Sandusky Clarion, The (Newspaper) - October 19, 1831, Sandusky, Ohio PUBLISHED AT SANDUSKY SANDUSKY HURON COUNTY OHIO BY DAVID CAMPBELL VOL 19 1831 From the Baltimore Marylander of Friday RATIONAL ANTI MA SONIC CON- VENTION The following resolutions wore adopt d by the national antimasonic ion on Wednesday la the national convention BALTIMORE 1631 Resolved unanimously That William IVirt of Maryland be nominated as tiie candidate for office of of the United States at the en- uing election Resolved that n committee of three be appointed to communicate he to Mr Win and his acceptance of the above Mr Rutherford of N Jersey Mr loan of Ohio and Mr Elder of were appointed the said com- At the meeting of the convention nt o'clock P ation from The unanimous ion of the con- enti assembled at this j ing every man unfit for office who in accordance with the principles on the trials in New York ers his masonic oaths and obligations to his obligations 10 the tion find laws of his ou support no man for any who holds that principle or adheres to the society principle it is that you consider a allegiance to his country his highest earthly that no man fit to be trusted one of the offices of the country who will permit a to rest nn the fact of his allegiance These I understand ro be your ples and I see nothing in them which not commend them to every man mind and heart are for does shere cnn be no question among able men that in a free government like ours the constitution and laws are our sovereign that the peace order prosperity and happiness of our people desperadoes moved by their own impulse singly without the sanction or knowledge of and thus thinking I have repeatedly and ally both in conversation and letters of friendship spoken of masonry and anti- as a fitter subject for farce than have been grieved at seeing some of my fi tends involved in what to me such a wild and bitter and unjust persecution against so harmless an institution as that have thought and repeatedly said I considered as bavin? no i confidence cannot be placed to make distinction between them In the view of all honorable men he would deservedly become an object of disgust if he could stoop to commit himself by pledges in a cnse like this as the price of his nomination If with these views of my opinions it is the pleasure of your convention to change the nomination I can assure you very sincerely that I shall retire fiom it with far more pleasure than I should cept it If on the contrary it be their From the Norfolk Reported capture of Nat the Insur We last evening conversed with more to do with politics than any one of the numerous clubs celebrated in the Spectator and that with regard to the crime in Morgan s it was quite as M the following com depend on the steady faithful and Mr Wirt was received ual administration of our that anv T secret society which by the force unjust to the private of some professing Christians on itself Thus I have thought and thus I have continually spoken and ten in my private several of my friends Jt was net the period of your assembling here that on the sion of a friendly visit from one of your 11 choice to abide by it I have only to j mat in a government like ours I consider no citizen at liberty to reject such a nomination by so respectable a body upon personal Be tbe final determination our oaths and obligations and j members and my taking the liberty to by the extent of its combination seeks j rally him on the excessive zeal which convention what it may I shall ever retain a grateful sense of the honor con- ferred on me by this nomination and I beg the convention to cept the assurance of my respect fo them and for their cause I do nor ad dress them as a party because I under stand the principle of union to be i-j t i fo assert the supremacy of the lazes me candidate for the j to disturb the action ef those laws to set j had been excited on an occasion so which I trust is and ever will be the sa ce of president of the United j them at defiance to ride over and con- t the ensuing election is fin honor I fo usurp the government to to me as a proof of confidence j hold lives peace and of so a body and quite as j society at their mercy and establish a as it is grateful My of terror over the initiated is a no- j i i habits and inclinations have re me so far from the dav how monster as as the invisible of Germany or the inquisition extirpated of ali the ought to and the nd I know so well from a close observation of twelve years ule of there is in the f president of United nny j further sine that in it is but of Spain and without delay by the peaceable means which be use the of country furnish I an equate that he placed before me a detail of some of the proceedings on the trials of the conspirators against Morgan when for the first time I saw sonic oaths as established by the ny both of adhering nnd seceding sons on the trials in I ved thai in one of them called the roval cred and immutable our corn mon countr WM Messrs Rutherford Sloan Elder committee of the national ic convention BALTIMORE Sept 28 1831 having been The read the following resolution was adopt in w ho s fur -s IP eel my tint would of to pre- MI my to t- of my for nine Not ave 1 sought the bus I ave long since looked at it with far lore of dread of desire being illy of its fearful nJ of the demonstrated by that no of his cause so far as to it the fact of cate him from the same if in his power y a- a society to insure its whether he be right or wrong and that arch the candidate swears among other j ed things that he will aid and a In the National Conven pinion royal arch mason in tion ami espouse his cause so far as to Sept 1831 Resolved unanimously that the an o filiation he viii conceal the secrets of a your j royal mason given him in charge n asks of me no pledges or as such treason not yrt the name and tlie tion from which it proceeds the sonic may be considered both by yourselves and our fellow at large as necessarily involving by implication such promises and nnd it is therefore proper that I nd intelligence can be exerted in i should be perfectly open and candid with ie discharge of its duties cnn protect its jyou that there may be no from misrepresentation and j sion between that vou may be able ed and in other oaths in still higher direct I also observe that the binds himself to avenge the ted of the lodge by the infliction of death on the offender and revenge tbe of a brother to the utmost Give me leave to ndd gentlemen 1 changing your nomination if find wt one of the lust quarters fiom which j that you have scred under mistake io could have anticipated such nn j passing this resolution i the antimasonic convention You must understand then if that in ioted in extremity and the whole mixed up J the United Stares witb the most horrible and blasphemous mockeries of the rites and tenets of the Christian religion of the Hon Wm Wirt to the res of this convention nominating him as a candidate for the presidency be entered on the minutes of this con vention as part of its proceedings tha this convention recommend to their fellow citizens throughout the United States a cordial and vigorous support of Mr Wirt at the next election as the candidate for the office of President o to disembarrass yourselves at once by 1 In details of the trials in the case of Morgan it became manifest that these oaths are not considered by those impose and take them us mere idle and unmeaning words but that they are viewed as solemn obligations which are to he practically enforced and in doming too hastily I om happy to are not already apprised of it current rumors of the day 1 j very early life I was myself ad supposed the very principle of fo the of freemasonry I the case of Morgan there is too much was n war of nate j beer told by masons that my eyes reason to believe were tragically against all persons not because I never took the would led me thus although 1 soon dis- j continued my attendance on lodges mu having entered one even from curiosity himself 10 for more than thirty years 1 it he United borne j master's degree but my never he name of iut in no ver been ft mason himself and not moreover jecome R party to such a war of from no suspicion on mv part and wield the mat was any thing criminal in the power of tinder J or any that placed its four dictation would not in s on j in the slightest in the president of party in- their allegiance io their of being president of Uni- try and its laws On the contrary ed States I nm happy to find ing been before my initiation assured an error for I should been by a gentleman in whim I had for my country to see rise of any 1 confidence that there nothing that to seize upon j in the engagement which could affect ihc reins of government and through ther my religion or politics which I agency of an automaton president considered as comprehending the whole io direct to the range of duties civil and religious of party proscription and and as extending not to first degree tion and I should be grieved fur myself only but to the hole Io learn there had been any land being further informed that of my life and character that could mark i the most illustrious men of Virginia me out a fit for the j Gen Washington at herd be of a purpose 1 am relieved from both these by learning since your binge here that you no other ob- longed to that order nnd had taken the of master I not believe that I there be any thing in the at with duties as patriots t ject m view than in effort to the i men and nor is it jet laws of that for me to believe that they could you seek to disturb no portion of the understood the and virtuous citizens of oui 1 any such criminal country in the enjoyment of social I I have continually re- rights which are secured tn them by nothing more than their constitution laws tt on the con- ja social nnd charitable club designed for that the principle the promotion of good among its members nnd for the pecuniary re- lief of their indigent brethren I have indeed thought very little it for thirty years It had dropped from my mind so completely that I do not believe I should have been able to gain tance into any lodge at all strict in their examinations where I should have had to depend alone on mv memon and so little consequence did I attach to it that whenever masonry has been occasionally you is one of self-defence in the enjoyment of those rights tint having been convinced by iures made under oath by numerous respectable witnesses in tiie trials have been agitated in the state of New-York for several years and by investigations consequent on those enclosures that the society has a tremendous political engine the power and the disposition to set the laws of the land nt defiance to mark and its victims at pleasure with impunity and to silence all in- dividual opposition by the mysterious ter rors which it diffuses throughout the community you have come to the de- termination to root out this noxious insti if you can by the use of all the Peaceable legal and constitutional in your power lhat the most ef means of this character which has itself to you is by the exercise ef your elective franchise that introduced as a subject of conversation I have fell more disposed to smile than to frown Thinking thus of it nothing has more surprised me than to see it blown into consequence in the northern and eastern states a political engine and the n hole community excited against it as an affair of serious importance I had heard indeed the general rumor that Morgan had been kidnapped and very probably murdered hy masons for divulging their secrets but I supposed to be the act of a Jew ignorant and ced According to the reports of the details of that trinl as given at some of your former meetings nnd given at greater length at your in this city one of which in common with other citizens I was present these oaths are understood literally and literally en- forced and according to the exhibition of the evidence made in those reports the conspiracy against Morgan was not as has been commonly supposed the act of a few ignorant men alone but was engendered iu the lodges themselves en- forced under their direction and ed at their expense the conspiracy em- bracing within its sweep men of all de- grees men of the learned professions fanners and mechanics with too much reason to believe that the secret of the masonic spirit had entered nnd even the temples of justice and with the most demonstrative proof that the persons who had entered into those oaths considered their allegiance to the lodges as of higher ob- ligation than their allegiance to their country If this be masonry as ing to this uncontradicted evidence it seems to be I have no hesitation in that I consider it at war with the fundamental principles of the social compact as treason against society and a wicked conspiracy against the laws of God and man which ought to be put down But gentlemen this was not nnd could not be masonry as understood by Washington The thing is impossible The suspicion would be can I believe lhat in the quarter of the Union with which 1 am best intelligent men of high and honorable character if they have been drawn in to take these shocking and im- pious oaths cin consider them as para- mount to their duties co their God and their country It is true that after the practical exhibition of masonry which we have had in New York no man of common prudence can sleep over these discoveries and will take care in every case of doubt to inquire tice and prudence demand tion for the powers of a president ought not in my opinion to be to the purpose of a blind and unjust involving innocence with guilt and treason and no is worthy of a nomination to this high office in n hose judgement and patriotism At the meeting of the convention at S o'clock P M the following tion was received from Mr Ellmaker BALTIMORE Sept 28 1831 John Bailey John S Shricer Samuel P acknowledge with much satisfaction the friendly manner in which you hate communicated the two resolutions this day adopted by the tional one nominating me as the for the office of vice president of the United States at the ensuing tion the other appointing you a com- to communicate the preceding resolution in me and to request ray of the nomination I know well my humble pretensions to be a candidate for that high office But a zealous and firm attachment to the cause of will not permit a refusal of the nomination I therefore it great respect I am gentlemen your obt AMOS ELLMAKER The communication having been read a resolution of like import with that above set forth in the case of Mr Win was unanimously adopted by the tion The convention then proceeded to the transaction of other business con- the objects in view Mr Holley from the committee ged with duty reported an address to the people of the United which was read and unanimously adopted and ordered to be published This address though occupying upwards of an hour in the reading was listened to with the mosi profound attention by ance Several members made nent and able speeches in which they spoke of it in warm and glowing complimenting the author on the re- search and ability therein displayed A resolution was offered by Mr Phelps of Mass ami adopted recommending a national convention to be held in September 1835 in the city of Washington unless otherwise ordered by the central committee of dence A vote of thanks was passed in favor of the central committee of dence and for the continuance of their appointment till after next tial election A resolution was unanimously ed thanking the president of the con- vention for the ability and impartiality displayed in the discharge of his duties to which he responded in an eloquent and feeling address A vine of thanks was also passed in favor of other of the convention for the prompt and able manner in which they had dischar ued their assigned duties About 12 at night the convention adjourned sine die gent a young gentleman from Smithfield who gave us the following A re- farmer from the neighborhood of Jerusalem came to Smithfield on Tuesday and reported that Nat the in- and leader of the late tion at Southampton was apprehended on Friday last by a party of mounted men came upon him on the edge of a reed swamp on river about two miles below Jerusalem On seeing the horsemen approaching he ran into the reeds which being close to admit the entrance of some of the men dismounted and pursued him for nearly a mile when in attempting to leap over a bog his footing fell short of tbe opposite bank and he sank up to the middle in what may literally be termed the slough of for before he had time fo extricate himself his ers were at his backhand he was taken and borne triumphantly off to Jerusalem prison He was welt armed musket two pistols a sword and a dirk but did not fire a shot or make the least resistance The person from whom report is received stated that he saw Nat when he was brought into lem A LEGEND OF THE WATCHES A young chief of some distinction betrothed to an Indian French officer had seen the beautiful batches admired and determined to possess her An opportunity soon enabled him to press his dishonorable suit The at- tempt was met as chastity should always encounter baseness with scorn and tempt Baffled but not defeated pride lawless passion urged on this infatuated man to the accomplishment of his signs reckless to guilt and blind to The hour had arrived which was pointed for the marriage ef the and destined bride In the simple and ceremony which marked this primitive race the immediate lives had assembled to witness the pledge and to mingle in the festivities of this joyous occasion when a band of diers surrounded fhe peaceful assembly Opposition was fruitless The Indians defenceless and unsuspicious of danger were lost in astonishment grief and supplication the was borne away Imagination can atone depict the consternation and despair which the soul of the unhappy mnd He persuaded he entreated heart urged all that could be to operate on the humanity if the heartless nd bitter derision were the only answer o his impassioned supplications Then e himself in all his strength and energies among the of is enemies Many sank under hit arm but numbers prevailed and he was hurled back discomfited and wounded to the earth Days and weeks passed away hut vigilance of the savage never slumbered over the prospect of revenge He ed about the encampment of the French be employed every stratagem that his wily ingenuity could suggest but the apprehension of some desperate deed induced more than ordinary precaution on the part of the French The wary Indian however had noticed the situation of the camp marked the ters of his victim and matured his plans He had secretly and cautiously prepared large quantities of combustible materials dried cane leaves and brushwood these saturated with the sap of the pitch pine were carefully transferred by night to the vicinity of the encampment nt a point the most dis- tant from the quarters of the devoted Frenchman The place was just without he chain of sentinels and iu the midst of a thicket unfrequented by the soldiers To this on a dark and my night he fired a train which ing slowly enabled him to reach the of the sentinel nearest his enemy before the conflagration became tible He threw himself nt full length on the ground he wound along the age gliding the silence and ty of the serpent The unsuspecting soldier reached the extremity of post and turned to retrace his steps the next instant his throat was in a from which nothing could extricate him silent plunge and a heavy sigh went upon the wind and save iis moan no other sound be The success of the stratagem complete The terrors of that rendered visible by the of widely spread in conceivably magnified by those struck u
