by all the saints on earth? She has already fallen, with her robes stained in human blood. Many of her sons are astonished, and are exclaiming, "It is not I; it is not I, who have done this wicked deed." If you are guiltless in this matter; if you have not done any thing "immoral or irreligious," then no longer advocate Freemasonry, but be ye separate from her. C. CALKINS, EZRA BUTLER, President. E. S. NEWCOMB, Secretaries. REPORT Respecting the Authenticity of the Masonic Disclosures.-Made to the New York State Convention, Feb. 21, 1829. The committee appointed to inquire whether the ceremonials, obligations and secrets of the masonic order, as disclosed by the late William Morgan, before his abduction and murder, and the convention of seceding masons at Le Roy, on the 4th and 5th July last, are substantially correct and true, &c. respectfully Report: That the subject of inquiry allotted to your committee, has received that mature deliberation, which its importance seemed to demand. Your committee are of opinion, that in the exercise of their legitimate powers, it does not appear proper to introduce in their report animadversions upon masonry, and they therefore confine the report strictly to the evidences, in relation to the disclosures, reference to which has been had. In regard to the correctness and truth of the three first degrees as disclosed by the late William Morgan before his abduction and murder, your committee deem it unnecessary to multiply proofs-no further evidence would seemingly be necessary on that point, than what has been heretofore laid before the public. The murder of the author has effectually and conclusively impressed the seal of authenticity upon his revelations. But, if further proof be required by any, it may be found in the clearly expressed concurring testimony borne by some hundreds of seceding masons-and also, by the ready admission of many of the order, who still adhere to the precepts and principles of masonry, and who not only admit the truth of the degrees published, but likewise the murder of the author for a violation of his obligations in writing those degrees. In relation to the truth of the disclosures made at Le Roy, at the period stated in the resolution, your committee have been enabled to receive from the lips of three persons of high reputation, who have taken all the degrees, such a statement of attendant facts and circumstances, as that none can doubt the general correctness and truth of the disclosures. Your committee, in preparing their report, have studied to make it as brief as the nature of the subject, and the mass of information obtained would admit. They respectfully submit the following as a statement of facts authenticated to the entire satisfaction of your committee. The Royal Arch Degree as published, was obtained through an authentic source, directly from Jeremy L. Cross, Grand Lecturer of the United States. That differences in the manner of work, and in the lectures had sprung up among the lodges and chapters, to check which, and produce uniformity, this Mr. Cross was appointed to the office he now holds― that in administering the obligation of the Royal Arch Degree, as he instructs, the words "murder and treason not excepted," are expressly used, while some chapters before had only required a companion's secret to be kept "in all cases without exception"-that instances have often occurred where the recipients of the Royal Arch obligation have refused to attest to certain parts of it, and that such parts, after fruitless and artful attempts to explain them to the satisfaction of the candidate, have been omitted. That on the trial of S. D. Green, of Batavia, before an ecclesiastical tribunal, three witnesses on oath, stated that the degrees as disclosed by the Le Roy Convention of the 4th and 5th July last, were substantially true-that affidavits of some ten or twelve persons to the same effect, were made and attested to, for the purpose of being used at a meeting of the Presbyterian order held in Bergen, Genesee county, in December last-five of which deponents had received all the degrees--that on numerous occasions during the pendency of trials in courts of justice, some of the seceding Masons at Le Roy were subpoenaed to attend such trials as witnesses, to sustain objections against masonic jurors, when called in a cause where a brother or companion was a partythat they did attend, that objections were interposed on the ground of the existing obligation between the juror and the party, and that the objected jurors have uniformly been dispensed with, rather than submit to a trial of the objection. With respect to the correctness and truth of the degrees of Knights of the Red Cross-Knights Templars, and Knights of Malta-Knights of the Christian Markand Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, the evidence is written, and a reasonable doubt cannot be entertained-a ritual of the degrees in manuscript was left with those who made the disclosure by a high masonic officer, known to have been authorised to confer those degrees. This ritual formed the basis on which the publication was made, and still remains in their possession. There has also been a ritual in manuscript, left by a high and authorised mason, who came among them to establish a council, called "The Holy and Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross," and grant diplomas, headed "The Ancient Council of the Trinity, by their successors in the United States of America"-from the rituals, were the degrees of Knighthood taken and published. Your committee therefore are of opinion, that the evidence in relation to these latter degrees is conclusive. The progress in masonry, of one of the informants, was thus given masonically. Regularly initiated into the degree of entered apprentice mason. Passed to the degree of fellow Craft. Raised to the sublime degree of Master. Advanced to the honorary degree of Mark Master. Presided in the chair. Acknowledged and received as Most Excellent Master, and exalted to the sublime degree of Royal Arch. Degrees in the Encampment. Knight of the Red Cross. Knight Templar, and Knight of Malta. Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. In the Council he received the degree of Illustrious, Most Illustrious, and Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross. The offices he held were, Worshipful Master. Secretary of the Chapter, and Generalissimo of the Genesee Encampment. That in addition to the three degrees of masonry revealed by William Morgan, and the twelve degrees disclosed by the convention of seceding masons at Le Roy, on the 4th and 5th of July last, your committee would beg leave to state that ELDER DAVID BERNARD, late Intimate Secretary of the Lodge of Perfection, and one of the seceding masons at Le Roy, is about to publish the “Eleven Ineffable Degrees" conferred in the Lodge of Perfection, and also, Seven French Degrees of a still higher order of masonry; the authenticity of which your committee think cannot reasonably be doubted; that in one of these degrees now revealed, namely, the "Knights Adepts of the Eagle, or Sun!" DEISM is plainly avowed, and a dagger aimed at the Christian Religion. BATES COOKE, Chairman. Resolved, That in the opinion of this convention, the authenticity of the thirty-three degrees of masonry revealed, is satisfactorily established. REPORT Of the General Central Anti-Masonic Committee upon the progress and condition of the Anti-Masonic cause.-Made to the New York State Convention, holden at Albany. In rendering our grateful acknowledgements to the Dispenser of all good, and congratulating our fellow citizens upon "the signs of the times" which indicate a great moral and political revolution in the coming overthrow of Freemasonry, it may not be unprofitable to glance backwards over the relationship which that institution bore to the people and the country, at the period when the overt acts were committed, which are leading the American Republic to re-assert and confirm its Independence. The masonic society by its arrogation of all the science, wisdom, patriotism, and virtues, which illumine the age, endow and sustain the institutions of the country, and adorn the human character, had conciliated the esteem and won the confidence of public opinion. It had grown under these general influences, unsuspected of other motives than those which it professed, into enormous wealth and gigantic power. Professing strict obedience to the laws, and a wedded affinity to the religion of the country, it had implanted its roots, extended its arms, and established its laws all over the land. The suspicions and apprehensions that had watched and overcome all other secret associations, by the soothing pretensions and specious bearings of Freemasonry were quieted and disarmed. At this crisis of popular credulity, the masonic conspiracies and outrages which have aroused the moral energies of this State, and promise to interest the whole nation, were matured and perpetrated.—Voluntary investigations were speedily undertaken: but the people were slow to entertain evil thoughts of an ancient and honorable institution.-The great, the wise and the good, of every age and country, were claimed to be among its votaries and patrons. Investigations, embarrassed and crippled by the influence and stratagems of the fraternity, proceeded with slow and uncertain steps. The laws were relaxed and the ministers of justice lingered in their course. The constitutional reliances of the people, for protection and safety, were soon found too weak to discharge their functions; and the public press, which, on all other occasions of existing evil or approaching danger had asserted its high prerogative, was now awed into silence. A general alarm spread through the western counties. The people met and appointed committees of investigation. It was soon discovered that the outrages had not been unadvisably perpetrated by irresponsible members |