:
Panola Dec, 14, 1841.
As will appear from our head, we
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f-TuTFd, Hopkins &Co.
ID t2i BonkPlaee
Geo. Poll aro, W.C.Hop.Na Jno-E-Townes
" aug tO-22-tf
earth. And I congratulate you my j
Kinili i-on 1 1 r r- r fi ennen rC t f n f m rr j
Ul wtl I v U) uuati m j w i xs
gratitude to the Giver of all good, that
we, with the brethren of our order
throughout this happy land, may this
day,uuder " our own vine and f.g tree,"
celebrate another anniversary of our
order, and exchange together unmoles
ted the cordial salutations of our unaf
fected Lood will. Blessings upon the
' heads ofthe patriot fathers of our Re
public.
Having declined a review of the bis
tort of the order, with which, so far as
it can be presented in a brief address
like the nresent. most of vou are ac
quainted, I will endeavor to show in!
some degree what Masonry is. Let it
be judged as if it were a thing of to
day, and stand or fall by its present
merits. Tha. it has stood for centuries
may weil be adduced in evidence of its
past usefulness. Yet, if it be now found
to have departed from the guileless pu
rity of its original, so far as it has
done so. letit.be condemned.
I hesitate not to appear as its advo
cate; for, before God, if there is a fault
in Masonry of which any but Masons
have a right to complain, I am as yet
ignorant of its existence. I will in the
first place notice some charges-which
are alleged as such.
Secrecy. Does it follow, ladies and
gentlemen, because it is a secret institu
tion, that it is therefore a bad one?
Innocence as well as vice is the subject
of concealment. Could our liberty from
the yoke of Brilian have been achieved,
if every plan of our Washington had
been exposed to the inspection of Brit
ish myrmidons?- Is there a man in
the world, -of common prudence, who
would be willing to lay bare to the pub
lic gaze in" all its details, every honest
scheme of business be had laid out, and
every honest intention of his bosom?
-oad jo A"3ioos tj Jo 'uojiT2u a bjoqt sj
pie, or an individual, on the face ofthe
whole earth, having no honest secret
to keep? Let the nation, the society
and the individual acting upon' thi3
presumption, expose every thing, and
they will become, like the greenest of
worms, a prey to the vultures ol tneir
kindAnaves and hypocrites and vilhans
will eat up their substance, and then
Iau"h at their imbecility. We live tn
a world in which we must have senti
nels against fraud, traps for the wily
fans for the serpent, and ready armor
the brave" of our enemies. An
mstitution, not of Divine original, which
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Blanks.
Tust printed afine lot of warrants and execo- j ' t ,hus provided with "offensive ar
would karn, we must nrst " become as
1 , 1 H IT71 .
I little ciiuuren. v neii mo oojucior
j shall have assumed a teachable dispo-
sition, if he does not learn that our
children's play-thiags have their ration
al and manly use; if he docs not see
in our twenty-four inch gage, by which
we divide our time; in our ctmmon ga
vel by which we are reminded lo divest
our minds of iheir vices; in our lamb
skin apron, the emblem of innocence;
in our theological ladder, the rounds
of which are faith, hope and charity,
admonishing us to have faith io God,
hope in immortality and chanty to all
mankind; in our plumb, admonishing
us to walk uprightly; in our 'square,
teaching us to square our actions by the
square of virtue; in our compasses, by
which we learn lo circumscribe our dc
sires and keep our passions within due
bounds, in our trowel, which teaches us
to spread the cement of brotherly love
and affection; in short if he does not
see in every emblem which we carry,
and in every apparent mummery in
which we indulge, a rational meaning
and a valuable use, I confess .that, for
myself, I must give him up as incorri
gibly obtuse.
Again the serious objection is urged
that Masonry furnishes " a field tor de
bauchery, a cloak for crime and impo
sition," and is even" dangerous to civ
il liberty." Does the objector believe
these charges? If he does, I denounce
him as neither pat riot nor philanthro
pist if he doe.s not herald and emblazon
them to the world a3 something which
should startle men from their slumbers.
But, for myself, I am unable to believe
that there is even a shadow of ground
for any one so much as lo suspect the
truth of such charges. Can a rational
man believe ihat a majority of ihe grea
test and best men of the world, of your
revolutionary patriots and signers of
your declarations of national indepen
dence, including ihe great and good
Washington among their number, were
weak enough not to see such a charac
teristic in the order, or base enough,
being Masons themselves, not to expose
and denounce it, if they did? Th
churches ofyour holy religion furnish
a3 good a field for debauchery the al
tars of the Most High as secure a
"'cloak for crime and imposition."
And who I ask can dread danger to ci
vil society, from an association of their
fellow citizens, which includes among
its numbers individuals of all religions
of all political creeds, of all avocations
and prolessions, oi every community
proved amply sufficient to those who
hear me. In my heart. I laugh at the
puerility of the objections gravely urg
ed in tho anti-masonic presses; yet it
may be imprudent to despise tiie influ
ence of an enemy to such an extent as
to pass it by altogether unheeded. A
single pitched bat'le between champi
ons on either side of ibis subject would
forever disarm the opposition of all dis
interested persons.
I pass now to the more pleasing task
of wnni Joring wlmt Masonry J.
The grand and comprehensive object
of the institution, is the promotion of
the morality, virtue, benevolence and
happiness of ihe whole human family
enjoining brotherly love und universal
charity to all worthy objects. We are
bound by the principles of our institu
tion to be moral and correct in our de
portment, and to violate no obligation
we owe to ourselves, our families, our
country or to God; U induce by all
proper means, not only ourselves, but
all mankind, to live together in peace
and harmony, as one great family, in
the performance sf all the relative du
ties cf life, according" to our seviral
stations, and the relations in which we
may severally stand to our fellow men;
nnd, as masons, we are bound, if we see
a brother going aside from rectitude of
conduct, to advise, admonish and endea
vor to reclaim him, in the spirit of bro
ther and friend. Imagineifyou please
a family, 'xmnd together by the ties of
brotherly love, living in psacb and har-
rvmnv. criwrrnpt in milrtnpc bv tbo
, . , " , dial grasp of friendship whan I ei
rules ol inflexible just.ee, and engnged the f by ho Swedenborgian,
omy in tne ousiness ci sen proiecnon,
he promotion of peace and good will
among men, and ihe diuusion oi uni
versal charity; and yo;i will imagine a
Lodge of Mosons, such as lodges should
be, and such as lodges really are, unless
when, as sometimes be the case with all
human institutions, they wander from
the path of Masonic duty and disregard
the pure principles, Jlaws and regula
tions of ihe order.
The advantages which Masonry af
fords to ifs members are great, and
a 4
sometimes almost invaluable. , And,
though it may perhaps bs unseen, there
is a great and lasting benefit conferred
upon every comunity in which a lodge
exist9. True enough many Mason are
bad members of society but bad ai
they may be, they are still restrained
by their connexion with the order, and
would be worse were they not Masons.
The objection that this family arrange
ment, in making masons friendly to
each other, and serve each other on all j
occasions in their power, is injurious to
the rest of the community is unfound
ed in reason. For while good JMasons
will always serve a brother whenever
it is in their power, without doing ma
terial injury to themselves or families,
they will never do injustice to the rest
of the world in order to accomplish
such an , object. And if an instance ol
the kind ever should happendt would
uisjjusiuuus- mimig
each other, but also towards others ia
the world resulting in making them
better citizens of society. The mind
is also to some extent the subject of
cultivation by masonry, for he who tho
roughly learns and understands ths
principles of our institution, who be
comes a bright mason, is apt to become a
brighter, if not a better man. How ma
ny men, of different professious, avoca
tions, politics, creeds, languages and
nations, v.-ho, but for masonry might
for years, in the same community, have
eyed each other with distrust, if riot
with suspicion and ill-will, have been
brought together ai friends and broth
ers. .Moral virtue alone is the lest
the internal, and not the external qual
ities of a man are what masonry re
gard?, Many a poor, unfriended, honest
man, has gained admission to her inner
temples, the threshold of which King
and Emperors, Philosophers and States
men, and thousandsof the merely great
of the earth can never cross.
The beggar in his rags, though he
brings but the jewel of a good name,
may sit in high places among Masons,
to which millions co jjj not buy the
march of a Caesar, though ha came co
vered with glory, in all the pridoof his
power.
Moral virtue being thus tho test of
nJmboioii, and llo teat of fellowship,
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LiOjge an are equals; and the good af
foruedk by masonry through this com
munion, in a country like our own, in
which political and religious feuds pre
vail, is incalculable. The angry pas
sions, Ihe bitter prejudices, the jealou
sies, envies," and hatreds, to a greater
or less extent always engendered in our
political contests, would, if unchecked
by such a counteracting cause, lift th
arm of brother against brother, embroil
us in frequent scenes of strife, and not
improbably even plunge our nation it
self into all the terrors of civil war.
And in relation to religious intolerance,
so natural to the human heart, the use
fulness of the order is not less marked.
The language of a Unitarian clergyman
of a neighboring State, which I find in
the "Masonic Register " is happily il
lustrativcof my posiiion. He says:
'I bless God there is one place on
earth where men of different and op
posing sentiments can meet as breth
ren. Yes. I am received with the cor-
enter
rgian, the
episcopalian, the Methodist, the Calvm
ist, the Baptist, and the Universaliat. .
All feelings of pity or compassion on
account of each other's errors are ban
ished from our bosom. All hearts seem
to be filled with brotherly love; and, if
the Christian Church would exhibit a
similar specimen of union and affection,
it would represent mote fully the King
dom of heaven."
Yes, let the brotherly love thus cul
tivated by the communion of Masons
come generally to jprevaii among men,
and it will be the harbinger of a uni
versal jubilee and millennium.
While thus wc " agree to disagree,"
we compromise no opinion, we give up
no principle. What our reason and
consciences enjoin, to that Masonry di
rects us to adhere. My conscience tell
me to support the religion of my
fathers so does mason ry7 My con
science tells me ta sustain such political
measuras as will in my opinion promote
the interest of my coun try-so does ma
sonry My conscience tells me to obey
the laws of God and the land-sodoea
masonry, in short. there is no virtue
which masonry does not command no
vice which it does not condemnwhile
at the same time, it ts practically and
happily adapted, to lit us for the otitf
and guard us against the other.-
Concluded next toe e1r.
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