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[ Cadet de Gassicourt, Charles Louis], 1769-1821.

The Tomb of James Molai.

Boston, Edes, 1797. 22 pp.

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,lin-p'-~fi1'!8 t"I~"ts in hii10,Y, w"ich havt n6vtr pel-haps bem m» e raliolJaliy or 1:!lisf~Bfjri!y accounted /,r- 8h,1I111/11' f:lt/j ,1.Jltd i" tltis pradllBjgll. tOlerh" Jj1il. Ihe dtdufti.;ns d: awn Iherefrom, g3j1l credt: witM its ,.,aJ"l,;1 nz."JjI obvioufly .pp'''' th.~t /I [ecre: J~,itty Dr cOlll!Ji"~ti'lI of men h{I,S [or m.llly IlgtS exiJied, whoft tat·/, and determined o~iet1 btiHI the u.el·lhrow Djl- all regal a.d p"p.l a!!tll')rity bal/t negletlt4 II. 1TJtll"S to fie.,., it1 lfItaii)1IJent, wAii~ their .im1llt·diole agents nat/( at di/f"t1lt periods fit i. 1'IIOliOII, th, b:JYI·jb.'! engines of L"onflagralioll, Ma/!.z,,·e and Revol: ; alia have (O,,{rqllt1Jlly Feen l"OdMlIivI of ",tlny Dr the political 71I~fi,~hitfS 1l "irk lI.iv, '-'fuilld-to 'inankind. liz this prlJdu/:lroll 111,,)!] tJ/ tile flrikinglJ u;z1l4l~ral (lnd .trociollS traits in the ,h~rat1tr If 1111 Fre",;' R,lI./ution .,., Ir41td /D _wiJ_t tht aulhl,. af-

./l'rts 10 be tluir gt1uii~e [ourc: J tJJJri as [ar (IS gyttlt ingenllity and nJi1JUlf1lt[s of cirlum/i ante can flaMp it with tht mM' ki (~f aMthei,1 icily ;1 ""'/11 gain fro/elJl N; 1/H. ,tDw'lIe,. ., HIlly 1""" ",otiV~I of Cltri.ity.' 'tall iff [em« IIi/are h~ur» Otcupy tilt Irar.fitnt alle"tiotJ Df the literally critic 1111,1 I' 'I1I1,·r,·, it is 'SlJil" difjident,

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THE TOMB OF J A.WES MOLAl, be.

THE Philofophicil obferver, who without belonging to any party, fhrdies in the filence of the cabinet, the man "rho hords the pen of hiftory, and who il charged with the painful function of tranlmitting to pofle: uv, the annals of our virtues and crimea, can they render an account of the caufe of all the fiuctuations of all the ftrange. aftonifhing or atrocious events, which have fucceeded each other with fo much rapidity, and of which the peaceful friend of order has been the fport for feven years paR? No, doubtlefs an impenetrable veil mull perhaps eover the complicared fprings of our revolution. We eafily recognize in the conquerors of Gemmappe and Fleurus, the fame Frenchmen who triumphed, under Crequi, Turrene, and Catinat; that nation which filled with a blind rage, ma1facred dcfencelcfs prifoners, which infulted with fury the bell citizens led to the fc:affold, which jocofcly ferocious, confoled themfelves by fong. for the moll cruel misfortunes, is the fame nation which devoured the bloody remain. of the Marechal d' An·:-['~. [he fame nation which the day after that ot Saint Barrhclmy f~ng in Paris, ,. Paffio domini notlri gafp2lrdi, coligni, fecundum Bartholorseum,' bur Incapable of judging what th~y did, or waar hand directed them .. - I have read the hift(lry of the prolcriptions ot the Je \\~IJ of the Chriftians, of the: Mithridale., of Marius, .f SyJla, of the Triumvirs, of the butcheries of Theodofiu. and I heodora, the tunes of the Crufades and of the inquitirion, the punifhment of the Templers, the hl1tory of the maflacres of

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Sicily. ()f Melindol. of St. lJarthQlomcw J of Ir~ Iand, of Piemont, of the Cevennes, of the New \\'or!d-I have fhuddered while calculating twenty-three millions one hundred and ~ighty thoufand men cooliy fllU~btrrrd u for opinions," but I have Ieen in tach of tnefe cafes but a fingle caufe, and our own misfortunes appnr to be produced by' all thofe which ill the agtl of barbarifm, have caufed the blood of mankind to flow. Interregate fepaIatrfy, an hiftcrian, a calculator, a philofopher, a politician, aik them what is the dcftroying demon which tends france', which exhaufls her population) which corrupts morality, which overthrow. property, which ruins the public treafurj : afk them alto what is [he creating grnius which fami .. Iiarifes rhe people with ideas ot found philetopbj', ,yhich removes their prejudices and caufes them to adopt wife inttitutions ; afk them to clear up that chaos, th.u aftonifhing mixture of virtues and cnmr I, of courage and cow ardice, of genius and ftupidity-they will all anfwer you differently. One fuppofing the people acting from themfelves and .11" a) s t,;r the belt, will attribute all the misfortunes of the revolution to the foreign faction, on {tOeing the parts dift ributed [0 the Swirl ., Piche and Mrif41t" to the Autlrian ., Proly," [0 the Spamard e , Gutman," to the Pruffian ,e Clootz;' to th- l'olr " Lazoufki," to the Italian Ce Buonaretti," to PnacvCnarles Gf Hefle, to Miranda, Marchcna. \\ eill" man, Wemphe« Kellerman, &c. &e. &c. He "JIJ a.n mpt to dernonflrate how France lIal alv a\~ bce n the vicl im of her natural cncmiCl,"thi. f\"'~e~l' may IJ( ffioly acquire much probability.

• .J he other \\ III think he explains every thing,

b)' lehtring to you the hiflory of human pafiions anu i>r~j~dices ; it is his opinion that the pride of the

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me Nobilirr. the avarice of the Parliament., the fanaticifm of the Priefts, the fpirit of Corps. the love of NovellY and Ambition, are. the only elementa of our troubles. Anothtr will imagine, perhlp, with foane foundation that he recognizes iD the popular excefles, the vengeance of the Proteftant. profcribed by rh~cdia of Nants, A fourth tile panifan of 'ataJifm will fcc no other mo\'ing caufc than chance; if he i. fupcrftitioul he will mention to you the flmOUI prophecy which two yearl fince attralled '0 many of the curious to the Jibrary. and which terminated by the promife that .. , The Eagle fhould bring back into France the {boot of the lily,'» or rather he will quote to jou the vifion of Childeric, related in the •• Treafurj' of the hiftory of Fcanc~."· But I am going to tpeak to you of adtptl. iniriatea, illuminates of Free Maroni, to unveil their terrible myflcricta their political outrages, and to difcover the influence they· have hatl in our revolution. Citizens

. who willi for the liberty of all, know your interior friends, your affaffins; and JOu powerful depo6 .. toriel of the executive power, jf none of you Jaav~ fworn upon the tomb of·' Molai," haflen to deliver France or tremble for yourfclvcs. The homicidal confederation of the adepts has lafted for fix ages, they armed Harpocratus with • po:6nard, and their fecret was preferved ; every thing in their hiftory il new, and I {ball be pardoned for tracing it to its origin. After the Crufades, feveral Chevaliers eonfecrated tbemfelves to the defence of the holy Sepulchre, and eftablifh-

. ed thcmfclvea in III I, at Jerufalem, under the Name

• Printed at P .. ouen '0 1650, by ADlAony Ferrand, dediClte1 !tI M. M.~ha\ltt.

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Name of Templars, or Knights of the militiA or the temple: Kin~ Beaudouin gave them a houfe fituated ncar the church of J~rulaitm, \ .. hich was faid to have been formerly t he temple ot Solomon ; after the ruin of the kingdom 01 JrruJaJrm in II H6 the Templars Icatterrd thernfelves !hlough all the flares of Europe.made numerous profelytes d'ld enriched themfelves at the expenfe of everv country. In 13 J 2 they poffi. fred nine thoufand Lordlhips :

Such great wealth naturally excited envy J and made them many enemies, Phillip the handfome, feconded by Pope Clement the Vth, whofe authority they refufed [0 acknowledge, refolved to deflroy them. Their hifiory hal been writter: by MODS. Dupuis, but circurnflances with which this writer ,\\'3S not acquainted are, that theft Knight. -'ho had fworn I' Fraremirj ' amongtt themfelves, had alfo agreed upon figns and word. by which to diftinguifh each orher throughout the world, that in fact they held myflerious aflemblies, and that difguifing their intentions under tymbolic ceremonies, th~y formed the plan of ufurping the fovereignry of every empire, as they hid already ufurped the grcat~r part of the wtalth of Europe. Philip the handfome rent an order to all the officers of the kingdom to arreft them ; and on the J jth of Odober 1309. they were all feized in

France, the Pope publifhed hi. bulls in order to prevail upon the other powers [0 imitate Philip the handfome. Caflile, Arragon, Sicily and England obeyed, James Molai, grand mailer of the order, \VI! thrown into the ballile, • and rrom the depth of his prifon he created faue mother lodges, viz.

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f~r the Faft It Naples, for the \Vell at Edinburgh. for the North at Stockholm. and for the South at Paris. In the mean time fixty-rnne Knights after having fuff~r~d the greatett tortures were burnt alive at rhe ~al(, of 51. Amoine. Janlel Molli and Gui. nauphin of A uvergnc-, were thrown into the flames on the .8th of March at the fame place at which the equcltrian ftatue ot Henry the IVtb flood : on atcending the tuneral pile, Molai an-

. nounced the day and hour In w hich the King and the Pope would perifh, Bcffuer and Hugues del Payens have a,rc:~a lnat his prediction has been verified ; there remains of the firtr iaftitution only the order of -~l~lra& The day after the execution of Molai, feveral Templars I' difgu!fed as Brick Layers;' J came and collet-ted (he afhes ot the tuneral pile; fitteen days afterwards the tamous " Squin de Floriau," an apoftare Knight who had denounced the order, died of a1f.ffillation: The Pope caufed him to be interred at A vignon, and beatified him. but the Templars removes his body from the tomb and depefited in it. place the afhes of jarnee Molai then the four Lodges of Free-Matons created by the grand mailer organized thernfelves and all the member. rook [his oath in the Lodges. viz. ,e To exterminate all KIngs and the race 01 the Bour ... bona, to deft-roy the po"'cr of the Pope, 10 preach the liberty of nations, and to found one uruverfal Republic." In order [0 prevent the admiflion to their va.r plan of any bur men in whofe charaders they were Iecure, the) invented ordinary Lodges of Mafons under the names of St. John and St. Andrew, which are rnofe that are known in France, Germany and England, focieties without the fecrer, whore fign' ferve only to deceive and to make known to the true M.ron, the men they

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may aifociate to the grand ,·onfpiracy. Thrfe Lodges which I migh; call Preparatoriea have an object of real utility J ~h~y are : .. onfecrated to beneyolcnce, and have eftablifhed amongft different nations, tbore bonds of fraternity which are infinitel, eflimable , thus we fee the moft virtuous men, recking .. ·irh anxietv tor fuch focieries. The true Templars or u Jacobins" hold no Lodge, their affcmblle. are called .1 Ch"plCfJ• J' There are four Chapters, one in each City, defignatcd by Jame. Molai, and compofed tach of twenty-Ieven memhers, their Counter-Sign or word of order is, ., Jakin Boaz, Mac-benach, Adouaij 13 t.,. :" of which the initial. letters are thole of cc JacoDul Burgundul Molai bear, anna domini 1314." The

other words. Sacramental are Ie Kadotch," which figmfies "Rtgrncrator.1J "Nekom/' which diminifhes the number of the li ving. " Paul Kal Pha« ratkal," which puts to death the prophane." When they accoft each other in rheiraflemblies, they take hold of handl al though they were about to flab themfel ves ; to diftinguifh each other they wear I ring of gold enamelled with red. and in cafe of danger they wear upon the breaft a croCI of Malta of Scarlet cloth ; when ther enter a Lodge they hal ve the cxclufi ve right of troffini in the middle of the carpet w hich is oppoficc the throne. All Frc~-Maron. of Lodges arc ignorant who they are. This Ipirit of rapine, this hereditary vengeance, thi. regicide Ianaticifm are difficult to be

- conceived of 10 men whole primitive affociatioR was coafecrated by religion, the origin of it ma, p(rha~s be found in their connections with ., The

old man of the mountain," tJaat famoUI. robber eftabiuhed between Damas and Antioch: It mull oe recollected that after the Crufadc. Palefline wu

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ravaged by a prince of [he f1m~~v of the:\rfacidos, named" Ehiffefhn," (from wh~ch !t'~ Fre.icn fays Voltaire formed the \\·ordA1ral1n~. rrhl~ a::o:.iUling man, mafler of f 1 cities around Tvr, had a v~l( pa~ lace in the Inidft of the mountains, it was there were

feen a great number of young people blindly obeying his orders.he plunged them into all thcdelighrs of voluptuoulnefs, he intoxicated them.tranfporred them into inchanted gardens., where every plealure was offered them ~ (he mofl delicate perfumes, the moft exquifue meats.the molt melodious Iongs, the molt beautiful women, charmed there young Neophyres, and awoke at once in their hearts the rnoft voluptuous paflions, then a forced fleep abandoned them [0 the old man of [he mountain ; who aflu , rning the tone of an infpired perfon, told them that (he happinefs they had tatted \\"1 that referved by the Eternal for thofe who had the Courage [0 Ierve

his J uft Vengeance agalnft princes, \\ ho opprefled the world; it [he trick fucceeded, he armed rhein with a pOignard. and fent them forth to aff~ffinate Kings, it was by thC1D that in J 1 J 3J perithcd Louis of Bavaria, one of the bell Princes of his age: the Templars for a long time made war againtt them and not being able [0 dettroy (hem, they contented thernlelves by exacting rributes ot them ; but in 1157, the Tartars having killed" The old man of the mountain" the knighrs ot the temple united his pofleflioas to their domains mixed with the difciples of Ehiffeflin and it was there doubtlefs they formed the new doctrine which has flnce di.,

rected the fucceffors of U jacobus Molai' but I

will refume their hitlory. III earlier time weak,

apprehenfive without property J without power, they were occupied wholly in feeking the trcafures ~!:.r;ted by their founders, in the commencement

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of the perfecution of the Templars, and of which feveral of them poffeffed the fecret, they have reco, vered a confiderable parr of them, bur fome 1\ ill remain within their knowledge, particularly in the Ifland of Cand i .. , w hich unfortunately for them is In the poffeftion of the Turks: It was however at the period of the formation of the Lodges, that the celebrated Rienzi appeared, that aflonifhing man. who, born in obfcuritv, raifed hirnfelf to the dignity of Tribune; which he caufed to revive, and C:1- deavored to bring hack into degraded Rome, [be virtues & valor of irs primitive inhabitants.and toreftore to that ancient capital of the world irs original empire.he had fufficient confidence in hi. forces to

jnvite to its tribunal the ~2mperor and rhe Pope.and fufficient credit to render himfelf formidable to thefe two powers. The Templar, Confpirators hold as principle. that every man capable of ~reat exer-

tions of whatever religion or condition he may be, may become an Initiate, but that it i, forbidden to commit any other than neceflary crimes.tending to the object of tile inftirurion, or [0 the fomenting of popular fedirions, this is the reafon why there have been initiates amongft the PI urks as well as amongft Chrifiians, among!t great a. ~'c11 as arnongfl fimple citizens: their rule is called u ConIlitution, ,'. Their difpofition may be difcovered by their works, when it is known that ,e Mazani-

. eilo)" that terrible Sicilian jacobin who preached up independence) drove out the Viceroy of Naples, and who did not afcend irs popular tribunal until furrouhded by the heads of the prolcribcd, ". as an initiate : that Cram well, who cauled Charles

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.. l'he l:v:_11 of equality, the cap of Lio c r t v, the national Colours, an inftllily of w ord-, ((J;d"..:crtfteu by the Rc v olut ion, i let 0 b« t c un din I\'Ld ell i c Lod ~ l ~

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the Firft to perifh upon the fcaffold, and re-eflabIifhed Free-Mafonry in Fngl~nd, was an Initiare : that the fuperi(~rs of the" Jefuits "ere Ininates : thofe Jefuitl who caufed Henry IVrh and Louis the XVrh to be aflaflinated, who Ilabbed the Sradtholder Maurice, of Naflau, who poifoned the Emperor Henry VIlth in a facramental wafer, by the tacrilegious hand of (C Mrntt Pulciano' and who have bern convicted of thirty-nine confpiracies and twenty-ont Regicides. •

May~nnr, who caufed the oath of confederacy to be taken in the fame hall in which the jacobins of Paris affernbled was an initiate; it was they who directed the revolution of Portugal in 1640, who prepared it for three years, with an incredible Secrecy, who protcribed Philip the IVrh, and mafiacred MichlCI V afconcellos. t Mankind may recollect that Iamous tribunal which prefided oyer by ( Brokaghif," caufed fo many Iovereign Lords of Germany to perifh by [he poignard.t Sf Brokaghit," "las the chief of a Chapter, it was his difcipl~s who to overthrow thefimprefsof Ruffia wifhed til build the city and fortrefs of Gerzom, upon the black fa, and to eftablifh rhere a colony of free

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t Read the hiftory .f the Rev~lution.: of Portugal and the Confpiracy of the Brazils.

t ~t was tI~is tribunal which ~as {"rnifhed the fubjefi;of the piece entitled "Robert, chief of the Robbers," which has been ~xhibiled at the ~he~tre of the Rcpuhlick ; the phiIant hropical author of this pIece would doubtlets find t \"0 ~Lt.ercnin~.rubjetl' in the hifl ory of " Jc1!nIS Molai " .. n d In that of .. the old man of the mountain It but woul d the y be wei] received by the thi uy t houland Iricuds of Baboeuf ?

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Iaitiates : Catherine difcovered the plot and three noblemen of her court who were concerned in it were decapitated : In 17Sr, the Freelvlafons ot Petertbourg divided into two parties, took up arms) hoping by favour of an infurredion to affamn3t~ the Emprefs, but file prevented the Iedition by an Edict. Lord Derwent, \\·&t(fS, grand mailer in 17:1 5, confpired againft the Ilate and was executeu at l.ondon ; each chapter has a travelling member, "tho viti!! the other chapters, and eflablifhes a correlpondence between them : [he famous count (C D..; Saint Germain,' was the travelling member J for Paris, and If Cagiiotlro" for Naples .. .ho interfered in the affair of the If Necklace' only to form at the court an rn-ri-rc, who confpired againft it.· Although the mafonic Lodges are clofed in France, the chapter crea.cd by Janles Molai, fiill exifts, and never were the jacobin Ternplars more powerful, e e Calviruti s " ID,--n of311 feels, perfons of'grear chara-.::!rr, ancient rninitlers, generals of armies, mcmhers ot t ae fir{t allembl ies ftill confpire ; a club eH ahli Ihed at Morat is the focus of the confpiracy;" The princip.ii initiates who have pIa red a parr in the f'! ench revolution, arc. Mirabcau, Fox, the Duke r.f Or lc ms, Robelpierre, Clootz, Danton, Dutnour ier , <til\.1 Saint F:lrgeau." The prefent Grand ~11:1cr is, the Duke of Suderrnania, Re-gent ot Sweden, It was by taKing the Brftile that the l{~volutio:l commenced, anJ the Initiates defigm-

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• Thf'fe w ho t~k~ ~n\, interefi in the ;~ffJir of th~ X~ckIe cc ma v rccolleft tht"Egypti~nLodge cfl abl ifhcc atl~aris bv C.q;liofll"o and the pledl31lt Icene of Phant attnagor ic pre .. p-r cd to enlighten the C~ro.inal of R.ohan .. the l:ount. de S:.int Germain and Caglioftro were accufl omed to calhng t;';'-m~el\'~s fevcral hundred year!. of a~~,th!t is t hev dated thc ir birth, like the lnitiltes troin the day in which J~",e& ~{olai reriOleo, vile the 18th cf ~;1rch tal4 ....

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ted this o~j~a to the violence of the people, becaufe it had been the prifon of If Jacobus Molai." A vignon was the theatre of [he greateft atrocities, becaufe it belonged to the Pope, and enclofed the allies of the Grand Malter. All the Ilatues of Kings werre dernolifhed, in order to dellroy that of JI~nry the l"-(h, " .. hich covered the fpot where James Molai \~al executed : It was in this fame place and no where elfe, that the Initiates wifhed to caufe a coloflus to be raifed, trampling under foot Crowns and Tiaras, and this coloflus was nothing elfe than the emblem of the body of the Templars. How ma!lY traits might I recolIra ! But I muft confine mylelf to the principal fatls-'fhc King of S,.. eden was the ally .f Louis X\1Ith, at the time: of [he flight 10 Varennes: Guftavus carne as far as the frontiers to receive and

prote& him. but 'the Duke of Suderrnani r caufed his brother to be- a1f.ffinated by Ankerftrom. a Free Malon, who previoufly condemned for robbery to be hanged, hid obtained his pardon from the King. As every T emplar may govern but cannot reign, the Duke of Suderrnania was immediately feen to form an alliance with the jacobins of Paris, to deprive the noble Swedes of many of their priviledges, to leffen the prerogative. of the young king of whom he was the tutor and againft whofe life two attempts have been already made. On the other fide, the Grand Maller of the chapter atParis, Philip of Orleans, operated the f~11 of of Capet and his family; to attain the objeB: defignated by the Initiates. it vias neceffary t. Ilrike great ftrok~s, and to ftrike them rapidly ; for two years the Adepts held their chapter in the palace ef the Grand Malter, and afterwards in the vill:age of Patry ; it was there that Sillery, Valence, _Du;.

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meurier, D' Aiguillon, Clootz, LePclliter, Mer -- __ j the abbe S-----, Lameth, Mrrabeau, D--. C--Ie. the baron de M----,· prepared the plans which they delivered to the C .. mfpirators of the Second Order. It was Barre. l-hu----, Void--, Danton, R~----!, Petion, Marat, Bnflot.Clo-xs, Ta----»&c. who were to Iupport them, develope them, tranfIate them into cc TheRevolutionarj Philofnphical 1.ngu~\g~t" and caufe them to be preached to the people by their orga~5, Manuel, Gortas, (;arra .. Hc~rr, Coller, Lou--, Che-----, &c. The gold of Philip was not [pared ; at firft the Parliaments are divided, and attcrwards they are enabled to deflroy them , in order to fe~ the people in motion D'Orlea~s monopolizes the corn and wheat t and exports them to the itlands of J~rrey & Guernfey) while his Corypha-us accule the Government of organizing Famine , their agents fcoured the country) ma£-~croi the Nobles, the rich men and the Prielts, ournt cafl les and ravagf:d the crops:

The Propagandifls [educed the troops, and fpread thernfelves in foreign countries, where they pre-

-pared the ;}!flffin:1tlon ofGilftavus, the commotions at Berlin.I, the convulfions of Poland.] the difleutions of Holland, (he infurrection of the Legeois, and the rebellion of the Pays Ba~,-aftrr having conducted the affairs 01 the 5th and 6th Oclob~r.

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+ See the hiftory of the coufp ir ac y of Philip, ad vol, Paris li90.

r ,\11 the Journa! i (,f that period J~ree in faying thst it ,,';&5 in the Mafonic Lodges that thole movements were l;re~ared but th~y. were fClfonably ~h~ck.ed by author!ty.

U No perfon lS Ignorant that Kotiufk o came to Paris for inftr~ttior. sand 't !.!t he frcqueu: j y v luted the ['illk. of

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Philip himfelf proceeded toLondon to confpire with Fox, Stanhope, Sheridan, doctors Price & Prieflly : the Initiates eftablifhed the club of the Jacobins and recalled the Grand Maller ; Ihortly after bi, return the events of the aorh of June and the loth of Auguft, overthrew the throne," Philip had exhaulted his coffers, and his ambition deftroyed hirn.-Afrtr the death of the King he endeavored to feize the reins of the State and would doubtlefs have Iuccceded, but the Initiates were divided ; the deftruction of the: Bourbons fworn by the Templars, permitted him to govefn only by iofing hi. Name, and he thought it would be fufficient to renonnce it, he denied his Father at the Jacobin tribune , he declared at the commune, that his Mother having become prettitute, received to her bed a coachman, and that he was the fruit of thefe fcandalous amours, he humbly requefled of them to take from him hi. Name, and affirmed that of If Equality. t, But Robefpierre had already '.cquired a parry, and D'Orleans, delpifed ever.' by his accomplices, was facrificed, Whilft Clootz, a Prufiian illuminate, and Chaumette, overthrew the altars, an Italian and Caglioftro confpircd at Rome, Caglioftro was thrown into the dungeons of the cattle of Saint Ange, anJ the Templar was hung mafqued with this infcriprion, '( It is thus Free Mafons arc punifhed, " The Emperor focn perifhcd.thc victim of the fworn enemies ot Kings;

I .. eopold foon followed him; the valet de chambre of the Elnpcror who \\'.1 fufpecied of having poifoned

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• In Milrch J ,88, the King wifhed to att a ch n'Orleans to himlelf bv it d:~uiJle al liance, he propofed to m;\rry the d,lughtcr .d Phlb.) t<l til: olde ll fOil of the count D'Artois. an.d the Duke de Chartres to a princefs of Naples, bu: f.ulhful to the parricidal cat h Philip refuted.

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Ioned his mafter and Leopold. in his interrogateties conteffed rhefe [,,"0 crimes, and declared that he received ~ falary for this purpofe from the Duke of Orleans," For four years Ireland has been agitared and threatened with an infurrection, fhe poffc1fes a chapter of Ternplars , the chiefs are in London, and alreadj (;~orge four times attacked. was on [he point of lofing hi. life on the r jrh of October, and [he 3d of February ot the prefent ycar. ['96.1 A Journal of Pluviofe laft informs us. thAt the Free Mafons in Ireland have ~ffumed the Name of Defenders. "and that Jlmes Veldor, condemned on the z ad of December, at Dublin. as guilty of high treafon, had the following writing found upon him :-Q;l~nio1l) I am interefled :

An!v:er. And I aifo. Q. With Yt-hom? A. \Vith the National Convention. Q. \Vhat is your obje&? .4. Liberty. Q. Where is your. plan? A.

Its bafis is founded upon the rock. Q. What do you propofe? .d. To fubjugate all Nations and dethrone all Kings. Q. Where dill the cock crow when all the world heard him? A. In' France. Q. What is the pafs word ?.d. Eliphis matis.There fads tend to pro\"e, that if foreigners, anti. religionifts and anarchifts, ha ve inceffsarly inter .. rupted the public tranquility, (hey were no ching more than the inttrurnenrs of a faction continually

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confpiring, viz, that of the Initiates, w ho continu-

ally talking of [he great inrerefts of the nation, ha ve been occupied only with their own, It was in this iac!10n that the Orleanitts, [he Dantonifts, the Giron.Iines, the Terroriits, and 311 thole names invented [0 dccei ve the credulous .. were confound(d. The grClt political trouble, have been ope ...

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rated near the paints of re-union of the Cijapt~r~ of [he Ternplars. It is in S\\:cd~n) in England, in Italy and France, that Thrones have been attacked, ha ve tottered or fallen, that the ccclefiaftical power has bern detlroyed, and thar the true Free Mafons leagued together upon the Tomb Of7t1'iiZt'S .ilolll;, eflablifhed independence, feized upon the wealth of the nation and the government. The firft Electors of Paris (La. vigne Moreau de Saint

Merry.Deleurre, Duveyrier, Danton.Dejoly, Champion, Ketalio, Guillotin, &c. &c. &c.· J The firft Commune of that city J the firft jacobins, were .J- 810ft all Free Mafons, and at the head of Lodges, although there were in France only twenty-fe,en

Initiates. Mankind muft not be furprifed fhould they foon fee the King of England, the King of S\\ eden, the Pope and the Emperor fall by the fword. There are therefore a crowd of Mafonic Lodges in Europe, but they are of no importance. The true Ternplar Mafons are no more than one hundred and eight throughout the globe ; they are thofe men, who by \~cnieance, ambition and fyftern, ha ve f \\ orn the maflacre of Kings, and the Independence of the Univerfe, In their conferences the greatefl queflions of State ire agitatrd ; if any of them reveal. the Secret he is punifhed with death; every member has made to the Order the facrifice of his life, and the Order aa often difpofe of the lives of the members. as is found ufeful to it. interefts. All the ceremonies of ordi .. nary Lodges, although conformable to 'he object

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• Guillotin for ever celebrated for his terrible mechanic invemion.whirh mankind however owe to the humanity of hi, principles was the venerable of aLod,., it was there he fabricated the famous "Petion of the fix. bodies," which .aufed him to It, nQainlted tQ tll. Itates generals.

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.r the affociation, tinct there apptlrl to be no ether point than to a vcnge the death of a certain Hiram, architect of the Temple of Solomon, ferve only to malk the condition of theOcdcr, and to prove thofe whom they may invite to know tbe grand Secret."

Two Sovereigns only hare known the whole truth of Ml[onry and have not feared it, th efe are Frederick and Catherine. The prelent King of Pruflia, who i. Grind Maller of a Lodge of Illuminates, is only the dupe of an infignificant farce, but he is Iurrounded by Initiates, and when their party fhall become more formidable, William will fuffer the faze of the King of Sweden, 1 he Duke (if Sudermania is notthe only prince Iniriatej the uncle ot William is a Templar. t Prince Potenfki, that falT)OUS minifter of Catherine, her Lover, and the Affaffin of Peter the jd. w as a Ternplar, It is thought that the Grand Duke is an Initiate, and that this was one of the motives which induced him to refufe the Crown at his

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* One or the moft Iublime proofs ufed in the Lodges, is to nab in a cavern, the affaffin of Hiram, to bring his held upon the altar, and to drink from In human fkull ; the candidate has 3 bandage placed over his eyes, they 0.li~f' ;llm to {t-lb a Iheep, the heart of which they caufe him to feel and which palpitates (the ftom!ch of the animal is {born) while the candidate ' v aibes his hands, they fubftitute to the held of the {beep a bloody wax head,which the Free :\1 afon perceives w hen his eyes are unbound, and " .. hich is inftanrlv removed, in order to leave upon his mind the illufion ; at the rece pt ion ef the Duke D·Orleans the head bore a Golden Crowu,

+ It was under his aulpices that the Leaders wifhcd in 1 ~<J2~ to lend to Berlin the C. L-----d: D' Av--- .. - (a dran.at ic author, ') to organize a revolut iou to place IIcnry 011 the throne. Hut the author who \\'4S not a Templar an~ was afraid (.If being hanged, very wifely refufed,

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Such in a few word. is the mjflery of Free Mafbnry, difallowed, denied, unknown and ridiculed for five ag~. :- This may appear fabulous to the man who is unacquainted with the immenfe refources of this f~tt, but let him be once admitted into a fimple Lodge, and the Spirit which reigns there, will enable him to judge of that w hich mtlft animate its Chiefs. To ,,-hat lengths would not the difciples of James Molai have gone hac! not the horror of Tyranny and a feruiment of true

Liberty brought on the 9th of Therrnidor. For a ·Ion~ time under {hie reign of the Laws, it was thought, that the Jacobins were every where unrnafked, and concealed in the fha de of the mortification and centempt with which they were covered, but they contrived new plots, and fharpened new poignards. The general indignation repulfed from the departments, the criminal Proconfuls glutted with the golr. and blood ot the people; they perceived thernfelves upon the point of lofing that po\\'er which the public efleem and confidence referves only for laborious lcgiflators, they forcfaw

that they fhsuld be obliged to render an account of their conduct, if they did not at all hazards preferve the authority they had ufurped, rellore to their difciples their loft €redir, and avenge the death of Robefpierre ! ! !-A new Revolution" as decided upon: Let the vulgar, inconflant and credulous man imagine that rae events of Vendemaire were the effects of the efforts of Royalty alone; which free to declare itlelf in the primary affemblies, was unable to calculate more than twenty voters in its favor: Let him believe that twenty-four Sections of Paris, who had neither arms, amrnunirion, provifions, fin .. nces or cen .rc "f union, have confpired under the bayonets ot

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fifty rhoufand foreigners; let l: irn believe that thrfe who openly demanded the entire e xercife of the rlvhrs oj the people are the enemies of Liberty ! -It j~ nor to fuch a man I \\ rue, he could not cornpt ehcnd me, but you w ill not Iuffer yourfel ves [0 be deceived, lOU who know how to judge of the conduct of men by the intereft they have in a~tjng; ycu who know that the means of incrcafing pur 1)0.\ er is by rendering ourfelves ncceflary, by (reJ.tin~ irnaginarv dangers, and that the Iecret of concealing crimes is to accufe thole of them , ... herr, we wifh to facrifice , you w ill recollect all thofe revolutionary laws palled after the acceptation of the Conflitut ion, the cmiflaries fent into the departments, the couriers which were delayed, the fecrecy of letters violated; you will recollect in what a flrange manner a return was made of tl.e vote of the departments, and the calumny exercifed 2~~ii~fl the lecrions of Paris, even before they were :1penfd; you wi~l fee them furrounded.crowded, threatened by a formidable army J whilfl the murderers of ~cpt~lnber) the aiTJfTIns of 1793)

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anrc.i &. r tne O[.iJnIt[t~SJ lI110tC'l1t y p.accu t ern-

((!ves nCL ween the people and the national repreientarion, le.ldy to Itr ike e.rher, JA circurnflances ~t"'ight ortur ; I i ay when you lccollcea: thcfe things )"ou '\ ill Ih t be 10:1g in recogr;izing the real Coni i) i ra tor s. 1ft he pi ( t U r e o t { h 0 Ic un 10 r tun ate times Ihould not Iufhce to enlighten you, (aft your r_~'es upon that which the Republic prefcars you at this t iu.c ;-t wcnty-two departments delivered up to a n1ilitary govcrnnlent ; the South oppreifed by thofc monflc rs w no bu rnt licduuin, and w ho compofed [he inquifi.ion of Orange; the exclufives promoted to the molt important pIJCCI; the gOY.,. ernmcnt deceived by that a.lroit fe~t, which ron-

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tinuaJ1y covered wirh a myflerious veil, was by turns the counfellor of Philip and of Robefpierre ; in fine, at the head 01 authorities, the partizans of the Grand Maller of Initiates, the Duke of Orleans. • \\1hlt reflections would not fuch a view produce ?-lr was not fufficient for the Initiate Confpirators to deceive, rniflead, and fom~timcs even domineer over the govt'rnment, it was alfo neceflsry to realize the diftracted dreams of Marat. of Carrier, and ef jcfeph Lebon, perfuaded that the unbridled audacity of crime prevails over the courage of virtue, calculating equally upon the blindnefs of the nation, upon the pufiHanimity er Proprietor!, upon the influence of the excluded Deputies, and UPOll the fupport of the Montagnards, they dared to proclaim their (.iifor~nizing principles , Toulon, Perigueux, Limoges, Arras. Bourzes, Amiens, Dijon, Iklaneon, Arles, and Tar~rcun) delivered up their parrifans, feconded their plan; at firll their vociferations were defpifed, hut immediately their plan is known, that it is vail: atrocious and worthj of themfelves. Sylla, Marius.Octavius, you were only Iubaltern robbers, your profcriptions which the univerfe abhors, was only the tl ormy pa!fage from Lillcrty to a regular Delpotifm . but Babceuf, Amar, Antonelle, and Vad .er, ha ve more bold conceptions. Maffacre, Co .iflagration, Robbery, Famine, Civil War, Pefhlence, Pillage, nothing is forgotten in this anarchical plot, the horrors of the firtt days of the Revo-

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• Merlin, ci divant I'rcfident of the Council of theDuke ~'Orl~ans, ~e Clerc, Ion to the coachman of his Jacobite Iltghnefs adJ'ltallt g(~l~eral, the Marquis De Barbanrane, commandant of Marfe illcs ; the Count de Ia Touche rear admiral; Commcras cffili~l defender of Philip, and ~nvoy too Swit acrlaad.

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Jotion are retraced with delight in their iml~inations, they promife as a reward, as a favor, ,h. hideous and terrible Ipectacle of thofe disfigured heads, carried through the flrcets upon pikes, of thole mutilated bodies drawn through the dirt. The punifhment of the Berrhiers, of the Foulons, threatens all virtuous men, and their palpitating entrails were like thole of De "'itt, to have been offered to the people 2! feed: The modern Catalints are unmafkcd, but Tully has not yet appeared in the Senate, they are checked, but fucb is the fentiment of their force) of their refources, of their po\Ver, that they threaten even in their chains, and from the depth of their prifon they preach R::bcIlion and Carnage. \\That will be the iflue of this horrible plot? I confefs the immenfe number of th~ guilty, who are unknown, the appar~nt fecurity of the goverment, the tardinefs of the Iegiflarivc body, the indigence of the nation frighten me ; a fingle moment of weaknefs rnaj' dellroy every thing: may my fini!ler prefentiments not be realized ; may the people peaceably enjoy their Confti-, tution and no longer admit of profcriptions. Mar general peace and interior calm put an end [0 the revolution and coft tears only to the enemies of Liberty!

t:3'" The Reader is ;!)fc~!:'!cd, that the wo ... ds marked IS t)u{)tation~, were d~(lbn~.l by the'I'ranflaror to have beca i.n #.IItJ.-But this !;.f~lmt&~i,)n was ;iVlll ttlO l~tc:.