Anti-Masonic Period 1826 Thru Civil
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SECTION 4 Section 4 Anti-Masonic Period = 1826 thru Civil War 269 TWO FACES Fig. 1 — The 9/11/1826 abduction and murder of Royal Arch Mason William Morgan triggered the Anti-Masonic Movement. Complete story is in two new chapters in the 3rd edition of Scarlet and Beast, Vol. 1, chps. 13-14; The Morgan Affair Triggers the Anti-Masonic Movement and the American Masonic Civil War. 13O Royal Arch Mason (renounced) CAPTAIN WILLIAM MORGAN Murdered by Freemasons in 1826 for Revealing the Secrets of Freemasonry 10,000 Famous Freemasons, by 33O William R. Denslow, reports, "His disappearance gave rise to the Anti-Masonic party, 141 Anti-Masonic newspapers in the U.S.A., and almost killed Freemasonry in America." 270 SECTION 4 Figure 2 — This book contains court transcripts of testimonies given by named witnesses to the abduction & murder of William Morgan. First published in 1965 and reprinted in 1974. It is now out of print. It contains the court records, transcripts, and testimonies of witnesses to the abduction and Masonic murder of William Morgan. You can read the entire story in Scarlet and the Beast, Vol. 1, 3rd edition, chapter 13. 271 TWO FACES Fig. 3 — Aug. 9, 1826 an advertisement was inserted in a paper printed in Canandaigua. Copy below. The message is only for Masons to understand. Read the decoded message in Scarlet and the Beast, Vol. 1, 3rd ed., ch. 13. Figure 4 — Abduction of Captain William Morgan by Masons Great Kidnapping Furor took place in 1826 over the disappearance of William Morgan, a renegade Mason who was supposedly abducted and then killed by Masons. Harpers Magazine drawing shows Masons forcing Morgan into coach. 272 SECTION 4 In the summer of 1848, the deathbed confession of one of the Masonic assassins, Henry L. Valance, was taken down by his doctor, John L. Emery of Racine County Wisconsin. One year following the death of Valance, Dr. Emery published and made public the confession. This confession was also printed in Charles G. Finney's 1869 book entitled Character, Claims, and Practical Workings of Freemasonry, which can be purchased on our website at www.scarletandthebeast.com. 1848 deathbed confession of Freemason Henry L. Valance concerning his part in the murder of CAPTAIN WILLIAM MORGAN "My last hour is approaching; and as the things of this world fade from mental sight, I feel the necessity of making, as far as in my power lies, that atonement which every violator of the great law of right owes to his fellow man. I allude to the abduction and murder of the ill-fated William Morgan. After committing that horrid deed I was an unhappy man by day and by night. I was much like Cain, a fugitive and a vagabond. Go where I would, or do what I would, it was impossible for me to throw off the consciousness of my crime. If the mark of Cain was not upon me, the curse of the first murderer was — the bloodstain was upon my hands and could not be washed out. "I was one of eight Masons who planned the murder of Morgan. Many plans were proposed and discussed, and rejected. At length being driven to the necessity of doing something immediately for fear of being exposed, it was resolved...that Morgan must be consigned to a confinement from which there is no possibility of escape — the grave. "Eight pieces of paper were procured, five of which were to remain blank, while the letter 'D' was written on the others. These pieces of paper were placed in a large box, from which each man was to draw one at the same moment. After drawing we were all to separate, without looking at the paper that each held in his hand. So soon as we had arrived at certain distances from the place of rendezvous, the tickets were to be examined, and those who held blanks were to return instantly to their homes; and those who should hold marked tickets were to proceed to the fort at midnight, and there put Morgan to death, in such a manner as should seem...most fitting. "I was one of the three who drew the ballots on which was the signal letter. I returned to the fort, where I was joined by my two companions, who had (also) drawn the death tickets. Arrangements were made immediately for executing the Masonic sentence passed upon our prisoner, which was to sink him in the river with weights; in hopes that he and our crime alike would thus be buried beneath the waves. 273 TWO FACES "My part was to proceed to the magazine at Ft. Niagara where Morgan was confined, and announce to him his fate — theirs was to procure a boat and weights with which to sink him. On being informed of our proceedings against him, Morgan demanded by what authority we had condemned him, and who were his judges. He commenced wringing his hands, and talking of his wife and children, the recollections of whom, in that awful hour, terribly affected him. His wife, he said, was young and inexperienced, and his children were but infants; what would become of them were he cut off, and they even ignorant of his fate? "My comrades returned, and informed me that they had procured the boat and weights, and that all things were in readiness on their part. We told Morgan that all his remonstrances were idle, that die he must, and that soon, even before the morning light... We gave him one-half hour to prepare for his inevitable fate. How Morgan passed that time, I cannot tell, but everything was quiet as the tomb within. At the expiration of the allotted time, we entered the magazine, laid hold of our victim, bound his hands behind him, and placed a gag in his mouth. A short time brought us to the boat. I placed Morgan in the bow with myself along side of him. My comrades took the oars, and the boat was rapidly forced out into the river. The night was pitch dark, we could scarcely see a yard before us, and therefore was the time admirably adapted to our hellish purpose. "Having reached a proper distance from the shore, the oarsmen ceased their labors. The weights were all secured together by a strong cord, and another cord of equal strength, and of several yards in length, proceeded from that. This cord I took in my hand and fastened it around the body of Morgan, just above his hips, using all my skill to make it fast, so that it would hold. Then, in a whisper, I bade the unhappy man to stand up, and after a momentary hesitation he complied with my order. He stood close to the head of the boat, and there was just length enough of rope from his person to the weights to prevent any strain while he was standing. I then requested one of my associates to assist me in lifting the weights from the bottom to the side of the boat, while the other steadied her from the stern. This was done, and as Morgan was standing with his back toward me, I approached him, and gave him a strong push with both my hands, which were placed on the middle of his back. He fell forward, carrying the weights with him, and the waters closed over the mass. We remained quiet for two or three minutes, when my companions, without saying a word, resumed their places, and rowed the boat to the place from which they had taken it." In Kenneth C. Davis' book, Don't Know Much About History, 2003, published by HarperCollins, we read, "An anti-Mason movement took hold in the nineteenth century... Twenty-six Masons were indicted on murder and six came to trial, with four of them convicted on lesser charges." You can read the entire story in Scarlet and the Beast, Volume 1, 3rd edition, chapter 13. 274 SECTION 4 Figure 5 — Monument to anti-Mason, Capt. William Morgan is located at the southwest corner of Batavia Cemetery — New York. Monument to Morgan erected by donations collected from Anti-Masons 275 TWO FACES Fig. 6 — Governor DeWitt Clinton, as top Mason in New York State at that time, had the final say in authorizing the capture and murder of Capt. William Morgan. Clinton died the same year Morgan was murdered. DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) Illuminatus, Grand Master of New York Lodges (1806-1820) Royal Arch Mason & Father of the Public School System Read of Clinton's membership in the American Illuminati in Scarlet and the Beast, Vol. 1, chps. 5 and 13. Governor of New York, U.S. Senator from New York, Mayor of New York City. As mayor he promoted the establishment of public schools, which became the basis for our free school system today (1st thru 12th grade). To fund the schools, Masons collected donations at street corners. (For more on Clinton and schools, see Scarlet and the Beast, Vol.I, chap.9) Clinton was elected three terms as governor. He was in his third term when the "Morgan Affair" took place. You can read about his involvement in Scarlet and the Beast, Vol. 1, 3rd edition, chapter 9. Clinton was raised (3O) in Holland Lodge No. 16, Sept. 3, 1790, serving as the Master in 1793 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York from 1806-1819. He was Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter, R.A.M. of New York in 1798 and General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the U.S.