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58 SECRET SOCIETIES
M a r s h a l l , o v e r r a n G e r m a n y w i t h a s e c t o f n e w T e m p l a r s , n o t
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t o b e c o n f o u n d e d w i t h t h e T e m p l a r s t h a t a f t e r w a r d s j o i n e d
t h e m a s o n i c f r a t e r n i t y . B u t H u n d s e e m s a f t e r a l l t o h a v e
r e n d e r e d n o r e a l s e r v i c e s t o t h e S t u a r t s ; though when
C h a r l e s E d w a r d v i s i t e d G e r m a n y , t h e s e c t a r i e s r e c e i v e d h i m
i n t h e m o s t g a l l a n t m a n n e r , p r o m i s i n g h i m t h e m o s t e x t e n -
s i v e s u p p o r t , a n d a s k i n g o f h i m t i t l e s a n d e s t a t e s i n a k i n g d o m
w h i c h h e h a d y e t t o c o n q u e r . T h u s h e w a s b r o u g h t t o t h a t
s t a t e o f m e n t a l i n t o x i c a t i o n w h i c h a f t e r w a r d s l e d h i m t o
m a k e a n a b s u r d e n t r y i n t o R o m e , p r e c e d e d b y h e r a l d s , ' who
proclaimed him king . H u n d s e e m s , i n t h e s a d s t o r y o f t h e
S t ua r t s , t o h a v e a c t e d t h e p a r t o f a s p ec u l a t o r ; a n d t h e r i te
ro f t h e S t r i c t O b s e r v a n c e , p e r m e a t e d b y t h e J e s u i t i c a l l e a v e n ,
h a d p r o b a b l y a n a i m v e r y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e r e - e s t a b l i s h m e n t
o f t h e p r o s c r i b e d d y n a s t y . I t i s c e r t a i n t h a t a t o n e t i m e
t h e p o w e r o f t h e N e w T e m p l a r s w a s v e r y g r e a t , a n d p r e p a r e d
t h e w a y f o r t h e I l l u m i n a t i .
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XVTHE CHAPTER OF CLERMONT AND THE
STRICT OBSERVANCE
4 3 4 . J e s u i t i c a l I n f l u e n c e . - C a t h o l i c ceremonies, unknown
i n a n c i e n t F r e e m a s o n r y , w e r e i n t r o d u c e d f r o m 1 7 3 5 t o I 7 4 o ;
i n t h e C h a p t e r o f C l e r m o n t , s o c a l l e d i n h o n o u r o f L o u i s o f
B o u r b o n , P r i n c e o f C l e r m o n t , a t . t h e t i m e g r a n d m a s t e r o f
t h e O r d e r i n F r a n c e . F r o m t h a t t i m e , t h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e
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THE RELAXED OBSERVANCE
436 . O r g a n i s a t i o n o f R e l a x e d O b s e r v a n c e .-In 1767, t h e r e
a r o s e a t V i e n n a a s c h i s m o f t h e S t r i c t O b s e r v a n c e ; t h e d i s - '
s e n t i e n t s , w h o c a l l e d t h e m s e l v e s " C l e r k s o f the Rela xed
Observ ance "-the nic kname of Relaxed Observ ance had
o r i g i n a l l y b e e n a p p l i e d b y t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e S t r i c t O b s e r -
vance, a s a term of contemp t to all other r ites-decl ari ng
t h a t t h e y a l o n e p o s s e s s e d t h e s e c r e t s o f t h e a s s o c i a t i o n , a n d
A b e r d e e n k n e w e v e n l e s s t h a n t h e i r G e r m a n f r i e n d s , f o r t h e y
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k n e w o n l y t h e f i r s t t h r e e d e g r e e s . S t a r k , t h o u g h f o u n d o u t ,
w a s n o t t o b e p u t d o w n , b u t w r o t e a b o o k e n t i t l e d ` ° T h e
C o p i n g S t o n e , " i n w h i c h h e r e p r e s e n t e d t h e S t r i c t O b s e r v a n c e
a s h o s t i l e t o r e l i g i o n , s o c i e t y , a n d t h e s t a t e .
438 . R i t e o f Z i n z e n d o r f . - T h i s w a s n o t t h e f i r s t a t t a c k
ma de on the system of Hund . , I n 1 7 6 6 , C o u n t Z i n z e n d o r f ,
c h i e f p h y s i c i a n i n t h e P r u s s i a n a r m y , w h o h a d b e e n r e c e i v e d
i n t o t h e S t r i c t O b s e r v a n c e , w a s s t r u c k f r o m t h e l i s t o f m e m b e r s
o f t h e l o d g e o f t h e T h r e e G l o b e s . I n r e v e n g e , h e f o u n d e d a t
B e r l i n a n d P o t s d a m l o d g e s o n t h e T e m p l a r s y s t e m , w h i c h ,
h o w e v e r , h e s o o n a b a n d o n e d , a n d c o m p o s e d a n e w r i t e , i n -
v e n t e d b y h i m s e l f , a n d c o n s i s t i n g o f s e v e n d e g r e e s , w h i c h
w a s p r o t e c t e d b y F r e d e r i c k t h e G r e a t . The new Order mad e
f i e r c e a n d s u c c e s s f u l w a r b o t h o n t h e S t r i c t a n d t h e R e l a x e d
O b s e r v a n c e .
439 . A f r i c a n A r c h i t e c t s . ;About 1765,Brother Von Kopp er
i n s t i t u t e d i n P r u s s i a , u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o f F r e d e r i c k I I . , t h e
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THE CONGRESS OF WILHELMSBAD
440 . V a r i o u s C o n g r e s s e s .-To put an end to the numerous
dis putes ra ging among masonic bodies, var ious congresses
w e r e h e l d . In 1 7 7 8 , a congress was convened a t Lyons ; i t
l a s t e d a m o n t h , b u t w a s w i t h o u t r e s u l t . In 1785, another
was held at Par is, but the time was wasted i n idle di s-
p u t e s w i t h C a l i o s t r o . The most imp ortant was that whic h
assembled a t i helmsba d in 1782, • under the presid ency
6 SECRET SOCIETIES
o f W i l h e l m s b a d w a s t h e r e t e n t i o n o f t h e t h r e e s y m b o l i c a l
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d e g r e e s , w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n o f a n e w d e g r e e , t h a t o f t h e
` 1 K n i g h t s o f B e n e f i c e n c e , " w h i c h w a s b a s e d o n t h e p r i n c i p l e s
e n u n c i a t e d i n S t . M a r t i n ' s b o o k , Des E r r e u r s e t d e l a V e r i t e ,
a n d t h e T a b l e a u N a t u r e l . T h e f o u n d a t i o n o f t h e n e w O r d e r
w a s a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e J e s u i t s , b e c a u s e t h e
t h r e e i n i t i a l l e t t e r s o f C h e v a l i e r s B i e n f a i s a n t s , C .H. B . , a r
e q u a l t o 3 , 8 , 2 = 1 3 , s i gn i f y i n g t h e l e t t e r N , m e a n i n g N o s t r i
Another resul t was a league between Mas onry a nd the
I l l u m i n a t i - a n d i t i s s t i l l a m a t t e r o f s p e c u l a t i o n w h e t h e r
t h e s e l a t t e r w e r e n o t b e h i n d t h e J e s u i t s - b r o u g h t a b o u t b y
t h e e x e r t i o n s o f S p a r t a c u s o r W e i s h a u p t , w h o h a d l o n g a g o
d i s c e r n e d t h e i n f l u e n c e h e c o u l d o b t a i n b y t h e c o - o p e r a t i o n
o f t h e M a s o n s , w h o m h e , o f c o u r s e , e m p l o y e d a s h i s u n -
c o n s c i o u s t o o l s . B u t J e s u i t i c a l i n f l u e n c e , a t t h a t t i m e , w a s
t o o • p o w e r f u l t o b e o v e r c o m e ; t h e y s i d e d w i t h , a n d t h u s
s t r e n g t h e n e d t h e i n f l u e n c e o f , t h e d u k e ; h e n c e t h e o p p o s i -
t i o n o f G e r m a n y t o t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f t h e F r e n c h R e v o l u t i o n ,
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k n o w t h a t t h e k i n g a c t e d a c c o r d i n g l y , t o t h e g r e a t d i s g u s t
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o f h i s a l l i e s , t o w h o m h e d i d n o t c o m m u n i c a t e t h e r e a s o n s
o f h i s w i t h d r a w a l . S o m e y e a r s a f t e r w a r d s o u r c e l e b r a t e d
actor Fleury, who acquir ed such reputation by his per-
forma nce at the T h e a t r e F r a n c a i s in "The Two Pa ges,"
i n w h i c h p i e c e h e r e p r e s e n t e d F r e d e r i c k t h e G r e a t t o p e r -
f e c t i o n , c o n f e s s e d t h a t h e a c t e d t h e g h o s t w h e n F r e d e r i c k
W i l l i a m I I I , w a s m y s t i f i e d b y a n a p p e a r a n c e , w h i c h h a d
been planned by Genera l Dumouriez . Dumonri ez was a
Freemas on .
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M ASONRY AND NAPOLEONISM
444 .M a s o n r y p r o t e c t e d b y N a p o l e o n . - W i t h renewed cour
f r i v o l i t i e s a n d m i l i t a r y p o m p , t h e t h e a t r i c a l s p i r i t o f M a s o n r
r e v i v e d . T h e i n s t i t u t i o n , s o a c t i v e b e f o r e a n d d u r i n g t h
Revolution, b ecause i t was governed by men who rightl
u n d e r s t o o d a n d w o r t h i l y r e p r e s e n t e d i t s p r i n c i p l e s , d u r i n
t h e E m p i r e f e l l i n t o a c a d e m i c p u e r i l i t i e s , s e r v i l e c o m p l i a n c e
a n d e n d l e s s s q u a b b l e s . T h a t p e r i o d , w h i c h m a s o n i c w r i t e r s
G r a n d M a s t e r A d j u n c t , t o b e i n r e a l i t y t h e o n
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b e a d o f t h e
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I :
I :
Order. G r a d u a l l y a l l t h e r i t e s e x i s t i n g i n F
t h e i r a d h e s i o n t o t h e i m p e r i a l p o l i c y , e l e c t i n g
t h e i r c h i e f d i g n i t a r y , s o t h a t h e e v e n t u a l l y p
m a s o n i c t i t l e s t h a n a n y o t h e r m a n b e f o r e o r a
1805 he was ma de Gra nd Mas ter Adjunct
O r i e n t ; i n 1 8 o 6 , S o v e r e i g n G r a n d M a s t e r o f
G r a n d C o u n c i l ; i n t h e s a m e y e a r , G r a n d M a s
of Heroden of Kil winning ; i n 1 8 0 7 , Suprem e
F r e n c h r i t e ; i n t h e s a m e y e a r , G r a n d M a s t e r
s o p h i c S c o t c h r i t e ; i n 1 8 0 8 , Grand Ma ster of
C h r i s t ; i n 1 8 o g , National Gra nd Mas ter of
o f t h e H o l y C i t y ; i n t h e s a m e y e a r , P r o t e c t o r
P h i l o s o p h i c D e g r e e s . As every new lodge e
France had to pay the grand master a heavy
y i e l d e d . t o h i m a n a n n u a l r e v e n u e o f t w o m i l l i o
445 . S p r e a d o f F r e e m a s o n r y .-But m a s o n i c
a g a i n r a n h i g h . T h e a r c h - c h a n c e l l o r , a c c u s t o
n e e g a v e i n
m b a c d r e s a s
s e s s e d m o r e
e r h i m . In
the Gr and
e Supr eme
o f t h e r i t e
e a d o f t h e
t h e P h i l o -
h e O r d e r o f
he Kni ghts
f the High
a b l i s h e d i n
e , M a s o n r y
o f f r a n c s .
s p u t e s s o o n
ed and qt-
66 SECRET SOCIETIES
tween France and England . B u t h a v i n g n o p u b l i c l i f e , n o
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p a r l i a m e n t a r y d e b a t e s , n o o p p o s i t i o n j o u r n a l s , t h e g r e a t e r
p a r t o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n t o o k r e f u g e i n t h e l o d g e s , a n d e v e r y
s m a l l t o w n h a d i t s o w n . In 1 8 1 2 , t h e r e e x i s t e d o n e t h o u s a n d
a n d e i g h t y - n i n e l o d g e s , a l l d e p e n d i n g o n t h e G r a n d O r i e n t
the army had six ty-nine, and the lodge was opened and
c l o s e d w i t h t h e c r y , V i v e l ' E m p e r e u r !
446 . T h e C l o v e r L e a v e s .-This was an Order founded i
Germany a bout i8o8 b y J o h n d e W i t t , c a l l e d V o n D o r r i n g
( 5 5 5 ) , a m e m b e r o f a l m o s t e v e r y s e c r e t s o c i e t y t h e n e x i s t -
i n g , e m b r a c i n g s o m e o f t h e g r e a t e s t G e r m a n s t a t e s m e n , t o
f u r t h e r t h e p l a n s o f N a p o l e o n , i n t h e h o p e t h a t h i s s u c c e s s e s
m i g h t l e a d t o t h e m e d i a t i s a t i o n o f a l l G e r m a n s t a t e s , w h i c h ,
w i t h F r a n c e , w e r e t o f o r m b u t o n e e m p i r e . The name wa s
d e r i v e d f r o m t h e f a c t t h a t t h r e e m e m b e r s o n l y w e r e k n o w n
t o o n e a n o t h e r .
447 . O b s e q u i o u s n e s s o f F r e e m a s o n r y .-Nap oleon, u n a b l e a n
u n w i l l i n g t o s u p p r e s s F r e e m a s o n r y , e m p l o y e d i t i n t h e a r m y ,
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H e i s a l s o s a i d t o h a v e m a d e c e r t a i n p r o m i s e s t o i t ; b u t a s
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h e f a i l e d t o k e e p t h e m , t h e M a s o n s t u r n e d a g a i n s t h i m , a n d
h a d a l a r g e s h a r e i n h i s f a l l . T h i s , h o w e v e r , i s n o t v e r y
probabl e, and is attrib uting too much influence to an
O r d e r w h i c h h a d o n l y r e c e n t l y r e c o v e r e d i t s e l f . St i l l , t h e
a n t i - N a p o l e o n i c l e a v e n f e r m e n t e d i n t h e M a s o n i c s o c i e t y .
S a v a r y , t h e m i n i s t e r o f p o l i c e , w a s a w a r e o f i t i n 1 8 i o , a n d
w a n t e d t o a p p l y t o t h e s e c r e t m e e t i n g s o f F r e e m a s o n s t h e
a r t i c l e o f t h e p e n a l c o d e , f o r b i d d i n g t h e m ; b u t C a m b a c e r A s
o n c e m o r e s a v e d t h e i n s t i t u t i o n , w h i c h s a v e d n e i t h e r h i m n o r
h i s p a t r o n . F r e e m a s o n r y , i f n o t b y o v e r t a c t s , a t l e a s t b y
i t s i n d i f f e r e n c e , h e l p e d o n t h e d o w n f a l l o f N a p o l e o n . B u t i t
w a s n o t a l t o g e t h e r i n a c t i v e , f o r e v e n w h i l s t t h e N a p o l e o n i c
s t a r i l l u m i n e d a l m o s t a l o n e t h e p o l i t i c a l h e a v e n s o f E u r o p e ,
a M a s o n i c l o d g e w a s f o r m e d w h o s e o b j e c t w a s t h e r e s t o r a -
t i o n o f t h e B o u r b o n s , w h o s e a c t i o n m a y b e p r o v e d b y o f f i c i a l
d o c u m e n t s t o h a v e e x t e n d e d t h r o u g h t h e F r e n c h a r m y , a n d
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FREEM ASONRY, THE RESTORATION AND
THE SECOND EM P IRE
449 . T h e S o c i e t y o f " F r a n c e R e g e n e r a t e d ."- The Restora
t i o n , w h o s e b l i n d n e s s w a s o n l y e q u a l l e d b y i t s m e d i o c r i t y
w h i c h , u n a b l e t o c r e a t e , p r o p o s e d t o i t s e l f t o d e s t r o y w h a
e v e n t i m e r e s p e c t s , t h e m e m o r i e s a n d g l o r i e s o f a p e o p l e
could not pleas e Freemasonry much . Hostil e to Nap oleo
i n h i s l a s t y e a r s , i t c o u l d n o t a p p r o v e o f t h e c o n d u c t o f t h
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d i d n o t s a v e t h e s o c i e t y f r o m p o l i c e p e r s e c u t i o n . In 1 8 2 1 ,
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t h i s l o d g e w a s c l o s e d , a n d n o t r e o p e n e d t i l l 183o . Towar ds
t h e s a m e t i m e w a s f o u n d e d t h e l o d g e o f " ° T r i n o s o p h i s t s . "
In 1 8 2 1 , the Supreme Grand Council rose to the surfa ce
a g a i n , a n d w i t h i t t h e d i s p u t e s b e t w e e n i t a n d t h e G r a n d
O r i e n t . T o e n t e r i n t o t h e i r s q u a b b l e s w o u l d b e a s a d w a s t e
o f t i m e , a n d I t h e r e f o r e p a s s t h e m o v e r .
451 . P o l i t i c a l I n s i g n i f i c a n c e of Masonry.- The Freema sons
a r e s a i d t o h a v e b r o u g h t a b o u t t h e J u l y r e v o l u t i o n o f 1 8 3 0 ,
b u t p r o o f s a r e w a n t i n g , a n d I t h i n k t h e y m a y b e a b s o l v e d
f r o m t h a t c h a r g e . L o u i s - P h i l i p p e , w h o w a s p l a c e d o n t h e
t h r o n e b y t h a t r e v o l u t i o n , t o o k t h e O r d e r u n d e r h i s p r o t e c -
t i o n , a n d a p p o i n t e d h i s s o n , t h e D u k e o f O r l e a n s , G r a n d
Mas ter . O n t h e D u k e ' s d e a t h , i n 1 8 4 2 , h i s b r o t h e r , t h e
Duke de Nemours, succeeded him i n the dignity . I n t h i s
l a t t e r y e a r , t h e d i s p u t e s b e t w e e n t h e G r a n d O r i e n t a n d t h e
S u p r e m e G r a n d C o u n c i l w e r e a m i c a b l y s e t t l e d . Agai n we
a r e t o l d t h a t a t a m a s o n i c c o n g r e s s h e l d a t S t r a s b u r g t h e
70 SECRET SOCIETIESo b l i g e d t o r e s i g n i n c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h e m a s o n i c b o d y h a v i n g
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pas sed a vote of censure upon him for his expr essions i n
fa vour of the temp oral power of the Pope, uttered i n the
storm y di sc ussi on of the French Senate i n the month of
J u n e o f t h a t y e a r . T h e G r a n d O r i e n t w a s a g a i n a l l i n c o n -
f u s i o n . Nap oleon III. n o w i n t e r f e r e d , e s p e c i a l l y a s P r i n c e
Nap oleon was p roposed for the offic e of Gr and Ma ster
w h i c h e x c i t e d t h e j e a l o u s y o f t h e M u r a t i s t s , w h o p u b l i s h e d
p a m p h l e t s o f t h e m o s t v i t u p e r a t i v e c h a r a c t e r a g a i n s t t h e i r
a d v e r s a r i e s , w h o o n t h e i r s i d e r e p l i e d w i t h c o r r e s p o n d i n g
b i t t e r n e s s . N a p o l e o n i m p o s e d s i l e n c e o n t h e l i t i g a n t s , p r o -
hibi ted attendance at lodges, pr omis ed that he hims elf
would ap point a Gra nd Master, and ad vised his c ousin to
undertak e a l ong voya ge to the United States . Depri ved
of the right of electi ng its own chief, the autonomy of
Freemasonry becam e an ill usion, its progra mme useless,
and its my stery a fa rce . In the meanwhil e, the quarrels ,
o f t h e p a r t i s a n s o f t h e d i f f e r e n t c a n d i d a t e s c a l m e d d o w n
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f o l l o w e r s o f L o y o l a ? I f e a r n o t .
` B e s i d e s , t h e M a s o n s , t h o u g h t h e y t a l k l o u d l y o f f r a t e r n i s a -
t i o n a n d e q u a l i t y , w h e n d r i v e n a t b a y b e c o m e t h e s t a n c h e s t
c o n s e r v a t i v e s , w h e r e f o r e t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l a t L y o n s , i n t h e
y e a r 1 8 7 0 , solemnly excommunica ted Freemasonry, and in
188o e x a c t e d f r o m e v e r y c a n d i d a t e f o r a d m i s s i o n t o t h e
s o c i e t y a d e c l a r a t i o n t h a t h e w a s n o t a M a s o n .
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454 .Whimsic al Masonic Societies.-We have but few
notic es of the earl y s tate of Freemasonry in Italy . Wea r e t o l d t h a t i n 1512 t h e r e w a s f o u n d e d a t F l o r e n c e a s o c i e t y
under the name of " The Trowel," com posed of lear ned and
l i t e r a r y m e n , w h o i n d u l g e d i n a l l k i n d s o f w h i m s i c a l f r e a k s ,
a n d w h o m a y h a v e s e r v e d a s p r o t o t y p e s t o t h e O r d e r o f " The
M o n k s o f t h e S c r e w , " e s t a b l i s h e d t o w a r ds t h e e n d o f t h e l a s t
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t h e I l l u m i n a t i , m y s t i c a l a n d a l c h y m i s t i c a l , a n d i n o p p o s i t i o n
t o t h e R o s i c r u c i a n s , c a l l e d t h e " I n i t i a t e d B r e t h r e n o f A s i a , "
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which had been founded at Vienna . I t o n l y a c c e p t e d c a n -
d i d a t e s w h o h a d p a s s e d t h r o u g h t h e f i r s t t h r e e d e g r e e s o f
t h e Y o r k r i t e . L i k e E g y p t i a n M a s o n r y , i t w o r s h i p p e d t h e
T e t r a g r a m m a t o n , a n d c o m b i n e d t h e d e e p e s t a n d m o s t p h i l o -
s o p h i c a l i d e a s w i t h t h e m o s t c u r i o u s s u p e r s t i t i on s .
456. F r e e m a s o n r y a t N a p l e s .- In the kingdom of Naples
the Ma sons a mounted to ma ny thousands . An edic t of
C h a r l e s I I I . ( 1 7 5 1 ) , a n d a n o t h e r o f F e r d i n a n d IV . ( 1 7 5 9 ) ,
c l o s e d t h e l o d g e s , b u t i n a s h o r t t i m e t h e e d i c t s b e c a m e
a d e a d l e t t e r , a n d i n v a i n d i d t h e m i n i s t e r , T a n u c c i , h o s t i l e
t o t h e i n s t i t u t i o n , s e e k t o r e v i v e t h e m . T h e i n c i d e n t o f a
n e o p h y t e d y i n g a f e w d a y s a f t e r h i s i n i t i a t i o n g a v e a p r e t e x t
f o r f r e s h p e r s e c u t i o n . T h e M a s o n s , a s s e m b l e d a t a b a n q u e t ,
w e r e a r r e s t e d ; a n d i n v a i n d i d L e v y , a l a w y e r , u n d e r t a k e t h e i r
d e f e n c e . He was expelled the kingdom ; h i s b o o k i n f a v o u r
o f t h e O r d e r w a s p u b l i c l y b u r n t b y t h e e x e c u t i o n e r . But
74 SECRET SOCIETIESb e f o r e t h e k i n g , o p e n l y d e c l a r e d t h e o b j e c t s , s y s t e m s , s e a l s ,
g o v e r n m e n t , a n d p o s s e s s i o n s o f t h e O r d e r . He was sent bac
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t o h i s p a l a c e , a n d t h e r e g u a r d e d b y t r o o p s , l e s t h e s h o u l d b e
k i l l e d b y h i s f o r m e r c o l l e a g u e s . Freema sons have al so bee
d i s c o v e r e d a t F l o r e n c e , a n d t h e P o p e a n d t h e E m p e r o r h a v e
s e n t t h i t h e r t w e n t y - f o u r t h e o l o g i a n s t o p u t a s t o p t o t h e d i s
o r d e r . T h e k i n g a c t s w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t m e r c y t o w a r d s a l
i m p l i c a t e d , t o a v o i d t h e g r e a t d a n g e r s t h a t m i g h t e n s u e f r o m
a c o n t r a r y c o u r s e . He has a lso ap pointed f our p ersons o
g r e a t s t a n d i n g t o u s e t h e b e s t m e a n s t o d e s t r o y s o a b o m i n a b l
a s e c t ; a n d h a s g i v e n n o t i c e t o a l l t h e o t h e r s o v e r e i g n s o
Europe of his di scovery, and the abomi nable ma xim s of th
s e c t , c a l l i n g u p o n t h e m t o a s s i s t i n i t s s u p p r e s s i o n , w h i c h i
w i l l b e f o l l y i n t h e m t o r e f u s e t o d o . F o r t h e O r d e r d o e s n o
c o u n t i t s m e m b e r s b y t h o u s a n d s , b u t b y m i l l i o n s , e s p e c i a l l y
among Jews a nd Pr otestants. Their fri ghtful max ims ar
o n l y k n o w n t o t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e f i f t h , s i x t h , a n d s e v e n t
lodges, while those of the fi rs t three know nothing, an
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b r e t h r e n w e r e i n a n y w a y m o l e s t e d . A l o d ge w a s r e - e s t a b -
l i s h e d a f t e r w a r d s , w h i c h w a s d i s c o v e r e d i n 1 7 8 5 , w h e n a l l i t s
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c o n t e n t s w e r e a g a i n b u r n t o r o t h e r w i s e d e s t r o y e d . F r o m t h e
r i t u a l , w h i c h w a s f o u n d a m o n g t h e o t h e r e f f e c t s , i t a p p e a r s
t h a t t h e c a n d i d a t e f o r i n i t i a t i o n w a s l e d , h i s e y e s b e i n g
b a n d a g e d , f r o m s t r e e t t o s t r e e t , o r c a n a l t o c a n a l , s o a s t o
p r e v e n t h i s t r a c i n g t h e l o c a l i t y , t o t h e R i o M a r i n o , w h e r e
h e w a s f i r s t c o n d u c t e d i n t o a r o o m h u n g w i t h b l a c k , a n d
i l l u m i n e d b y a s i n g l e l i g h t ; t h e r e h e w a s c l o t h e d i n a l o n g
g a r m e n t l i k e a w i n d i n g s h e e t , b u t b l a c k ; h e p u t o n a c a p
s o m e t h i n g l i k e a t u r b a n , a n d h i s h a i r w a s d r a w n o v e r h i s
f a c e , a n d i n t h i s e l e g a n t f i g u r e h e w a s p l a c e d b e f o r e a
l o o k i n g - gl a s s , c o v e r e d w i t h a b l a c k c u r t a i n , t i n d e r w h i c h
w e r e w r i t t e n t h e w o r d s , " I f t h o u b a s t t r u e c o u r a g e , a n d
a n h o n e s t d e s i r e t o e n t e r i n t o t h e O r d e r , d r a w a s i d e t h e
c u r t a i n , a n d l e a r n t o k n o w t h y s e l f . " H e m i g h t t h e n r e m o v e
t h e b a n d a g e a n d l o o k a t h i m s e l f . H e w a s t h e n a g a i n b l i n d -
f o l d e d , a n d p l a c e d i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e r o o m , w h i l e t h i r t y
7 6 SECRET SOCIETIESa n d t h o u s h a l t f i n d i n u s n o t h i n g b u t f a i t h f u l s u b j e c t s , e v e r
d e v o t e d t o t h y a u g u s t p e r s o n ! "
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460 . T h e F r e e m a s o n r y o f t h e P r e s e n t i n I t a l y . - V e r y l i t t l e
n e e d , o r c a n , b e s a i d a s r e g a r d s t h e a c t i v e p r o c e e d i n g s o f
I t a l i a n m a s o n i c l o d g e s o f t h e p r e s e n t d a y , t h o u g h t h e y h a v e
b e e n r e c o n s t i t u t e d a n d u n i t e d u n d e r o n e o r t w o h e a d s . But
their pr ogram me deserves attention, as p ointing out those
reforms , needed not only in Ital y, but everywhere where
Freemasonry exists . T h e d e c l a r e d o b j e c t , t h e n , o f I t a l i a n
F r e e m a s o n r y i s , t h e h i g h e s t d e v e l o p m e n t o f u n i v e r s a l p h i l a n -
thropy ; t h e i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d u n i t y o f s i n g l e n a t i o n s , a n d
f r a t e r n i t y a m o n g e a c h o t h e r ; t h e t o l e r a t i o n o f e v e r y r e l i g i o n ,
a n d a b s o l u t e e q u a l i t y o f w o r s h i p ; the moral and ma teria l
p r o g r e s s o f t h e m a s s e s . ' I t m o r e o v e r d e c l a r e s i t s e l f i n d e p e n -
d e n t o f e v e r y g o v e r n m e n t , a f f i r m i n g t h a t I t a l i a n F r e e m a s o n r y
w i l l n o t r e c o g n i s e a n y o t h e r s o v e r e i g n p o w e r o n e a r t h b u t
r i g h t r e a s o n a n d u n i v e r s a l c o n s c i e n c e . I t f u r t h e r d e c l a r e s
-a nd this deserves pa rtic ular attention-that Freemasonry
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I n d e t e r m i n i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l t o h i s
e q u a l s , F r e e m a s o n r y d o e s n o t r e s t r i c t i t s e l f t o r e c o m m e n d i n g
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t o d o u n t o o t h e r s w h a t w e w i s h o t h e r s w o u l d d o u n t o u s ;
b u t i n c u l c a t e s t o d o g o o d , o p p o s e e v i l , a n d n o t t o s u b m i t t o
i n j u s t i c e i n w h a t s o e v e r f o r m i t p r e s e n t s i t s e l f . Freemasonry
l o o k s f o r w a r d t o t h e d a y w h e n t h e i r o n p l a t e s o f t h e Monitor
a n d t h e M e r r i m a c w i l l b e b e a t e n i n t o s t e a m - p l o u g h s ; when
m a n , r e d e e m e d b y l i b e r t y a n d s c i e n c e , s h a l l e n j o y t h e p u r e
p l e a s u r e s o f i n t e l l i g e n c e ; w h e n p e a c e , f e r t i l i s e d b y t h e
w e a l t h a n d s t r e n g t h n o w d e v o t e d t o w a r , s h a l l b r i n g f o r t h
t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l f r u i t o f t h e t r e e o f l i f e .
461 . R e f o r m n e e d e d . - G r e a t l y , t h e r e f o r e , i s t h e a c a d e m i c
p u e r i l i t y o f r i t e s t o b e r e g r e t t e d , w h i c h d r a g s b a c k i n t o
t h e p a s t a n i n s t i t u t i o n t h a t o u g h t t o l a u n c h f o r w a r d i n t o
t h e f u t u r e . I t i s s e l f - e v i d e n t t h a t F r e e m a s o n r y i n t h i s s t a t e
c a n n o t l a s t , t h a t a r e f o r m i s n e c e s s a r y ; a n d a s D e C a s t r o ,
f r o m w h o m t h e a b o v e i s t a k e n , t h i n k s t h a t i t w o u l d b e a n
h o n o u r t o I t a l y t o b e t h e l e a d e r i n s u c h a r e f o r m , i t w o u l d
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CAGLIOSTRO AND EGYP TIAN M ASONRY
462 . L if e o f ' Ca gl io st ro .-Joseph Balsa mo, the disci ple
a n d s u c c e s s o r o f S t . Germ ai n, who pretended at the Court
o f L o u i s XV . t o have been the contemp orary of Charl es V .
F r a n c i s I . , a n d C h r i s t , - a n d t o p o s s e s s t h e e l i xi r o f l i f e a n d
m a n y o t h e r s e c r e t s , h a d v a s t e r d e s i g n s a n d a l o f t i e r a m b i t i o n
t h a n h i s t e a c h e r , a n d w a s o n e o f t h e m o s t a c t i v e a g e n t s o f
F r e e m a s o n r y i n F r a n c e a n d t h e r e s t o f E u r o p e . He was b orn
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R o m e , w h e r e h e w a s a r r e s t e d o n t h e c h a r g e o f a t t e m p t i n g
t o f o u n d a m a s o n i c l o d g e , a g a i n s t w h i c h a p a p a l b u l l h a d
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r e c e n t l y b e e n p r o m u l g a t e d , a n d t h r o w n i n t o t h e C a s t l e o f S t .
Angelo, in 1789 . He was c ondemned to death, b ut the
p u n i s h m e n t w a s c o m m u t e d t o p e r p e t u a l i m p r i s o n m e n t . His
w i f e w a s s h u t u p i n a c o n v e n t , a n d d i e d s o o n a f t e r . Hav ing
b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e C a s t l e o f S a n L e o , h e a t t e m p t e d t o
s t r a n g l e t h e m o n k s e n t t o c o n f e s s h i m , i n t h e h o p e o f e s c a p -
i n g i n h i s g o w n ; b u t t h e a t t e m p t f a i l e d , a n d i t i s s u p p o s e d
t h a t h e d i e d , a p r i s o n e r , i n 1 7 9 5 .
463 . The Egyptia n R i t e .- The E g y p t i a n r i t e i n v e n t e d b y
C a g l i o s t r o i s a m i x t u r e o f t h e s a c r e d a n d p r o f a n e , o f t h e
s e r i o u s a n d l a u g h a b l e . H a v i n g d i s c o v e r e d a M S . o f G e o r g e
Cofton, in which was p ropounded a singular scheme for
t h e r e f o r m o f F r e e m a s o n r y i n a n a l c h y m i s t i c a n d f a n t a s t i c
s e n s e , C a g l i o s t r o f o u n d e d t h e r e o n t h e b a s e s o f h i s m a s o n i c
system, taki ng advantage of human credulity, e n r i c h i n g
h i m s e l f , a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e s e c o n d i n g t h e a c t i o n o f o t h e r
80 SECRET SOCIETIESc o u r s e w i t h t h e s e v e n p r i m i t i v e a n g e l s , a n d t h a t i t s p o s
s e s s o r s w o u l d e n j o y a p h y s i c a l r e g e n e r a t i o n f o r , 5 5 5 7 y e a r s
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af ter which they would through gentle sleep p as s i nt
heaven. The pentagon had a s m uch succ ess with the upp e
ten thousand of London, Par is , and St . P e t e r s b u r g , a s t h
p h i l o s o p h e r ' s s t o n e e v e r e n j o y e d ; a n d l a r g e s u m s w e r e g i v e
f o r a f e w g r a i n s o f t h e r e j u v e n a t i n g prima m ateria .
464 . C a g l i o s t r o ' s Hydr omancy .- But beside masonic de
l u s i o n s , C a g l i o s t r o m a d e u s e o f t h e t h e n l i t t l e u n d e r s t o o
wonders of ma gnetism to attra ct ad herents ; and as man
pers ons are seduced by the wine-cup, s o he mad e dupes o
m a n y b y m e a n s o f t h e w a t e r - b o t t l e , w h i c h d e v i c e , a s m i g h
b e s h o w n , w a s v e r y a n c i e n t , a n d c o n s i s t e d i n d i v i n a t i o n b
hydromancy . & c h i l d , g e n e r a l l y a l i t t l e g i r l , a n d c a l l e
t h e D o v e , w a s m a d e t o l o o k i n t o a b o t t l e o f w a t e r , a n d s e
t h e r e i n e v e n t s , p a s t , p r e s e n t , a n d t o c o m e ; a n d a s C a g l i o s t
was reall y a man of observation, he made many shrew
guesses as to the future, and sometim es fortune fa voure
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` W i s d o m , ' h a v e e x p r e s s e d t h e i r a r d e n t w i s h t o p l a c e t h e m -
s e l v e s u n d e r o u r r u l e , t o b e e n l i g h t e n e d i n t r u e M a s o n r y .
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W e a r e p l e a s e d t o a c c e d e t o t h e i r w i s h , " & c .
L o d g e s a l s o w e r e f o u n d e d a t S t r a s b u r g , a l a d i e s ' l o d g e
a t T h e H a g u e , a n o t h e r a t R o v e r e d o , a n o t h e r a t M i t a u , a n d
a v e r y g r a n d o n e n e a r B a s l e , i n a s u m p t u o u s t e m p l e , e r e c t e d
f o r t h e p u r p o s e . T h e g o o d c i t i z e n s o f B a s l e a l w a y s a p -
p r o a c h e d i t w i t h f e e l i n g s o f a w e , b e c a u s e t h e y i m a g i n e d
C a g l i o s t r o d e s t i n e d i t t o b e h i s t o m b .
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ADOPTIVE MASONRY
466 . H i s t o r i c a l N o t i c e .-Accord ing to one of the funda-
m e n t a l l a w s o f M a s o n r y - a n d a r u l e p r e v a i l i n g i n t h e g r e a t e r
my steries of antiq uity-women cannot be receiv ed into the
Ord er . W o m e n c a n n o t k e e p s e c r e t s , a t l e a s t s o M i l t o n s a y s ,
through the mouth of Dal il a-
° ~ G r a n t i n g , a s I d o , i t w a s a w e a k n e s s
ADOPTIVE MASONRY 8 3
a G r a n d M i s t r e s s , a n I n s p e c t o r a n d a n I n s p e c t r e s s , a D e p o s i t o r
and a Depositri x, a Conductor and a Conductress
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. Theb u s i n e s s o f t h e l o d g e i s c o n d u c t e d b y t h e s i s t e r h o o d , t h e
b r e t h r e n o n l y a c t i n g a s t h e i r a s s i s t a n t s ; b ut the Grand
M i s t r e s s h a s v e r y l i t t l e t o s a y o r t o d o , s h e b e i n g o n l y a n
honorar y compa nion to the Grand Mas ter . T h e f i r s t , o r
a p p r e n t i c e ' s , d e g r e e i s o n l y i n t r o d u c t o r y ; i n t h e s e c o n d , o r
c o m p a n i o n , t h e s c e n e o f t h e t e m p t a t i o n i n E d e n i s e m b l e m a t i -
c a l l y r e p r e s e n t e d ; t h e b u i l d i n g o f t h e t o w e r o f B a b e l i s t h e
s u b j e c t o f t h e m i s t r e s s ' s d e g r e e ; a n d i n t h e f o u r t h , o r t h a t
o f p e r f e c t m i s t r e s s , t h e o f f i c e r s r e p r e s e n t M o s e s , A a r o n , a n d
t h e i r w i v e s , a n d t h e c e r e m o n i e s r e f e r t o t h e p a s s a g e o f t h e
I s r a e l i t e s t h r o u g h t h e w i l d e r n e s s , a s a s y m b o l o f t h e p a s s a g e
of men and women through this to another and better l ife .
T h e l o d g e - r o o m i s t a s t e f u l l y d e c o r a t e d , a n d d i v i d e d b y c u r -
t a i n s i n t o f o u r c o m p a r t m e n t s , e a c h r e p r e s e n t i n g o n e o f t h e
f o u r q u a r t e r s o f t h e g l o b e , t h e e a s t e r n , o r f a r t h e r m o s t , r e p r e -
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ANDROGYNOUS MASONRY469 . Origin and Tendency .-Gal lantry a l r e a d y m a k e s i t s
app earance in Adoptive Mas onry ; a n d t h i s g a l l a n t r y , w h i c h
for so ma ny ages was the study of Fra nce, and was there
r e d u c e d t o a n i n g e n i o u s a r t , m a n u f a c t u r e d o n i t s o w n a c c o u n t
r i t e s a n d d e g r e e s t h a t w e r e m a s o n i c i n n a m e o n l y . P o l i t i c
w e r e d e t h r o n e d b y a m o r o u s i n t r i g u e s ; and the enumera tors
o f g r e a t e f f e c t s s p r u n g f r o m t r i f l i n g c a u s e s m i g h t i n t h i s
ANDROGYNOUS MASONRY 8 5
C a l a t r a v a . " They, as it . were, ser ved as models to the
c a n o n e s s e s , w h o , t i l l t h e e n d o f t h e l a s t c e n t u r y , b r o u g h t
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c o u r t l y p o m p a n d m u n d a n e p l e a s u r e s i n t o t h e v e r y c l o i s t e r s
o f F r a n c e , a n d c o m p e l l e d a u s t e r e m o r a l i s t s t o e x c u s e i t b y
s a y i n g t h a t i t w a s d a n s l e g o u t d e l a n a t i o n .
471 . O t h e r A n d r o g y n o u s S o c i e t i e s .- In the Ord er of the
" Compa nions of Penelope, or the Pal la di um of Lad ies, "
whose statutes are sa id to hav e been dr awn up by Fenelon
( w i t h h o w m u c h t r u t h i s e a s i l y i m a g i n e d ) , t h e t r i a l s c o n s i s t
i n showing the candi date that work is the pal la dium of
wo men ; w h e n c e w e m a y a s s u m e t h e p u r s u i t s o f t h i s s o c i e t y
t o h a v e b e e n v e r y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e e q u i v o c a l o c c u p a t i o n s
o f o t h e r O r d e r s . The Ord er of the "Mopses " o w e d i t s o r i g i n
t o a r e l i g i o u s s c r u p l e . Pope Clement XII. h a v i n g i s s u e d , i n
1 7 3 8 , a Bull c ondemni ng Freemas onry, Clement Augustus,
D u k e o f B a v a r i a a n d E l e c t o r o f C o l o g n e , i n s t i t u t e d , u n d e r
the ab ove nam e (deri ved fr om the German word Mops, a
y o u n g m a s t i f f , t h e s y m b o l o f f i d e l i t y ) , w h a t w a s p r e t e n d e d t o
86 SECRET SOCIETIESknown, but which existed in Pa ris in 1 7 7 7 , and was sup-
ported by the most di stinguished persons, ba d a l auda ble
c u s t o m , w h i c h m i g h t b e i m i t a t e d b y o t h e r s o c i e t i e s , v i z . , t o
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i n s c r i b e i n a b o o k , o n e o f w h i c h i s s t i l l e x t a n t , t h e p r a i s e -
w o r t h y a c t i o n s o f t h e m a l e a n d f e m a l e m e m b e r s o f t h e a s s o -
c i a t i o n . B u t o n e o f t h e m o s t d e s e r v i n g m a s o n i c a n d r o g y n o u s
i n s t i t u t i o n s w a s t h a t o f t h e " S o v e r e i g n C h a p t e r o f t h e S c o t c h
L a d i e s o f F r a n c e , " f o u n d e d i n 1 8 i o , a n d d i v i d e d i n t o l e s s e r
a n d g r e a t e r m y s t e r i e s , a n d w h o s e i n s t r u c t i o n s a i m e d c h i e f l y
at leadi ng the neophyte back to the occup ations to which
t h e s t a t e o f s o c i e t y c a l l e d h i m o r h e r . To provi de food and
work for those wanting either, to afford them ad vic e and
help, and sa ve them from the cruel a lternative of cr ime-
s u c h w a s t h e s c o p e o f t h i s s o c i e t y , w h i c h l a s t e d t i l l t h e y e a r
1828 . The fashion of androgynous l odges was revi ved i n
Sp a in in 18 77 . From the C h a i n e d ' U n i o n , a ma sonic p ub-
l i c a t i o n , w e l e a r n t h a t s e v e r a l s u c h l o d g e s w e r e f o r m e d a b o u t
t h a t d a t e , r e c e i v i n g l a d i e s o f t h e h i g h e s t r a n k . Thus the
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l o d g e t h e s q u a d r o n , a n d t h e s i s t e r s p e r f o r m e d t h e f i c t i t i o u s
` v o y a g e t o t h e i s l a n d o f F e l i c i t y s o n s l a v o i l e d e s f r e r e s e t
p i l o t d e s p a r e u x ;
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and the candida te promised "never to
r e c e i v e a f o r e i g n s h i p i n t o h e r p o r t a s l o n g a s a s h i p o f t h e
O r d e r w a s a n c h o r e d t h e r e . "
T h e O r d e r o f t h e ` ° L o v e r s o f P l e a s u r e " w a s a m i l i t a r y
i n s t i t u t i o n , a p a l e r e v i v a l o f t h e c e r e m o n i e s o f c h i v a l r y a n d
t h e c o u r t s o f l o v e , i m p r o v i s e d i n t h e F r e n c h c a m p i n G a l i c i a .
From the di scourse of one of the orators we select the
f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e : " O u r s c o p e i s t o e m b e ll i s h o u r e xi s t e n c e ,
a l w a y s t a k i n g f o r o u r g u i d e t h e w o r d s , ` H o n o u r , J o y , a n d
D e l i c a c y . ' O u r s c o p e , m o r e o v e r , i s t o b e f a i t h f u l t o o u r
c o u n t r y a n d t h e a u g u s t s o v e r e i g n w h o f i l l s t h e u n i v e r s e w i t h
h i s g l o r i o u s n a m e , t o s e r v e a c a u s e w h i c h o u g h t t o b e g r a t e f u l
t o e v e r y g e n t l e s o u l , t h a t o f p r o t e c t i n g y o u t h a n d i n n o c e n c e ,
a n d o f e s t a b l i s h i n g b e t w e e n t h e l a d i e s a n d o u r s e l v e s a n
e t e r n a l a l l i a n c e , c e m e n t e d b y t h e p u r e s t f r i e n d s h i p . " T h i s
s o c i e t y , i t i s s a i d , w a s m u c h f a v o u r e d b y N a p o l e o n I . , a n d
8 8 SECRET SOCIETIEScovered with love-knots, whereupon the iron chains were
t a k e n o f f , a n d g a r l a n d s o f f l o w e r s , c a l l e d " c h a i n s o f l o v e , "
s u b s t i t u t e d . The ca ndid ates' were then conducted to the
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a l t a r , w h e r e t h e y t o o k t h e o a t h o f s e c r e c y ; and thence to
the my sterious groves i n the neighbourhood of the Templ e
o f L o v e , w h e r e i n c e n s e w a s o f f e r e d u p t o V e n u s a n d h e r s o n .
I f i t w a s a k n i g h t w h o h a d b e e n i n i t i a t e d , h e e x c h a n g e d h i s
c r o w n o f m y r t l e f o r t h e r o s e o f t h e l a s t i n i t i a t e d n y m p h ;
a n d i f a n y m p h , s h e e x c h a n g e d h e r r o s e f o r t h e m y r t l e c r o w n
of Brother Sentim ent . T h e h o r r o r s o f t h e R e v o l u t i o n s c a t -
t e r e d t h e s e k n i g h t s a n d n y m p h s , w h o , l i k e t h o u g h t l e s s c h i l -
d r e n , w e r e p l a y i n g o n a v o l c a n o .
474 .Germ an Order of the Rose .- Another order of the
Rose was founded i n Germa ny in 1784 by one Francis
Matthaus Grossi nger, who ennobled him self b y as suming
t h e t i t l e o f F r a n c i s R u d o l p h v o n G r o s s i n g . He was b orn
i n 1752 at Komorn, in Hungar y ; h i s f a t h e r w a s a b u t c h e r ,
h i s m o t h e r t h e d a u g h t e r o f a t a n n e r . G r o s s i n g w a s a J e s u i t ,
ANDROGYNOUS MASONRY 8 9
si lhouette, supp osed to repr esent the Lad y of Rosenwald ,
s o i n d i s t i n c t a n d b l u r r e d , a s t o l o o k m o r e l i k e a b l o t t h a n a
p o r t r a i t . M e m b e r s a l s o w e r e f u r n i s h e d w i t h a s m a l l t i c k e t ,
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g i v i n g t h e e x p l a n a t i o n o f c e r t a i n t e r m s u s e d b y G r o s s i n g i n
his "Rules a nd Regulations" ; t h u s F r e e m a s o n s w e r e c a l l e d
" Gamblers " ; J e s u i t s , " Fox es " ; I l l u m i n a t i , " W a s p s " ;
G h o s t - s e e r s , " G n a t s , " & c . The " Rules " were called " A
Shell or Cas e for Thorns " ; members, to recognise each
o t h e r , w o u l d s a y , " Thorns," to which the other would
r e p l y , " F o r e s t , " a f t e r w h i c h e a c h w o u l d p r o d u c e h i s r i b b o n
a n d t i c k e t . In 1786 the Ord er c ounted a bout one hundred
a n d t w e n t y , m e m b e r s , b u t h a v i n g n o i n n a t e v i t a l i t y , b e i n g , i n
f a c t , b u t a c o m p a n y o f t r i f l e r s , m a n y o f t h e m w i t h d r e w o n
findi ng the whole Ord er but a sc heme of Gr ossing to put
money into his p ocket, and s o it was swept away i nto the
l i m b u s o f f a s h i o n a b l e f o l l i e s .
476 . O r d e r of Harmony .- The Ord er of the Rose havi ng
c o l l a p s e d , G r o s s i n g i n 1 7 8 8 f o u n d e d , u n d e r a f i c t i t i o u s n a m e ,
90 SECRET SOCIETIES
master ma sons, their wives, and unmarried s isters an
d a u g h t e r s . I t r e f e r s t o c i r c u m s t a n c e s r e c o r d e d i n c h a p t e r s
x i . a n d xi i . o f S t . J o h n ' s G o s p e l . I n t h e s e w o m e n ' s l o d g e s
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t h e b a n q u e t i n g h a l l i s d i v i d e d i n t o E a s t , W e s t , S o u t h , a n d
N o r t h s i d e s ( t h e f o u r w a l l s ) ; t h e g r a n d m i s t r e s s s i t s i n t h e
E a s t ; t h e t e m p l e o r l o dg e i s c a l l e d E de n ; t h e d o o r s a r
c a l l e d b a r r i e r s , t h e g l a s s e s , l a m p s , t h e w i n e i s c a l l e d r e d o i l
t o p u t o i l i n t h e l a m p s i s t o f i l l t h e g l a s s e s , t o e x t i n g u i s h t h e
l a m p i s t o d r i n k t h e w i n e , t o " f i r e ! " i s t o d r i n k . T h e s i g
i s t o p l a c e t h e h a n d s o n t h e b r e a s t , s o t h a t t h e r i g h t l i e s o n
t h e l e f t , a n d t h e t w o t h u m b s j o i n i n g f o r m a t r i a n g l e . The
w o r d i s 1 1 E v e , " r e p e a t e d f i v e t i m e s . G e n t l e m e n a r e a l l o w e d
t o b e p r e s e n t . A s t h e r e a d e r w i l l h a v e o b s e r v e d , t h e d e g r e e
i s a n i m i t a t i o n o f t h e L o g e I m p 4 r i a l e d ' A d o p t i o n d e s F r a n c s
C h e v a l i e r s , d e s c r i b e d i n § 4 6 6 .
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SCHISMATIC RITES AND SECTS
4 7 8 . S c h i s m a t i c R i t e s a n d S e c t s .-The p r e t e n d e d d e r i v a t i o n
of Freemasonry fr om the Knights Temp lar s has a lr eady b een
r e f e r r e d t o ; b u t M a s o n r y , t h e s y s t e m , n o t t h e n a m e , e x i s t e d
before the Ord er of the Templ e, a nd the Templ ar s them-
selves had mas onic rites and degrees three hundred years
b e f o r e t h e i r d o w n f a l l . Those who, however, m ai ntain the
92 SECRET SOCIETIES"What was it before? Nothing." The members met ever
y e a r i n t h e c h a p e l o f t h e C a s t l e o f G n a d e n s t a d t , a n d a l s o
kept the 15th M ar ch and 16th Apr i l as holy d ay s
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Nearl y a ll the degrees of the Scotch rite are s chism atic
In lik e manner, al l the Engli sh and America n orders of
c h i v a l r y , a n d t h e i r c o n c l a v e s a n d e n c a m p m e n t s , a r e p a r o d i e s
o f a n c i e n t c h i v a l r y .
I n 1 9 5 8 , L a c o r n e , a d a n c i n g - m a s t e r , a n d P i r l e t , a t a i l o r ,
inv ented the degree of the " Counci l of the Emp erors o
the East a nd West," whose mem bers ass umed the titles o
" S o v e r e i g n P r i n c e M a s o n s , S u b s t i t u t e s G e n e r a l o f t h e R o y a
Art, G rand Superintendents and Offi cers of the Grand a nd
Sovereign Lodge of St. John of Jerusal em ." The ri tua
c o n s i s t e d o f t w e n t y - f i v e d e g r e e s , a n d a s i t w a s c a l c u l a t e
b y i t s s o u n d i n g t i t l e s a n d s p l e n d o u r o f r i t u a l t o f l a t t e r t h
v a n i t y o f t h e f r i v o l o u s , i t w a s a t f i r s t v e r y s u c c e s s f u l ; a n
Lac orne conferred on one of his c reatures , a Hebrew, the
degree of Inspector, a nd sent him to Amer ic a to sprea d
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t h e , R u s s i a n s i d e n t i f y w i t h t h e F r e e m a s o n s , a n d t h e r e f o r e
c a l l " F a r m a s s o n i , " a c o r r u p t i o n o f f r a n c - m a c o n s . The Far-
m a s s o n i r e g a r d p r i e s t h o o d a n d r i t u a l a s a p a g a n d e p r a v a t i o n
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o f t h e f a i t h a n d o f t h e t r u e d o c t r i n e ; t h e y s e e k , a s m u c h a s
p o s s i b l e , t o s p i r i t u a l i s e C h r i s t i a n i t y , a n d t o g r o u n d i t s o l e l y
o n t h e B i b l e a n d t h e i n w a r d i l l u m i n a t i o n o f b e l i e v e r s . The
e a r l i e s t t r a c e s o f t h e m a r e t o b e f o u n d a t t h e e n d o f t h e
seventeenth century, and their ap pear ance coinci des with
t h a t o f c e r t a i n G e r m a n m y s t i c s a n d t h e o s o p h i s t s i n M o s c o w .
T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o f t h e s e w a s a P r u s s i a n s u b - o f f i c e r , w h o
was ca rri ed to Moscow, havi ng been taken pr isoner b y the
Russi ans d uring the Seven Year s' Wa r .
4 8 0 . T h e G o r m o g o n e s . - T h i s O r d e r w a s f o u n d e d i n E n g l a n d
i n 1 7 2 4 . The nam es and b irthpla ces of the members were
written in cip her, and the Ord er was sa id to have been
brought by a Chinese manda ri n (a Jesuit miss ionary ?) to
England, it b eing in great rep ute in China (Rome), and
t o p o s s e s s e x t r a o r d i n a r y s e c r e t s
94 SECRET SOCIETIESwith the "Noachi te or Russia n Knight," which is the 21st
d e g r e e o f t h e A n c i e n t S c o t c h r i t e .
482 . Argonauts.-This O r d e r w a s f o u n d e d , f o r h i s a m u s e -
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ment, b y a Freemason, Konrad von Rhetz, r esidi ng at
Rid da gshausen, near Brunswick . He had been the ma ster
o f a l o d g e o f t h e R e l a x e d O b s e r v a n c e , b u t f e l l o u t w i t h h i s
brethren, and ceased f rom vi siting any lodge . Near hi s
r e s i d e n c e t h e r e i s a l a r g e l a k e w i t h a n i s l a n d i n t h e c e n t r e .
O n t h i s h e b u i l t a t e m p l e a n d p r o v i d e d b o a t s t o c a r r y v i s i t o r s
t o i t , w h e r e , i f t h e y d e s i r e d i t , t h e y w e r e i n i t i a t e d i n t o t h e
new Ord er . Persons of posi tion and of either sex mi ght
cl ai m reception as a ma tter of right, and ma ny Brunswick
Freemas ons belonged to it . The Gra nd Mas ter, or Gra nd
A d m i r a l a s h e w a s c a l l e d , e n t e r t a i n e d a l l v i s i t o r s f r e e o f
expense, nor was there any cha rge for initia tion . Theg r e e t i n g w a s " L o n g l i v e p l e a s u r e ! " T h e t e m p l e w a s b u i l t
i n t h e a n t i q u e s t y l e , t h o u g h w i t h q u a i n t d e c o r a t i o n s a n d ' a
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t h e w o r k o f t h e l o d g e , t h e y a b o l i s h e d t h e p r a c t i c e o f s t u d y -
ing geometry, exc epting that form mentioned by Hudi br as -
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" F o r h e , b y g e o m e t r i c s c a l e ,
C o u l d t a k e t h e s i z e o f p o t s o f a l e ;
R e s o l v e b y s i n e s a n d t a n g e n t s s t r a i g h t ,
I f b r e a d o r b u t t e r w a n t e d w e i g h t . "
Some of the memb ers pr oved that a good knife and fork in
the hands of a dexterous brother, over pr oper ma teria ls,
w o u l d g i v e g r e a t e r s a t i s f a c t i o n a n d a d d m o r e t o t h e r o t u n -
d i t y o f t h e l o d g e t h a n t h e b e s t s c a l e a n d c o m p a s s i n E u r o p e ;
a d d i n g t h a t a l i n e , a s q u a r e , a p a r a l l e l o g r a m , a r h o m b u s , a
r h o m b o i d , a t r i a n g l e , a t r a p e z i u m , a c i r c l e , a s e m i - c i r c l e , a
q u a d r a n t , a p a r a b o l a , a h y p e r b o l a , a c u b e , a p a r a l l e l e p i p e d o n ,
a p r i s m , a p r i s m o i d , a p y r a m i d , a c y l i n d e r , a c u r v e , a c y l i n -
d r o i d , a s p h e r e , a s p h e r o i d , a p a r a b o l o i d , a c y c l o i d , a p a r a -
c e n t r i c , f r u s t u m s , s e g m e n t s , s e c t o r s , g n o m o n s , p e n t a g o n s ,
h e x a g o n s , p o l y g o n s , e l l i p s e s , a n d i r r e g u l a r f i g u r e s o f a l l s o r t s ,
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xxv
DIFFUSION OF THE ORDER48 5 . Freema sonry in Spa in and Portugal . - - - I n 1 7 2 6 , t h
G r a n d L o d g e o f E n g l a n d g r a n t e d a p a t e n t f o r t h e e s t a b l i s h
m e n t o f a l o d g e a t G i b r a l t a r ; a nother wa s f ounded in th
f o l l o w i n g y e a r a t M a d r i d , w h i c h , d e c l a r i n g i t s e l f i n d e p e n d e n t
o f f o r e i g n s u p e r v i s i o n , e s t a b l i s h e d . l o d g e s a t C a d i z , B a r c e l o n a
V a l l a d o l i d , a n d o t h e r p l a c e s . The Inquisi tion, s eeing th
da nger that threatened the Church, persec uted the Ord er
DIFFUSION OF THE ORDER y r
Petersb urg, and sent thither a Gr and Ma ster . The Or der
s p r e a d i n t h e p r o v i n c e s , a n d i n 1763 t h e l o d g e " C l i o " was
opened at Moscow. C a t h e r i n e I I . w i s h e d t o k n o w i t s s t a t u t e s ,
p e r c e i v i n g t h e a d v a n t a g e o r i n j u r y t h e y m i g h t b r i n g t o h e r
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g o v e r n m e n t a s s h e e i t h e r p r o m o t e d o r p e r s e c u t e d t h e a s s o c i a -
t i o n . I n t h e e n d s h e d e t e r m i n e d t o p r o t e c t t h e O r d e r ; and
i n a c o u n t r y w h e r e t h e c o u r t l e a d s o p i n i o n , l o d g e s s o o n b e -
ca me the fashion . But Mas onry thus becomi ng the amuse-
m e n t o f a w e a l t h y n o b i l i t y , i t s o o n l o s t s i g h t o f i t s p r i m i t i v e
o b j e c t s . In no other country . p r o b a b l y d i d t h e b r o t h e r h o o d
p o s s e s s s u c h g o r g e o u s t e m p l e s ; b u t , d e p r i v e d o f t h e v i v i f y -
i n g a n d i n v i g o r a t i n g a i r o f l i b e r t y , i t s s p l e n d o u r c o u l d n o t
s a v e i t f r o m a d e a t h o f i n a n i t i o n .
487 . Freemas onry in Switzerl and . -E n g l i s h p r o s e l y t i s m ,
a l w a y s t h e m o s t a c t i v e , e s t a b l i s h e d a l o d g e a t G e n e v a i n 1 7 3 7 ,
whose firs t Grand M aster was George Ham ilton . Two year s
a f t e r w a r d s , t h e f o r e i g n e r s d w e l l i n g a t L a u s a n n e u n i t e d a n d
f o u n d e d t h e l o d g e c a l l e d t h e " P e r f e c t U n i o n o f F o r e i g n e r s . "
98 SECRET SOCIETIES489. Freemasonry i n Holland and Germ any .- In Holl an
the Freema sons opened a l odge in 1 7 3 1 ,under the war ra n
of the Gra nd Lodge of England ; i t w a s , h o w e v e r , o n l y w h a
i s c a l l e d a l o d g e o f e m e r g e n c y , h a v i n g b e e n c a l l e d t o i n i t i a t
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the Duke of Tusca ny, af terward s Franci s I., Emperor o
G e r m a n y ( 4 5 4 ) . T h e f i r s t r e g u l a r l o d g e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d a
The Hague in 1 7 3 4 , w h i c h , f i v e y e a r s a f t e r , t o o k t h e n a m e o
« M o t h e r - l o d g e ." Numer ous lodges were opened throughou
t h e c o u n t r y , a n d a l s o i n t h e D u t c h c o l o n i e s ; and the Free
ma sons founded m any s chools, with the avowed object o
w i t h d r a w i n g i n s t r u c t i o n f r o m c l e r i c a l i n f l u e n c e .
In Germany lodges were numerous as early as the mid dle
o f l a s t c e n t u r y , s o t h a t i n t h e p r e s e n t o n e w e h a v e w i t n e s s e d
t h e c e n t e n a r i e s o f m a n y o f t h e m - a s , f o r i n s t a n c e , i n 1 8 3 7
of that of Ham burg ; i n 1 8 4 0 , o f t h a t o f B e r l i n ; i n 1 8 4 1
o f t h o s e o f B r e s l a u , B a i r e u t h , L e i p z i g , a n d m a n y m o r e .
490 . F r e e m a s o n r y i n T u r k e y , A s i a , A f r i c a , a n d O c e a n i a .
T h e O r d e r a l s o s p r e a d i n t o T u r k e y , w h e r e , h o w e v e r , a s m a
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Y o r k r i t e , w h i l s t t h e C l e r i c s , M o n a r c h i s t s , a n d C e n t r a l i z e r s
a d o p t e d t h e S c o t c h r i t e , t h e t w o p a r t i e s c a r r y i n g o n a r e -
l e n t l e s s w a r . T e x a s , V e n e z u e l a , a n d t h e t u r b u l e n t r e p u b l i c s
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o f S o u t h A m e r i c a , a l l h a d t h e i r m a s o n i c l o d g e s , w h i c h w e r e
i n m a n y c a s e s p o l i t i c a l c l u b s i n d i s g u i s e . T h u s t h e a s s a s s i -
n a t i o n o f G a r c i a M o r e n o , t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e R e p u b l i c o f
E c u a d o r , i n 1 8 7 5 , w a s t h e w o r k o f t h e m a s o n i c c l u b s . The
m u r d e r e r , o n e R a j o , o n b e i n g p r o m i s e d h i s l i f e i f h e w o u l d
d e n o u n c e h i s a c c o m p l i c e s , c o o l l y r e p l i e d : " I t w o u l d b e u s e -
l e s s t o s a v e m y l i f e ; i f y o u s p a r e d i t , m y c o m p a n i o n s w o u l d
s o o n t a k e i t ; I w o u l d r a t h e r b e s h o t t h a n s t a b b e d. "
T h e l o d g e s i n t h e t e r r i t o r y n o w f o r m i n g t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
d a t e a s f ar b a c k a s 1 7 2 9 . U n t i l t h e c l o s e o f t h e r e v o l u t i o na r y
w a r t h e s e w e r e u n d e r t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n o f t h e G r a n d L o d g e o f
Engla nd ; b u t a l m o s t e v e r y S t a t e o f t h e U n i o n n o w h a s i t s
o w n G r a n d L o d g e , i n d e p e n d e n t o f a l l f o r e i g n p o w e r .
I n d i f f e r e n t p a r t s o f t h e g l o b e t h e r e a r e a b o u t 9o Grand
Lodges, near ly 1 2 , 0 0 0 lodges, numbering al together about
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P ERSECUTIONS OF FREEMASONRY
492 . C a u s e s o f P e r s e c u t i o n .-The secr ecy with whic h the
m a s o n i c b r o t h e r h o o d h a s a l w a y s s u r r o u n d e d i t s p r o c e e d i n g s
i s , n o d o u b t h i g h l y g r a t e f u l t o t h e m e m b e r s , b u t i t h a s i t s
d r aw b ac k s . The outsid e worl d, who ca nnot beli eve that
m a s o n i c m e e t i n g s , w h i c h a r e s o j e a l o u s l y g u a r d e d a g a i n s t t h e
i n t r u s i o n o f n o n - M a s o n s , h a v e n o o t h e r p u r p o s e t h a n t h e r e -
h e a r s a l o f a n o w t o t a l l y u s e l e s s a n d p o i n t l e s s r i t u a l , f o l l o w e d
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The parl iam ent of Par is, however, r efused to register the
p a p a l b u l l ; and an ap ology for the Order was publi shed at
Dublin . B u t P h i l i p V
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. o f S p a i n d e c l a r e d t h e g a l l e y s f o r l i f e ,
o r p u n i s h m e n t o f d e a t h w i t h t o r t u r e t o b e t h e d o o m o f F r e e -
ma sons ; a very la rge number of whom he caused to be
a r r e s t e d a n d s e n t e n c e d . P e t e r T o r r u b i a , G r a n d I n q u i s i t o r o f
S p a i n , h a v i n g f i r s t m a d e c o n f e s s i o n a n d r e c e i v e d a b s o l u t i o n ,
e n t e r e d t h e O r d e r f o r t h e e x p r e s s p u r p o s e o f b e t r a y i n g i t .
He joined in 1751, a nd ma de himsel f ac quai nted with the
e n t i r e r a m i f i c a t i o n s o f t h e c r a f t ; and in consequence memb ers
o f n i n e t y - s e v e n l o d g e s w e r e s e i z e d a n d t o r t u r e d o n t h e r a c k .
Ferd ina nd VI. d e c l a r e d F r e e m a s o n r y t o b e h i g h - t r e a s o n , a n d
punishabl e with death. When the French bec am e ma sters
o f S p a i n , F r e e m a s o n r y w a s r e v i v e d a n d o p e n l y p r a c t i s e d , t h e
memb ers of the Gra nd Lodge of Ma dr id meeting in the hall
previously occupied by their a rch-enemy the Inquisition .
With the return of Ferd ina nd VII . , w h o r e - e s t a b l i s h e d t h e
102 SECRET SOCIETIESf o r n o t r e v e a l i n g t h e s e c r e t s o f M a s o n r y . He had , however,
t o a p p e a r i n a n a u t o - d a f f , a n d w a s s e n t e n c e d t o f i v e y e a r s '
w o r k a s a g a l l e y s l a v e ; b u t t h e B r i t i s h G o v e r n m e n t c l a i m i n g
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him a s a subject, he was released before the term of his
punishment expi red . Thirty- three years pa ssed without
anything more being hear d of Freema sonry i n Portugal ;
but in 1776, two members of the cra ft were arr ested, and
remai ned upwards of fourteen months in p ris on . In 1792,
Queen Maria I . o r d e r e d a l l F r e e m a s o n s t o b e d e l i v e r e d o v e r
t o t h e I n q u i s i t i o n ; a v e r y f e w f a m i l i e s e s c a p e d t o N e w Y o r k ,
w h e r e t h e y l a n d e d w i t h t h e w o r d s , Asylum q uwrim us . Amongt h e i r A m e r i c a n b r e t h r e n t h e y f o u n d n o t o n l y a n a s y l u m , b u t
a new home . The French Emp ir e ushered in better da ys ;
b u t w i t h t h e r e s t o r a t i o n o f t h e o l d r e g i m e c a m e t h e f o r m e r
p r e j u d i c e s a n d p e r s e c u t i o n s . In 181 8, John VI . p r o m u l g a t e d
f r o m t h e B r a z i l s a n e d i c t a g a i n s t a l l s e c r e t s o c i e t i e s , i n c l u d -
ing Freemasonry ; and, agai n in 1823, a sim ila r though
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i n t r o d u c t i o n ( 1 7 3 6 ) o f F r e e m a s o n r y , f o r b a d e i t u n d e r p e n a l t y
o f d e a t h . A t p r e s e n t t h e k i n g i s a t t h e h e a d o f t h e S w e d i s h
c r a f t . T h e K i n g F r e d e r i c k A u g u s t u s , I I I . o f P o l a n d c a u s e d ,
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i n 1 7 3 0 , e n a c t m e n t s t o b e p u b l i s h e d , f o r b i d d i n g , u n d e r p a i n
o f s e v e r e p u n i s h m e n t , t h e p r a c t i c e o f F r e e m a s o n r y i n h i s
kingdom, I n 1 7 5 7 , t h e S y n o d o f S t i r l i n g a d o p t e d a r e -
s o l u t i o n d e b a r r i n g a l l F r e e m a s o n s f r o m t h e o r d i n a n c e s o f
r e l i g i o n . In 1799, Lord Radnor pr oposed i n the English
P a r l i a m e n t a b i l l a g a i n s t s e c r e t s o c i e t i e s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y
a g a i n s t F r e e m a s o n r y ; a n d a s i m i l a r b u t e q u a l l y f r u i t l e s s
attempt a gainst the Ord er was m ad e in 1814 by Lord
L i v e r p o o l . The Society is now acknowledged by law ; t h e
P r i n c e o f W a l e s i s a t t h e h e a d o f t h e c r a f t .
494 . Anti - M a s o n i c P u b l i c a t i o n s .-n e o f t h e e a r l i e s t
E n g l i s h p u b l i c a t i o n s a g a i n s t F r e e m a s o n r y i s "The Free-
ma sons ; an Hudib ra stic Poem" (London, 1 7 2 3 ) . I t i s
w r i t t e n i n t h e c o a r s e s t s t y l e o f i n v e c t i v e , d e s c r i b i n g t h e
M a s o n s a s a d r u n k e n s e t o f r e v e l l e r s , p r a c t i s i n g k i n d s
104 SECRET SOCIETIES
Lindner's "Mac -Benach" (1818 ), and Hengstenberg's and
M o l l e r ' s i n q u i t e r e c e n t y e a r s , a r e s a m p l e s o f s u c h w r i t i n g s .
O n e o f t h e m o s t v o l u m i n o u s w o r k s a g a i n s t F r e e m a s o n r y
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i s t h a t o f D r . E . E . E c k e r t , o f D r e s d e n . I t i s i n t h r e e t h i c k
v o l u m e s , p r i n t e d a t v a r i o u s p l a c e s ( 1 8 5 . 2 - 8 0 ) . T h e t i t l e i s ,
" Pr oofs for the Condemnation of Freema sonry a s the
S t a r t i n g P o i n t o f a l l D e s t r u c t i v e A c t i v i t y ." He sees
Ma sonry everywhere, even i n C h i n e s e s e c r e t s o c i e t i e s !
A c c o r d i n g t o E c k e r t , F r e e m a s o n s w e r e t h e o r i g i n a t o r s o f
the Illuminati and Burschenschaft in Germany, of the
J a c o b i n s a n d J u s t e M i l i e u i n F r a n c e , o f t h e C a r b o n a r i i n
I t a l y , o f t h e L i b e r a l s i n S p a i n , a n d t h e G i o v i n e I t a l i a !
H e w a s e x p e l l e d f r o m B e r l i n i n c o n s e q u e n c e o f h i s a t t a c k s
o n h i g h l y - p l a c e d M a s o n s . T h e l a t e s t w o r k o f i m p o r t a n c e
h o s t i l e t o M a s o n r y i s b y t h e l a t e P e r e D e s c h a m p s , i n t h r e e
l a r g e v o l u m e s , e n t i t l e d , " L e s S o c i 6 t e s S e c r e t e s e t l a S o c i r t e "
( P a r i s a n d A v i g n o n , 1 8 8 2 - 8 3 ) . T h e w r i t e r , a p r i e s t , s e e s o n l y
PERSECUTIONS OF FREEMASONRY 1 0 5
u n t r u t h o f t h i s s t a t e m e n t w a s s e r i o u s l y d e b a t e d by the
" l e a r n e d d i v i n e s " a s s e m b l e d a t T r e n t ! A n d t h e y l e f t t h e
m a t t e r i n d o u b t . T h e r e v e r e n d f a t h e r s s e e m t o h a v e b e e n
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p a r t i c u l a r l y s h o c k e d a t t h e l i b e r t i e s t a k e n w i t h t h e d e v i l ' s
p e r s o n a l i t y ; y e t t h e y m u s t k n o w t h a t t h e d e v i l h a s f o r a g e s
b e e n a n o b j e c t o f r i d i c u l e , t h e t h e m e o f r i b a l d s o n g s a n d
j o k e s e v e n i n t h e m y s t e r y p l a y s .
Dr . B a t a i l l e w r o t e a b o o k e n t i t l e d , 1 1 The Devil in the
N i n e t e e n t h C e n t u r y , " w h i c h i s a s p e c i m e n o f t h e g r o s s e s t
s u p e r s t i t i o n , w h i c h w a s r i d i c u l e d i n a r e p l y a f t e r w a r d s p u b -
l i s h e d b y a C o u n t H. C . , a n d w h e r e i n h e r e g r e t s t h a t a l a r g e
n u m b e r o f h i g h p e r s o n a g e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y a m o n g t h e c l e r g y ,
should have been thus i mposed upon . Dr . B a t a i l l e i n h i s
b o o k r e f e r r e d l a r g e l y t o d e v i l - w o r s h i p i n t h e E a s t ; C o u n tH . C . c o n t r a d i c t s m o s t o f t h e d o c t o r ' s s t a t e m e n t s .
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FU TILITY OF MODERN FREEMASONRY
495 .V a i n P r e t e n s i o n s o f M o d e r n F r e e m a s o n r y .-After t h i s
n e c e s s a r i l y c o m p r e s s e d a c c o u n t o f F r e e m a s o n r y , p a s t a n d p r e -
s e n t , t h e q u e s t i o n n a t u r a l l y s u g g e s t s i t s e l f - W h a t i s i t s p r e s e n t
u s e ? Are its pr etensi ons not groundl ess? Is it not a n
i n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h h a s o u t l i v e d t h e o b j e c t o f i t s f o u n d a t i o n ?
I s n o t i t s p r e s e n t e x i s t e n c e a d e l u s i o n a n d a n a n a c h r o n i s m ?
S i n c e a l l t h a t i s s a i d a n d d o n e i n t h e l o d g e s h a s f o r m a n y
y e a r s b e e n i n p r i n t , i s t h e h o l d i n g o u t o f t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n
o f s e c r e t s n o t a d e l u s i o n , a n d t h e i m p o s i t i o n o f c h i l d i s h o a t h s
not a f ar ce? The answers to all these questions m ust be
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496 . V a n i t y o f M a s o n i c C e r e m o n i a l .-There a r e t h o u s a n d s
o f e x c e l l e n t m e n w h o h a v e e n e v e r s e e n t h e i n s i d e o f a l o d g e ,
and y et ar e genuine Freema sons, i . e . liberal -minded and
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enlightened men, d evoted to the study of Nature and the
p r o g r e s s o f m a n k i n d , m o r a l a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l ; men devoid of
a l l p o l i t i c a l a n d r e l i g i o u s p r e j u d i c e s , t r u e c o s m o p o l i t a n s .
And there ar e thousands who have p as sed through every
ma sonic d egree, and y et ar e not Masons ; men who tak e
a p p e a r a n c e s f o r r e a l i t i e s , t h e m e a n s f o r t h e e n d , t h e c e r e -
monies of the lodge for Freema sonry . But the lod ge, with
a l l i t s s y m b o l s , i s o n l y t h e form o f t h e m a s o n i c t h o u g h t . In
t h e p r e s e n t a g e , h o w e v e r , t h i s f o r m , w h i c h w a s very s u i t a b l e ,
n a y , n e c e s s a r y , f o r t h e t i m e w h e n i t w a s i n s t i t u t e d , b e c o m e s
a n anachronism . The a f f e c t a t i o n o f M p o s s e s s i n g a , _ s e c r e t _ i s
a c h i l d i s h a n d m i s c h i e v o u s w a X n e s s . T h ' e ' objects modern
M a s o n s p r o f e s s t o p u r s u e a r e b r o t h e r l y l o v e , r e l i e f , a n d t r u t h ;
s u r e l y t h e p u r s u i t o f t h e s e o b j e c t s c a n n o t n e e d a n y s e c r e t
i o 8 SECRET SOCIETIES
cr eate a ma rk et for their goods- who mi ght do some good
by teaching moral and natural philosophy from a d eeper
ground than the scholas tic and grossl y ma teri al b asi s on
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w h i c h a l l t e a c h i n g a t p r e s e n t i s f o u n d e d , a n d b y r e s c u i n g
sci ence fr om the degra ded position of handma iden to mere
p h y s i c a l c o m f o r t , i n t o w h i c h m o d e r n m a t e r i a l i s m h a s f o r c e d i t
4 9 8 .Decay of Freema sonry .- The mor e I study Free
ma sonry, the more I am repell ed by i ts pretences . Thef a c i l i t y a n d f r e q u e n c y w i t h w h i c h w o r t h l e s s c h a r a c t e r s a r e
r e c e i v e d i n t o t h e O r d e r ; t h e m a n n e r i n w h i c h a l l i t s s t a t u t e s
a r e d i s r e g a r d e d ; t h e d i s l i k e w i t h w h i c h e v e r y b r o t h e r w h o
i n s i s t s o n r e f o r m i s l o o k e d u p o n b y t h e r e s t ; t h e d i f f i c u l t y
of expelli ng obnoxious m embers ; t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f m a n y
s p u r i o u s r i t e s , a n d t h e d e c e p t i v e n e s s o f t h e r i t e s t h e m s e l v e s ,
d e s i g n e d t o e x c i t e c u r i o s i t y w i t h o u t e v e r s a t i s f y i n g i t ; t h
p u e r i l i t y o f t h e s y m b o l i s m ; t h e p a l t r i n e s s o f t h e s e c r e t w h e n
r e v e a l e d t o t h e c a n d i d a t e , a n d h i s i l l - c o n c e a l e d d i s g u s t w h e n
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r e n e w e d , f o r n o t e v e n t h e M a s o n i c m a r r i a g e s , i n t r o d u c e d b y
F r e n c h l o d g e s , w i l l p e r p e t u a t e i t s e x i s t e n c e . I h a v e b e f o r e m e
a c c o u n t s o f t w o s u c h m a r r i a g e s , p e r f o r m e d w i t h o u t t h e u s u a l
e c c l e s i a s t i c o r c i v i l c e r e m o n i e s , t h e o n e i n t h e l o d g e La
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Fra nce Mac onniq ue in Paris in 1,887, and the other in a
l o d g e a t T o u l o u s e , i n t h e s a m e y e a r , a s a l s o o f t w o o t h e r s ,
c e l e b r a t e d i n P a r i s , i n 1 8 8 2 , w h e n M . E l y s 6 , e R e c l u s , a F r e e -
m a s o n , a n d o n e o f t h e f i v e w e l l - k n o w n A n a r c h i s t b r o t h e r s ,
g a v e a w a y t w o o f h i s d a u g h t e r s t o t w o b r o t h e r s , a t a d i n n e r
h e l d i n a p r i v a t e h o u s e , s i m p l y d e c l a r i n g t h e t w o c o u p l e s
b y t h a t m e r e d e c l a r a t i o n t o b e m a r r i e d . But the lad ies d o
n o t a p p r o v e o f t h e s e h o l e - a n d - c o r n e r e s p o u s a l s .
499 .Mas onic Opi nions of Masonry. - M a s ons have been
very indi gnant with me for m ak ing these statements ; b u t
h o n e s t m e m b e r s o f t h e c r a f t k n o w , a n d o c c a s i o n a l l y a d m i t ,
t h a t I a m r i g h t . In 1798 a Ma son wrote in the Monthly
M a g a z i n e , "The landlord ( who is a lways a b rother) p ro-
m o t e s h a r m o n y , a s i t i s c a l l e d , b y p r o v i d i n g c h o i c e s u p p e r s
' 1 1 0 SECRET SOCIETIESa n d p l a t i t u d e s . I t s ' p e r i o d i c a l l i t e r a t u r e - i n t h i s c o u n t r y a
a l l e v e n t s - i s e s s e n t i a l l y o f t h e G r u b S t r e e t k i n d , c o n s i s t i n
o f m e r e t r a d e - c i r c u l a r s , s u p p o r t e d b y p u f f i n g m a s o n i c t r a d e s
m e n a n d v a i n o f f i c i a l s , w h o l i k e t o h a v e t h e i r w o r k i n g i
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t h e l o d g e t r u m p e t e d f o r t h i n a f a s h i o n w h i c h o c c a s i o n a l l
t r e n c h e s o n i m b e c i l i t y , a s c o u l d r e a d i l y b e s h o w n b y e x t r a c t
from newspaper reports . All attempts per ma nently t
e s t a b l i s h m a s o n i c p e r i o d i c a l s o f a h i g h e r o r d e r h a v e h i t h e r t
fai led f rom want of encouragement. The fac t is, men o
e d u c a t i o n t a k e v e r y l i t t l e i n t e r e s t i n M a s o n r y , f o r i t h a
n o t h i n g t o o f f e r t h e m i n a n i n t e l l e c t u a l p o i n t o f v i e w ; b e
ca use even Ma sons who have attai ned to every n e p l u s u l t r
o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n , k n o w l i t t l e o f i t s o r i g i n a n d m e a n i n g .
5ooa . T h e Q u a t u o r C o r o n a t i L o d g e .-The l i t e r a r y ' s h o r
c o m i n g s o f M a s o n r y I h a v e , i n t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t r u t h , a n d a
a n i m p a r t i a l h i s t o r i a n b e e n c o m p e l l e d t o p o i n t o u t i n t h
p r e v i o u s s e c t i o n , h a v e b e e n r e c o g n i s e d b y i n t e l l i g e n t M a s o n s
a n d s u c h r e c o g n i t i o n h a s , i n . 1 8 8 4 , l e d t o t h e f o u n da t i o n o
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INTERNATIONAL, COM M U NE, AND
ANARCHISTS
5 o 1 . I n t r o d u c t o r y R e m a r k s . - T h e r e e x i s t s a t p r e s e n t i n a
s t a t e o f s u s p e n d e d a n i m a t i o n a n a s s o c i a t i o n o f w o r k i n g - o r
r a t h e r , t a l k i n g - m e n , p r e t e n d i n g t o h a v e f o r i t s o b j e c t t h e
u n i t i n g i n o n e f r a t e r n a l b o n d t h e w o r k e r s o f a l l c o u n t r i e s ,
a n d t h e a d v o c a t i n g o f t h e i n t e r e s t s o f l a b o u r , a n d t h o s e o n l y .
T h o u g h i t p r o t e s t s a g a i n s t b e i n g a s e c r e t s o c i e t y , i t y e t
i n d u l g e s i n s u c h u n d e r h a n d d e a l i n g s , i n s i d i o u s l y e n d e a v o u r -
ing to work mi sc hief between empl oyers and emp loyed, a nd
a i m i n g a t t h e s u b v e r s i o n o f t h e e x i s t i n g o r d e r o f t h i n g s ,
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INTERNATIONAL, COMM UNE, & c . 1 1 5
read er will p roba bly rememb er the fact that men who had
b e l o n g e d t o t h e S h e f f i e l d t r a d e - u n i o n s , b u t w i t h d r e w f r o m
t h e m , w e r e a s s a s s i n a t e d , t h e i r h o u s e s b l o w n u p , a n d e v e r y
i m a g i n a b l e k i n d o f t y r a n n y a n d p e r s e c u t i o n p r a c t i s e d u p o n
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t h e m f o r t h e s p a c e o f s o m e f i f t e e n y e a r s . S t i l l , a s t h e m a j o r i t y
of the Par isi an workm en were innocent of the crim es of
.the Commune, so the trad e-unions were not answera bl e for
the doings of a r estricted number of their members . But
these trad e-unions, d ating from ab out the year 18 33, ar e
s t i l l t o b e c o n d e m n e d , b e c a u s e t h e y a r e t h e i n s t i g a t o r s a n d
u p h o l d e r s o f s t r i k e s , t h e g r e a t e s t c u r s e , n o t o n t h e b a t e d
c a p i t a l i s t , b u t o n t h e p o o r w o r k m a n . Now the Internati onal
w a s a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t r a d e - u n i o n s , w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n a l p o i s o n
o f C o m m u n i s m d i f f u s e d t h r o u g h o u t i t s s y s t e m .
503 . H i s t o r y o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l .-The f i r s t a t t e m p t a t
an international s ociety was ma de by a sma ll number
of Germ an workm en in London, who had been exp ell ed
emeute
116 SECRET SOCIETIESal so undertook to agitate in favour of Poland, for which
pur pose it co-oper ated with the National League for th
Independence of P oland . The London Interna tional Exhi-
bi tion of 1862 i nduced the French Government to assi st
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ma ny French work men with means to visit that exhibition
" a v i s i t , " s a i d t h e F r e n c h p r e s s , " w h i c h w i l l e n a b l e o u r
work men to study the great work s of a rt and i ndustry
remove the leaven of i nternational di scord, and r eplac e
n a t i o n a l j e a l o u s i e s b y f r a t e r n a l e m u l a t i o n ." It is im pos
sib le to say how far these French work men studied th
w o r k s o f a r t a n d i n d u s t r y e x h i b i t e d i n 1 8 6 2 , b u t i t i s q u i t
c e r t a i n t h a t t h e o l d l e a v e n o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l d i s c o r d , w h i c
u p t o t h a t t i m e h a d n o t b e e n v e r y f o r m i d a b l e , w a s s p e e d i l y
r e p l a c e d b y a n e w l e a v e n o f s o c i a l d i s c o r d , n o t s o v i r u l e n t a t
f i r s t , i t i s t r u e , a s i t s u b s e q u e n t l y b e c a m e i n t h e a f t e r - d a y s o f
t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l . M a n y o f t h e o r i g i n a l m e m b e r s o f t h i s a s -
s o c i a t i o n , i n f a c t , e v e n t u a l l y w i t h d r e w f r o m i t , a s t h e y r e f u s e d
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c o m m i t t e e , h o l d i n g i t s p o w e r s b y t h e r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e p u b l i c
meeting held o n S e p t e m b e r 2 8 , 1 8 6 4 , a t ' S t . M a r t i n ' s H a l l ,
t h e n d e c l a r e d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l W o r k i n g - M e n ' s A s s o c i a t i o n
t o b e e s t a b l i s h e d ; a n d c o n g r e s s e s w e r e a p p o i n t e d t o b e h e l d
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a t d i f f e r e n t t i m e s a n d p l a c e s , t o , d e c i d e o n t h e m e a s u r e s t o
be tak en to found the work ing-men's Eldora do. Manys o c i e t i e s a t f i r s t w e r e a f f i l i a t e d , b u t d i s s e n s i o n s s o o n b r o k e
out among them, a nd ma ny, such a s the Italia n Working-
M e n ' s S o c i e t y , w i t h d r e w a g a i n . I n 1 8 6 6 , a m e e t i n g o r c o n -
gress was held at Geneva, where it was deci ded that an
inquir y into the condition of the worki ng clas ses of a ll
countries s hould b e mad e respecting ra te of wages, hours
o f l a b o u r , & c . And this inquir y, which never was ma de on
t h e p a r t o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l , w a s t o b e a p r e l i m i n a r y t o
p r a c t i c a l m e a s u r e s - n o w o n d e r t h a t t h e a s s o c i a t i o n p r o d u c e d
n o t h i n g p r a c t i c a l . At this Geneva Congress r esoluti ons
were pas sed in fav our of transferri ng ra ilway s and other
means of locomotion to the people, and of destroying the
118 SECRET SOCIETIESt i v i t y , " " s c i e n ti f i c a n d r at i o n a l e xp l o i t a t i on , " " s o c i al l i qu i da -
t i o n , " & c . ' N o c o n g r e s s m e t i n 1 8 7 0 , i n c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h e
wa r ; b u t t h e p r o g r a m m e t h a t w a s t o h a v e f o r m e d t h e s u b j e c t
o f d i s c u s s i o n h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d . , T h e f i r s t q u e s t i o n w a s
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O n t h e n e c e s s i t y o f a b o l i s h i n g t h e p u b l i c d e b t . The thir d
Concerning prac tical means for converting landed and
f u n d e d p r o p e r t y i n t o s o c i a l p r o p e r t y . The fi fth : Condi-
t i o n s o f c o - o p e r a t i v e p r o d u c t i o n o n a n a t i o n a l s c a l e . The
Belgian Commi ttee proposed as an ad di tional question
C o n c e r n i n g t h e p r a c t i c a l m e a n s f o r c o n s t i t u t i n g a g r i c u l t u r a l
s e c t i o n s i n t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l . T h u s p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y w a s t o
b e a b o l i s h e d , p r i v a t e e n t e r p r i s e d e s t r o y e d , a n d t h e p o i s o n o f
C o m m u n i s m , w i t h w h i c h l a r g e t o w n s a r e n o w i n f e c t e d , t o b e
d i f f u s e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y . ' What would these m en
h a v e d o n e c o u l d t h e y , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r i n t e n t i o n , h a v e m e t
i n P a r i s i n 1870? T h e p e r t i n a c i t y w i t h w h i c h t h e c a u s e o
P o l a n d i s s o u g h t t o b e i d e n t i f i e d w i t h t h e o b j e c t s o f t h e
I n t e r n a t i o n a l h a s a l r e a d y b e e n a l l u d e d t o . Poland seems
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a r t e r y o f t h e S t r a n d s h a l l h a v e b e e n b u r n t , a n d t h e p u b l i c
b u i l d i n g s , t h e b a r r a c k s e s p e c i a l l y , s h a l l h a v e b e e n b l o w n u p ,
a s w a s t h r e e y e a r s a g o t h e C l e r k e n w e l l p r i s o n . " P e r h a p s t h e
w r i t e r w a s o n l y j o k i n g ; a n d i f I t h o u g h t t h e l e a d e r s o f t h e
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l p o s s e s s e d a n y M a c h i a v e l l i a n t a l e n t , I s h o u l d
s a y t h e y t h e m s e l v e s c a u s e d t h e l e t t e r t o b e w r i t t e n t o g i v e
t h e w o r l d a n e x a g g e r a t e d i d e a o f t h e i r p o w e r - t h e r e i n i m i -
t a t i n g t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e L o n d o n R e p u b l i c a n C l u b , w h o
b o a s t e d o f h i s p o w e r o f p u l l i n g d o w n t h e m o n a r c h y , a s t h a t
w o u l d b e t h e r e a d i e s t m e a n s o f a t t r a c t i n g f r e s h m e m b e r s ;
f o r t h e i d e a o f b e l o n g i n g t o a p o w e r f u l a n d u n i v e r s a l l y
d i f f u s e d b r o t h e r h o o d e x e r c i s e s a g r e a t f a s c i n a t i o n o v e r t h e
m i n d s o f o n l y p a r t i a l l y e d u c a t e d m e n , s u c h a s f o r m t h e b u l k
o f t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s e s .
506 . T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A b r o a d . -Abroad, however, its
ac tion was much more mark ed . I t f o m e n t e d s e r i o u s r i o t s
i n H o l l a n d , B e l g i u m , a n d F r a n c e ; a n d i n t h e l a s t - n a m e d
c o u n t r y i t e s p e c i a l l y s t i m u l a t e d Communism , a nd sup-
X2 0 SECRET SOCIETIESrefused to all y itself to any of them or to meddl e with
poli tics, but declar ed social q uestions par am ount to all
p o l i t i c a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s ; a n d t o t h e p o s i t i o n t h u s a s s u m e d b y
t h e a s s o c i a t i o n i t w a s d u e t h a t t h e I m p e r i a l G o v e r n m e n t d i d
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n o t m o l e s t i t , b u t t h a t t h e m i n i s t e r s a l l o w e d i t t o d e v e l o p
i t s e l f , h o p i n g a t t h e c o n v e n i e n t m o m e n t t o w i n i t o v e r t o
t h e i r i n t e r e s t . These mi nisters consid ered themselv es very
p r o f o u n d p o l i t i c i a n s , w h e n t h e y h a d f o m e n t e d a q u a r r e l b e -
t w e e n P r u s s i a a n d A u s t r i a ; t r u s t i n g , w h e n t h e s e t w o p o w e r s
should mutually have exhausted each other, to seize the
Rhenis h provi nces . They l ooked upon themselv es as sma ll
M a c h i a v e l l i s w h e n t h e y p e r m i t t e d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l t o g r o w
i n o r d e r s o m e d a y t o u s e i t a g a i n s t a m u t i n o u s b o u r g e o i s i e
The Emp eror ha d a n oppor tunity on September 2 , a t S e d a n ,
a n d t h e E m p r e s s o n S e p t e m b e r 4 , a t P a r i s , t o j u d g e o f t h e
v a l u e o f s u c h p o l i c y . However, the scheme of the as soci a-
t i o n h a v i n g b e e n s e t t l e d i n L o n d o n i n 1 8 6 4 , t h e o r g a n i s e r s
a
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a w a y t o d e c l a r e w a r a g a i n s t t h e G o v e r n m e n t , t h e l a t t e r d e -
t e r m i n e d t o p r o s e c u t e i t . The associa tion was decl ar ed to
b e d i s s o l v e d , a n d f i f t e e n o f t h e l e a d e r s w e r e e a c h f i n e d o n e
h u n d r e d f r a n c s . T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l t a k i n g n o n o t i c e o f t h e
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d e c r e e o f d i s s o l u t i o n , a s e c o n d p r o s e c u t i o n w a s i n s t i t u t e d ,
and nine of the ac cused were condemned to im pr is onment
f o r t h r e e m o n t h s . T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l n o w h i d i t s e l f a m i d s t
t h e m u l t i t u d e o f w o r k i n g - m e n ' s s o c i e t i e s o f a l l d e s c r i p t i o n s
t h a t w e r e e i t h e r a u t h o r i s e d o r a t l e a s t t o l e r a t e d , a n d m a d e
e n o r m o u s p r o g r e s s , s o t h a t i t s c h i e f s a t l a s t d e c l a r e d t h e m -
selv es abl e to do without any extra neous supp ort . The
I n t e r n a t i o n a l , s a i d o n e o f t h e s p e a k e r s a t t h e B a s l e C o n g r e s s
( 1 8 6 9 ) , i s a n d m u s t b e a s t a t e w i t h i n s t a t e s ; l e t t h e s e g o
o n a s s u i t s t h e m , u n t i l o u r s t a t e i s t h e s t r o n g e s t . Then,
on the ruins of these, we shall erect our own fully pr e-
p a r e d , s u c h a s i t e x i s t s i n e v e r y s e c t i o n . The V o l k s s t i m m e ,
t h e A u s t r i a n o r g a n o f t h e s o c i e t y , s a i d : "To us the red
f l a g i s t h e s y m b o l o f u n i v e r s a l l o v e o f m a n k i n d . Let our
122 SECRET SOCIETIESr e f o r m s v o t e d b y t h e S e n a t e , i n J a n u a r y 1 8 7 0 , w a s v i o l e n t l y
o p p o s e d b y t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l , w h o d e c l a r e d i n f a v o u r o f a
r e p u b l i c . O n t h e o c c a s i o n o f t h e p l o t o f t h e O r s i n i s h e l l s ,
t h e s o c i e t y , i n d e f e n d i n g i t s e l f a g a i n s t t h e c h a r g e o f h a v i n g
h a d a n y s h a r e i n i t , d e c l a r e d t h a t i t d i d n o t w a r a g a i n s t
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i n d i v i d u a l p e r p e t r a t o r s o f c o u p s d ' e t a t , but that it was a
p e r m a n e n t c o n s p i r a c y o f a l l t h e o p p r e s s e d , w h i c h s h a l l e x i s t
u n t i l a l l c a p i t a l i s t s , p r i e s t s , a n d p o l i t i c a l a d v e n t u r e r s s h a l l
have disapp eared. Such a decla ration of. w a r a g a i n s t a l l
men that had a ny interest in the mai ntenance of publ ic
order, a nd especia ll y agai nst ma ny men formi ng the then
I m p e r i a l G o v e r n m e n t , n a t u r a l l y i n d u c e d a t h i r d p r o s e c u t i o n
Thirty- eight memb ers were indic ted, ma ny of whom we
meet again as a ctiv e members of the Commune . Some were
ac quitted, others condemned to one year's im pr isonment
N o o n e s u s p e c t e d t h a t t h e n a m e s o f t h e s e o b s c u r e w o r k m e n ,
condemned as memb ers of a secr et soci ety, would soon be
c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e m o s t h o r r i b l e d i s a s t e r s o f P a r i s , a n d t h a t
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c a l l e d t h e m , s h o u l d o b t a i n a n y s h a r e o f p o w e r , w a s v e r y
g a l l i n g t o t h e d e m a g o g u e s . A t L y o n s a n d M a r s e i l l e s , h o w -
e v e r , t h e s u p r e m e p o w e r f e l l i n t o t h e h a n d s o f t h e l o w e s t
w r e t c h e s . T h e C o m m u n e i n s t a l l e d a t L y o n s b e g a n i t s w o r k
b y r a i s i n g t h e r e d f l a g - t h a t o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l . A t P a r i s
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t h e a s s o c i a t i o n p r e t e n d e d a t f i r s t t o b e m o s t a n x i o u s t o f i g h t
t h e P r u s s i a n s . W h e n t h e b a t t a l i o n s w e r e s e n t t o t h e f r o n t ,
h o w e v e r , i t w a s f o u n d t h a t t h o s e c o m p r i s i n g m o s t I n t e r -
n a t i o n a l s w e r e t h e m o s t r e a d y " t o f a l l b a c k i n g o o d o r d e r , "
o r e v e n t o f l e e i n g r e a t d i s o r d e r a t t h e f i r s t a l a r m ; a nd
G e n e r a l C l e m e n t T h o m a s p o i n t e d o u t t h i s i n s t r u c t i v e f a c t
t o t h e r e a d e r s o f t h e J o u r n a l Q f f i e i e l . But when a f ew
P r u s s i a n r e g i m e n t s e n t e r e d P a r i s , t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l , t h r o u g h
i t s c e n t r a l c o m m i t t e e , a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e m o m e n t f o r a c t i o n
was come ; a n d s o t h e m e m b e r s s e i z e d t h e c a n n o n s s c a t t e r e d
i n v a r i o u s p a r t s o f t h e c i t y , a n d t h e n b e g a n t h a t s e r i e s o f
e x c e s s e s , f o r w h i c h t h e C o m m u n e w i l l a l w a y s e n j o y a n i n -
f a m o u s n o t o r i e t y .
124 SECRET SOCIETIESL e t u s i n v i t e o u r b r e t h r e n t o o u r h o m e s , a n d p r o t e c t t h e m .
The pri nci pl es of the Comm une ar e ours ; we acc ept the
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e i r a c t s . " T h e E n g l i s h I n t e r n a t i o n a l i s t s
were too few to pr ove their ap pr obati on of the Commune
by any p ublic d emonstration ; b u t i n p r i v a t e t h e y d i d s o
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v e r y e n e r g e t i c a l l y . One of the mem bers even decla red
that the good tim e "was r eall y coming ." "Soon," s ai d
he, "we shall b e abl e to dethrone the Queen of Engla nd,
turn Bucki ngham Pa la ce into a workshop, a nd pull down
the York c olumn, a s the noble French peopl e has pull ed
down the Vendom e colum n ." (Be it obser ved here, that
a s t h i s c o l u m n c h i e f l y c o m m e m o r a t e d F r e n c h v i c t o r i e s o v e r
t h e G e r m a n s , t h i s a c t o f v a n d a l i s m h a s b y s o m e a u t h o r i t i e s
b e e n a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e i n f l u e n c e o f P r u s s i a n g o l d l i b e r a l l y
d i s t r i b u t e d t o c e r t a i n p a t r i o t i c m e m b e r s o f t h e C o m m u n e . )
But the London section of the International c lea rl y put
forth its v iews on the conduct of t h e Commune The
pam phlet, "The Civi l Wa r i n Fra nce," publis hed f or the
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these sma ll sums s eemed dif fi cult to be got in, and the
s t a t u t e s w e r e v e r y s e v e r e u p o n d e f a u l t e r s . But there were
t a x e s t o p a y t o t h e s e c t i o n s , w h i c h r a i s e d t h e y e a r l y c o n -
t r i b u t i o n s t o s e v e n o r e i g h t f r a n c s . N o r w a s t h i s a l l . In
t h e v a r i o u s l e g a l p r o s e c u t i o n s t h e s o c i e t y b a d t o u n d e r g o
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t h e r e w a s f r e q u e n t r e f e r e n c e t o t h e c a i s s e f e d e r a t i v e d u s o u ,
t h o u g h t h e e x p r e s s i o n w a s n o w h e r e e x a c t l y d e f i n e d . S o f a r
as has been asc ertained i t all uded to a voluntary weekly
s u b s c r i p t i o n o f f i v e c e n t i m e s , c o l l e c t e d i n w o r k s h o p s a n d
f a c t o r i e s , f r o m w o r k m e n w h o d i d n o t b e l o n g t o t h e a s s o c i a -
t i o n , b u t i n t e n d e d t o j o i n i t , o r t o s u p p o r t i t w i t h o u t j o i n i n g
i t . I n t h e s t a t u t e s o f t h e P a r i s i a n b r a n c h , A r t i c l e 9 f u r t h e r
s a i d t h a t t h e c o u n c i l m a y , i f n e c e s s a r y , v o t e l a r g e r s u m s t h a n
t h e g e n e r a l b u d g e t w o u l d j u s t i f y , a n d p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y i n c r e a s e
the amount of c ontributions pay abl e by the members . But
t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l a r m o f t h e a s s o c i a t i o n , w h e n a n y p a r t i c u l a r
o b j e c t w a s t o b e a t t a i n e d , s u c h , f o r i n s t a n c e , a s t h e s u c c e s s
. T h u s t h e s u c c e s s f u l t e r m i n a -
126 SECRET SOCIETIESwanted to destroy their f ormer works hops a nd dr ive away
t h e m o g s t h a t h a d t a k e n t h e i r p l a c e s . Fortunately we re-
s t r a i n e d t h e m , b u t w e a r e g r e a t l y b o t h e r e d b y t h i s a f f a i r
( n o e s s o m m e s b i e r e m b l t & p a r c e t t e a f a i r e ) . "
5 A t t e m p t t o R e v i v e t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l .-An I n t e r n a t i o n a
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1 1.
Tra des U nion Congress was held in London in 1888 for the
a v o w e d p u r p o s e o f r e v i v i n g t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l , w h i c h c o l l a p s e d
i n 1 8 7 1 , t h o u g h b r a n c h e s o f i t , s u c h a s t h e J u r a s s i c F e d e r a -
t i o n o f W o r k m e n , t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l B r e t h r e n , t h e C o u n c i l o
D y n a m i t e , a t w h o s e m e e t i n g s i n C h i c a g o t h e e d i t o r o f F r e i h e i
p r e s i d e d , c o n t i n u e t o v e g e t a t e . B u t t h e d i s c u s s i o n s a s t o t h
m e a n s o f p h y s i c a l l y a n d m o r a l l y r a i s i n g t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s e s
as y et remai n mere tal k . As one of the speakers at the
L o n d o n C o n g r e s s r e m a r k e d , " T h e c h i e f d i f f i c u l t y i n t h e w a
o f t h e r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l l i e s i n t h e a p a t h y
and indi fference of the workm en themselv es," which s hows
t h a t t h e w o r k m e n a r e a f t e r a l l n o t s u c h f o o l s a s a g i t a t o r s
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BOOK XIII
POLITICAL SECRET SOCIETIES
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CHINESE SOCIETIES
5 1 3-Earliest Secret Chinese Societies.-The earliest notice
we have of a secret Chinese league is towards the closeof the Han dynasty (A . D . 185) . Three patriots, havingthen associated themselves, defended the throne against the
Yellow Cap " rebels, a society numbering among its mem-
bers the flower of Chinese litterateurs . From that time until
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their society was to flood the earth. To avoid the appear-ance of all belonging to one society, they gave different
names-some borrowed from previously existing sects-tothe branches they established. Thus they were known asthe Triad Society, the Blue Lotus Hall, the Golden Orchid
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I
District, and others. These soon attracted the attention of
Government, and for some time they were kept in checkAbout 1826 the chief leader of the League was one KwangSan . It was reported that, to make himself ferocious he
once drank gall, taken out of a murdered man's body, mixed
with wine. He resided chiefly at the tin-mines of Loocoot,where the brethren then swarmed . The directing powerwas vested in three persons ; the chief, with the title of
Koh, i . e . the Elder ; the two others took that of HiongThi, i . e . Younger Brothers. In the Malacca branches thethree chiefs were called Tai-Koh, eldest brother, Ji-Koh,
second brother, and San-Koh, third brother. The oath ofsecrecy was taken by the aspirant kneeling before an image,
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be still in existence, and about the year 1870 it started into
activity again ; in Sarawak it assumed such a threateningaspect that the Government made a law decreeing death to
every member ipso facto . The disturbances at Singapore in
18'7 2 also were due to the secret societies of the Chinese in
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the Straits Settlements . On that occasion the Sam-Sings,
or " fighting men," were the chief rioters, taking the part of
the street hawkers, against whom some severe regulationshad been issued. Murder and incendiarism, torturing andmaiming, are the usual practices of the League, which again
made itself very obnoxious in 1883 and 1885 . The sectionof the " Black Flag," the remnant of the Taepings, as also
the ` , White Lily," were the most active in their demonstra-
tions against the Tsing dynasty. The last police reports
from the protected state of Perak, in the Malay Peninsula,
say that in 1888 secret societies "caused endless trouble
and anxiety," although in 1887 four members of the Ghee
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leased, is no doubt fresh in the memory of the reader. Heasserted that he was kidnapped by the Chinese Ambassador's
people, by being induced to walk into the Ambassador'shouse; but it is a curious circumstance that San Wen, who
evidently knew something of London, should not have known
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where the Chinese Embassy was located, especially after all
the excitement caused by Li Hung Chang's visit to theContinent and to England .
In justice to the Taepings and other secret associations
in China, it must be stated that the insurrection was and
is the war of an oppressed nationality against foreign in-
vaders. The Mantchoos or Tsing dynasty are an alien tribe,
ruling over the vast Chinese empire ; their government is
one of the most despotic the world has ever seen ; their laws
are so ruthless and unjust, that it would seem they could
never be carried out, did not the blood of millions, perishing
by every kind of frightful death that the most diabolical
cruelty could invent, attest the fact of their being obeyed
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one master, two introducers, one fiscal, thirteen coun-cillors, several agents, who are otherwise known as " grass
shoes,"" iron planks," or " night brethren," and some
minor officials, who, as indicative of their rank, wear flowers
in their hair .
In times of peace the ranks of the society are filled up by
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volunteers, but when the League is preparing to take the field,
threats and violence are used to secure members . The neo-phyte, as in Royal Arch Masonry, is introduced to the Hall of
Fidelity under the "bridge of swords," formed by the brethren
holding up their swords in the form of an arch ; he then
takes the oath, and has his queue cut off, though this ceremony
is dispensed with if he lives amongst Chinese who are faith-
ful to the Tartar rule ; his face is washed, and he exchanges
his clothes for a long white dress, as a token of purity, and
the commencement of a new life. Straw shoes, signs ofmourning, are put on his feet. He is then led up to thealtar, and offers up nine blades of grass and an incense stick,
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printed in coloured characters on silk or calico . The original
is kept in the custody of the Tai-Koh . Various descriptions
of it have been given, and as they differ, it may be pre-
sumed that there are more seals than one . But all of them
are pentagonal, and inscribed with a multitude of Chinese
characters, the translations given showing no real meaning ;
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the whole is a riddle, which it is scarcely worth while attempt-
ing to solve. To give but one sample. In an octagonal space
enclosed within the pentagon there are sixteen characters,
which, according to the interpreters, signify : "The eldestbrother unites to battle-order ; every one prepares himself
(at the) signal (of the) chief . (The) swollen mountainstream spreads itself (into) canals ; ten thousand of years is
(he) this day." By many members it is worn as a charm,and great care is-taken to conceal its meaning from theuninitiated. As a charm, the seal may be as effective against
wounds or death in battle as were the amulets furnished in
the fifteenth century by the hangman of Passau, until a soldier
the Ko lao Hui, which is also anti-dynastic, caused inflam-
matory placards to be posted up in various parts of the
empire, which the authorities immediately tore down, only
to be posted up afresh ; t h e s o c i e t y a l s o d i s t r i b u t e d a n t i -
m i s s i o n a r y p a m ph l e t s , w i t h t i t l e s s u c h a s t hi s : " The Devil
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Doctriners ought to be killed," wherein the missionaries
are charged with every kind of crime against morals and
l i f e ; the Roman Catholics are more severely handled than
t h e P r o t e s t a n t s .
In September 1891 it would appear that the society was
organising a rising against the Government, and a Mr . C . W .
M a s o n , a B r i t i s h s u b j e c t , a n d a f o u r t h -c l a s s a s s i s t a n t i n t h e
Customs at Shanghai, was implicated in the project, he
having been instrumental in introducing arms and dynamite
into the country for the use of the conspirators . He was
sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour,
a n d h e w a s f u r th e r , a t t h e e x p i r a t i o n o f t h a t p e r i o d , ' t o f i n d
two sureties of $2500 to be of good behaviour, and fail-
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in the western provinces of China . Its members are divided
into four sections, respectively marshalled under the white,
the black, the red, and the yellow flag .
That the popular feeling against Christian missionaries in
China is very strong cannot be denied, and for the last two
or three years has displayed itself in frequent attacks on
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their persons and property . Even at the present time such
outbreaks are almost regularly reported in the Europeanpress . A pretty plain intimation was given to Sir Ruther-
ford Alcock on his bidding adieu to a high Chinese official
"I wish," said that functionary, now you are going home,
you would take away with you your opium, and yourChristian missionaries ."
A law passed in 1889 in the Straits Settlements for the
suppression of Chinese secret societies, according to a report
issued in 1892 by the Protector of Chinese in those settle-
ments, has led to the disappearance of those dangerousorganisations . But it is admitted that it will take many
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THE COMUNEROS'
519 .Introductory Remarks.-The downfall of Napoleon,
by a pleasant fiction, invented by historians who writehistory philosophically, that is, chisel and mould history to
fit systems drawn from their inner consciousness, is said to
have made Europe free. True, the battle of Waterloo and the
Congress of Vienna restored the kings to their thrones, but
to say that Europe was thereby made free is false . Insteadof one mighty eagle hovering over Europe, the limbs of that
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of clerocracy . Among the latter may be mentioned the"Concepcionistas," or "Defenders of the Immaculate Concep-
tion" (523), who carried their zeal for Ferdinand VII . and
their tenderness for the Church to such a degree as to desire
the return of the blessed times of the Holy Inquisition .
They also sought to get hold of the management of public
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affairs, to turn them to their own profit ; and the dismaladministration of the Bourbons shows that they partlysucceeded . Probably from this association arose that ofthe "Defenders of the Faith," Jesuits in disguise, who in
1820 spread themselves over Spain, taking care of thethrone and altar, and still more of themselves. Duringthe reign of Ferdinand VII. also arose the " Realists," who,
to benefit themselves, encouraged the king in his reactionary
policy .
521 . Freemasonry in Spain, the Forerunner of the Comu-
n e r o s .-After the French invasion of 18o9, Freemasonrywas openly restored in the Peninsula, and a Grand Orientestablished at Madrid ; but it confined itself to works of
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sixty thousand members joined the society : women could beinitiated, who had their own lodges or t o r r e s , or towers, as
their meetings were called, and which were presided over by a
" Grand Castellan." The scope of the society was to promote
by all means in its power the freedom of mankind ; to defend
in every way the rights of the Spanish people against `the
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abuses and encroachments of royal and priestly power ; and
to succour the needy, especially those belonging to thesociety. Some of the more advanced of the Comuneros were
for beheading the king, or exiling him to the Havannah,on the principle that to put a house, whether domestic or
national, in order, it was first necessary to get rid of all
greedy hangers-on and parasites, and the Spanish throneand the royal family of Spain with them came under the
above designations . But the nation thought otherwise .
On being' initiated the candidate was first led into the"hall of arms," where he was told of the obligationsand duties he was about to undertake. His eyes having
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and Comuneros combined to oppose the reactionary party .
They also succeeded in suppressing Carbonarism, which had
been introduced into Spain by some refugee Italians . Thesesocieties, in fact, though professing patriotic views, were
nothing but egotistical cliques, bent on their own aggrandise-
ment. How little they were guided by fixed principles is
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shown by their conduct in Spanish America . In Brazil they
placed on the throne Don P edro, and in Mexico they estab-
lished a republican form of government, just as it best suited
their own private interests. But such is the practice of most
patriots .
523. Clerical Societies.-But the royal party also formed
secret societies. Among these we have mentioned the "Con-cepcionistas," or Defenders of the Immaculate Conception,"
founded in 1823 (see 52o ante), with the sanction, if not at
the instigation, of Ferdinand VII. This was followed in1825 by the "Defenders of the Faith," also previously re-
ferred to, and in 1827 by a third, known as the " Destroying
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THE HETAIRIA
524 . O r i g i n .-The secret society which bore the aboveGreek name, signifying the "Union of Friends," is, likeCarbonarism, one of the few secret associations whichattained its objects, because it had a whole people to back
it up ; a support which the Nihilists, for instance, lack as
yet, and hence the present non-success of the latter . Theorigin of the Hetairia may be traced back to the Greek poet
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golden or iron ring, on which the ancient Attic obolus was
engraved, the countersign of the Philomuse . The EmperorAlexander, the Crown Princes of Bavaria and Wurtemberg,joined the society and subscribed to its funds . But thesewere not the men or the means to deliver Greece from the
Turkish yoke, which had been the object of Rhigas, and of
those who thought like him .
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526. The Hetairia of 184.-Hence in 1814 a new Hetairiawas founded with purely political objects . It was called the
"Hetairia " or " Society of Friends " only, and stood to the
Philomuse in the same relation the sword stands to the pen
It was founded at Odessa, where Greek and Russian interests
always met, by a little-known merchant, Ikufas, of Arta,and two other obscure men of honour, Athanasius Tsakaloff
and the Freemason, E. Xanthos, of Patmos. These mendeteirmined to achieve what Europe refused to do-to raise
the Cross above the Crescent ; and in the course of yearsthey succeeded. The fate of Rhigas taught them secrecy
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be expected that a revolutionary military league should in
all points be faultless, and keep within the rules of civic
honesty. Legal means were of no avail ; cunning and deceitare the weapons of the oppressed . Politicians have to
accommodate themselves to the fancies and prejudices ofmen .
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527. S i g n s and Passwords.-Some of the signs and pass-
words were common to all the degrees, but others wereknown to the higher grades only, each of which had itspeculiar mysteries. The Brethren saluted by placing theright hand on their friend's breast, and uttering the Albanian
word s i p s i(pipe), to which the other, if initiated, responded
with s a r r o u l c i a (sandals). The Apprentices pronounced thesyllable Lon, and the person addressed, if in the secret, com-
pleted the word by uttering the syllable don. - In the higher
grades the formulas were more complex. The mystical wordsof the Priests were, "How are you?" and ° As well asyou are ; " and again, " How many have you ? " and " As
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proclaimed himself as the ambassador of the Hellenes, i n
consequence of which the police arrested him, and an exa-
mination of his papers revealed the whole secret of theHetairia. The Czar, vacillating between his philo-Hellenism
and the fear of revolution, was persuaded by Capo d'Istria to
set Galatis free, and even to award him compensation in
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money for his imprisonment. Later on, when Skufas con-ceived the bold idea of attacking the enemy in his verycapital, and bad therefore settled at Constantinople, Galatis
excited the suspicion of thinking more of his own advantage
than of that of his country ; he was always asking for money,
and when this was refused him, he uttered threats, whilst
'alluding to his intimacy with Halet Effendi, the Minister
and favourite of Mahmoud . Thereupon the Hetairia decided
that he must be removed. Towards the end of 1818 he was
ordered on a journey ; a few trusted Hetairists were his
companions. One day, while he was resting near Hermione,under a tree, a Hetairist suddenly discharged his pistol at
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between Capo d'Istria and Alexander IpsilantL The former
was a diplomatist, the latter a soldier. Capo d'Istria de-
clined to mix himself up in the matter, at least openly,
because his master, the Emperor Alexander, was unwillingto appear as the protector of the Hetairia . Ipsilanti under-
took its direction ; and as soon as it was known that he had
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done so, the hopes of the conspirators of the eventual support
of Russia rose to fever-heat, and Ipsilanti in 1820 found it
advisable to leave St . Petersburg and go to Odessa, to be
more in the centre of the movement . But though a soldier,
he was no general, and allowed himself to be carried away
by the enthusiasm he saw around him. Though contri-butions in cash came in so slowly that he had to makeprivate loans, he lost none of his confidence . In July beappointed Georgakis commander of the "army of theDanube," and Perrhavos chief of the "army of Epirotes. "
He himself intended to enter the Peloponnesus, and to set
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into the secret of the Hetairia, in whose success they save
the recovery of their ancient territory, from which Ali had
expelled them. In March 1821, Ipsilanti took up his resi-
dence at Jassy, whence he issued pompous proclamationsto the Greeks, Moldavians, and Wallachians, and also sent
a manifesto to the princes and diplomatists, who were then
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assembled for the settlement of the Neapolitan revolution,
inviting Europe, but especially Russia, to favour the cause of
Greek independence. But the result of the latter step wasfatal to it. Metternich's policy was totally opposed to it ; and
the Emperor Alexander, who had ,jest proclaimed his . a n t i
revolutionary views, as applied to the Italian rising, could
not repudiate them when dealing with the Greek question!
Knowing nothing of the share his favourite, Capo d'Istria
had in it, and of the underhand promises of Russian help the
latter had made to the Hetairia, he assured the EmperorFrancis, Metternich, and Bernstorff, of his adherence tothe Holy Alliance, and his opposition to any revolution,
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garrison of Galatz, plundered the town, desecrated thechurches, and committed every kind of outrage. Ipsilantishut his eyes when the rabble of Jassy, on hearing of the
horrors committed at Galatz, suddenly attacked the Turks
peacefully residing in the former town, and murderedthem in cold blood . He further committed a great mis-
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take in imprisoning a rich banker on some frivolous pre-tence, and only releasing him on his paying a ransom ofsixty thousand ducats . This act drove a great many wealthy
people to take refuge on Russian or Austrian territory, and
many others to wish for the restoration of Turkish authority,
whose oppression was not quite so ominous as that of thenewly-arrived "liberators . "
532. Progress of the Insurrection.-At last Ipsilanti, with
an army of two thousand men, whose numbers wereeverywhere proclaimed to be ten thousand, left Jassy forBucharest . At Fokshany, on the borders of the twoPrincipalities, he issued another proclamation to the " Da-
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engaging comedians, whilst he himself was more of a
comedian than a general . He daily showed himself in thegorgeous uniform of a Russian general . A numerous staffof officers rushed from morning till night, with aimless
activity, through the streets of Bucharest . Wealthy people
were visited with arbitrary requisitions ; the soldiers of the
Hetairia lived, without discipline, at the expense of citizens
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and peasants; the Sacred Battalion only refrained fromthese excesses. Under these circumstances arrived the de-
cision from Laybach, and with it the curse of the Church .
The Patriarch laid Ipsilanti and the Hetairia under the ban ;
Sovas and Vladimiresko now openly joined the Rumelianopposition to the Greek cause ; the Boyars and the clergy
withdrew from it, and from the other classes of the people
there had never been any real prospect of support . Ipsilanti
endeavoured to weaken the force of the double blow whichhad befallen him by asserting that the ban of diplomacy and
the Church was a mere form behind which the Czar and the
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palities to quell the insurrection, Ipsilanti had to be prepared
for a speedy encounter . In fact, under the pretence of in-
tending resistance, he ordered intrenchments to be thrown
up, and his troops to be exercised in the use of the bayonet,
whilst he amused them again with the fable of Russianassistance .
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534. Advance of the Turks.-In the second week of Maythe Turks crossed the Danube. The Pasha of Braila under-
took the recovery of Galatz, which had been taken by Kara-
vias. The first encounter took place before that town on
the 13th May, on which occasion the Hetairists, by theirbravery, redeemed many of the mistakes committed by their
leaders. A bout seven hundred of the insurgents held three
redoubts on the road to Braila ; they had two guns. Their
position fad been so skilfully chosen by their chief, Atha-
nasius of Karpenisi, that it seemed possible to, defend it for
a long time against a fivefold number of Turks . But themajority of the defenders consisted of rabble sailors taken
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for eight days a vastly superior enemy, and by their heroic
conduct threw a final halo round the Moldavian insurrection .
Athanasius met with the death of a patriot. Nearly a thou-sand Turks had fallen ; three hundred Greeks perished in the
fight or in the waters of the P ruth, the remnant took refuge
on the opposite bank .
Ipsilanti's Dijleulties.-Moldavia was lost ; in the
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535 .
meantime the Pasha of Silistria bad entered Bucharest onthe 29th May ; Ipsilanti, perfectly helpless, was encamped
at Tergovist. His troops, even the Sacred Battalion, werethoroughly demoralised ; his dissensions with Savas andVladimiresko continued . The former had readily surren-dered Bucharest to the Turks, and had followed Ipsilanti,
whom on the first favourable opportunity he intended to
take prisoner to give him up to the Turks. Vladimireskoprepared to withdraw to Little Wallachia, there to await the
result of his negotiations with the Turks ; he had proposed
to the P asha of S ilistria to have Ipsilanti and Georgakis
the village, entirely cutting off the retreat of the Turks .
Ipsilanti's corps had not yet arrived . Georgakis sent messen-
ger after messenger to hasten the advance of Ipsilanti, that
he might share in the honours of the day . The Turks wereaware of their dangerous position . Towards mid-day theyattempted a debouch from the village to occupy a height in
front of it ; but the attempt miscarried, the Greeks would
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not give way. Thereupon the Turks set fire to the village, .
in order to effect their retreat under the shelter of the
flames. Karavias, whom Ipsilanti had appointed colonelof the cavalry, considered it a favourable moment to gather
cheap laurels ; he took the burning of the village as a sign
of the flight and defeat of the Turks ; envious of Georgakis,
he designed to rob him of the honour of this easy victory,
and in spite of orders to the contrary, to adventure with his
five hundred horsemen on storming the village. He per-suaded Nicholas Ipsilanti to support the mad attempt with
the Sacred Battalion and his artillery, and, heated with wine,
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that the Emperor Francis had declared war against the Porte,
that Austrian troops would occupy the Principalities, and that
he was going to have an interview with the Imperial governor
But once on Austrian territory, Ipsilanti, who there called
himself Alexander Komorenos, was seized and imprisoned in
Fort Arad . There he attempted to justify his forsaking his
companions in arms by shifting the want of success off his
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shoulders on those of others. In a boastful manifesto hesaid : " Soldiers! But no, I will not disgrace this honourable
name by applying it to you. Cowardly hordes of slavesyour treachery, and the plots you have hatched, compel me
to leave you. From this moment every bond between youand me is severed ; to me remains the disgrace of having
commanded you. You have even robbed me of the glory ofdying in battle . Run to the Turks ; purchase your slavery
with your lives, with the honour of your wives and children .
538 . Ipsilanti'slmprisonment and Death .-Treaties betweenAustria and Turkey stipulated that fugitives from either side
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Bucharest, together with his officers and soldiers, and their
heads were sent to Constantinople .
540 . Georgakis' Death.-Georgakis and Farmakis, thebravest and truest leaders of the insurgents, remained .
They were determined not to entrust their lives either to
Austrian protection or Turkish pity, and therefore again
made their way into Moldavia . Georgakis, who was ill,
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had to be carried on a litter . During the long and painful
march the number of his followers was reduced to three
hundred and fifty. The peasants everywhere betrayed tothe Turks in pursuit every one of his movements, and even
before reaching the Moldavian frontier he was surrounded
on all sides . Moreover, he was imprudent enough to take
refuge in a cul-de-sac, by fortifying the monastery of Sekko,
which, with but one outlet, is situate in a deep gorge .
However, on the 17th September, he successfully drove back
the first attack of the Turkish vanguard, and his confidence
increased . He was, moreover, induced by a treacherous
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THE CARBONARI
543. History of the Association.-Like all other associa-
tions, the Carbonari, or charcoal-burners, lay claim to a very
high antiquity. Some of the less instructed have even pro-
fessed a descent from Philip of Macedon, the father ofAlexander the Great, and have attempted to form a highdegree, the Knight of Thebes, founded on this imaginaryorigin . Others go back only so far as the pontificate of
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Cousinship), which title was also assumed by the Carbonari .
Powerful lords, members of the persecuted Order of theTemple, seeing the important services men scattered over so
large an extent of country could render, entered into secret
treaties with them . It further appears that the Fendeurs
formed the first and the Carbonari the second, or higher,
degree of the society collectively called the Carboneria. I t
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is also probable that before the French Revolution the then
French Government attempted by means of the society, which
then existed at Genoa under the name of the Royal Car-boneria, to overthrow the ancient oligarchical government .
and annex Genoa to France. It is certain that from 1770to 1790 most of the members of the French chambersbelonged to the Order of the Fendeurs, which continued to,exist even under Napoleon I. The Carboneria was intro=duced into Southern Italy by returning Neapolitan exiles,
who bad been initiated in Germany and Switzerland, and as
'early as 1807 Salicetti, the Neapolitan minister of police,
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of the sacred words of the first rank. The Grand Masterand first and second assistants, who also sit each before
large wooden block, hold hatchets in their hands . Thmasters sit along the wall of one side of the lodge, th
apprentices opposite .
546. Ritual of I n i t i a t i o n .-The ritual of Carbonarism, a
it was reconstituted at the beginning of the present century
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was as follows. In the initiation :-"The Grand Master having opened the lodge, says, Firs
Assistant, where is the first degree conferred?A In the hut of a Good Cousin, in the lodge of theCarbonari .
G. M How is the first degree conferred?
A. A cloth is stretched over a block of wood, on whic
are arranged the bases, firstly, the cloth itself, water, fire
salt, the crucifix, a dry sprig, a green sprig. At least threGood Cousins must be present for an initiation ; the intro
ducer, always accompanied by a master, remains outside
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religion, and then bids him kneel, holding the crucifix, and
pronounce the oath : ' I promise and bind myself on myhonour not to reveal the secrets of the Good Cousins ; not
to attack the virtue of their wives or daughters, and to
afford all the help in my power to every Good Cousin need-ing it. So help me God ! "
547. F i r s t Degree .-After some preliminary questioning,
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the Grand Master addresses the novice thus : "What meansthe block of wood?
N Heaven and the roundness of the earth .
G. M What means the cloth?N That which hides itself on being born .
G. M The water?,N That which serves to wash and purify from original
sin.
0. H. The fire?N To show us our highest duties .
G. L The salt?
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light and warmth, that purifies the air . The forest repre-sents Italy, the wild wood of Dante, infested with wild
beasts-that is, foreign oppressors . The tree with the roots
in the air is a figure of kingdoms destroyed and thrones
overthrown . Catholic mysticism constantly reappears ; the
highest honours are given to Christ, who was indeed theGood Cousin of all men. Carbonarism did not openly assailreligious belief, but made use of it, endeavouring to simplify
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and reduce it to first principles, as Freemasonry does . Thecandidate, as in the last-named Order, was supposed to per-
form journeys through the forest and through fire, to each
of which a symbolical meaning was attached ; though thetrue meaning was not told in this degree In fact, to all
who wished to gain an insight into the real objects ofCarbonarism, this degree could not suffice . It was necessary
to proc ed .
5 The Second Degree.-Themartyrdom of Christ occupies
nearly the whole of the second degree, imparting to the
THE CARBONARI 163the other, and finally condemned to be crucified ; but he is
pardoned on taking a second oath, more binding than thefirst, consenting to have his body cut in pieces and burnt,
as in the former degree. But still the true secret of the
Order is not revealed .
549 . The Degree of Grand Elect.-This degree is only to be
conferred with the greatest precautions, secretly, and to Car-
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bonari known for their prudence, zeal, courage, and devotion
to the Order. Besides, the candidates, who shall be intro-
duced into a grotto of reception, must be true friends of the
liberty of the people, and ready to fight against tyrannical
governments, who are the abhorred rulers of ancient andbeautiful Ausonia. The admission of the candidate takesplace by voting, and three black balls are sufficient for his
rejection. He must be thirty-three years and three months old,
the age of Christ on the day of His death . But the religious
drama is now followed by one political. The lodge is heldin a remote and secret place, only known to the Grand Masters
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There was something theatrical in all this ; but the organisers
no doubt looked to the effect it had on the minds of theinitiated . If on this ground it could not be defended, then
there is little excuse for judicial wigs and clerical gowns,
episcopal gaiters, aprons, and shovel-hats, lord mayors' shows,
parliamentary procedure, and royal pageants .
550 . Degree of Grand 11 Taster Grand Elect .-This, the
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highest degree of Carbonarism, is only accessible to those
who have given proofs of great intelligence and resolution .
The Good Cousins being assembled in the lodge, the candi-
date is introduced blindfolded ; two members, representing
the two thieves, carry a cross, which is firmly planted in the
ground. One of the two pretended thieves is then addressedas a traitor to the cause, and condemned to die on the cross .
He resigns himself to his fate, as fully deserved, and is tied
to the cross with silken cords ; and, to delude the candidate,
whose eyes are still bandaged, he utters loud groans . TheGrand Master pronounces the same doom on the other robber,
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down, and zealously guarded; the owner promising to burnor swallow it, rather then let it fall into other hands. TheGrand Master concludes by speaking in praise of the revolu-
tion already initiated, announcing its triumph not only in the
peninsula, but everywhere where Italian is spoken, and ex-
claims : " Very soon the nations weary of tyranny shall cele-
brate their victory over the tyrants ; very soon " . . . Here
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the wicked thief exclaims : "Very soon all ye shall perish ! "
Immediately there is heard outside the grotto the noise of
weapons and fighting . One of the doorkeepers announcesthat the door is on the point of being broken open, and an
assault on it is heard directly after. The Good Cousins rushto the door placed behind the crosses, and therefore unseen by
the candidate ; the noise becomes louder, and there are heard
the cries of Austrian soldiers ; the Cousins return in great
disorder as if overpowered by superior numbers, say a few
words of encouragement to the candidate fastened to thecross, and disappear through the floor, which opens beneath
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his head upon. The furnace will burn his body. The shovelwill scatter his ashes to the wind . The baracca will serve to
prepare new tortures for the tyrant before he is slain . Thewater will purify us from the vile blood we shall have shed .
The linen will wipe away our stains. The forest is the place
where the Good Cousins labour to attain so important aresult . These details are extracted from the minutes of the
legal proceedings against the conspiracy of the Carbonari .
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552 . Other Ceremonies and Regulations .-The candidate
having been received into the highest degree, other Good
Cousins entered the cave, proclaiming the victory of theCarbonari and the establishment of the Ausonian republic,
whereupon the lodge was closed. The members all borepseudonyms, by which they were known in the Order . Thesepseudonyms were entered in one book, whilst another con-tained their real names ; and the two books were always kept
concealed in separate places, so that the police, should they find
one, should not be able to identify the conspirator. Officers
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the document has a l l the fulness of a social pact . But to
whatever time these statutes belong, they cannot be read
without the liveliest interest .
Italy, to which new times shall give a new name, sonorous
and pure, Ausonia (the ancient Latin name), must be freefrom its threefold sea to the highest summit of the Alps .
The territory of the republic shall be divided into twenty-
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one provinces, each of which shall send a representative to
the National Assembly. Every province shall have its local
assembly ; all citizens, rich or poor, may aspire to all public
charges ; the mode of electing judges is strictly laid down ;
two kings, severally elected for twenty-one years, one of
whom is to be called the king of the land, the other of the
sea, shall be chosen by the sovereign assembly ; all Ausonian
citizens are soldiers ; all fortresses not required to protect
the country against foreigners shall be razed to the ground ;
new ports are to be constructed along the coasts, and the
navy enlarged ; Christianity shall be the State religion, but
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Autobiography, that the candidate swore destruction to every
government, whether despotic or democratic. The SummoMaestro," he says, "laughs at the zeal of the commonCarbonari, who sacrifice themselves for Italian liberty and
independence ; to him this is not the object, but a means .
I received this degree under the name of Giulio Alessandro
Jerimundo Werther Domingone." As there were two modes
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of initiation, one in open lodge and another by " communica-tion," the supreme chief notifying by a document to the new
member his election, which was done in De Witt's case, he
never took the oath of secrecy, and thus considered himself
at liberty to divulge what had been communicated to him .
555 . De Witt, Biographical Notice of.-As Jean de Wittwas a prominent character in the secret associations of this
century, we give a few biographical notes concerning him .
Born in 18oo at Altona, he was early placed under thetuition of Pastor Meier of Alsen, who had been a memberof the Jacobin club. At the age of seventeen he went to
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authorities intended to begin his trial, he wrote to Bubna
that he was determined to make his escape . Orders were
sent to watch him closely ; but within a week he was in
possession of false keys, which fitted all the doors of his
prison, and the head gaoler, who had shown himself too
zealous in watching him, was transferred to Mantua, and
1200 lire were provided for his journey . He escaped to
Genoa, intending thence to sail for Spain, where he was
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sure of meeting with friends, but finding all vessels bound
f o r t h a t c o u n t r y u n d e r c l o s e p o l i c e s u r v e i l l a n c e , h e m a d e h i s
way into Switzerland . Under different 'names and various
disguise s he stayed there and i n Germany for about a year .
All the German Governments offered a large reward for his
a p p r e h e n s i o n , a n d a t l a s t h e w a s s e i z e d a t B a y r e u t h , t h o u g h
he had previously been warned that the police were on his
traces, a warning which could only have come from highly-
placed officials . And as soon as he was taken some of them
w a i t e d o n h i m w i t h o f f e r s o f f r i e n d s h i p a n d p r o t e c t i o n . Bu t
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t h e pe n i n s u l a , t h e n e w e mpe r o r s h a l l b e e l e ct e d fr om amo n
the reigning families of Naples, Piedmont, or England . Illyri
shall form a kingdom of itself, and be given to th e King of
Naples as an indemnity for Sicily . This proje ct in so me re-
spects widely differs from the one preceding it, and there is
g r e a t d o u b t w h e t h e r i t e ve r e ma n a t e d fr om t h e Ca r b o n a r i .
557 .Carbonarism and Alurat.-The excessive number of
the affiliated soon disquieted rulers, and especially Murat,
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King of Naples, whose fears were in creased by a letter from
Dandolo, Councillor of State, saying : " Sire, Carbonarism i
spreading in Italy ; free your kingdom from it, if possible,
because the sect is opposed to thrones ." M a g h e l l a , a n a t i ve
of Genoa, who became Minister of Police under Murat, ad-vised that king, on the ot her band, to declare openly against
Napoleon, and to proclaim the ind ependence of Italy, and for
that purpose to favour the Carbonari ; but Murat was toirresolute to follow the course thus pointed out, and declare
a g a i n s t t h e Ca r b o n a r i . The measures taken by him, how-
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and executed it with secrecy and promptitude . The mem-b e r s w h o w e r e r e t a i n e d c o n t i n u e d t o b e a r t h e n a m e o f C a r -
bonari, while those who were expelled, according to someaccounts, took that of Calderari (Braziers), and an implacable
h a t r e d a r o s e b e t w e e n t h e r i va l s e ct s . Murat wavered fors o m e t i m e b e t w e e n t h e t w o p a r t i e s , a n d a t l a s t d e t e r m i n e d
o n s u p p o r t i n g t h e C a r b o n a r i , w h o w e r e m o s t n u m e r o u s . Butit was too late . They had no confidence in him ;
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and theya l s o kn e w h i s d e s pe r a t e ci rcums t a nce s. Murat fell .
'558 . T r i a l o f Carbonari.-An extensive organisa tion for
t h e u n i o n o f a l l s e cr e t Ca r b o n a r o s o ci e t i e s w a s d i s co ve r e d
in 1817 by an attempt, which was to have been made atMacerata, on the 24th June in that year, to raise the standard
of revolt, but which failed through a mere accident-the pre-
mature firing of two muskets . A great many of the leadingCarbonari were apprehended, and conveyed to the Castleof St . Angelo and other prisons in Rome, where they weretried in October 1818 by order of the pope ; fi ve of t h em
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him, on acwunt of their enmity to the Carbonari. He re-quired them to take the following oath :-" I, A. B., promis e
a n d s w e a r u p o n t h e Tr i n i t y , u p o n t h i s c r o s s a n d u p o n t h i s
steel, the avenging inst rument of the perjured, to live and
die in the Roman Catholic and Apostolic faith, and todefend with my blood this religion and the society ofTru e Fr i e n d s h i p, t h e Ca l d e r a r i . I swear never to offend,in honour , life, or property, the child ren of True Friend-
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ship, &c. I s w e a r e t e r n a l h a t r e d t o a l l M a s o n r y , a n d i t s
atrocious protectors, as well as to all Jansenists, Materialists
(Molinists ? ), Econ omi s t s , a n d Il l umi n a t i . I s w e a r , t h a t i f
through wi ckedness or levity I suffer myself to be perjured,
I submit to the loss of life, and then to be burnt, &c ." Butt h e ki n g h a vi n g l e a r n t w h a t h i s M i n i s t e r h a d b e e n a t t e mpt -
i n g w i t h o u t h i s k n o w l e d g e , d e p r i v e d h i m o f h i s o f f i c e a n d
banished him ; and thus his efforts came to nothing. Ini 8 i g t o o k pl ace t h e r i s i n g a t Ca d i z , b y w h i ch t h e Ki n g of
Spain, Ferdinand VII., was compelled to give Spain consti-
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Wh o l eft N apl e s o n t h e 4 t h Ju l y ; o n t h e 5t h h e d e s pa tch e d
General Nunziante from Nocera, and General Campana fromS a l e r n o , a ga i n s t t h e i n s u rg e n t s . C a r r a s c o s a , u n w i l l i n g t o
shed the blood of his countrymen, wished to negotiate . But
before he could do so, General Campana had suffered adefeat, and the soldiers of Nunziante raised the standard of
the Carbonari, an d, joining the troops of De Concili, placed
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themselves under his command. Carrascosa, with the king's
connivance, proposed to bribe the leaders of the insurrection
with large sums of money to give up the enter prise and leave
the country, but before he had an opportunity of making the
a t t e m p t , t h e s o l d i e r s r e m a i n i n g i n N a p l e s , a s w e l l a s t h e
population, rose against the king, who found himself entirely
forsaken . He was compelled to yield. The Duke of Picco-tellis and five other Carbonari presented themselves in the
palace and compelled the king to grant them a personalinterview, at which they demanded the immediate publication
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return to Naples as an absolute monarch . The pope absolved
h i m fr om t h e o a t h h e h a d t a ke n , a n d e ve n i n a s o l e mn e ncy-
clical commanded priests to violate the secret of the confes-
s i o n a l w h e n e v e r w i v e s , m o t h e r s , s i s t e r s , o r d a u g h t e r s h a d
d e cl a r e d r e l a t i o n s t o b e l o n g t o t h e s e ct of t h e Ca r b o n a r i
At the request of Ferdinand himself an Austrian army of50,000 men, with a Russian army in reserve, marched upon
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Naples. The king on his way south stopped at Florence,where he decorated the Chapel of the Annunciation withgorgeous gold and silver lamps, and the inscription : " Mariwgenitrici Dei Ferd . I. Mr. S i c. rex Don . d . d. anno 1821 ob
pristinum i m p e r i i d e c u s , o p e e i u s p r e s t a n t i s s i m a r e c u p e r a t u m
(To Mary, the Mother of God, Ferdina nd I ., King of the Two
Sicilies, for the restored splendour of the kingdom, by means
of her most valiant help, dedicated these in the year 1821 .
Proving once more, if proof were necessary, that " blood-
thirsty tyrants are most zealous saints ." Every one of theking's immediate attendants had upon him a new cockade
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France, Italy, and other States, it gave rise to numerous and
va r i o u s s e ct s , w h e r e i n w e fi n d t h e me n of t h o u g h t a n d t h o s e
of action combining for one common object-the progress,as they understood it, of human society. Carbonarism, inf a c t , w a s r e v i v e d a b o u t t h e y e a r 1 8 2 5 , a n d s o m e t e n y e a r s
a ft e r comb i n e d , o r r a t h e r co a l e s ce d , w i t h t h e s o ci e t y kn o w n
a s Yo u n g It a l y , w h o s e a i ms w e r e i d e n t i ca l w i t h t h o s e o f t h e
Carbonari-the expulsion of the foreigner from Italian soil,
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and the unification of Italy .
The Duke of Modena had for some time coquettedw i t h t h e C a r b o n a r i , i n t h e h o p e o f o b t a i n i n g t h r o u g h t h e m
t h e s o v e r e i g n t y o f t h e m i n o r d u c h i e s , t h e k i n g d o m o f S a r -
dinia and the Lombardo-Venetian states, and had thuse n co u r a g e d M e n o t t i , t h e fo r emo s t pa t r i o t o f Ce n t r a l It a l y ,
in counting on his help in driving out the foreigner . When,h o w e ve r , h e fo u n d t h a t Fr a nce , o n w h o s e co -ope r a t i o n h e h a d
relied, would disappoint him, he abandoned the Carbonari
and denounced them, but they compelled the Duke to fly
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here also they failed ; a n d a mo n g t h e vict ims of t h e fa i l u r
were Silvio Pellico, Confalonieri, Castiglia, Torelli, Maroncelli,
and many others, who, after having been exposed on' thpillory at Milan and other places, were sent to Spielberg an
o t h e r G e rma n fo r t r e s s e s .
564. Carbonarism in France.-Carbonarism was intro
duced into France under the names of Adelphes or Philadelphians, by Joubert and Dugied, who had taken part i
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r e v o l u t i o n a r y m o v e m e n t s i n t h e i r o w n c o u n t r y i n 1820, anafter having for some time taken refuge in Italy, where they
had j oin ed th e Carbo nar i ; brought their principles to Franc
on their return from their expatriation. The sect madrapid progress among the French ; a l l t h e s t u d e n t s a t t h
different universities became members, and ventas weree s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e a r my . Lafayette was chosen the ir chief
Lo d g e s e x i s t e d a t La R o c h e l l e , P o i t i e r s , N i o r t , B o r d e a u x
Co lma r , N e u f-B r i s a ch , a n d B e l fo r t , w h e r e , i n 1821, an unsuccessful attempt was made against the government-
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Lively called giardiniere, garden-women, each sister takingthe name of a flower. Their mission, of course, was toact as lures or spies . But they also fulfill ed higher func-
tions ; they alleviated the condition of the prisoners of des-
potism, especially in Italy, where many lady members of the
Societd della Misericordia were Giardiniere,,and, having free
access to the Austrian prisons in Piedmont, supplementedt h e s ca n t y fo o d a l l o w e d t o t h e i mpr i s o n e d Ca r b o n a r i b y t h e
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authorities with liberal additions .
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568 Guelphic Knights.-One of the most important socie-
ties that iss ued, about the yea r 1816, from the midst of the
C a r b o n a r i w a s t h a t o f t h e G u e l p h i c Kn i g h t s , w h o w e r e v e r y
powerful in all parts of Italy . A report of the Austrianpolice says : "This society is the most dangerou s, on account
of its origin and diffusion, and t he profound mystery which
surrounds it . It is said that this society derives its origin
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of Guelphs and Adelphi or Independents, by affiliating the m-
selves to these societies .
570 . The Latini.-This sect existed about 1817. Onlythose initiated into the higher degrees of Carbonarism could
become members. In their oath they declared : " I swearto employ every means in my power to further the happi-ness of Italy . I swear religiously to keep the secret andfulfil the duties of this society, and never to do aught that
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could compromise its safety ; and that I will only act inobedience to its decisions . If ever I violate this oath, I will
submit to whatever punishment the society may inflict, even
t o d e a t h . " The most influential vendite were graduallymerged in this degree .
571 . The Centres.-An offshoot of Carbonarism was thesociety formed in Lombardy, under the designation of the
°Centr es." Nothing was to be written ; and conversation
o n t h e a ffa i r s o f t h e O r d e r w a s o n l y t o t a ke pl ace b e t w e e n
two members at a time, who recognised each other by the
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renting the tyrant, and Barabbas the people-a singularco nfu s i o n o f i d e a s , b y w h i ch t h e vict im s l a i n o n t h e cr o s s
for the redemption of human conscience and thought wasconsidered as an example and upholder of tyranny . Buti t w a s a s y m b o l i s m w h i c h c o n c e a l e d j u s t e r i d e a s , a n d m o r e
conformable with truth They recognised each other bymeans of a ring, and attested their letters by the well-
k n o w n i n i t i a l s I . N. R. I . The society was much fearedIt
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a n d je a l o u s l y w a t ch e d , a n d h e l pe d t o fi l l t h e pr i s o n s .
only ceased when other circumstances called forth other
societies .
573 . S o c i e t i e s in Calabria a nd th e Abruzzi .-These dis-
tricts, by their natural features and the disposition of their
inhabitants, were at all times the favourite resorts of con-
spirators . We there find the sects of the "EuropeanPa t r i o t s o r W h i t e P i l g r i ms ," t h e " Ph i l a d e l ph i a n s ," a n d t h e
" De c i s i , " w h o t h e n c e s p r e a d i n t o o t h e r I t a l i a n p r o v i n c e s ,
with military organisation, arms, and commanders. The
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offered violence to its mistress, massacred her with all her
pe opl e , a n d ca r r i e d o ff 96,ooo ducats . He was in corre-spondence with all the brigands ; a n d w h o e v e r w i s h e d t o g e t
r i d ' o f a n e n e my, h a d o n l y t o a d d r e s s h i ms e lf t o Ci r o. Onbeing asked, after his capture, how many persons he hadkilled with his own hand, he carelessly answered, 11 Who canremember? Perhaps sixty or seventy ." His activity, arti-
fice, and intrepidity were astonishing . He was a first-rate
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shot and rider ; his singular goo d fortune in extricating him-
self from the most imminent dangers acquired for him thereputation of a necromancer, upon whom ordinary means of
attack had no power. Though; a priest himself, and exer-
cising the functions of one when he th ought it expedient, he
was rather a libertine, and declared his clerical colleagues to
be impostors without any faith . He published a paper a gainst
the missionaries, who, according to him, disseminated illiberal
opinions among the people, and forbade them on pain ofdeath to preach in the villages , "because, instead of the true
in t h e i r o w n g a r d e n ; and that the sectary, Perone, plunged
his knife into the bowels of an old man of seventy, andafterwards massacred his wife and servant, having introduced
himself into their house under pretence of delivering a letter .
As has already been intimated, it was finally found necessary
to send an armed force, under the command of GeneralChurch, against this band o f ruffians . Many of them havingb e e n t a k e n , a n d t h e r e s t d i s p e r s e d , C i r o , w i t h o n l y t h r e e
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companions, took refuge in one of the fortified farm-houses
n e a r Fr a nca vi l l a , b u t a ft e r a vi g o r o u s d e fe nce w a s o b l i g e d
to surrender . The Council of War, by which he was tried,condemned him to be shot. A missionary offered him theconsolations of religion . Ciro answered him with a smile,"Let us leave alo ne this prating ; we are of the same pro-fession ; don't let us laugh at one another ." On his arrivala t t h e pl ace of execu t i o n , Ci r o w i s h e d t o r e ma i n s t a n d i n g ;
he was told to kneel, and did so, presenting his breast. Hew a s t h e n i n f o r m e d t h a t m a l e f a c t o r s l i k e h i m s e l f w e r e s h o t
Death's
Head .
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Trist ezza . Dforte .
S (a l e n t i n a). D(ecisione ) .
(S a l u t e) .
N° V Grandi Muratori.
L . D. D . G . T.--E. D. T . D . U1
Death's
Head .
1 8 3
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I l Mortale Gaetano Caffieri a unFD Numero Quinto,
appartenente alla Dg del Tonante Giove, sparsa sulla
superficie della Terra, per la sua D8 avuto it piacere di
far parte in questa R S. D. Noi dunque invitiamotutte le Society, Filantropiche a prestar it loro braccio
forte al medesimo ed a soccorerlo ne' suoi bisogni, essen do
egli giunto alla De di acquistare la Liberta o Morte
Oggi li 29 Ottobre 1817 .
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The letters in italics in the original were written in blood .
The upper seal represents fasces planted upon a death's head,
surmounted by the Phrygian cap, and flanked by hatchets ;
the lower, thunderbolts casting down royal and imperialcrowns a nd the tiara . The person in whose favour the certifi-
cate is issued, figures himself among the signatures with the
title of Registrar of the Dead, that is, of those they immolated
to their vengeance, of whom they kept a register apart .
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The four points observable after the signature of PietroGargaro indicate his power of passing sentence of death .
W h e n t h e D e ci s i w r o t e t o a n y o n e t o e x t o r t c o n t r i b u t i o n s ,
if they added these four points, it was known that the person
t h e y a d d r e s s e d w a s co n d emn e d t o d e a t h i n ca s e o f d i s o b e d i -
ence If t h e po i n t s w e r e n o t a d d e d h e w a s t h r e a t e n e d w i t h
milder punishment. The i r co l o u r s , y e l l o w , r e d , a n d b l u e ,
s u r r o u n d e d t h e p a t e n t .
576 . The Calderari .-Thi s society, alluded to before, is
o f u nce r t a in o r i g i n . Co u n t O r l off, i n h i s w o r k, " Memoirs
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r e p o r t a t t h a t t i m e w a s t h a t t h e y a c t u a l l y o n c e i n t e n d e d t o
o f f e r t h e c r o w n o f I t a l y t o t h e D u k e o f W e l l i n g t o n ; b u t t h i s
is highly improbable, since our Iron Duke was not at all
p o p u l a r i n I t a l y . B u t i t i s h i g h l y p r o b a b l e t h a t t h e y s o u g h t
the co-operation of Russia, which, since 1815, maintained
many agents in Italy-with wha t purpose is not exactly
k n o w n ; t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f s t a t i s t i c a l a n d e c o n o m i c a l i n f o r m a -
tion was the ostensible object, but Austria looked on them
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with a very suspicious eye, and watched them narrowly .
The Independents had close relations with these Russian
a g e n t s , p r o b a b l y , a s i t i s s u r m i s e d , w i t h a v i e w o f , , t u r n i n g
Russian influence to account in any outbreak against
Austria .
578 . The Delphic Pri esthood .-This was another secret
. s o c i e t y , h a v i n g t h e s a m e p o l i t i c a l o b j e c t a s t h e f o r e g o i n g .
T h e D e l p h i c p r i e s t , t h e p a t r i o t i c p r i e s t , t h e p r i e s t m i l i t a n t ,
spoke thus : "My mother has the sea for her mantle, high
m o u n t a i n s f o r h e r s c e p t r e ; " and when asked who his mother
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Napoleon, whose portrait was honoured in the lodge . Therites were chiefly those of the ancient a nd accepted Scotch
Women were admitted, Turks excluded ; a n d i n t h e l o d g e s
of Alexandria and - Cairo, the Greek and Arab womenamounted to more than three hundred. The emissaries,s p r e a d o v e r m a n y p a r t s o f Eu r o p e , c o r r e s p o n d e d i n c i p h e r
b u t o f t h e o pe r a t i o n s o f t h e s o ci e t y n o t h i n g w a s e ve r po s i -
tively known. American Hunte rs .-The Society of the "American
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580
Hunters" was founded at Ravenna, shortly after the pro-secutions of Macerata, and the measures taken by theAustrian Government, in 18 18, against the Carbonari. LordB y r o n i s s a i d t o h a ve b e e n a t i t s h e a d , h a vi n g i mb i b e d h i s
l o ve fo r It a l y t h r o u g h t h e i n fl u e nce of a n It a l i a n b e a u t y ,
the Countess Guiccioli, whose brother had been exiled afew years before Its ceremonies assimilated it to the
" Comuneros " o f S pa i n , a n d i t s e e ms t o h a ve h a d t h e s a me
a i m s a s t h e D e l ph i c P r i e s t h o o d . The saviour was to come
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Italy from the Austrian yoke was formed in that city,counting among its members many distinguished Italianpatriots . Austria took the alar m, and sent spies to discover
their plans. Th e s e s p i e s r e p r e s e n t e d t h e o p e r a t i o n s o f t h e
society as very extensive and imminent. An expeditionw a s t o s a i l f r o m t h e En g l i s h c o a s t s f o r S p a i n , t o t a k e o n
board a l a r g e n u mb e r o f a d h e r e n t s , l a n d t h e m o n t h e It a l i a n
s h o r e s , a n d s p r e a d i n s u r r e c t i o n e v e r y w h e r e . The English
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g e n e r a l , R o b e r t W i l s o n , w a s s a i d t o b e a t t h e h e a d o f t h e
expedition ; o f w h ich , h o w e ve r , n o t h i n g w a s e ve r h e a r d , a n d
t h e A u s t r i a n G o v e r n m e n t e s c a p e d w i t h t h e m e r e f r i g h t .
-582 . S e c r e t I t a l i a n S o c i e t i e s i n P a r i s.-Asociety of Italian s
was formed in Paris, in 1829 ; and in 1830, French Liberals
formed a society under the titl e of " C o s mo p o l i t a n s , " w h o s e
object was to revoluti onise all the peoples of the Latin race,
and form them into one grand confederacy. La Fayettewas at its head, but the man who was the real leader of
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5 83 . Mazzini and Young I t a l y .-Jose ph Mazzini, who
s ixty y e a r s a g o w a s a pr i s o n e r i n Fo r t S a vo n a fo r r e vo l u -
tionary speeches and writings, may be looked upon as the
chief instigator of modern secret societies in Italy having
revolutionary tendencies . The independence and unity oftheir country, wit h Rome for its capital, of course were the
objects o f Young Italy . One of the earliest of these societies
was that of the Apophasimenes, many of whom Mazzini drew
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over to his "Young Italy" association .
Here are some of the articles of the " Organisation of
Young Italy" :-i. The society is founded for the indispen-
sable destruction of all the governments of the Peninsula, in
o r d e r t o fo rm o n e s i n g l e S t a t e w i t h t h e r e pu b l ica n g o ve r n -
ment. 2. Fully aware of the horrible evils of absolu te power,
and the even worse results of constitutional monarchies, we
must aim at establishing a republic, one and indivisible . 30Those who refuse obedience to the orders of this secretsociety, or reveal its mysteries, die by the dagger without
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n o t a b l y t h a t of the operations of Charles Albert-was du
to the political intrigue s carried on by the Mazzinists, who
t a mpe r e d w i t h t h e fi d e l i t y a n d d i s cipl i n e o f t h e S a r d i n i a
army M az z i n i , i n t h o s e d a y s , r u i n e d t h e n a t i o n a l ca u s e
and rejoiced in t h a t r u i n , b e ca u s e h e w a s n o t t h e l e a d e r o
the enterprise. La t e r o n , h i s R o m a n t r i u m v i r a t e l e d t o t h
Fr e n c h o c c u p a t i o n o f R o m e , a n d t o t h e r e t u r n t o t h a t c i t
of Italy's greatest curse, the pope . Many of Garibaldi'noble efforts were thwarte d or frustrated by Mazzini's revo
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lutionary fanaticism ; and yet-such is the mockery oFat e!-t h a t s e l fi s h d e ma g o g u e w h o , t o g r a t i fy h i s po l i t i ca
c r o t c h e t s , s e n t h u n d r e d s o f m i s g u i d e d y o u t h s t o a v i o l e n
death, has a statue in the Palazzo del Municipio aGenoa, an honour which posterity will certainly rescind
Like O'Donovan Rossa, he planned his murderous schemeat a safe distance, taking care never to imperil himselp e r s o n a l l y , a n d i f d a n g e r c a m e n e a r , t o r u n a w a y . In thexpedition to Savoy in January 1834, Mazzini at Carr
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accepted from him the title of count and peer of France,and was sent as ambassador to Rome. Though he had oncebelonged to the se cret societies of Italy, and by Gregory XVI,
been designated as the political renegade, he eventuallyaccepted office under Pins IX., w h o i n 1848 , a s h o r t t i me
before his flight from Rome, had no one to appeal to, tof o r m a n e w m i n i s t r y , b u t t h i s v e r y a d v e n t u r e r , w h o d i d s o
b y k e e p i n g t h r e e o f t h e p o r t f o l i o s i n h i s o w n h a n d s , v i z . ,
t h o s e o f F i n a n ce s , I n t e r i o r , a n d P o l i c e , w h i l s t t h e o t h e r
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mi n i s t e r s mu t u a l l y d e t e s t e d e a ch o t h e r ; a fact from whichR o s s i e x pe c t e d t o d e r i v e a d d i t i o n a l a d v a n t a g e s . His poli-t i ca l pr o g r a mme , w h i ch excl u d e d a l l n a t i o n a l pa r t icipa t i o n
o r popu l a r i n fl u e nce , fi l l e d Yo u n g It a l y w i t h r a g e . At ame e t i n g o f Yo u n g It a l y , h e l d a t t h e Ho t e l Fe d e r a t Tu r i n ,
the verdict went forth : Death to the false Carbonaro ! Bya pr e a r r a n g e d s ch eme t h e l o t t o ki l l R o s s i fe l l o n Ca n i n o ,
a l e a d i n g ma n of t h e a s s o ci a t i o n , n o t t h a t i t w a s expect e d
that he would do the deed himself, but his position and
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a c c o m p l i s h e d ; we no longer need fear Rossi ." The estimation in which Rossi was held by the Chamber cannot havebeen great, for the deputies received the news of his death
w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e sangfroid ; and at night a torchlightpr oce s s i o n pa r a d e d t h e s t r e e t s o f R ome , ca r r y i n g a l o ft t h
d a g g e r w h i c h h a d d o n e t h e d e e d , w h i l s t t h o u s a n d s o f v o i c e
exclaimed, " Blessed be the hand that struck Rossi ! B l e s s e
b e t h e d a g g e r t h a t s t r u ck h im ! " A p a m p h l e t , p u b l i s h e d a
Rome in 185 o, contains a letter from Mazzini, in which occu
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t h e w o r d s : " Th e a s s a s s i n a t i o n o f R o s s i w a s n e c e s s a r y a n d
just . "
In the first edition I added to the foregoing account the
following note :-" P.S.-Since writin g the above I have met with documents
which induce me to suspend my judgment as to who werethe real authors of Rossi's assassination . From what I havsince learnt it would seem that the clerical party, and not
the Carbonari, planned and executed the deed. Person
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dungeons, many of them underground, where they weres t a r v e d o r k i l l e d b y b a d t r e a t m e n t , o r a f t e r l o n g - d e l a y e d
trials condemned to the most unjust punishments . I could
give numerous instances, did they enter into the scopeof this work. The subsequent action of Carbonarism, itsrenewal of the war against the pope, the collapse of thelatter's army, largely composed of Irish loafers, who entered
Rome in potato sacks, with a hole for the head and twofor the arms, and his final overthrow, are matters of public
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history .
586. Sicilian Societi es .-S ici l y d i d n o t e s cape t h e g e n e r a linfluence . In 1827 there was formed a secret society infavour of the Greek revolution, the "Friends of Greece,"
w h o , h o w e ve r , a l s o o ccupi e d t h e ms e l ve s w i t h t h e a ffa i r s o f
Italy . There was also the "Secret Society of the Five,"founded ten years before the above, which prepared theinsurrection of the Greeks. In Messina was formed thelodge of the "Patriotic Reformers," founded on Carbonarism,
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588. The Roman Catholic Apostolic Congregation .-It wasformed at the peri od of the imprisonmen t of Pius VII . Thememb e r s r e co g n i s e d e a ch o t h e r b y a y e l l o w s i l k r i b b o n w i t h
five knots ; t h e i n i t i a t e d i n t o t h e l o w e r d e g r e e s h e a r d o f
nothing but acts of piety and charity ; the secrets of the
society, known to the higher ran ks, could only be discussed
between two ; the lodges were composed of five membersthe password was " Eleuthe ria," i . e . Liber ty ; and the secret
word "Ode," i.e . Independence. This se ct aros e in France,
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among the Neo-catholics, led by Lammenais, who already,
in the treatise o n "Religious Indifference," had shown that
fe r vo u r w h i ch aft e r w a r d s w a s t o ca r r y h im s o fa r . Thence
i t p a s s e d i n t o L o m b a r d y , b u t m e t w i t h b u t l i t t l e s u c c e s s ,
a n d t h e Au s t r i a n s s u cce e d e d i n o b t a i n i n g t h e pa t e n t s w h i ch
were given to the in itiated, tw o Latin texts divided by this
signnReaning Congregazione Catholica Apostolica
Romana, and their statutes and signs of recognition . Though
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Francis IV. The s u p p o s e d c h i e f s , a f t e r 1815 , w e r e t h e
Duke of Modena and Cardinal Consalvi. The first hadfrequent secret interviews with the cardinals, and even the
King of Sardinia was said to be in the plot . Large sumsa l s o a r e s a i d t o h a v e b e e n c o n t r i b u t e d b y t h e chiefs to
carry on the war against Austria, which, however, is doubt-
ful . Some attribute to this society the project of divid-
ing Italy into three kingdoms, expelling the Austrians and
the King of Naples ; others, the intention of dividing it
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into five, viz ., Sardini a, Modena , Lucca, Rome, and Naples ;
and yet others-and these latter probably are most in the
right-the determination to perpetuate the s t a t u s q u o , or to
re-establish servitude in its most odious forms . They a lso
intrigued with Russia, though at certain times they would
not have objected to su bject all Italy politically to the
Austrian eagle, and clerically to the keys of St. Peter .
Their machinations at ho me led to much internal disse nsion
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NAPOLEONIC AND ANTI-NAPOLEONIC
SOCIETIES
590 The Philadelphians .-As early as the year 1780 as o c i e t y o f a b o u t s i x t y y o u n g m e n h a d f o r m e d a t B e s a n c o n a
ma s o n i c l o d g e u n d e r t h e a b o ve n a me . Colonel James Joseph
Oudet, who, though he served under Napoleon, hated him,a n d h a d fo r s o me t ime b e e n l o o ki n g o u t fo r d u pe s t o a s s i s t
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place, but shortly after had to resign it aga in to Oudet, he,
M o r e a u , h a vi n g b e e n i mpl ica t e d i n t h e co n spi r acy of P ich e -
g r u . Before then the conspiracy of Arena to assassinateBonaparte had been discovered, and a book, seized amongthe papers of Arena, and entitled " The Turk and the FrenchSoldier," certainly was written by Oudet. The Philadel-p h i a n s n e xt a t t e m p t e d t o s e i z e B o n a p a r t e w h i l e t r a v e r s i n g
the forests and mountains of the Jura attended by a verysmall retinue ; but the attempt failed, one of the Order
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having betrayed the plot. Oudet was killed at thebattle of Wagram ( 1 8 0 9 ) , and with his death the societycollapsed .
591 . The Rays.-During the power of Napoleon, he wasopposed by secret societ ies in Italy, as well as in France .
B u t h i s fa l l , w h i ch t o ma n y s e e me d a r e vi va l o f l i b e r t y , t o
o t h er s a pp ea r e d as t h e ru i n o f It a l y ; h e n c e t h e y s o u g h t t o
re-establish his rule , or at least to save Italian national ity
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elapsed after this without his hearing any more of the society,
w h e n a t l a s t h e r e ce i ve d a l e t t e r a s ki n g h i m t o r e pa i r t o a
remote place, where he was to meet a number of brothersassembled He went, but found no one. He received three
more similar summonses, but always with the same resultHe received a fifth, and went, but saw no one . He was justr e t i r i n g , d i s g u s t e d w i t h t h e o ft e n -r epe a t e d d e cept i o n , w h e n
he heard frightful cries, as from a person in distr ess. Heh a s t e n e d t o w a r d s t h e s po t w h e n ce t h e y pr oce e d e d , a n d fo u n d
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a bleeding body lying on the ground, whilst he saw three
horsemen making their escape in the opposite direction, who,
however, fired three shots at him, but missing him . He wasa b o u t t o exami n e t h e b o d y l y i n g a t h i s fe e t w h e n a d e t a ch -
ment of armed force, attracted by the same cries, darted
f r o m t h e f o r e s t ; the victim on the ground indicated ourhero as his assailant . He was seized, imprisoned, accusedby witnesses who declared they had seen him commit themurder-for the body of the person attacked had been re-
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being shi pwrecked perceives a piece of wood that may save
him, and which he will cast into the fire when be has reached
the land . The effects of these plots are known-Napoleon's
escape from Elba, and th e reign of a hundre d days .
According to secret documents, the machinations of the
B o n a p a r t i s t s c o n t i n u e d e v e n i n 1842, t h e l e a d e r s b e i n g
P e t e r B o n a p a r t e , La d y Ch r i s t i n a S t u a r t , t h e d a u g h t e r o f
Lucien Bonaparte, the Marchioness Pepoli, the daughter of
the Countess Lipona (Carol ine Murat ), and Count Rasponi .
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Then appeared t he sect of th e "Italian Confederates ," first
called "Platonica," which in 1842 extended into Spain .
Another sect, the "Illuminati, Vindicators or Aveng ers of
the' People," arose in the Papal States ; also those of "Re-generpLion," o f "Italian Independence," of the "Com-munifts," th e "Extermina tors, " &c . Tuscany also had ' i t s
secret societies-that of the "Thirty-one," the "National
Knights," the " Revolutionary Club," &c. A " CommunisticSociety" was formed at Milan ;
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a n d b y t h e p o l i c e i n q u i r y r e s u l t i n g t h e r e f r o m , t o t h e e x -
posure of the society, their statutes, oaths, and ceremonies .
The members of the Unit& Italiana, discovered at Naples
i n 185o, recognised each other by a gentle rubbing of noses .
They swore on a dagger with a triangular blade, with the
inscription, " Fraternity-Death to Traitors-Death toTyrants," faithfully to obser ve all the laws of the society,
on pain, in case of-want of faith, to have their hearts pierced
w i t h t h e d a g g e r . Those who executed the vengeance of the
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s o ci e t y ca l l e d t h e ms e l ve s t h e Commi t t e e o f Execu t i o n . In1849 the grand council of the sect established a 1 1 Committeeo f S t a b b e r s ," comitato de ' pu g n a l a t o r i . The heads of thes o c i e t y w e r e p a r t i c u l a r a s t o w h o m t h e y a d m i t t e d i n t o i t ;
the statutes say, "no ex-Jesuits, thieves, coiners, and other
infamous persons are to be initiated ." The ex-Jesuits arepl ace d i n g o o d compa n y t r u l y
In 1849 a society was discovered at Ancona calling itself
t h e " Company of Death," and many assassinations, many of
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members whose fidelity was suspected . It was resolved to
sacrifice them . The y w e r e w a t c h e d , s e t u p o n a n d m u r d e r e d
by their fellow-accomplices . This so ciety was known as the
A c c o l t e l l a t o r i , l i t e r a l l y 1 ° knifers "-cut-throat s . It originally
consisted of twelve members only, who used to meet in the
Cafe Mazzavillani-a ve ry appropriate name ; mazza meansa club or bludgeon, and v i l l a n o , v i l l a i n o u s - a t R a v e n n a ,
w h e r e t h e f a t e o f t h e i r v i c t i m s w a s d e c i d e d . The tri al
ended in most of the members being condemned to penal
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servitude .
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FRENCH SOCIETIES
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5 97 . Various Societies after the Restorat ion .-One woult h i n k t h a t , a cco r d i n g t o t h e "ph i l o s o ph ica l" h i s t o r i a n s , n
nation ought to have been more content and happy, afterbeing delivered from their tyran t Napoleon, than the French
B u t , i n a cco r d a n ce w i t h w h a t I s a i d i n s e ct . 519, no natio n
h a d mo r e r e a s o n t o b e d i s s a t i s fi e d a n d u n h a ppy t h r o u g h t h e
r e s t o r a t i o n o f a ki n g b y g r a ce of G o d " and " right divine .
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t h e B o u r b o n s , a l s o c ame t o a s p e e d y e n d . The " New Re-form of France, " and the " Provinces," which were probably
f o u n d e d i n 1820, only admitted members already initiated
into Carbonarism, Freemasonry, t h e Eu r op e a n P a t r i o t s ,
or the Greeks in Solitude . A m ixt u r e o f m a n y s e c t s , t h e y
condensed the hatre d of many ages and many orders agains t
t y r a n n y , a n d p r e s c r i b e d t h e f o l l o w i n g o a t h : " I, M. N. ,
promise and swear to be the eternal enemy of tyrants, to
e n t e r t a i n u n d y i n g h a t r e d a g a i n s t t h e m , a n d , w h e n o p p o r -
. " . In their succinct catechism
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tunity offers, to slay them
wore the following passages : " Who art thou ? " " Thyfriend ."-" How knowest thou me?" "By the weight press-ing on thy brow, on which I read written in letters of blood,
To conquer or di e."-" What wilt thou? "Destroy t he
thrones and raise up gibbets ."-" By what right ? " "Bythat of nature ."-" For what purpose?" "To acquire the
glorious name of citizen ."-" And wilt t hou r isk thy li fe?"
I value life less than liberty . "
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v o c a t e d t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s a n d t h e t h r o w i n g
o p e n o f a l l i n s t r u c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c g r a t u i t o u s l y . The` 1 Con s t i t u t i o n a l S oci e t y ," d i r e ct e d b y a ma n w h o b a d po w e r -
fully supported the candidature of the Duke of Orleans,Cauchois-Lemaire, insis ted on the suppression of monopolies ,
the more equal levy of taxes, electoral reform, and t he aboli-
t i o n o f t h e d i g n i t y of t h e pe e r a g e . The "Friends of thePeople" was another political society, one section of which,
c a l l e d t h e " R i g h t s o f M a n , " a d o p t e d f o r i t s t e x t - b o o k t h e
" Declaration of the Rights of Man" by Robespierre, and
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d r e w t o i t s e l f m a n y m i n o r s o c i e t i e s , t o o n u m e r o u s , a n d i n
mo s i g e a s e s t o o u n i mpo r t a n t , t o b e me n t i o n e d . Their effor ts
e n d e d i n t h e u s e l e s s i n s u r r e ct i o n o f Lyo n s o n t h e 1 3 t h a n d
14th April 1834 .
5 98 . The Acting Company.-But a separate corps of the
Rights of Man, selected from among all the members, wasformed and called the Acting Company, under the commando f Capt a i n Ke r s a u s i e , a r i ch n o b l e ma n w i t h d e mocr a t ic pr e -
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a t t empt b r o ke up t h e s o ci e t y of t h e R i g h t s o f M a n , b u t t h e
remnants thereof formed themselves in the same year intoa n e w s o ci et y , ca l l e d t h e " Fami l i e s," u n d e r t h e l ea d e r s h i p
of Blanqui and Barbes. A d m i s s i o n t o t h i s n e w s o c i e t y w a s
a t t e n d e d w i t h a l l t h e mumme r y a n d mys t ifica t i o n co n s i d e r e d
necessary to form an orthodox initiation. Its object, ofcourse, was the overthrow of the monarchical government
a n d t h e e s t a b l i s h me n t o f a r e pu b l ic ; b ut t h e s ocie t y ha vin g
in 1836 been discovered and suppressed, many of its leaders
b e i n g s e n t t o pr i s o n s , t h e memb e r s w h o r e ma i n e d a t l i b e r t y
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reconstituted themselves into a new society, called the"Seasons," into the meeting-place of which the candidate
w a s l e d b l i n d f o l d e d , a n d s w o r e d e a t h t o a l l k i n g s , a r i s t o -
crats, and other oppresso rs of mankind, and to sacrifice his
own life, if needful, in the cause . On the 12th May the" Seasons," led by Blanqui and Barbes, rose in insur rection,
but were defeated by the Government . Blanqui was sen-tenced to be transported, and Barbes condemned to death ;
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t o co nfe s s , a n d d e cl a r e i n w r i t i n g , t h a t h e w a s t h e a u t h o r
of all the reports signed "Pierre ." Some members of theprovisional government were for shooting him, but he gotoff with a few months' imprisonment in the Conciergerie .
O n r e c o v e r i n g h i s l i b e r t y D e l a h o d d e w e n t t o L o n d o n , w h e r e
he published a small journal, atta cking the Republic and the
, R epu b l ica n s .
599 .The Communistic societies of the Travaill eurs . E g a l i -
taires and Communistis Rwolutionnaires introduced some of
t h e i r memb e r s i n t o t h e pr o vi s i o n a l g o ve r n me n t t h a t pr ece d e d
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the accession of Louis Napoleon ; and their influence even to
the present day is too notorious to need specification here .
The "Mountaineers," or "Reds of the Mountain," a revivalof the name given during the French Revolution to theleaders of the Jacobins, was one of the societies that brought
about the events of 1848 . According to the Univers of the
2nd February 1852, they swore on a dagger, "I swear bythis steel, the symbol of honour, to combat and destroy all
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6oi . Polish Patriotism.-It is the fashion to express great
sympathy with the Poles and a corresponding degree ofindignation against Russia, Austria, and Prussia ; the Poles'
are looked upon as a patriotic race, oppressed by their more
powerful neighbours . But all this rest s on mere misappre-
hension an d ignorance of facts . The Polish people undertheir native rulers were abject serfs . The arist ocracy were
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fe w pe r s o n s o n l y , i t d i d n o t l a s t l o n g . In 1818 another
sect arose, that of "National Freemasonry," which borrowedt h e r i t e s , d e g r e e s , a n d l a n g u a g e o f Fr e ema s o n r y , b u t a i me d
a t n a t i o n a l i n d e p e n d e n c e . The s oci e t y w a s o pe n t o pe r s o n s
of all classes, but sought chiefly to enlist soldiers and officials,
so as to turn their technical knowledge to account in the day
of t h e s t r u g g l e . But though numerous, the society lasted
only a few years ; for disunion arose among the members,and it escaped total dissolution only by transformation . Italtered its rites and ceremonies, and henceforth called itself
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the"
Scyt h e r s ," i n r e memb r a nce of t h e r e vo l u t i o n o f 1794,
in which whole regiments, armed with scythes, had goneinto battle . They met in 1821 at Warsaw, and drew upa n e w r e v o l u t i o n a r y s c h e m e , a d o p t i n g a t t h e s a m e t i m e t h e
new denomination of "Patriotic Society." In the mean-while the students of the University of Wilna had formed
themselves into a secret society ; w h i c h , h o w e v e r , w a s d i s -
covered by the Russian Government and dissolved. In
an insurrection against Russia. Little was known for along time about their proceedings. Strange stories werec i r c u l a t e d o f m i d n i g h t m e e t i n g s i n s u b t e r r a n e a n p a s s a g e s ;
of traitors condemned ' by courts composed of masked andhooded judges, from whose sentence there was no appealand no escape ; of domiciliary visits from which neither the
palace nor the hovel was exempt ; and of corpses foundn i g h t l y i n t h e m o s t c r o w d e d s t r e e t s o f t h e c i t y , or on theloneliest wastes of the open country, the dagger whichhad killed the victim bearing a label stamped with the
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well-known device of the insurrectionary committee. Soperfectly was the secret of the modern Vehmgericht keptthat the Russian police were completely baffled in theira t t e mpt s t o d i s co ve r i t s memb e r s . At t h a t pe r i o d t h e P o l e s
were divided into two parties, the " w h i t e s " a n d t h e "reds" ;
the former representing the aristocratic, the latter the demo-
cratic element of the nation . Each h a d i t s o w n o r g a n i s a t i o n .
The w h i t e s w e r e mo s t l y i n fa vo u r o f s t r i ct l y co n s t i t u t i o n a l
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THE OMLADINA
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604. The Panslavists .-The desire of the Sclavonic races,
compr i s i n g B o h e mi a n s , M o r a vi a n s , S i l e s i a n s , P o l e s , Cr o a t s
S e r vi a n s , a n d D a lma t i a n s , t o b e u n i t e d i n t o o n e g r a n d co n
federation, is of ancient date . It was encouraged by Russias early as the da ys of Catherine II . and of A lexander I., who
as well as their successors, hoped to secure for themselves
the hegemony in this confederation. But the Sclavonian
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Di e t , w a s a r r e s t e d a t N e u s a l z . But the society continuedto exist, and occasionally gave signs of life, as, for instance,
in 1882, when it serio usly talked of deposing the Prince of
Montenegro, and electing Menotti Garibaldi perpetual presi-
dent of the federation of the Western Balkans . At last,in January 1894, seventy-seven members of the Omladina,including journalists, printers, clerks, and artisans, mostly
very young men, were put on their trial at Prague for being
members of a secret society, and guilty of high treason .
When the arrests began, one Mrva, better known as Rigoletto
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di Toscana, was ass assinated by Dolezal, who afterwards was
seized, and was one of the a ccused included in the prosecu-
tion . This Mrva had been a member of the Omladina, andwas said to be a police spy. He made careful notes of allthe proceedings of the society, as also of another with which
he was connected, and which was called "SubterraneanPrague," the object of which was to undermine the houses
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TURKISH SOCIETIES
605 . Young Turkey.-The vivifying wave of revolutionary
ideas which sw ept over Europe in the first half of this cen-
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tury extended even to Turkey, and, i n imitation o f its effects
in other count ries, produced a Young 'Turkey, as it had pro-
duced a Young Germany, a Young Poland, a Young Italy,and so on . Mr. David Urquha rt, as v iolent a Turcophile ash e w a s a R u s s o p h o b e , a t t r i b u t e d t o M o u s t a p h a F a z y l - P a ch a ,
whom- he calls a Turkish "Catiline," the doubtful honour
of having been the founder of Young Turkey, whose aims
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has a significant name. They are called Huntchak (Alarm),
Froch ak (Fl a g), Ab d a g ( B e l l o w s) , G a i z a g (Th u n d e r b o l t ), a n d
Vo tch i n tch ak (De s t r uct i o n) . The l a s t t w o a r e t h e mo s t r e -
cently created . The committees act a ccording to a plan fixed
by the occult central committee . Thus the Huntchak orga-nised the demonstration in 1895 a t t h e P o r t e , w h i l e t h e
attack on the Ottoman Bank ( 1 8 96 ) d e v o l v e d o n t h e Fr o c h a k
committee. Th e r e r e m a i n t h r e e , w h o w i l l h a v e t o a c t s u c -
cessively. In the following month of October the Armenian
revoluti onary leaders s ent a letter to the French Embassy at
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Con s t a n t i n o pl e , t h r e a t e n i n g fu r t h e r o u t r a g e s . The latestdetailed account of the society, published in December 1896,
says : The discovery of s editious papers found in the posses-
sion of Armenian conspirators, when arrested in December
1896 at Kara Hissar Charki, reveals all th e details o f the
revolutionary programme, circulated by the leaders of the in-
surrection, and imposed on their adherents . The programme
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THE UNION OF SAFETY
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607. Historica l Sketch of Society.-Russia has ever been a
hotbed of secret societies, but, to within very recent times
such societies were purely local ; the Russian people might
revolt against some local oppression, or some subaltern tyran t,
but they never rose aga inst the emperor, they never took up
arms for a political question . Whatever secret associations
were formed in that country, moreover, were formed by the
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society still more aristocratic, that of the " Russian Knights,"
which aimed at obtaining for the Russian people a constitu-
t i o n a l c h a r t e r , a n d c o u n t e r a c t i n g t h e s e c r e t s o c i e t i e s o f
P o l a n d , w h o s e o b j e c t w a s t o r e s t o r e P o l a n d t o i t s a n c i e n t
state, that is to say, absolutism on the part of the nobles,
and abject slavery on the part of the people . The t w o s o ci e -
ties eventually coalesced into one, tinder the den omination
of the "Union for the Public Weal " ; but, divided in its
counsels, it was . dissol ved in 1821, a n d a n e w s o c i e t y f o r m e d
u n d e r t h e t i t l e o f t h e " Union of the Boyards." The pro-
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gramme of this union at first was to reduce the imperial
p o w e r t o a l e v e l w i t h t h a t o f t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d
States, and to form the empire into a federation of provinces .
B u t g r a d u a l l y t h e i r vi e w s b e came mo r e a d va nce d ; a republic
w a s p r o p o s e d , a n d t h e e m p e r o r , A l e x a n d e r I ., was to b e put
to death . The more moderate and respectable memberswithdrew from the society, and after a short time it was
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s e r vice , w h o w a s e n n o b l e d , r e ce i ve d s o me i n t i ma t i o n o f t h e
plot, but seems to have neglected taking precautions ; whils
he was lying ill at Taganrog, Count De Witt brought himfurther news of the progress of the conspiracy, but theemperor was too near his death for active measures. Hedied, in fact, a few days after of typhoid fever be had caught
i n t h e Cr ime a . It w a s r u mo u r e d t h a t h e d i e d o f po i s o n , b u t
s u ch w a s n o t t h e ca s e : t h e r e p o r t o f S i r Ja m e s W y l i e , w h o
w a s w i t h h i m t o t h e l a s t , d i s pro ve s t h e r u mo u r . B e s i de s , i
is certain that the conspirators were guiltless of the emperor'
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death, since it took them unprepared and scattered at incon-
ve n i e n t d i s t a n ce s o ve r t h e e mpi r e . Immediately on Alex-ander's death General Diebitsch, commanding at Kieff,ordered Colonel Pestel and about a dozen officers to bearrested . B u t t h e c o n s p i r a t o r s d i d n o t t h e r e f o r e g i v e u p
their plan . They declared Nicholas, who succeeded Alex-ander, to be a usurper, his elder brother Constantine being
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THE NIHILISTS
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"The r e a r e a l a rmi s t s w h o co nfe r upo n t h e i s s u e r s of t h e s e r e v o l u ,
tionary [Nihilistic] tracts the dignified title of a secret society, . . . b u t
the political atmosphere of the country [Russia . . . is no longer so
favourable as it used to be to their development'
-ATHENtm1M, 29th January 1 870
"A political movement that is perhaps the most mysterious andromantic the world has ever known ."-ATHENIEuM, 23rd September 1882 .
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former age been adopted by the nobility of the Nether-l a n d s .
609 . Founders of Nihilism.-The original Nihilists were
n o t c o n s p i r a t o r s a t a l l , b u t f o r m e d a l i t e r a r y a n d p h i l o -
sophical society, which, however , now is quite extinct . Itfl o u r i s h e d b e t w e e n 186o and 1870. Its transformat ion to
the actual Nihilism is due, in a great measure, to the Paris
Communists and the International, whose proceedings ledthe youth of Russia to form secret societies, having for their
o b ject t h e pr opa g a t i o n o f t h e Li b e r a l i d e a s w h i ch h a d l o n g
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before then been preached by Bakunin and Herzen, whoma y i n d e e d b e l o o ke d upo n a s t h e r e a l fa t h e r s o f N i h i l i s m,
w i t h w h o m m a y b e j o i n e d C e r n i s c e ff s k i , w h o , i n 1863, pub-l is he d h is n ov el , " What is to be Done?" for which he wassentenced to exile in Siberia, but which mightily stir red up
t h e r e vo l u t i o n a r y spi r i t o f R u s s i a . Herzen, who died in1869, aimed only at a peaceful transformation of the Russian
empire ; but Bakunin, who died in 1878, dreamt of its
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price on h i s h e a d , a n d f i n a l l y s u c c e e d e d i n o b t a i n i n g h i s
extradition from Switzerland, no less than 20,000 francs being
paid to the Zurich Prefect of Police, Pfenniger, who facili-
tated the extradition, which, according to all accounts, was
more like an act of kidnapping. The Municipal Council
strongly protested, and passed a resolution that evencommon criminals should not be given up to such .Gove r n -
ments as those of Russia and Turkey . Nechayeff was sen-t e n ce d t o t w e n t y y e a r s ' pe n a l s e r vi t u d e i n S i b e r i a , b u t h e
w a s t o o i mpo r t a n t a pe r s o n t o b e t r u s t e d o u t o f s i g h t , a n d
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s o he was confined in the most secure portion of the fortress
Peter and Paul. For a t i me h e w a s kept i n ch a i n s fa s t e n e d
to a metal rod, so that he could neither lie down, stand up,
n o r s i t w i t h a n y appr o ach t o e a s e . But even in prison hen e v e r l o s t a n o p p o r t u n i t y o f m a k i n g c o n v e r t s ; h e r e c e i v e d
visits from high officials, nay, the emperor himsel f "inter-
viewed " him. Of co u r s e a l l t h e s e vi s i t s w e r e pa i d w i t h a
vi e w o f s o u n d i n g h i m a b o u t t h e fo rce s a n d pr o spect s of t h e
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river Don ; Leonidas Sciseko, an officer, became a hand-w e a ve r i n o n e o f t h e S t . Petersb urg manufactorie s to carr
on the propaganda there ; Demetrius Rogaceff, anotherofficer, and a friend of his, went into the province of Tver,
a s s a w y e r s , t o s p r e a d t h e i r d o c t r i n e s a m o n g t h e p e a s a n t s
Sophia Perovskaia, who, like Krapotkine, belonged to thehighest aristocracy-her father was Governor-General oSt . Petersburg-took to vaccinating village children ; in th
secret memoir drawn up in 1875 b y o r d e r o f Co u n t P a h l e n ,
the then Russian Mini ster of Justice, we also find the na mes
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o f t h e d a u g h t e r s o f t h r e e a ct u a l Co u nci l l o r s o f S t a t e , t h e
daughter of a general, Loschern von Herzfeld, as engagedin this propaganda
; a n d f r o m t h e s a m e d o c u m e n t i t a p p e a r s
that as early as the years I87o and 1871 as many as thirty-
s e ve n r e vo l u t i o n a r y "ci rcl e s" w e r e i n exi s t e nce i n a s ma n y
provinces, most of which had established schools, factories,
workshops, depots of forbidden boo ks, and "flying sheets," for
the propagation of revolutionary ideas . But though the pro-
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people . The St. Pe t e r s b u r g g r o u p w a s a t fi r s t , 18 76-7 8 ,
c o n t e m p t u o u s l y c a l l e d " The Tr o g l o d y t e s , " b u t a ft e r w a r d s ,
after the paper published b y them, "Land and Liberty ." Ther e
was also a large "group" at Moscow . Most of its membershad been students at the Zurich University ; i t i n cl u d e d
several girls, one of whom was Bardina, of whom more int h e n e x t s e c t i o n. Some of them had entered into shamma r r i a g e s , w h i ch t h e y t h e ms e l ve s , i n t h e i r l e t t e r s , ca l l e d
farces, and which were performed without any religiousceremony, and were, in most cases, never consummated,t h e i r o b ject b e i n g s i mpl y t o r e n d e r t h e w o me n i n d e pe n d e n t ,
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a n d t o e n a b l e t h e m t o o b t a i n pa s spo r t s , a n d a t ma n y a t r i a l
it was proved that these women had, in spite of theira d v e n t u r o u s l i v e s a n d i n t i m a t e a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h m e n , p r e -
s e r v e d t h e i r v i r t u e u n i m p a i r e d . But the groups, thoughthey held their ground with varying fortunes for several
ye a r s , r e ma i n e d w i t h o u t r e s u l t s ; the immensity of Russia,t h e vis inertia of the peasantry, and the ne cessity of acting
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covered at Moscow ; of fifty prisoner s, , whose ages rangedfrom fifteen to twenty-five years, three were condemnedto ten years' penal servitude, six to nine years (two of them
w e r e y o u n g g i r l s) , o n e t o fi ve y e a r s ; the rest were shutup in prisons, or exiled to distant provinces . S oph i a
B a r d i n a , t h e n a g e d t w e n t y-t h r e e , w a s o n e o f t h e pr i s o n e r s ,
the daughter of a gentleman ; s h e b a d o n l e a v i n g c o l l e g e
received a diploma and a gold medal ; b u t t o fu r t h e r t h e
Socialistic propaganda, she took a situation as an ordinary
work-woman in a factory. Accused of having distributedLiberal pamphlets among the factory hands, she was im-
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prisoned, and kept in close confinement for two years,without being brought to trial ; she was included in thetrial of the fifty, and sentenced to nine years' penal servi-
tude in Siberia . On being asked what she had to say whysentence should not be passed; she made one of the mostsplendid speeches ever heard in a court of law . In herperoration, sh e said, "I am, convinced that our country, no w
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demands. Whilst (just ly) accusing the hig hest officials and
'dignitaries of dishonourable conduct, avarice, and barbarous
brutality, they demanded their removal from the entourage
of the emperor, to whom they then intended no harm. Itw a s t h e c o u r t c a m a r i l l a t h e y w e r e a i m i n g a t , a n d t h e s u p -
pression of the emperor's private chancellery, commonlycalled "the Third Divis ion . " But the more ardent Nihilists
were for more drastic measures, and a portion of the party,
represented by their organ, Land an d Liber ty, seceded, and
t o o k t h e n a me of t h e " P a r t y o f t h e P e o p l e , " w h i c h s e c t i o n
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was in 1878 divided again, and the seceders called themselves
the "Party of Terror," and were represented by the Will
of the People .The party had no definite plans at first ; i t s
fi r s t o ve r t a ct w a s S o l o v i eff' s a t t e mpt o n t h e l i fe of t h e
emperor (617). And the Government seemed to play intothe hands of the Terrorists . I t d i d e v e r y t h i n g i t c o u l d t o
goad the people to desperation : t h e me r e s t s u s pici o n l e d t o
arrest ; t e n , t w e l ve , fift e e n y e a r s o f h a r d l a b o u r w e r e i n -
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end of 1875 she returned to St . Pe t e r s b u r g. Her experi-
ences had prepared her for her deed : she knew what soli-
t a r y co nfi n eme n t w a s , a n d t h e r e s e n t me n t o f R u s s i a n s o ci e t y
against Trepoff -for even persons without revolutionaryt e n d e n ci e s ca l l e d h i m t h e B a s h i -b a z o uk of St . Petersburg-
b e c a m e i n h e r m i n d a c o n v i c t i o n t h a t h e m u s t b e p u n i s h e d ,
t h o u g h s h e h a d n o p e r s o n a l a c q u a i n t a n c e e i t h e r w i t h B o g o -
linb off or Trepoff . She waited on the latter, presented a
paper to him, and while he was reading it, fired her revolver
a t h i m, i nfl ict i n g a d a n g e r o u s w o u n d , a n d t h e n a l l o w e d h e r -
self to be seized, without offering any resistance . Though
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the attempt was 'tot denied at her trial, the jury pronounced
h e r " N o t g u i l t y ," a n d t h e ve r d i ct w a s u n a n i mo u s l y appr o ve d
as the expression of public opinion in Russi a . Men saw int h e a cqu i t t a l a co n d emn a t i o n o f t h e w h o l e s y s t em of po l ice ,
and especially of its chie f, General Trepoff . Vera Zassulic
was declared to be free ; but in the adjoining street her car-
riage was stopped by the police ; a riot ensued, for the people
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connection with German literature. General Mesentsoffdied the same day at five in t he afternoon . In a pamphletentitled Death for Death, which appeared directly after,
the writer declared political assassination to be both a just
a n d e fficaci o u s me a n s o f fi g h t i n g t h e G o ve r nme n t , w h i ch t h e
writer's party would contin ue to use, unless police persecu-
tions ceased, political accusations were tried before juries,
and a full amnesty granted for all previou s political offences .
But the Government showed no intention of granting anys u ch r efo rms . Its severity was increased, and trial by jury,
in cases of political offences, entirely suspend ed . Special
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courts were instituted, guaranteed to pass sentences inaccordance with the Tsar's wishes. In September 1878, theSt . Petersburg organisation called " Land and Liberty," andco n s i s t i n g o f a b o u t s ixty memb e r s , w a s b r o ke n up . A greatma n y w e r e i mpr i s o n e d , o t h e r s ma d e t h e i r e s cape , b u t b y t h e
energy of four or five members the society was not onlyre-established, but was enabled to erect a printing-press, on
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another "hunger-mutiny " ; and lastly, his having sent many
Nihilists to prison .
617 . First Attempts against the Emperor's Life .-Thus wesee that the persons aimed at by the Nihilists gradually rose
in rank, and the logical conclusion of aiming at the highest,
at the Tsar himself, could not be evad ed . The idea came tseveral persons simultaneously . As early as the autumn o
1878 a m i n e w a s l a i d a t N i k o l a i e f f , o n t h e B l a c k S e a , t o
blow up the emperor ; but it was discovered by the police,
the only one they did discover About the same timeA S o l o vi eff, w h o h a d b e e n a t e a ch e r , b u t w h o o n b e comi n g
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a Socialist learned the tra de of a blacksmith that he might
thus place himself into closer connection with the labouring
classes, came to St . Petersbur g with the int ention of killin
the emperor. A t t h e s a m e p e r i o d G o l d e n b e r g , s t i l l e l a t e d
with his successful attempt on Prince Krapotkine, alsor e a c h e d t h e R u s s i a n c a p i t a l w i t h t h e s a m e o b j e c t i n v i e w -
the death of the Tsar. Solovieff and Goldenberg entered
Antonoff, were sentenced to be shot . The Governor-Generalof Kieff, however, ordered them to be hanged . Three ot hers,
and Nathalie Armfeldt, daugh ter of a State Councillor, Mary
Kova l e vski , r a n ke d a s a n o b l e , a n d Eka t e r i n e S a r a n d o vi tch ,
d a u g h t e r o f a ci vi l s e r va n t , w e r e co n d emn e d t o h a r d l a b o u r
for fourteen years and ten months. Eka t e r i n e P o l i t z i n o y ,
the daughter of a retired st aff-captain, for not informing the
police of what she knew of the doings of the other prisoners,
was sentenced to four years' hard labour . At anothe r trial,
h e l d a d a y a f t e r , t w o o t h e r N i h i l i s t s , O s i n s k y a n d S o ph i a
v o n H e r z f e l d t , w e r e c o n d e m n e d t o b e s h o t .
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61g . The Moseo p Attempt agains t the Emperor .-0n t h e
17th to the 21st June the Nihilists held a congress atLipezk (pr o vi nce of Tomb off), a t w h i ch S ch e l ja b o ff, a pr o -
minent leader, maintained, as we learn from his "Life,"written by Tichomiroff, that since the Governmen t officials,
s u ch a s To d l e b e n a t O d e s s a , a n d Tsch e r tko v a t K i eff, w e r e
simply the tools of the Tsar, this latt er must be personally
before the Moscow attempt had been seized by the policew i t h a qu a n t i t y of d y n ami t e i n h i s po s s e s s i o n , a n d w h o , t o
benefit himself, as he hoped, betrayed a great number of his
fellow-Nihilists . Finding that he did not thereby obtainany alleviation of his own fate, he committed suicide .
620 . Various N i h i l i s t Trials .-Another great trial ofNihilists took place at Odessa in August . Twenty-eightprisoners were tried, of whom three were sentenced to be
hanged. They were Joseph Davidenko, son of a privatesoldier, and Sergay Tchoobaroff and Dmitri Lizogoob, gentle -
men. The latter, wh o had sacrificed near ly his whole for-
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tune, a large one, to the "cause," and of whom Stepniak
g i v e s s o m o v i n g a n a c c o u n t i n h i s " Underground Russia,"justly styling him "The Saint of Nihilism," was betrayedby his steward, Drigo, the Government having promised to
give him what still r emained of Lizogoob's patrimony, about
£4000 . The other prisoners were sentenced to varioust e r ms of h a r d l a b o u r i n t h e mi n e s , r a n g i n g fr om fift e e n t o
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ment granted constitutional rights, the emperor must die .
The emperor replied by ordering greater severity and more
arrests. Then the Nihilists planned a fresh attempt, moredaring than any previous one, to blow up the emperor in his
own palace. Its execution was undertaken by Chalturin, theson of a peasant, a very energetic agitator and experienced
organiser of workmen's unions . Being also a clever cabinet-
maker he easily, under the assumed name of Batyschkoff,
obtained a situation in the imperial palace ; he ascertained
that the emperor's dining-hall was above the cellar in which
the carpenters were at work, though between it and the latter
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y
there was the guardroom, used by the sentinels of the palace,
and his plans were made accordingly. So blind and stupidwere the Russian police that-though towards the end of the
ear 1 879 (Chalturin found employment in the palace in the
month of October) a plan of the Winter Palace, in which
the dining-hall was marked with a cross, was found on amember of the Executive Committee who had been appre-
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Chalturin, not to excite their suspicions, was compelled occa-
sionally to take food and other trifles as " perquisites." True,
the wages of the upper domestic servants were only fifteen
roubles a month .
To resume our narrative. Chalturin suffered terribly from
headaches, caused by the poisonous exhalation of the nitro-
glycerine on which his head rested at night. However, he
continued to work on without exciting any suspicion, yea, the
gendarme on guard tried to secure the clever workman, who
at Christmas had received a gratuity of a hundred roubles,
for his son-in-law. At last fifty kilogrammes of dynamite
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had been introduced ; the Executive Committee urged Chal-
turin to action ; and on the 5th February i88o the explosion
took place, Chalturin having had time to leave the palace
before it occurred . It pierced the two stone floors, andmade a gap ten feet long and six feet wide in the dining-
hall, in which a grand dinner in honour of the Prince of
Bulgaria was laid . Through an accidental delay the imperial
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Tsar, in his blind fury, seemed bent on his destruction-and
it was nearer than he anticipated . The Executive Com-
mittee determined that now the emperor must die. Forty-
seven volunteers presented themselves to make the' attempt
on his life. On the i3th March 1881, the Tsar was assassi-
nated . Returning from a military review near St . Peters-
burg, a bomb was thrown by Ryssakoff, which exploded in
the rear of the carriage, injuring several soldiers . The
emperor alighted, and a second bomb, thrown with greaterprecision, by Ignatius Grinevizki, exploded and shattered
both the legs of the emperor below the knees, tore open the
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lower part of his body, and drove one of his eyes out of its
socket . Within one hour and a half the Tsar was dead .
Grinevizki was seized, but he was himself so injured that he
died shortly after his arrest . He was the son of a small
farmer, who with great difficulty for some time managed to
keep his family, consisting of eleven persons, but eventually
fell into difficulties ; his farm was sold, and he became insane .
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the proclamation of the new Tsar's ascent to the throne was
found on him, on the back of which were marked in pencil
three places of the city, with certain hours and days against
each One place thus indicated was a confectioner's shop at
the corner of Garden Street . Just round the corner fromthis confectioner's in Garden Street was a cheesemonger's
shop, kept by one Kobizoff and his wife, whose mysterious
disappearance on the day of the assassination led to the dis-
covery of a mine under the street . From subsequent dis-coveries it became evident that this mine was not intended
to blow up the emperor, but to stop his carriage, and afford
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others time to assassinate him, after the fashion of the hay
cart, which stopped General Prim's carriage at Madrid .
624 . C o n s t i t u t i o n s a i d t o h a v e b e e n G r a n t e d b y l a t e E m p e r o r .
-It was said that the day before his death the emperor
had signed a Constitution, and that by their action the
Nihilists had deprived their country of the benefits itwould have conferred. But what he had signed was merely
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the Emperor Alexander and explain to him in unambiguous
words what they really wanted . The emperor received
him, and after having heard what he had to say, ordered
h i m t o b e p l a c e d i n d u r a n c e i n t h e F o r t r e s s P e t r o p o w l o v s k i ;
t h e p o l i c e , h o w e v e r , f a i l e d t o f i n d a n y c l u e t o h i s i d e n t i t y .
So runs the story, and there is nothing improbable in it,
c o n s i d e r i n g t h e d a r i n g s e l f - s a c r i f i c e w h i c h c h a r a c t e r i s e s a l l
t h e a c t s o f t h e N i h i l i s t s .
626 . The Emperor's Reply thereto .-The emperor's reply
t o t h e N i h i l i s t i c p r o c l a m a t i o n , a s k i n g f o r s u c h c o n s t i t u t i o n a l
r i g h t s a s a r e p o s s e s s e d b y e v e r y c i v i l i s e d n a t i o n , w a s g i v e n
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in a manifesto, issued on the i ith May, in which the
emperor expressed his determination fully to retain and
maintain - h i s a u t o c r a t i c p r i v i l e g e s . Furthermore, fresh exe-
c u t i o n s w e r e o r d e r e d , t h o u s a n d s o f h i s s u b j e c t s w e r e e x i l e d
to Siberia, greater rigour was exercised against the press
and every Liberal tendency. Not only did the emperor not
g r a n t a n y r e f o r m s , b u t h e e v e n r e t r a c t e d c o n c e s s i o n s a l r e a d y
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troops ; for every half verst-about one-third of a mile
English-there was a sentinel with a tent. Besides this,
the photographs of all the railway officials were lodged in
the Ministry of Ways and Communications, so that any
Nihilist, disguised in railway costume, might the more easily
be detected .
627 . Attempt against General Tcherevin .-On November25, a young man presented himself, at the Department
of State Police, which was the old third section or secret
police under a new name, and asked to see General Tche-
revin, the chief director of measures for assuring the safety
of the emperor, stating that he had to disclose some busi-
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ness gravely affecting the State. On being ushered into
the presence of General Tcherevin, he immediately drew arevolver and fired at the general, but missed him, and was
secured. He declared that he was acting as the instrument
of others, and for the good of Russia, but named no accom-
plices . His own name was Sankofsky . As the Russian
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of the Nihilists was discovered in the Ministry of Marine ;
its director committed suicide . Encouraged by the disasters
which had befallen the Nihilists, the emperor ventured to
return to St. Petersburg, and on the i ith of Septemberattended the fete of Alexander Nevsky, the patron-saint of
the emperor, but slightly guarded, without evil results ; and
in the exuberance of his feelings he went so far as to extend
his clemency even to the Nihilists, for on October 4 he
graciously commuted the sentence of death, passed by a
secret tribunal, on two Nihilists for having murdered apolice spy, to perpetual labour in the mines-and yet the
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Nihilists were not conciliated ! For when, on the 21st
November, the emperor and empress paid a visit to St .
Petersburg extra precautions were taken on the part of the
police and military authorities ; all along the route, from the
railway-station to the palace, police-officers in sledges and
on foot were met with at every half-dozen yards ; policemen
were posted at regular intervals in the centre of the street,
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belong to a class likely to approve of a revolutionary plot
But the Nihilists profited in another way by the coronation
The whole force of the Government, and its most intelligent
spies, being concentrated, at Moscow, the Nihilists seized thi
occasion to spread their doctrines and to enrol supporter
at St. Petersburg and other large centres, to which may b
attributed the great riots which, after the coronation, occurre
at St . Petersburg, which were intensified by the fact that
none of the expected constitutional reforms were granted
The manifesto issued by the emperor on the coronation day
consisted simply of a remission of arrears of taxes ; criminal
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condemned without privation of civil rights had one-third
of their terms remitted ; exiles to Siberia for life had their
sentences commuted to twenty years' penal servitude ; thos
still lying under sentence for the Polish troubles in 1863
were to be set free ; but confiscated property was not to be
restored. Much more had been expected, and the Burgo-
master of Moscow had been bold enough, in his congratula-
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Captain Gezhdi were killed ; on the 19th August a determined attempt to kill Captain Katansky, the successor o
Strielnikoff, was made by a second Vera Zassulic. The girl
Mary Kaljushnia, who made the attempt, was a merchant'daughter, barely nineteen, and her object, to avenge he
brother, who had been sentenced to penal servitude for life
in Siberia . She had for some time been under police super
vision ; she earned a miserable subsistence by giving lessons
maintaining herself on about fourpence a day . Her request
to be allowed to go abroad were persistently refused . Othe date above named, she called on Captain Katanskyavowedly with the object of renewing her request, but in
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the course of conversation she suddenly drew a revolver an
fired straight into the officer's face. But the ball onlgrazed his ear ; she was seized before she could fire again
and on the loth September following sentenced to twent
years' hard labour . She was tried by the Odessa Militar
Tribunal with closed doors. Several political arrests wer
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harmless, the Committee was able to reconstitute the party .
The W i l l of the People also gave a summary of the principal
Nihilistic events during the year, comprising some interesting
details concerning the - great development of agrarian Social-
ism in the south of Russia, - facts till then studiously con-
cealed by the Government . The paper further stated that the
revolutionary group, which had at one time separated itself
from the party of the W i l l o f the People, "The Party of thePeople" (614) and the revolutionary party of Poland, had coa-
lesced with the Russian Nihilists. Among the other subjectstreated, there was an obituary notice of Professor Neous-
traieff, who was shot at Irkutsk for striking the governor-
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general of the province. The last pages of the paper were
filled with a long list of arrests made, and a paragraphincidentally mentions that M. Larroff never belonged to the
Executive Committee, though he is recognised as one of the
editors of the review Onwards, published by the Nihilists at
Geneva, and as a warm friend of the party .
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to decline . A Nihilist manifesto, published in August 1885,
lamented : Truth compels us to own that the fierce struggle
with the Russian Government, and the spirit of national dis-
content, which gave strength to our party, which was, in fact,
its raison d'etre, has ended in the triumph of absolutism ." In
the following December a trial took place at Warsaw, at which
six persons belonging to the revolutionary association called
the Proletariate, including a justice of the police and a captain
of Engineers, were sentenced to be hanged ; eighteen were
condemned to sixteen years' hard labour in the mines, two
to ten years and eight months' penal servitude, and two
others to transportation to Siberia for life . Early in January
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1886 the police discovered a Nihilist rendezvous opposit
the Annitchkine Palace, at St. Petersburg. A number ofexplosive bombs and a printing-press were seized, and several
arrests were made . In April it was reported that a Nihilist
conspiracy, directed against the life of the emperor, had
been discovered at a place near Novo Tcherkask, the capital
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three students, at three different parts of the route to be fol-
lowed by the Tsar. They carried bombs in the shape of books,
of a bag, an opera-glass, and a roll of music. As soon as they
had apparently taken their po tions they were pounced upon
by the police and secured . Altogether fifteen persons were
arrested, twelve men and three women, one of the latter
being the landlady of the house at Paulovna, on the Finnish
railway, where the bomb manufactory was discovered a day or
two after the attempt of the 13th . Nine of the twelve men
were students, and the other three were two Polish nobles from
Wilna and an apothecary's assistant . Seven of the accused
were condemned to be hanged, and the other eight to various
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terms of imprisonment with bard labour, from twenty years
downwards . It was reported at the time that each prisoner
was found to have a small bottle containing a most active
poison suspended round the neck, next to the bare skin. Incase of failure, or refusal at the last moment to accomplish
the task, secret agents of the party, who were on the watch
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the manufacture of dynamite in the Vassili, Ostrou, an
Peski quarters of St. Petersburg. No wonder that thebegan to utter cries of despair towards the end of the yea
1887 . " Liberalism," they said, in one of their publications
"has not eradicated the feeling of loyalty in society . . .
Even the 'intelligent Liberals' have rejected the invitatio
to establish free printing offices, . . . or even to serve th
revolutionary press abroad by sending it articles for public
tion . " T h e M e s s e n g e r o f t h e W i l l o f t h e P e o p l e , which was tofficial exponent of the party during the year, ceased t
appear " for want of intellectual and material aid fro
Russia . " "Little is to be expected," the Nihilists said else
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where, " from the present generation of Russians . . .
Russian society, with its dulness, emptiness, and ignorance
is to blame . . . . Most of the so-called cultured classe
belong to that category of passengers who are made t
travel in cattle-trucks. . . . Russian society has become
flock of sheep, driven by the whip and the shepherds' dogs
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of the "Young Italy" societies, as they were constituted
in 1848. The object of the Armenian societies is revolution
against Russian rule, and the establishment of Armenian
union and independence.
638 . Slaughter of Siberian Exiles, and Hunger-Strikes.-Towards the end of the year 1889, the civilised world was
horrified by the account of the slaughter of a number of
exiles at Yakutsk, on their way to the extreme east of
Siberia, near the shore of the Polar Sea . These exiles were
not criminals, but exiled by " administrative order," that is
to say, they had not been tried and convicted by any
tribunal : Government, not the Law, arbitrarily had ordered
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them to Siberia as suspects. Simply for asking to takewith them sufficient food and clothing ' for the terrible
journey still before them, they were declared to have
resisted the authorities, and a number of them shot down ;
a woman, Sophie Gourewitch, was ripped open by bayonets ;
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ment endeavoured to repress them, which led to repeated
riots and endless arrests, as many as five hundred and fifty
students, who had protested against the new and oppressive
statutes promulgated by the authorities, being arrested at
Moscow in March 189o In April all the police stations
and prisons of St . Petersburg were full of arrested students ;
the ringleaders, mostly young men belonging to good
families, were eventually sent as private soldiers into the
disciplinary battalions near Orenburg .
In May, fourteen Russians were arrested in Paris, which
has always been a favourite place of residence with Nihilists,
Colonel Sokoloff, who was expelled from France, Krukoff,
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a printer, and Prince Krapotkine being among their chiefs .
The prisoners above mentioned were proved to have been in
possession of bombs, many of which had been manufactured
in Switzerland . There were two women among the accused ;
they were acquitted, the men were sentenced to three years'
imprisonment .
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palaces. In 1892 a number of Nihilists were arrested atMoscow, for an alleged conspiracy to kill the Tsar on his
return journey from the Crimea . An anonymous letter hadwarned the authorities that the attempt was to be made
at a small railway station . The line was examined, and abomb discovered under each line of rails . In spite of these
failures, the Nihilistic agitation was actively carried on .
The revolutionists endeavoured to stir up the lower classes
against the Tsar by telling them that, though he pre-tended to supply the masses with food during the famine, he
allowed his subordinates to rob the people . The insinua-
tion, however, had but little success with the Russian people
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of the lower class, brought up in slavish adoration of the
emperor, who can do no wrong. In the month of December,
Major-General Droszgovski was assassinated at Tashkend, in
Russian Turkestan. He had been acting as president of a
court-martial for the trial of a number of Nihilists, most of
whom were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment .
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press at Kharkoff was being worked by the students of the
university in that city . Upwards of eighty persons werearrested. In September 1895, it was reported that a wide-
spread Nihilistic plot against the life of the Tsar and the
imperial family had been discovered by the Russian police .
Some of the leaders were quietly arrested, while dynamite
bombs, arms, and piles of revolutionary pamphlets wereseized during a number of domiciliary visits at Moscow. In
March of the year 1896 six officers of the garrison of
Kieff, including a ; colonel, were arrested for participating
in a Nihilist conspiracy . According to the Central News,
in October 1896 the Russian Custom-house officers con-
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fiscated on the Silesian frontier a quantity of light canes
destined for sale to the upper classes, and containing in
their hollow interior thousands of Nihilist proclamations,
printed on tissue paper. The Nihilists, evidently, are still
at work. There is a Nihilist club, composed chiefly of Jews,
in London, who publish a paper, similar in character to
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themselves at the expense of the State, that unless theyassisted the Nihilistic cause, they would be condemned to
death by the Executive Committee . The Nihilists also
occasionally helped'themselves to the Government cash ; in
1879 they robbed the State bank of Kharkoff by means of a
subterranean passage, and carried off one million and a half
of roubles. But their outgoings were considerable; the
Moscow mine and the other two attempts made at the sametime, for instance, cost nearly £4000, and consequently the
Nihilists were often hard pressed for money. The most ex-
travagant reports were circulated at times as to their finan-
cial resources ; thus the Cologne Gazette in April 1879 declared
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the Nihilistic propaganda to count as many as 19,000 mem-bers, and to be possessed of a fund amounting to two millions of
roubles. The Nihilists accomplished their objects with a tenth
of that amount. In fact, in 1881 they were driven to imitate
the device of Peter's Pence and the Red Cross . In January
1882 they founded the association of the Red Cross, and
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house where the printing office was, and producing the key of
the rooms, the woman told the landlord that she was Stephano-
vitch's sister, who had given it her, and given her and her hus
band permission to occupy the rooms till his return. Thelandlord had no suspicion, and made no objection . The pair
secretly removed all the printing apparatus and left the
house . Soon after the police made their appearance ; theyhad made a house to house visitation at Kieff in search of
the printing office, and the few types and proofs they found
here and there left in corners, satisfied them that they had
come too late . The printing apparatus was carried toOdessa, but what became of it there, is not known .
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A clever and enterprising Jew, Aaron Zundelevic, a native
of Wilna, in 1877 managed to smuggle into St. Petersburg
all the necessary apparatus for a printing office, which could
print works of some size. He learned the compositor's art,
and taught it to four other persons . For four years the
police discovered nothing, until treachery and an accident
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tences, having first removed every vestige of the printing
operation .
We have seen in preceding paragraphs how the captureby the police of one printing-press speedily led to the
setting up of another ; and that the number scattered all
over Russia must have been great is evident from the
number which were discovered, and from which the multi-tude of those undiscovered may be inferred . And theirpublications were scattered all over the country . Hand-bills and placards seemed to grow out of the earth ., Thearmy was deluged with them, the labourer found them in
his pocket, the emperor on his writing-table . Nihilists
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wandered all over Russia, leaving them in thousands atevery halting-place . Jessy Helfmann was a travelling post-
o f f i c e ; her pockets were always full of proclamations, news-
papers, handbills, and tickets for concerts and balls for
the benefit of prisoners, or of the secret press .
643 . Nihilistic Measures of Safety.-When Nihilism began
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The conspiracy-quarters generally were regular arsenals ;
at the storming of the office of the W i l l of the People, every
one of the five Nihilists was armed with two revolvers ; the
dozen gendarmes were afraid to advance, and soldiers had
to be sent for ; from eighty to a hundred shots were fired
on that occasion . When to some of the Nihilists all these
precautions became irksome, and they consequently neglected
them, Alexander Michailoff, to whom they therefore gave
the nickname of dvornik, severely censured them ; he wouldfollow his associates in the street, to see if they behaved
with caution, or he would suddenly stop one,,and ask him
to read a signboard, and if he found him shortsighted,insist on his wearing glasses . He insisted on their dressing
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respectably, and would often himself find the means fortheir doing so . He himself lived like the Red Indian on
the war-path. He endeavoured to know all the spies, to
beware of them ; he had a list of about three hundred
passages through houses and courtyards, and by his in-
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into the hands of the police . The historian, unfortunately,
has no impartial reports to rely on as to their treatment in
prison ; only once, during the ministry of Count Loris-Meli-
koff, Russian papers were allowed to partly reveal the secrets
of Russian imprisonment and Siberian exile, which virtually
confirmed all the "underground" literature had asserted,
and these revelations are horrifying . They show up theimperfection and cruelty of Russian state institutions, the
brutality and irresponsible arbitrariness of Russian officials .
We find that the accused are kept in prison-and what prisons!
-for two or three years before being brought to trial, and
for what crime ? simply for having given away a Socialistic
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pamphlet. We find women in large numbers undressed inthe presence of, or even by, the gendarmes themselves, and
searched by them, to the accompaniment of coarse jokes . Weare told how prisoners were tortured, how nervous prisoners
were disturbed in their sleep, to entice them in their state of
excitement to make confessions . Condemned prisoners were
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The prisoners in the fortress Petropaulovski are no better
off. Their cells are dark, cold, and damp ; the window
being darkened with paint, lights have to be burnt nearly
all day. Their food consists of watery soup and porridge
for dinner, and a piece of bread morning and evening . Thestoves are heated only once every three days, hence the walls
are wet, and the floors literally full of puddles . The prisoner
are allowed to take exercise every other day, but for a
quarter of an hour only. They have no other distractionWhen Subkoffski once made cubes of bread to study stereo-
metry, they were taken away from him. "Prisoners are no
allowed amusements," he was told . No wonder that disease, in
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sanity, attempts at suicide, and deaths are of daily occurrence
Hunger-mutinies were another consequence of this treat-
ment. A very serious one occurred at Odessa in Decembe
1 882 . It arose in this way . A prisoner asked for invalid's
food, but the prison doctor replied, "You are a workman
invalid's food costs seventy kopecks ; you will do without it .
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judicial procedure under which hundreds of persons were
dragged away from their homes and families without trial
of any kind, no one knowing what became of them. Wemay, however, surmise that many were sent to Siberia, since
in 1880 further prison accommodation had to be constructed
in Eastern Siberia in consequence of the great influx of
political prisoners .
What I have stated as to the treatment of prisoners is but
what is based on authentic documents . Had I quoted from
the "underground" press, I should be accused of exaggera-
tion ; but taking the above statements only, does such
conduct become a civilised government?
. N i h i l i s t E m i g r a n t s .-It is difficult to estimate their
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number. Many of them conceal themselves to escape theRussian spies scattered all over the Continent, and not to
involve the countries affording them an asylum in diplomatic
difficulties. There may be about one hundred exiles in
Switzerland ; there are said to be about seventy in Paris,
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is a mistake . The telegraph cannot be employed by them
and correspondence is too slow and unsafe . Whatever hato be done in Russia, must be decided on and carried out b
the members residing there . The exile ceases to take an
active part in the revolution at home, though he may in
directly influence it by his literary efforts, as, for instance
Krapotkine and Stepniak have done to a large extent . Thdeath of this latter, so well known by his brilliant an
authoritative work, La Russia Sotterranea, caused grea
sorrow to all true lovers of Russia . He was accidentall
killed on the 23rd December 1895, when crossing th
railway near Chiswick, by being caught by the engine o
a train, knocked down, and fearfully mutilated .
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Stepniak's real name was Serge Michaelovitch Krav
chinsky . After his death the St . Petersburg press asserte
that it was he who assassinated Adjutant-General Mesent
soff (616), the chief of the political police, by stabbing hi
with a dagger . But this was never proved .
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ii. The Commune, nine numbers of which appeared atGeneva in 1878
12. Land and Liberty. 1878 and 187913. Will of the People, the organ of the Terroristic Execu-
tive Committee. 187914. Black Division. 188o-81.
15. Free WordO f b o o k s w e h a v e i
. The Filled and the Hungry, published by the Anar-chists at Geneva .
2. The Terroristic Struggle, N. Morosoff. London, 188o3. Terrorism and Routine, W. Tarnoffski. London, 188o4. Biographies of Perofskaia, Scheljabow, and others .
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Geneva, 18825. Le Nihilisme en Russie, S. Podolinski. Paris, 1879 .
6. La Russia Sotterranea, by Stepniak. Milan, 1882. AnEnglish translation appeared in London, 1883 .
7. Buried Alive ; Report concerning the Prisoners in the
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Subsequent Trials Collected from other Sources .
Sentences .
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1884 . . . 15 . . . 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1885 . . . 6 . . . . . . 2
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The above sentences are those pronounced by the tribunals ;
but many of the accused were, in reality, punished more
1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . .
1887 2 36 14 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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GERMAN SOCIETIES
648. The Mosel Club.-In 1737 there was a carpenternamed Vogt, living at Weimar, who, being a native of Trau-
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bach, on the Mosel, was, according to the custom of crafts-
men, called "the Moseler ." He established a tavern, which
was largely patronised by students, who, in time, formed a
club, which called itself the Mosel Club, and in 1762 became asecret political club, whose object was to raise Prussia to the
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the rulers " restored " to them, appears from the fact that
"Young Germany" amused itself on the king's (of Prussia)
birthday with shooting at his portrait . Their statutes were
very severe against treason, or even mere indiscretion. ADr. Breidenstein wrote to Mazzini in June 1834 that oneStrohmayer, a member of the society, had been sentenced to
death, not that he was a traitor, but his indiscretion was to
be feared . Sixteen months after, on the morning of 4thNovember 1835, a milkman found the body of the student
Louis Lessing, pierced with forty-nine dagger wounds, inthe lonely Sihl valley, near Zurich . Though the legal in-
vestigation did not positively prove it, yet it was the general
opinion that Lessing had acted as spy on the "German
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Youth" society, and been sentenced to death by them .
Still, what those obscure students aimed at is now an
accomplished fact ; and the prediction of Carl Julius Weber
in his "Democritos" (published in 1832), that Prussia, united
with the smaller German states, would be the dictator of
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possessed great influence at the Prussian Court. The latter,
devoted to monarchical institutions, but also to the inde-
pendence of his country, groaned when he saw the Prussian
Government degraded in the eyes of Europe, and undertook
to avenge its humiliation by founding in 1812 the secret
society of the "Union of Virtue" (Tugendbund), whose first
domiciles were at Konigsberg and Breslau. Napoleon'spolice discovered the plot ; and Prussia, to satisfy France, had
to banish Stein and two other noblemen, the Prince de Witt-
genstein and Count Hardenberg, who had joined him in it .
But the Union was not dissolved ; it only concealed itself
more strictly than before in the masonic brotherhood. During
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Stein's banishment, also, the cause was taken up by Jahn,
Professor at the Berlin College, who, knowing the beneficial
influence of bodily exercise, in 1 8 t t founded a gymnasium,the first of the kind in Germany, which was frequented by
the flower of the youth of Berlin, and' the members of which
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the fate, and still more to the honour, of Prussia ; and there-
fore it naturally made common cause with the Tugendbund,
which aimed at the same object, the expulsion of the French
651 . Divisions among Members of Tugendbund .-The bases
of the organisation of the Tugendbund had been laid in 1807
at the assembly at Konigsberg, where some of the most noted
patriots were present-Stein, Stadion, Blucher, Jahn . Theassociation deliberated on the means of reviving the energy
and courage of the people, arranging the insurrectionary
scheme, and succouring the citizens injured by foreign occu-
pation . Still there was not sufficient unanimity in thecounsels of the association, and an Austrian party began
to be formed, which proposed the re-establishment of the
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German Empire, with the Archduke Charles at its head
but the opposition to this scheme came from the side from
which it was least to be expected, from the Archduke him-
s e l f . Some proposed a northern and a southern state ; but
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within itself the more secret one of the " Unconditionals "
(Die Unbedingten), whose object was the promotion of Liberal
ideas, even without the concurrence of the nation . TheWestphalian Government was the first to discover the exist-
ence of this society . Its seal was a lion reposing beside the
tree of liberty, surmounted by the Phrygian cap . All these
societies were in correspondence with each other, and peace-
fully divided the territory among themselves ; whilst the
German Union, true to its name, knew no other limits than
those of the German confederation . Dr. Jahn was active inPrussia, Dr. Lang in the north, and Baron Nostitz in thesouth . This latter, by means of a famous actress of Prague,
Madame Brode, won over a Hessian prince, who did not
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disdain the office of grand master .
653. Hostility of Governments against Tugendbund .-Afterthe downfall of Napoleon the German Government, though
not venturing openly to attack the Tugendbund, yet sought
to suppress it . They assailed it in pamphlets written by
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of Germany-so, Waterloo had not effected these objects ?-was the subject discussed in the latter ; and Russia being
considered as the greatest opponent of their patriotic aspira-
tions, the members directed their operations especially against
Russian influences . It was the hatred against Russia that
put the dagger into the hand of Charles Louis Sand, the
student of Jena, who stabbed Kotzebue (9th March 18ig),
who had written against the German societies, of which there
was a considerable number. This murder led to a stricter
surveillance of the universities on the part of governments,
and secret societies were rigorously prohibited under stern
penalties ; the Prussian Government, especially, being most
severe, and prosecuting some of the most distinguished pro-
fessors for their political opinions . The Burschenschaft was
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broken up, and its objects frustrated, to be revived in
1830 ; the insurrectionary attempt made by some of the
students at Frankfort on the 3rd April 1833, the object of
which was the overthrow of the despotic, in order to establish a
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654 . Bab, the Founder.-His name-for Bab is a title-was
Ali Mohammed, and he is said to have been a Seyyid, or
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descendant of the family of the Prophet . He was born in181g at Shiraz, where his father was a merchant . Ali at
first engaged in trade himself, but in 184o he began topreach his new doctrine, declaring himself to be the Bab,'
i .e.' Door of Truth, the Mahdi. In he made the
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said he recanted and revoked all his claims ; but as we have
none but Mussulman historians-his enemies-to rely on, as
the examination was held with closed doors, we may doubtthis statement .
655. Progress of Babism .-The Bab's teaching had not only
theological, but also political aims . Persian rulers havealways been conservative, but Babism was reformatory, and
the common people readily embraced it, as it seemed favour-
able to the breaking down of the despotic powers exercised
by provincial governors, by whom the country was fearfully
oppressed . When, therefore, the Babis considered them-
selves strong enough they seized Mazanderan, about fourteen
miles south-east of Barfurush ; but the Shah's troops having
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cut off all supplies, they had to surrender, and were all slain
This was in 1847. In 1848, on the accession of the late
Shah a thousand Babis rose against him ; they, however,
were defeated by Mehdi Kouli Mirza, uncle of the new Shah,
and the three hundred survivors who surrendered cruelly
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carpet-spreaders, but officially, the lictors of Eastern rulers .
They first tortured him by the insertion of lighted candles
in incisions made in his body . When the candles were
burnt down to the flesh, the fire was for some time fed by
that . In the end he was sawn in two. The Master of theHorse and the attendants of the royal stables showed their
loyalty by nailing red-hot horse-shoes to the feet of the
victim handed over to them, and finally 1 1 broke up his head
and body with clubs and nails ." Another Babi had his eyes
plucked out by the artillerymen, and was then blown from a
gun . Another Babi was killed by the merchants and shop-
keepers of Teheran, every one of whom inflicted a wound
on him until he died. Vamb4ry, in his "Wanderings andExperiences in Persia," mentions one Kasim of Niriz, who
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was shod with red-hot horse-shoes, had burning candles
inserted in his body, all his teeth torn out, and was eventu-
ally killed by having his skull smashed in with a club. Theseare but a few specimens of the cruelties inflicted by order of
as Persia through masonic lodges, though they were nevertolerated in Persia. We shall see further on how onerecently established came to grief. The Babi Koran in-culcates, among other superstitions, the wearing of amulets,
men in the form of a star, women in that of a circle ; the
cornelian is particularly recommended to be put on the
fingers of the dead, all which implies a return to Aramean
Paganism. The book maintains the divinity of the Babhe and his disciples are incarnations of superior powers
forty days after death they reappear in other forms" God," says the Biyyan, " created the world by His Will
the Will was expressed in words, but words are composedof letters ; letters, therefore, possess divine properties ." Ingiving their numerical value to the letters forming the words
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expressing God, they always produce the same total, viz
19 . Hence the ecclesiastical system of the Babis ; thei
colleges are always composed of 1g priests ; the year isdivided into 1g months, of 1g days each ; the fast of the
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in Cyprus, where Mr. Browne, the translator of the work
" A Traveller's Narrative," visited him in i 89o, as he also
visited Beha, at Acre, shortly after . The Babis are so far in
advance of their Eastern brethren that they wish to raise
the status of woman, maintaining that she is entitled tokthe
same civil rights as man ; and one of their first endeavours
to attain that end is that of abolishing the veil . Various
charges, as against all new sects, are made against them ;
they are accused of being communists, of allowing nine
husbands to a woman, of drinking wine, and of other un-
lawful practices ; but proofs are wanting. It is said that
they have special modes of salutation, and wear a ring of
peculiar form, by which they recognise one another . They
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arrange their hair in a characteristic manner, and, as a rule,
are clothed in white, all which practices, on the part of
people who have to conceal their opinions, appears very
strange to outsiders. The Bab forbade the use of tobacco,but the prohibition was withdrawn by Beha . Though only
in this century Sheykh Ahmad of Ahsa preached a new doc-trine, considered heterodox by true believers ; still he foun
many adherents, and on his death, about the year 1827, was
succeeded by his disciple Haji Seyyid Kazim of Resht . Hedied in 1844, prophesying the coming of one greater thanhimself. . Then Mirza Ali Mahammad, who came in contact
with some disciples of the deceased Seyyid Kazim, saw his
opportunity, and proclaimed himself the Bab ; the old Sheykhi
party strongly supported him . But some of the followers o
Seyyid Kazim did not accept the new prophet, and became,
as the new Sheykhi party, hid most violent persecutors. TheBab consequently called the leader of the latter party the
" Quintessence of Hell-fire," whilst he, in his turn, wrote a
treatise against the Bab, entitled, "The Crushing of False-
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hood." From such mutual courtesies the transition to mutualrecrimination and accusation of objectionable teaching and
practice is easy, and consequently quite usual, and therefore
not to be too readily believed .
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that a great deal was withheld from him, and became dis-
satisfied . This dissatisfaction was taken advantage of by
some of his friends who disliked the innovation, and they
suggested to him that the lodge was probably the home of
the grossest debauchery, and, finally, that it was a meeting-
place of Babis. Debauchery the Shah might have winkedat, but Babism could not be tolerated . The lodge was imme-diately ordered to be closed, and the author of its establish-
ment banished from Persia. In quite recent times the Babis
have undergone grievous persecutions. In 1888 Seyyid
Hasan and Seyyid Huseyn were put to death by order ofthe then Shah's eldest son, Prince Zillu's Sultan, for refusing
to abjure Babism. When dead their bodies were draggedby the feet through the street and bazaars of Ispahan, and
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cast out of the gate beyond the city walls . In the month ofOctober of the same year Aga Mirza Ashraf of Abade was
murdered for his religion, and the Mullas mutilated the poor
body in the most savage manner. In i89o the Babi inhabi-
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658. The White-Boys.-Ireland, helpless against misery
and superstition, misled by hatred against her conquerors,
the rulers of England, formed sects to fight not so much the
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evil, as the supposed authors of the evil . The first secret
society of Ireland, recorded in public documents, dates from
1761, in which year the situation of the peasants, always
bad, had become unbearable . They were deprived of the
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in blood, whole populations conquered by fear, but not sub-
dued, and ready to break forth into insurrection when it
was least expected . Therefore the Protestants also formedsocieties for their security, taking for their emblem the oak-
leaf, whence they were known as the °° Oak-Boys ." Theirchief object was to lessen the power and imposts of theclergy . Established in 1764, the society made rapid pro-gress, especially in the province of Ulster, where it had
been founded. Unable to obtain legally what it aimed at,
it had recourse to arms, but was defeated by the royal troops
of England, and dissolved .
66o . Hearts-of-Steel, Threshers, Break-of-Day-Boys, De-fenders, United Irishmen, Ribbonmen.-Manytenants of the
Marquis of Donegal having about eight years after been
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ejected from their farms, because the marquis, wanting to raise
£ r o o , o o o , let their holdings to Belfast merchants, they, the
tenants, formed themselves into a society called 11 Hearts-of-
Steel," thereby to indicate the perseverance with which they
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proceeded to aggression . During the revolt of 1798 th
Defenders combined with the " United Irishmen," who ha
initiated the movement . The United Irish were defeated
and their leader, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, having been be
trayed by Francis Higgins, originally a pot-boy, and after
wards proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, was taken an
condemned to death ; but he died of his wounds before th
time fixed for his execution . The society of the Unite
Irish, however, was not dispersed . Its members still con
tinued to hold secret meetings, and to reappear in the poli
tical arena under the denomination of '° Ribbonmen," s
named because they recognised each other by certai
ribbons . The Ribbonman's oath, which only became know
in 1895, was as follows :-" In the presence of Almight
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God and this my brother, I do swear that I will stiffer m
right hand to be cut off my body and laid at the gaol doo
before I will waylay or betray a brother. That I will per
severe, and will not spare from the cradle to the crutch o
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Protestant principles . In the former statutes there were
obligations also to abjure the supremacy of the Court o
Rome and the dogma of transubstantiation ; and althoug
in the modern statutes these were omitted, others of th
same tendency were substituted, the society declaring tha
its object was the preservation of the religion establishe
by law, the Protestant succession of the crown, and the
protection of the lives and property of the affiliated . Tconcede something to the spirit of the age, it proclaime
itself theoretically the friend of religious toleration ; bu
facts have shown this, as in most similar cases, to be a mere
illusion . From England the, sect spread into Scotland, the
Colonies, Upper and Lower Canada, where it reckoned i2,oo
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members ; and into the army, with some fifty lodges . I
the United States the society has latterly been showing it
toleration ! Its political action is well known ; it endeavour
to influence parliamentary elections, supporting the Whigs
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society, consisting of Englishmen, who united themselves
into the Order of the Sons of St. George, who were sosuccessful as to cause many of the murderers to be appre-
hended and executed, and ultimately the Molly Maguires
were totally suppressed . The Order of St. George,'however,
continued to exist, and still exists, as a flourishing benefit
society; it has lodges in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and other
towns in Utah . The name of Molly Maguires was after-
wards adopted by a secret society of miners in the Penn-
sylvanian anthracite districts ; with the name of their Irish
prototypes they assumed their habits, the consequence of
which was that in 1890 ten or twelve members of the society
were hanged, and the society was entirely broken up .
664 . Ancient Order of Hibernians.-This Order is widely
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diffused throughout the United States, where it numbers
about 6ooo lodges. It is divided into two degrees, in the first
of which, counting most members, no oath is exacted, and no
secrets are communicated . But the second consists of the
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chief officers were publicly known as such, the operation
of the Brotherhood were hidden from the public view . I
rapidly increased in numbers, spreading through every Stat
of the American Union, through Canada, and the Britis
provinces . But in November 1863 the Fenian organisatio
assumed a new character. A grand national convention odelegates met at Chicago, and avowed the object of th
Brotherhood, namely, the separation of Ireland from England, and the establishment of an Irish republic, the sam
changes being first to be effected in Canada . Another gran
convention was held in 1864 at Cincinnati, the delegates a
which represented some 250,000 members, each of whicmembers was called upon for a contribution of five dollars
and this call, it is said, was promptly responded to . Indeed
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the reader will presently see that the leaders of the move
ment were never short of money, whatever the dupes wer
One of the resolutions passed at Cincinnati was that " t
next convention should be held on Irish soil." About th
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Brotherhood was boundless, and the betrayal of that confi-
dence, whether through incapacity or premeditation, is not
a question for us to determine . . . . Sufficient that he has
proved recreant to the trust . . . . Never in the history of
the Irish people did they repose so much confidence in their
leaders ; never before were they so basely deceived andtreacherously dealt with . In fact, the Moffat mansion (the
headquarters of the American Fenians) was not only analmshouse for pauper officials and hungry adventurers, but
a general telegraph office for the Canadian authorities and
Sir Frederick Bruce, the British Minister at Washington .
These paid patriots and professional martyrs, not satisfied
with emptying our treasury, connived at posting the English
authorities in advance of our movements. "
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From this report it further appears that in 1866 there
was in the Fenian treasury in the States a sum of 185,ooo
dollars ; that the expenses of the Moffat mansion and the
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were held in various towns, especially at Liverpool, where
men of considerable means were found to support the Fenian
objects and organisations ; and on one occasion as much as
£200 was collected in a few minutes in the room where a
meeting was held. But disputes about the money thus col-
lected were ever arising . The man who acted as treasurer
to the Liverpool Centre, when accused of plundering hisbrethren, snapped his fingers at them, and declared that i
they bothered him about the money he would give evidenc
against them and have the whole lot banged . The Fenians
to raise money, issued bonds to be redeemed by the future
Irish Republic, of one of which the following is a facsimile :
Goddess of Liberty £1
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Harp £1 .
Ninety days after the establishment of
Shamrock .
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over the devil, and restore to us our own in our own land for
ever . Amen.
O'Toole, hear us .
From English civilisation,
Front British law and order,
From Anglo-Saxon cant and freedom,
From the hest of the English Queen,O'Toole, deliver us!
From Rule Britannia,
From the cloven hoof,
From the necessity of annual rebellion,
From billeted soldiery,
From a pious church establishment,
Fenianism to be stamped out like the cattle plague !
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We will prove them false prophets, O'Toole .
Ireland reduced to obedience,
Ireland loyal to the crown, It is a
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escape, whilst Sergeant Brett was shot dead by WilliamO'Meara Allen, who was hanged for the deed . A still more
atrocious and fatal Fenian attempt was that made on the
Clerkenwell House of Detention, with a view of liberating
two Fenian prisoners, Burke and Casey, when a greatlength of the outer wall of the prison was blown up by
gunpowder, which also destroyed a whole row of houses
opposite, killed several persons, and wounded and maimed
a great number. On that occasion again Government had
received information of the intended attempt by traitors in
the camp, but strangely enough failed to take proper precau-
tionary measures. On December 24, 1867, the Feniansmade an attack on the Martello Tower at Fota, near Queens-
town, Co. Cork, and carried off a quantity of arms and
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ammunition ; and their latest exploit, in 1871, was another
Canadian raid, when they crossed the border at Pembina,
and seized the Canadian Custom-House and Hudson's Baypost . They were, however, attacked and dispersed by
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United States, after which he bestowed on himself the rank
of General . He came to Europe with the mission of report-
ing to the Fenians of New York on English arsenals, maga-
zines, and ports of entry. In an article published by him
in Fraser in 1872, entitled, "My Connection with Fenianism,"
he tells the world that he offered to command the Fenians
i f 10,000 men could be raised, but the money to do so was
not forthcoming. He asserted that he had communica-tions with the Reform League, whose members favoured his
designs ; but he, failed, as he says, because he had a knot
of self-seekers and ignorant intriguers to deal with ; "andtraitors," he might have added, for it is certain that the
intended attack on Chester Castle failed because the English
Government had had early notice of the plot . A rising
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Cluseret attempted to head in Ireland came to grief, and the
general speedily made his escape to France, where he became
mixed up with the Commune (507) .
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attempted the storing up of dynamite and arms in Londoand other English towns ; a considerable number of rifle
and large quantities of ammunition were seized in a hous
at Islington in July 1882 ; dynamite was sent to thicountry from America, but its introduction being difficult
the Fenians attempted to manufacture it here ; a labor
tory, stocked with large quantities of the raw and finishe
material, was discovered at Ladywood, near Birmingham, i
April 1883 . Still, the explosive and infernal machinecontinued to be smuggled into this country, and attempt
were made to blow up public buildings in London an
elsewhere, the attempts, however, doing, fortunately in mos
cases, but little harm . One of the most serious was th
one made at Glasgow early in 1883. In a manifesto issue
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in April 1884 by the Fenian brotherhood, signed by Patric
Joyce, secretary, the Fenians call this "inaugurating scien
tific warfare," and declare their intention to persevere unt
they have attained their object, the freedom of Irelan
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of the United States. Its heads are three in numberAlexander Sullivan, of Chicago ; General Michael Kerwin,
of New York ; and Colonel Michael Bolan'd, of the same
city. Sullivan was a great friend of Patrick Egan, thetreasurer of the Land League . One of the agents of the
Clan-na-Gael was John Daly, who intended to blow upthe House of Commons by throwing a dynamite bomb onthe table of the House from the Strangers' Gallery . Hewas arrested at Chester in April 1884, and sentenced to
penal servitude for life . The attempts on the House ofCommons, and the explosions at the Tower and VictoriaRailway Station, were also the work of the Clan-na-Gael,
twenty-five members of which have been condemned to
penal servitude, two-thirds of them for life . John S .
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Walsh, residing in Paris, and the Ford family in America,
are also known as dangerous agents of the association .
The dynamiters were not quite so active after the capture
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I will endeavour to give an enlivening finish to this neces-
sarily dry account of the Fenian movement up to 1888 .
673. Comic Aspects of Fenianism .-In "The New Gospel
of Peace according to St . Benjamin," an American publica-
tion of the year 1867, the author says : "About thosedays there arose certain men, Padhees, calling themselves
Phainyans, who conspired together to wrest the isle o
Ouldairin from the queen of the land of Jonbool . Now itwas from the isle of Ouldairin that the Padhees came
into the land of Unculpsalm . . . . Although the Padhees
never had established government or administered laws in
Ouldairin, they diligently sought instead thereof to hav
shyndees therein, first with the men who sought to establish
a government for them ; but if not with them, then with
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each other. . . . Now the Padhees in the land of Unculpsalm
said one to another, Are we not in the land of Unculpsalm,
where the power of Jonbool cannot touch us, and we ar; let us therefore conspire to mak
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I not live in a great house and fare sumptuously ? But unto
each other and unto the world they said : Behold, the Hid-
Sinter and his officers do not govern Ouldairn righteously,
and they waste the substance of the people . Let us there-
fore declare their government to be at an end, and let us set
up a new government, with a new Hid-Sinter, and a newSinnit, even ourselves . And they did so. And they de-clared that the first Hid-Sinter was no longer Hid-Sinter,
but that their Hid-Sinter was the real Hid-Sinter, . . . andmoreover they especially declared that tribute-money should
no more be paid to the first Hid-Sinter, but unto theirs .
But the first Hid-Sinter and his officers would not be set at
nought, . . . and so it came to pass that there were three
governments for the isle of Ouldairn ; one in the land of
Jonbool, and two in the city of Gotham in the land of Un-
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culpsalm . But when the Phanyans gathered unto them-selves men, Padhees, in the island of Ouldairin, who went
about there in the night-time, with swords and with spears
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present-were O'Donovan Rossa and Tynan (No . i), and the
chairman, Mr. John Finerty, ex-member of Congress .
In August 1896 a Belfast paper stated that, owing to
the discovery of a secret society of Ribbonmen in Armagh,
special detective duty had been ordered by the constabulary
authorities at Dublin Castle .
And yet, in spite of all this, Government has recently
released some of the most atrocious dynamiters, originally
and justly sentenced to lifelong penal servitude !
In September 1896, the notorious Patrick Tynan, known
under the name of No. i, and who was implicated in the
Phoenix Park murders, was arrested at Boulogne ; but the
demand of the British Government for his extradition was
refused by that of France, on the grounds that sufficient
evidence identifying him with No . i had not been produced
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that even if such identification were established, there was
not sufficient proof to identify Tynan as one of the men who
participated in the murder of Mr. Burke ; and, lastly, that
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the prosecution, in spite of the fact that the prisoner's move-
ments gave room for very grave suspicions, suddenly collapsed
on a purely technical point, and Ivory was, by the judge's
direction, pronounced 11 Not guilty" by the jury, and ofcourse immediately discharged .' Were it necessary to vindi-
cate the impartiality of English justice, and its tender regard
for the interests and claims of a person accused, the issue of
this trial would afford a very striking and honourable in-
stance of both . How far the interests of justice, the main-
tenance of law, and the dignity of the country are served by
such verdicts, is altogether a different question, the answer to
which cannot be satisfactory .
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676. A B C Friends, The.-Asociety whose avowed scope
was the education of children, its real object the liberty of
man . They called themselves members of the A B C, letters
which in French are pronounced abaissd; but the abased that
were to be raised were the people. The members were few,but select . They had two lodges in Paris during the Res-
toration . Victor Hugo has introduced the society in LesMisdrables, p a r t i i i . book iv .
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677. Abelites.-A Christian sect, existing in the neigh-
bourhood of Hippo, in North Africa, in the fourth century .
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sixty-five properties. In this position he remains forty days
-this number, too, constantly recurs in antiquity-his rela-
tions visiting him to renew the anointing, after which period
he is greeted with joyful songs and conducted home . He issupposed to have received a new soul, and enjoys great con-
sideration and authority among his tribe .
680 Anonymous Society.-This society, which existed for
some time in Germany, with a grand master resident inSpain, occupied itself with alchymy .
681 . Anti-Masonic Party.-In 1826 a journalist, William
Morgan, who had been admitted to the highest masonic
degrees, published at New York a book revealing all their
secrets. The Freemasons carried him off in a boat, and he
was never afterwards seen again . His friends accused the
Masons of having assassinated him . The latter asserted tha
he had drowned himself in Lake Ontario, and produced a
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corpse, which, however, was proved to be that of one Monroe
Judiciary inquiries Jed to no result . Most of the officers, i
is said, were themselves Masons . The indignation caused by
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hand, rushed among the choristers, exclaiming, Ego sum RexGlorice . He did the same in the church of San Salvatore,
whereupon he was shut up in a madhouse . The society,
however, continued to flourish until a , wood-carver, who had
been initiated, denounced it to the Inquisition, which im-prisoned the knights . Most of them, though only tradersand operatives, always carried a sword, even when at work,
and wore on the breast a star with seven rays and an appen-
dage, symbolising the sword seen by St. John in the Apo-
calypse . The society was accused of having political aims .
It is a fact that the founder called himself Monarch of the
Holy Trinity, which is not extraordinary in a madman, and
wanted to introduce polygamy, for which he ought to be a
favourite with the Mormons .
684. Areoiti.-This is a society of Tahitian origin, and
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has members throughout that archipelago . They have their
own genealogy, hierarchy, and traditions . They call them-
selves the descendants of the god Oro-Tetifa, and are divided
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685. Avengers, or Vendicatori.-A secret society formed
about 1186 in Sicily, to avenge public wrongs, on the prin-
ciples of the Vehm and Beati Paoli . At length Adiorolphus
of Ponte Corvo, grand master of the sect, was hanged by
order of King William II. the Norman, and many of the
sectaries were branded with a hot iron .
686 . B e l l y Paaro.-Among the negroes of Guinea thereare mysteries called "Belly Paaro," which are celebrated
several times in the course of a century . The aspirant,having laid aside all clothing, and every precious metal, is
led into a large wood, where the old men that preside at the
initiation give him a new name, whilst he recites verses in
honour of the god Belly, joins in lively dances, and receives
much theological and mystical instruction . The neophytepasses five years in absolute isolation, and woe to any woman
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that dares to approach the sacred wood ! After this novitiate
the aspirant has a cabin assigned to him, and is initiated into
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the letters L and D (Love and Duty) ; afterwards they
wore it concealed under their clothes, whence the members
were named "Belly-banders . " Whether this society still
exists, or whether ridicule has killed it, we cannot say .
689. Charlottenburg, Order of -This was one of thenumerous branches grafted on the trunk of the Union ofVirtue .
690. Church Masons.-This is a masonic rite, founded in
this country during this century, with the scarcely credible
object of re-establishing the ancient masonic trade-unions .
691 . Cougourde, The.-Anassociation of Liberals at the
time of the restoration of the Bourbons in France . It arose
at Aix, in Provence, and thence spread to various parts of
France Its existence was ephemeral . Cougourde is French
for the calabash gourd .
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692. Druids, Modern.-This society, the members of which
pretend to be the successors of the ancient Druids, was
founded in London in 1781 . They adopted masonic rites,
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Tupayas, in the impenetrable forests between the riversPrado and Doce in Brazil, the Abipones of Paraguay, theBachapins, a Caffre tribe, the negroes on the Gold Coast, and
firmly believed in by the negroes of the West Indies, they
being descended from the slaves formerly imported fromAfrica .
In the ju-ju houses of the Egbo society are wooden statues,
to which great veneration is paid, since by their means the
society practise divination. Certain festivals are held during
the year, when the members wear black wooden masks withhorns, which it is death for any woman to see. There are
three degrees in the Egbo society ; the highest is said to
confer such influence that from Liooo to ;i 50o are paid
for attaining it .
695. Fraticelli.-Asect who were said to, have practised
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the custom of self-restraint under the most trying circum-
stances of disciplinary carnal temptation. They were foundchiefly in Lombardy ; and Pope Clement V. preached a
form of a goat, was believed to transport them from one
place to another . The initiation into this sect was per-
formed in the following manner :-In a small chapel situate
in a dense wood, a lamp was lighted during a dark and
stormy night . The candidate was introduced into the chapel
by two godfathers, and had to run round the interior of the
building three times on all-fours . After having plentifully
drunk of a strong fermented liquor, he was put astride on
a wooden goat hung on pivots . The goat was then swung
round, faster and faster, so that the man, by the strong
drink and the motion, soon became giddy, and sometimes
almost raving mad ; when at last he was taken down, he
was easily induced to believe that he had been riding through
space on the devil's crupper . From that moment he wassold, body and soul, to the society of Goats, which, for
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nearly twenty years, filled Limburg with terror . In vain
the authorities arrested a number of suspected persons ; in
vain, in all the communes, in all the villages, gibbet and
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700 Hemp-smokers, African.-At Kashia-Calemba, thcapital of the natives of Bashilange-Baluba, in Africa (lat
3 ° 6', long . 2 1 0 2 4 ' ) , a sacred fire is always kept up in the
central square by old people, appointed for the purpose,
who also have to cultivate and prepare for smoking the
chiamba (Cannabis indica) ; it is known in Zanzibar as
Changi or Chang. It is smoked privately, and also cere-
monially as a token of friendship, and is also administered
to accused persons as a species of ordeal . As the symbo
of friendship, it is considered as a religious rite, know
as " Lubuku," practised by an-organisation, of which theking is e x o f f i c i o the head ; a social organisation only in
directly of political importance . Its rules, signs, an
working are secret ; its aims and objects unknown tooutsiders ; its initiatory rites have never been witnessed
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by an uninitiated person, much less by any EuropeanCertain external evidences of its inward nature are how-
ever sufficiently obvious to all who care to investigate the
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escape . It is made by holding a handkerchief between the
lips and allowing it to hang down . The grand hailing sign
of distress is given by raising the right hand and arm,
holding the handkerchief between the thumb and fore-
finger, so that it falls perpendicularly . The word is given
by the male heroine (not the candidate's husband) placing
his hand on her shoulder and saying, "My Life," to which
the candidate replies, "For yours . " The male then says,
' I If ye utter not," to which the candidate answers, "This
our business." The word Rahab is then whispered in thelady's ear . The latter swears never to reveal this grand
secret . She is told that Rahab was the founder of theOrder, but it was most probably invented by those whowere concerned in the murder of William Morgan (681),who, by swearing their female relatives to conceal whatever
criminal act perpetrated by Masons might come to their
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knowledge, hoped to protect themselves .
702 Human Leopards.-A black secret society in the
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the Racket, the Beaver, and the Eagle . This last wa
the title of the chief, corresponding with our rank ocolonel ; the Beaver was a captain, commanding six Rackets
every Racket consisting of nine men ; the company of thBeaver consisted of seventy affiliates or Hunters . Everyaspirant had to be introduced by three Hunters to a Beaver,
and his admission was preceded by fear-inspiring trials and
terrible oaths. Though the society lasted two years only,
it distinguished itself by brave actions in the field ; manof its members died on the scaffold .
704 . Husdanawer.-The natives of Virginia gave thisname to the initiation they conferred on their own priests,
and to the novitiate those not belonging to the priesthoo
had to pass through. The candidate's body was anointewith fat, and he was led before the assembly of priests, who
held in their hands green twigs . Sacred dances and funerea
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shouts alternated . Five youths led the aspirant throughdouble file of men armed with canes to the foot of a certain
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ancient Jews, that it was long seriously contended by ethno-
logists and 'historians that they were the Lost Tribes ! TheCherokees, Delawares, and Chippewas kept records on sticks,
six inches in length, and tied up in bundles, which werecovered with devices and symbols, which were called Kep-
newin when in common use, and Keknowin when connectedwith the mysteries of worship . The most remarkable recordwas that contained in the Walum-Olum, or red score ; i t
contains the creation myth and the story of the migrations
of the tribes, represented in pictorial language . Such picto-graphs are owned by every tribe. The Ojibwas have pro-duced some very elaborate ones, showing the inside of the
medicine-lodge filled with the presence of the Great Spirit,
a candidate for admission standing therein, crowned with
feathers, and holding in his hand an otter-skin pouch ; the
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may have a special attraction for the comparative ethno-
logist ; to the general reader they merely convey the con-viction that from China to Peru, and from the Arctic to the
Antarctic Pole, man is everywhere ruled by the same in-stincts, fears, and aspirations, which reveal themselves in
the same customs, beliefs, and religious rites .
706. Invisibles, The.-We know not how much or howlittle of truth there is in the accounts, very meagre indeed,
of this society, supposed to have existed in Italy in the last
century, and to have advocated, in nocturnal assemblies,
atheism and suicide .
707. Jehu, Society of.-This society was formed in Franc
during the Revolution, to avenge its excesses by still greater
violence . It was first established at Lyons. It took its
name from that king who was consecrated by Elisha to
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punish the sins of the house of Ahab, and to slay all the
priests of Baal ; that is to say, the relations, friends, and
agents of the Terrorists . . Ignorant people called them th
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mediaeval knighthood, founded curiously enough by Frede-
rick von Gone, a Knight of the Strict Observance, whohimself believed in the descent of the Freemasons from the
Knights Templars . It was instituted at Wetzlar in 1771 .
The members assumed knightly names ; thus Gothe, whobelonged to it, was Gotz von Berlichingen . They held the11 Four Children of Haimon" to be symbolical, and Gothewrote a commentary thereon . The, Order was divided into
four degrees in sarcastic derision of the higher degrees
of spurious masonry, called, (i) Transition, (2) Transition's
Transition, (3) Transition's Transition to Transition, (4)
Transition's Transition to Transition of Transition . Theinitiated only could fathom the deep meaning of thesedesignations !
711 . Know-Nothings.-This was an anti-foreign and no-
popery party, formed in 1852 in the United States of
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America, and acting chiefly through secret societies, in order
to decide the Presidential election . In 1856 it had almost
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the law was all but powerless, and the new governments i
the South, supposing them to have been most willing, wer
certainly unable to repress disorder . A real terror reignfor a time among the white people ; and under these circum
stances the Ku-Klux started into existence, and executthe Lynch-law, which alone seems effective in disordere
states of society. The members wore a dress made of blaccalico, and called a "shroud." The stuff was sent round tprivate houses, with a request that it should be made int
a garment ; and fair fingers sewed it up, and had it read
for the secret messenger when he returned and gave hipreconcerted tap at the door. The women and young girlhad faith in the honour of the 11 Klan," and on its will an
ability to protect them . The Ku-Klux, when out on thei
missions, also wore a high tapering hat, with a black vei
over the face . The secret of the membership was kept wit
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remarkable fidelity ; and in no instance, it is said,' has
member of the Ku-Klux been successfully arraigned an
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blamed for buying goods and produce stolen by the negroes,
and had often been warned to desist, but without avail .
The institution, like all of a similar nature, though the
necessity for its existence has ceased to a great extent, yet
survives in a more degenerate form, having passed into the
hands of utter scoundrels, with no good motive, and withfoul passions of revenge or plunder, or last of dread and
mysterious power alone in their hearts . Thus in November1883 seven members of the society, the ringleaders being
men of considerable property, were found guilty at theUnited States Court, Atalanta, Georgia, of . having cruelly
beaten and fired on some negroes for having voted in favour
of an opposition candidate of the Yarborough party in the
Congressional election . They were sentenced to variousterms of imprisonment .
713 . Kurnai I n i t i a t i o n .-The Kurnai, an Australian tribe,
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performed rites of initiation into manhood, somewhat similar
to those of the 0-Kee-Pa (725), as did also all the Tasmanian
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Paris in 1816, with the object of restoring Napoleon to t
throne of France. The existing government suppressed it
717. Ludlam's Cave.-Acomic society, formed at Vien
in 1818, and so named after a somewhat unsuccessful pl
of Oehlenschlager. The members were called bodies ; cand
dates, shadows . The latter underwent a farcical examinatio
and if found very ignorant, were accepted . Many literary m
belonged to it ; but though their professed object was onl
amusement, the society was in 1826 suppressed by the poli
of Vienna.
718 . Mad Councillors.-This comical order was foundin 1809 by a Doctor Ehrmann of Frankfort-on-the-MaiDiplomas, conceived in a ludicrous style, written in Lati
and bearing a large seal; were granted to the members . JePaul, Arndt, Goethe, Iffland, had such diplomas ; ladies al
received them. On the granting of the hundredth, in 182
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the joke was dropped .
719. Magi, Order of the.-Is supposed to have exist
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does their folly extend, that they will greedily drink the
water in which he has bathed . There are about seventy or,
eighty of the Maharajas in different parts of India . Theyhave' a mark on the forehead, consisting of two red perpen-
dicular lines, meeting in a semicircle at the root of the
nose, and having a round spot of red between them. Thoughnot a secret society, strictly speaking, still, as their doings
were to some extent kept secret, and their worst features,
though proved by legal evidence, denied by the persons im-
plicated, I have thought it right to give it .a place here .
721 . Mane Negra .-This association, the Black Hand, in
the south of Spain, is agrarian and Socialistic, and its origin
dates back to the year 1835 . It was formed in consequence
of the agricultural labourers . having been deprived of their
communal rights, the lands on which they bad formerly had
the privilege to cut timber and pasture their cattle having
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been sold, in most instances, far below their value, to the
sharp village lawyers, nicknamed caciques, who resemble in
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Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and also thFiji Islands, all abound with secret societies, which, however
have nothing formidable in them, since all their secrets are
known ; the people j o i n , but laugh at them ; their lodge
are their clubs, chiefly devoted to feasting ; strangers ar
admitted to them as to inns ; they exclude women, thoug
on the Fiji Islands there are societies which admit themYoung men are expected to be initiated ; those who are not
do not take a position of full social equality with those wh
are members. When the ceremonies and doctrines were ayet mysteries, outsiders thought that the initiated entere
into association with the ghosts of the dead, a delusio
strengthened by the strange and unearthly noises heard a
times in and around the lodges, and the hideously-disguise
figures, supposed to be ghosts, which appeared to the "dog
outside." Now it is known that the ghosts are merel
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members, wearing strangely-decorated hats made of barand painted, which hats cover the whole head and rest o
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in Florida the consultation of the ghosts is known as palu-
duka. The lodge is called Salagoro ; it is usually situate in
some retreat near the village, in the midst of lofty trees, and
must not be approached by women ; masked figures guardthe path to it, which is marked by bright orange-coloured
fruits stuck on reeds, and the customary soloi taboo marks,
forbidding entrance. The members of different societiesare distinguished by particular badges, consisting of leaves
or flowers, and to wear such a badge without membership is
a punishable offence .
723 . Mumbo-Jumbo.-We have seen (687) that there is a
Californian society, whose object it is to keep their women
in due subjection. Among the Mundingoes, a tribe above the
sources of the river Gambia, a somewhat similar association
exists. Whenever the men have any dispute with the women,an image, eight or nine feet high, made of the bark of trees,
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dressed in a long coat, crowned with a wisp of straw, and
called a Mumbo-Jumbo, or Mamma Jambah, is sent for. A
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with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand . What thesigns, grips, and passwords now are, it is impossible 'to tell
since these, as the only secrets of the Order, are kept strictl
secret. Every half-year a new password is communicatedto the lodges . In 1818 the Order was introduced into the
United States . There] are three degrees : the White, Blueand Scarlet ; there is also a female degree, called Rebecca
and High Degrees are conferred in "Camps ." The OdFellows in the lodges wear white aprons, edged with the
colours of their degree ; in the camps they wear black aprons
similarly trimmed . Since the American prosecutions of th
Freemasons, which also affected the Odd Fellows, the oat
of secrecy is no longer demanded (see 74 . 1 ) .
725 . O-Kee-Pa.-A religious rite, commemorative of th
Flood, which was practised by the Mandans, a now extincttribe of Red Indians. The celebration was annual, and it
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not Mysterious. " His writings attracted much attentionhere and in Germany, which country he repeatedly )visited .
As his teaching was considered atheistical, its followers had
to study it secretly. The members of the association met at
the periods of the solstices and of the equinoxes, and the pro-
fane, and even the servants, were rigorously excluded from
the meetings .
727. Patriotic Order Sons of America.-This Order wasorganised in Philadelphia in 1847 . It suspended operations
during the Civil War, but at • i ts conclusion it was reorganised,
and now counts over 200,000 members . The aims andobjects of the Order are the teaching of American prin-ciples ; born Americans only are admitted. Its lodges arecalled camps . It is a benefit society, and, like all similar
associations, has no secrets, but simply endeavours, by cer-
tain symbols and signs of recognition, to impress on their
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members their principles and brotherhood .
Pednosophers, see Tobaccological Society .
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at religious reform, yet their catechism was modelled on tha
of the Freemasons.
730. Police, Secret.-Whilst revolutionaries and disaffecte
subjects formed secret associations for the overthrow of the
rulers, the latter had recourse to counter-associations, or t
Secret Police . In France it was very active in the early pa
of the last century, but chiefly as the pander to the debau
cheries of the Court . For political purposes women of loo
morals were employed by preference. Thus a famous procuress, whose boudoirs were haunted by diplomatists,Madam Fillon, discovered and frustrated the conspiracy o
Cellamare, the Spanish ambassador in 1718 at the court o
the Regent (Philippe d'Orl6ans, who governed France durin
the minority of Louis XV) , which was directed against t
reigning family, in favour of the Duke of Maine . The ambassador was obliged to leave France . From the chroniq
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scandaleuse of those times it is evident that the police we
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731 • Portuguese S o c i e t i e s .-During the early part of this
century various secret societies with political objects were
formed in Portugal, but as they never attained to anyimportance or permanence, it will be sufficient to mention
the names of three of theih : the Septembrists, Chartists,
and Miguellists, the latter founded in favour of Don Miguel,
who for a time occupied the throne of Portugal .
732 . Purrah, The .-Between the river of Sierra Leoneand Cape Monte, there exist five nations of Foulahs-Sousous,
who form among themselves a kind of federative republic .
Each colony has its particular magistrates and local govern-
ment ; but they are subject to an institution which they call
Purrah . It is an association of warriors, which from its
effects i s very similar to the secret tribunal formerly exist-
ing in Germany, and known by the name of the Holy Vehm( 2 o 6 ) ; and on account of its rites and mysteries closely
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resembles the ancient initiations . Each of the five colonies
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When the candidate has undergone all the degrees of pro-
bation, be is permitted to be initiated, an oath being pre-
viously exacted from him that he will keep all the secrets,
and execute without demur all the decrees of the Purrahof his tribe, or of the Grand and Sovereign Purrah . ,
Any member turning traitor or rebel is devoted to death,
and sometimes assassinated in the midst of his family . Ata moment when a guilty person least expects it, a warrior
appears before him, masked and armed, who says : "TheSovereign Pnrrah decrees thy death . " On these wordsevery person present shrinks back, no one makes the least
resistance, and the victim is killed. The common Purrahof a tribe takes cognisance of the crimes committed within
its jurisdiction, tries the criminals, and executes their sen-
tences ; and also appeases the quarrels that arise amongpowerful families .
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It is only on extraordinary occasions that the Grand
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amongst the inhabitants of the countries where it is estab-
lished, and even in the neighbouring territories, are very
great. The negroes of the bay of Sierra Leone never speak
of it without reserve and apprehension ; for they believe that
all the members of the confederation are sorcerers, andthat they have communication with the devil. The Purrahhas an interest in propagating these prejudices, by means
of which it exercises an authority that no person dares to
dispute . The number of members is supposed to be about6ooo, and they recognise each other by certain words andsigns .
733 . P y t h i a s , K n i g h t s o f .-This Order was instituted shortly
after the American Civil War in 1864 at Washington, whenceit soon spread through the United States . Its professedobject was the inculcation of lessons of friendship, based on
the ancient story of Damon and Pythias. It calls itself a
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secret organisation, but in reality is only an ordinary benefit
society, though it may have a secret object, since it has
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the society, but being looked down upon by the thorough-bred Yankees, the Germans seceded and founded an orderof their own ; and called it the " Independent Order of RedMen. " In both societies there are three degrees-the Eng-
lish has its Hunters, Soldiers, and Captains ; the Germanis divided into the Blacks, Blues, and Greens . There are
higher Degrees conferred in "camps ." The two societiescount about forty thousand members. After the cessationof the war with England (1814) the societies lost their poli-
tical character, and became mere benefit societies, which
they now are .
737 .R e g e n e r a t i o n , S o c i e t y o f U n i v e rs a l .-It was composed
of the patriots of various countries who had taken refuge
in Switzerland between 1815 and" 1820. But though theiraims were very comprehensive, they ended in talk, of which
professed patriots always have a liberal supply on hand .
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738 . S a l t p e t r e r s .-The county of Hauenstein, in the Duchy
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The fierce fanatical Akalis were soldier-priests, a sombre
brotherhood of military devotees, chiefly employed about
their great temple at Amritsar (meaning the fountain ofimmortality) . They initiate converts, which is done byordering the neophyte to wear blue clothes, by being pre-
sented with five weapons-a sword, a firelock, a bow andarrow, and a pike . He is further enjoined to abstain from
intercourse with certain schismatic sects, and to practisecertain virtues . As, according to tradition, Govindu, when
at the point of death, exclaimed, " Wherever five Sikhs areassembled, there I- shall be present," five Sikhs are neces-
sary to perform the rite of initiation . The Sikhs may eatflesh, except that of the cow, which is a sacred animal to
them as well as to the Hindus .
The phase of Sikh fanaticism which revealed its existence
in 1872 by the Kooka murders may be traced to the following
sources :-The movement was started a good many years since
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by one Ram Singh, a Sikh, whose headquarters were fixed at
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cheerfully as the Assassins of yore obeyed the Old Man of
the Mountain. If he had a message to send to one of hislieutenants, however far away, a letter was entrusted to one
of his disciples, who ran full speed to the next station, and
handed it to another, who forthwith left his own work, and
hastened in like manner to deliver the letter to a third. Inorder to clinch his power over his followers, Ram Singhcontrived to interpolate his own name in a passage of the
" Granth "-the Sikh Bible-which foretells the advent ofanother Guru, prophet or teacher. But, whatever theteachings of this new religious leader, there is reason to
think that his ultimate aim was to restore the Sikhs totheir old supremacy in the Punjab by means of a religious
revival ; and he stirred up the religious fervour of his fol-
lowers by impressing on them that their war was a waragainst the slayer of the sacred cow, which to their Euro-
pean conquerors of course is not sacred, and has ceased to
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be so to many natives of India. But the insurrection was
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741 . Sonderbare Gesellen.-German societies, formed on the
model of the English Odd Fellows, whose name they took,
and of which the above is a literal translation . They nowcall themselves Freie Gesellen (Free Brethren), or Helfende
BrUder (Helping Brethren) . But, unlike their English pro-
totypes, who have no other secrets than their signs, grips,
and passwords, the German Gesellen are closely connected
with Freemasonry, which, as we have seen, is not so colour-
less abroad as it is here, and they proclaim themselves an
institution for the deliverance of nations from priests, super-
stition, and fanaticism . The Order was introduced intoGermany in 187o, and gradually into Switzerland, France,
Holland, Mexico, Peru, Chili, Sweden, Spain, and even some
Polynesiai islands, so that now it counts upwards of fifty
grand lodges and nearly eight thousand lodges, exclusive of
English ones (724) .
742 . Sophisiens."The Sacred Order of the Sophisiens,"
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or Followers of Wisdom, was founded by some French
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744. Thirteen, The.-To Balzac's fertile imagination we
are indebted for the book entitled L e e T r e i z e , the fictitious
story of a society of thirteen persons who during . the First
Empire bound themselves by fearful oaths, and for objects
the author dare no more reveal than the names of themembers, mutually to support one another . The work con-sists of three tales, the first being the most interesting for
us, since it pretends to record the stormy career of Ferragus,
one of the associates, and chief of the Devorants spoken
of in the French Workmen's Unions (369). A society of
thirteen (not secret) has recently been founded in London,
in imitation, I assume, of a society formed in 1857 atBordeaux for the same purpose 'as the London one, namely,
by force of example to extirpate the superstition regarding
the number thirteen, of which very few persons know the
origin . In the ancient Indian pack of cards, consisting of
seventy-eight cards, of which the first twenty-two have
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special names, the designation of card x i i i . i s " Death," and
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changed, their name to Tobaccologers, and adopted thetobacco plant as their emblem, its red flower suggesting to
them philosophy persecuted by Justinian and others . Attheir meetings they discussed chiefly academical subjects ; in
fact, modern academies owe to them, their origin . Many menof note belonged to the Order, which was divided into four
degrees-the glamour of secrecy must be kept up to the last !
The members in the lodge wore a triangular apron . To-wards the end of the last century the Order declined in this
country, and its papers, its records, and mysteries eventually
fell into the hands of the French Marquis d'Etanduere, who
left them to his son, at whose death they were examined by aM Doussin, to whom he had left them ; and this M. Doussinthereupon reconstituted the society at Poitiers in 18o6,
where it continued till about the year 1848 . The tobaccoplant, its culture and manufacture, were the subjects of
symbolical instructions, and for the real names of the towns
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smooth as turf . The other, and more probable, origin of t
name is the fact that the members held their meetings
first on the lawns of beautiful turf in the Piazza Castello
Milan . Their pursuits may be described as a revival Mohocking ; they bound themselves to beat every man th
met in the streets after dark, which practice, however, w
chiefly resorted to against men having handsome wives, wh
members of the society wished forcibly, or with consent,
disgust with their husbands or abduct from their homeand a certain' amount of ridicule attaching to the inflicti
of such a beating, the victims in most cases made no publ
complaint. Of course, in many cases it was the Turfiswho got the worst of the encounter . The Austrian polishut its eyes to all these proceedings, of which, through i
spies, it was fully cognisant, on the principle that it w
better these young men should vent their overflow of spirit
their physical and mental energies, on such follies, and ev
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on criminal exploits, than employ them in political schem
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that it was their duty to redress wrongs of which the law
took no cognisance . Now, they argued, there are everyyear hundreds of men, young men, just entering life, and
married men with families, ruined through the wiles andthe extravagance of designing women, whom the law cannot
touch for the injuries they have inflicted on their victims .
Many women, notorious for such conduct, some of themladies of position, and connected with aristocratic families,
were then living at Milan . It struck the Turfists they
would be suitable companions for the imprisoned dwarfs .
The idea was carried out.' About ten ladies were by treachery
or force brought to Simonetta, and there shut up with the
dwarfs . The orgy that ensued, says Rovani, could only be
described by the pen of an Aretino. But it is easy to
understand that a number of ladies, so entrapped, wouldnot quietly submit to such abduction or the advances ofthe dwarfs. The authors of the mischief were only too
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which were constantly changed. The society was, moreover
divided into two grand centres, the centre of Nobles and tha
of Commoners .
747 . Utopia.-A society founded at Prague in the fiftie
and which had such success that in 1885 it reckoned eighty
five lodges in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, an
other countries . A council of the league was held at Leipz
in 1 8 7 6 , and another at Prague in 1883 . The president every lodge is called Uhu (screech-owl) ; at manifestations
joy they cry " Aha ! " and at transgressions against the laws o
Utopia, "Oho !" The members are divided into three degree
Squires, Younkers, and Knights ; guests are called Pilgrim
The German name of the society is Allschlaraf a ; Schlara
fenland in German means the "land of milk and honey,
the land of Cocagne, where roast-pigeons fly into yomouth when you open it, and roasted pigs run about tstreets with knife and fork in their backs . From the name
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of the faithful, he crossed the land of the Five Rivers, and
settled like a thundercloud on the mountains to the north-
east of Peshawur . , Since then the rebel camp thus foundedhas been fed from the head centre at Patna with bands offanatics, and money raised by taxing the faithful. To accountfor such success, the reader will have to bear in mind that
in Mohammedan countries a doctor of civil law, such asSaiyid Ahmad was, may hold the issues of peace or war inhis hands, for with Mohammedans the law and the gospelgo together, and the Koran represents both. Akbar, thegreatest Mohammedan monarch, was nearly hurled from theheight of his power by a decision of the Jaunpur lawyers,
declaring that rebellion against him was lawful. Andthe Wahabee doctrine is, that war must be made on allwho are not of their faith, and especially against theBritish Government, as the great oppressor of the Moham-medan world. Twenty sanguinary campaigns against this
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the spoil . They are supposed to form a corporation some-what similar to the Garduna Q06-310- It has beensuggested that the Minas, possessing a splendid physiqueand animal courage, the very qualities needed for such a
purpose, should be utilised in frontier and border forces,
as the Mazbis, a similar marauding tribe, were utilised and
reclaimed .
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VOL I .
P a g e 3 5 , l i n e 1 2 f r o m t o p , d e l e t e ' m a y . '
P a g e 3 6 , l i n e 5 .-To `the religion of Buddha still survives,' add `in
i t s i n t e g ri t y .' It may be remembered that in February 1895 an ancient
and highly-artistic image of Buddha was brought from Ceylon to be
set up in the temple of Budh-Gaya, in Bengal, which the Buddhistsregard as the most sacred spot on earth . The ceremony of setting up
the image led to serious riots between the Buddhists and a crowd of
Hindoo devotees who objected to it. The legal proceedings which
I
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Page 5 3 , line 13 from bottom, d e l e t e I a' before 'hierogrammatical . '
Page 64, line 15 from bottom, for ' offered' read ` offer . '
Page 99, line 12 from top, d e l e t e ' ) ' after ' i t . '
Page 113, line 14 from top, for 'said' read `affirmed . '
Page 142, § 178 . Waldo.-According to a genealogy compiled bMorris Charles Jones (publication undated), the Waldo family idescended from `Thomas Waldo of Lions,' one of the first who publicl
renounced the doctrines of the Church of Rome . The representatiof the English branch of the family came to this country in the rei
of Queen Elizabeth .
Page 152, line 3 from top, for ' Hostes' read ' Nostes . '
Page 168, § 213 . Vehm.-Add: ' The last-named work on the Vehin our list of authorities under the heading of "Free Judges" is tha
of Theodor Lindner . It treats the subject fully, one may say exhaustively, comprising more than 670 large, closely-printed pages. Hsumming up on the character and working of the institution, whicwe may accept as final, is that the Vehm, though to some extentpalliative of the lawlessness of the times, was yet liable to great abuse
since great and powerful persons always could have sentences passe
on them by one Court annulled by another . Besides, what was t
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some influence, and the study of astrology enables people correctly tosee the qualities they have i n them. The speaker challenged any manto show that astrology is not true ; sooner or later it will become the
religion of the world ." Surely after this dogmatic and lucid exposition,
our public schools and universities will at once add the study ofastrology to their curriculum ! Sir Richard Phillips called astrology
the mother of the sciences, though herself the daughter of superstition . '
Page 224, line 17 from bottom, for ' Epologue' read ' Apologue,' andfor ' Apilogue' read `Epilogue '
Page 230, § 28o . The Rosicrucians.-At the end of § 28o add : ' Inthe anonymous publication "Das Ganze aller geheimen Ordensverbin-
dungen" (Full Account of all Secret Orders), Leipzig, 1805, evidently
written by one fully initiated, I find the following note on thisMaster Pianco : "He had long been a Mason, before he became aRosicrucian . His chief was a hybrid between man and beast. Nohonest Christian could cope with him without fear of being flayedalive. If doubts were suggested to him, he uttered blasphemies, ofwhich the most violent miscreant would have been ashamed . Piancoshook off the dust of his chamber, and fled the companionship of such
heathens." This sheds a rather curious light on the composition andcharacter of the Rosicrucian fraternity, "whose bear was supposed to
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dance to none but the most genteelest of tunes . " '
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Page 274, § 3 22 . 5 .
The Camorra.-Add : `The recently-published" Stories of Naples and the Camorra," by the late Charles Grant, afford
but a faint reflex of the terrible character of the Camorra . Whosowishes to thoroughly study the subject should read "I Vermi : Studi
Storici su le Classe Pericolose in Napoli di Francesco Mastriani "
(Napoli, 1877 . 5 vols . ) . And the present writer has been among theCamorristi at Naples, and found in them none of the redeeming features
Mr. Grant allows them : they are all unmitigated scoundrels . '
Page 299, line 14 from bottom, for ` dates' read `date . '
Page 316, § 364 . The German Union .-Add : `The inner history of
the German Union presents some curious features . Bahrdt, its reputed
founder, was in 1777 in London, and there initiated into Freemasonry .
He had but a poor opinion of German Freemasonr, and, therefore, onhis return to Germany visited none of the lodges .' But a high official
of the Imperial Chamber at Wetzlar, Von Ditfurth, suggested to himthe formation of a society which should carry out the true objects of
Freemasonry, viz., the restoration of human rights, and the free use ofreason In 1 7 8 5 , Bahrdt received an anonymous letter, containingthe plan of the German Union . The letter was signed, " From someMasons, your great admirers ." In the same year he was visited by an
Englishman, who urged him to establish a lodge, promising to connect
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were invested with a ring they wore on the finger of the right hand,or on the watch. The ring was formed of gold love-knots, and the
l e t t e r s R .S . Usually the members called themselves Ediles or Archi-
t e c t s , . because architecture was the science they most pursued . Their
mathematics consist ed in producing clever variations of the triangle,
square, and number X . At their meetings they spoke Latin ; a l l t h e i r
books were bound in red morocco, with gilt edge s . T h e i r c h i e f a r c h i v e s
were at a place in Switzerland, which was never to be revealed, and
which, among its treasures, comprised the papers of the Grand Master,
George Evelyn of Wotton, in Surrey, the seat of which John Evelynh a s l e f t u s a n a c c o u n t . The hall of initiation was either occupied by
a choice library, or its walls beautifully painted . " I found," wrote
one of the members, "such a hall at N . , b u i l t o v e r a b a r n , a n d wh i c h
you would never have taken for a lodge . The hall had many windows,
and was adorned with statues . There was a dark chamber, a banq u e t -
ing-hall, a bedroom for travellers, and a well-appointed kitchen .
Over the door of the hall stood a horse, which, when you pressed a
spring, with a kick of its foot caused a fountain in the adjoining
, g arden to play." I was told that this lodge was built by order of ,
Frederick II . T h e i n t r o d u c e r o f c a n d i d a t e s w o r e a d r e s s o f b l u e s a t i n ;
the Master sat at a table, on which were placed globes and mathem ati-
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cal instruments . Candidates were to be men of science or artists, who
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Page 207, § 6o i . Polish Patriotisvn. Add : ` The opinions here ex-pressed may, like those of § 519 (see note thereon), challenge contradic-
tion, but as they are based on facts, they can be substantiated . Here Icontent myself with referring to M. C . Courriere, an admirer of the
Poles, who in his " History of Contemporaneous Literature among theSclavonians" (Paris, 1879), confesses that in the wars which led to the
dismemberment of the kingdom, the Poles were more often fighting for
the preservation of their aristocratic privileges than for national liberty
The Polish poet Julius Slowacki (b . 1809, d. 1851), styled by Nickiewicz
the " Satan of Poetry," speaking in the name of the people, thus ad-dressed the poet Sigismund Krasinski
0 To believe thee, son of the nobleman,
It were virtue in us to endure slavery ."
And Slowacki himself was of gentle birth . Certes, sounder notions as
to Polish patriotism prevail in this generation than were current in
former times, but we still hear too much about the " crime" of thepartition of Poland. The same reasons which led to that partition are
the only justification for our present interference in Turkey . '
Page 259, § 65o . Baron Stein.-Add : `The generally-accepted state-
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when, during his stay at Breslau, eighty waggons full of volunteersmade their appearance, his faith in his subjects was restored, and he
wept tears of joy ! The king was grateful for small mercies . '
Page 278, § 666 . Fenians : Origin of Name.-Add : 'It is a curious
coincidence-if mere coincidence it be, and not the result of a connec-
tion etymologically traceable with the tribe of Benjamin (i9)-that M
French Romane the word Fenian should mean "idle," "lazy," anepithet which is justly applicable to the bulk of the members of that
Irish association . I here merely throw out a hint ; the question de-
serves following up . '
Since writing my summary of Fenianism, I have perused Mr . John
O'Leary's recently-published ' Recollections of Fenians and Fenian-
ism .' The work is disappoint in g . It contains no revelations such as
one might expect from a man deeply initiated into all the secrets of
Fenianism . All we gather from it is that the association, at least the
English branch of it, was always i n want of funds, and that it never
had any great chance of wresting Ireland from the grasp of England .
Yet the author ends with these words, published only a few months
ago, and which therefore deserve attention : 'But that spirit [longing
for freedom] is not dead . . . but merely sleepeth ; and if there be men
still in Ireland, and, still more, boys growing into men, willing to strive
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tribes by the several names of Michabou, Chiabo, Tarenyawagoand among the Ojibways on the southern shore of Lake Superior a
Hiawatha, under which name he is familiar to Europeans through Lon
fellow's "Indian Edda" bearing that title . The Iroquois worshipp
him under his original name of Manabozko . Chibiabos, his frien
was a musician, the ruler of the Land of Spirits, or of Light, the Indi
Apollo . In Indian folk-lore Hiawatha is a very different person fro
the hero of the poem . In the prose tales of the Red men he is
notorious liar, a cruel and treacherous destroyer of all he can get in
his power)
Page 105 .PS.-French and English journals of the loth and 21
April 1897 have published to the world the fact that the tale of Dia
Vaughan and her diabolic marriage, and the book of the mythical DBataille, were pure mystification by M . Leo 1axil, the reported conve
to Roman Catholic orthodoxy, having no foundation whatever in realit
The public, the priests, the cardinals, yea, the pope himself, were tak
in by them-and they got no more than they deserved . It was,
doubt, one of the finest and grandest hoaxes of this century, and sa
but little in favour of our intellectual progress that it should be possibl
in our day . If its revelation will teachsuperstitious people a lesso
they may in future be saved from the charge of rendering themselv
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INDEX TO VOL. I I
[The figures refer to pages]
AA B C Friends, 291Abbreviations, Masonic, 15
Abel, family of, 3
Abelites, 291
Aberdeen, Masonic deputationsent to, 59
Abiff, Hiram, 3, 4, ~, 6
Anarchists at Prague, 127
Ancient and Accepted Scotch rite,
13, 55, 92
Ancient Reformed Rite of Masonry,
13
Ancients, Academy of the, 291
Anderson, James, ii, 110Androgynous Masonry, 84-90Anne, Empress of Russia, 96
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Athelstan and MasonryinEngland,
I
" Athenaeum" quoted, 217
Augustus, Stanislaus, 97
Ausonia, ancient name of Italy,165, 167
Avengers, 294
BABEUF, 113Babi Koran, 266Babis, 263-269
attribute special qualities to
number 19, 266Babism, doctrines of, 265
progress of, 264
Bakunin, 218Balkis, Queen of Sheba, 4, 7
Barabas Brethren, 179
Bardina Sophia, a Nihilist, 221
Blanqui, chief of the "Seasonssociety, 205
-- accused of having betrayethe society, 205
Blazing Star of Masonry, 17, 28
Star, Order of the, 55
Blucher, General, 2 59
Blue Lotus Hall, 132-asonry, 18Blunders of Ipsilanti, 148, 149
Boaz, 17
Bonaparte, Joseph, 186
Lucien, 178
Bonanni forges list of GranMasters, 47
Bonneville, Chevalier de, 5 5
"Book of Constitutions [Masonic
for Ireland," 8
Bourbons and Carbonari, 171Brazen Sea of Solomon's temple,
Break-of-Day Boys, 271
Bridge of Swords, Chinese, 134
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Cantu, Cesare, 169
Cape Coast Castle, Masonic lodge
at, 98
Capitula Canonicorum, 57Capo d'Istrias, Count, 143, 14 6,147
Caravats, Irish society, 274
Carbonari, 157 - 177 . 331-nd Guelphs, 178-emand constitution fromKing of Naples, 173
in Lombardy and Venetia,1 75
Carbonarism in Spain, 142-arks transition period inhistory of secret societies, 174
Carbonaro charter proposed toEngland, 169-egree, most secret, 167-anifesto, 166
symbols, signification of, 165
Carey . James, shot by O'Donnell,
281
INDEX 337
Chicago, Fenian Convention at,276, 285
Children of the Widow, 27-f Wisdom, 320Chinese lodges, 134
Church, the, and Carbonari, 175
General, 18o
Masons, 295
Christ's martyrdom represented in
Carbonarism, 162Cincinnati, Fenian Convention at,
276Citations before Masonic tribunals,
92, io8
Civil war in France, 119
Clan-na-Gael, 282, 283, 285
Clement V., Pope, 296-II. , I I, I00
Clerkenwell House of Detention,Fenian attack on, 280
Clermont, Chapter of, 55, 57
" Clio," lodge at Moscow, 97
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338 INDEXCorrespondence, revolutionary,
how carried' on, 189
Cory, .Giles, 319
Cosmopolitans, 187
Cosse-Brissac, Duke of, 47
Costume of Masons in lodge, 16-f Princes Rose-Croix, 41
Cougourde, the, 295
Council of the Emperors of theEast and West, 92
of the Knights of the East, 5 5
Cousinage, bon, 158Coustos, John, lot
Cromwell, Thomas, leaves theMasons £io,ooo per annum, 74
Cross, the, 33
Cruelties practised on Babis, 264,
269practised on Nihilist
prisoners, 251
practised on Siberian exiles,
243, 245) 252
Donegal, Marquis of, 271
Dorrmg. See De WittDoussin, M., 321Dramatic portion of mysteries, 27
Drenteln, General, 225
Dressler, Anarchist, 127
Druids, modern, 295Dudley, Mrs., attempts Rossa's
life, 282
Duk-Duk, 295Dumouriez, General, 63Dunkirk Masonic lodge, 54Dvornik, 226, 249, 250
Dynamite outrages, 281
EEAGLE and Pelican, Knights of
the, 40
Eckert, Dr. E . E ., quoted, 62, 104
Eclectic rite, 14
Egbo society, 295
Egyptian Masonry, 78, 79
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Female Nihilists, 223, 227, 238, 244
Fendeurs, i58 , 159Fenian attacks, various, 280, 282,
283bonds, 27$
dynamite outrages, 281
Investigating Committee, 276
- Litany, 278, 279-aids into Canada, 279-isterhood, 276
Fenianism, comic aspects of, 284-pecial Commission on, 285
spreads into England, 277
Fenians, 275-z87, 333,Ferdinand IV., King of Naples, 73-II., King of Spain, 96,140,
172-., King of the Two Sicilies,
171, 174, 181
' Fessler's rite, 13
Fides, password of Odd Fellows,
309
339
French secret societies, v
202-206 ,
"Freemason" quoted, 109Freemasonry, alleged early origin
of, 8
decay of, 1o8
division of its history, 9-n Spain, 140
- Masonic opinions of, 109-f present, in Italy, 76
possesses no exclusive know-
ledge, 107-ummoning sovereigns, 1o8-vain pretences of, 1o6-anity of its ritual, 107
FreemasonE~discoveredat Naples,73
- marriages of, 109perative and speculative, 9persecuted, 100-105 . See also
Masons and MasonryFrench workmen visting London,116
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340
Ghee Hin association, 133
Giardiniere, 177
Gibraltar, Masonic lodge at, 96
Gideon, password of Orangemen,
273G in Blazing Star, 35
Gioachimo, Cistercian monk, 328
Gnosis of Grand Master Architect,
35
Gnostic sect in Russia, 92
Goats, 296
Goldenberg, a Nihilist, 225, 226
Golden Lily Hui, 137- Orchid District, 132Gone, Frederick von, 303
Good Cousins . See CarbonariGordon, General, 134
George, Master of GrandLodge, 1o1
Gorenovitch, Nicholas, Nihilist,
223, 228
Gormogones, 93
INDEX
H
HAD-HAD, bird messenger of thegenii of fire, 6
Haji Seyyid Kazim, 268Half-yearly word of command of
Grand Orient, 66
Hamilton, George, 97
"Hamlet " quoted, 28
Hardenberg, Count, 259Harmony, Order of, 89Harugari, 297Hathor, temple of, at Dendera,,
2
Hawk, symbol of Etesian wind, 28.Hearts of Steel, 271
Helena, Empress, 319Helfmann, Jessy, 231
Heinp-smokers, African, 298
Heredom, a corruption of Latinhceredium, 52
Heriz-Smith, Rev. E. J., 294
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342
Knigge, Baron de, 14
Knight of Kadosh, 55Knights and Ladies of Joy, 84--uelpbic, 178
-f Pythias, 315-f Queen of Prussia, 259
- of Silver Circle, 318of Sun, 28th degree of Scotch
rite, 14
French degree, 5 5-n favour of Napoleon,
198
Templars, Masons pretend to
be descended from, 9, 11951--odern, 47-50, 208
INDEXLa Fayette, General, 176, 187 ,
202Lainez, James, General of Jesuits,
57
Lamech, 3, 6
Land and Liberty, Russian so-ciety, 221, 223, 225
Larmenius, successor of Molay, 47
Latini, a Carbonaro society, 179
Lausanne, workmen's congress at,
120Lavater, Master of " German Hel-
vetic Directory" lodge, 97
Lavillana, Marquis of, moi
Lavroff, Nihilist, 2, 8, 239, 253
Laybach, Congress at, 173
Ledru, a physician, obtains pos-
session of the charter of Lar-
menius, 47
Leopards, Human, 299, 333 -
Lessing's (G. E.) opinion ofMasonry, 36
Lessing, Louis, a student, assassi-
-f Apocalypse, 292
Beneficence, 62of
of Christ, 47-f Eagle and Pelican, 40of Liberty, 305--f Lion, 305-f Maria Theresa, 302
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London, dangers threatening, 118-ihilist club in, 246-ecret Italian society in, 186-rades' Union Congress in,126
Loris-Melikoff, Count, 230
Louis XII. protects Waldenses, 158-IV. suppresses ModernKnights Templars, 47
of Bourbon, Prince of Cler-
mont, gives name to Chapter of
Clermont, 57-hilippe, 69, 204, 205
Louveteau, French Masonic termanswering to English Lewis, 14,
I
Lovers of Pleasure, 87
Ludicrous Masonic degree, 94, 95
Ludlaln's Cave, satirical society,
306Lumbini garden, Buddha's birth-
place, 327
INDEX 343
Mantchoos, present rulers of China'
134Maria Louisa, 175
Maria Theresa, 102
Mark Masonry, 92Marriages, Masonic. 109Marshall and Ramsay, 57Martin, St., French writer and
mystic, 62
Marx, Dr. Karl, 114, 126
Mason, C. W., assists Chinese in-surgents, 137
Masonic alphabet, 15-harities, 52-ating, 14
gr i p s , , 2 261
lodge estabished in Persia,
268-odges in various countries, 96
- societies, whimsical, 72ord, lost and found, 19Masonry, adoptive, 82
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Michailoff, Alexander, 250
Miguellists in Portugal, 313
Milesi, member of Turf society,321, 322
Mina robbers in India, 325
Spanish patriot, 140
Ming dynasty, 132Mirski's attempt on l i f e of
Drentein, 225
Mirza Yahya, 266Misericordia, Societh della, 177
Misley, Henry, 187
Misraim, rite of, 14, 44, 68
Mitchel, John, Fenian, 275, 279
Modena, Duke of, 175,1 95
prisons of, 175
Modern Knights Templars, 47-50Moffat mansion, headquarters ofAmerican Fenians, 277
Mohammed Ali, the Bab, 263Molay, James, 56, 91
Molly Maguires,2 74, 275
INDEX
Napoleon I . , German feeling
against, 258
his secret police, 312-ocieties against, 196-198-ocieties in favour of, 198
Napoleon, Joseph, 12, 64
Napoleon III., 69, 70, 187Nasreddin, Crown Prince of Per-
sia, 263
National Freemasonry, 208-nights, Italian, 199-eague, Irish, 283
Nechayeff, Sergei, a pioneer ofNihilism, 218
New Pomeranian society, 295New York, Fenian convention at,285
Nicholas I. becomes emperor, 216
Nihilism, founders of, 218
Nihilist club in London, 246
- emigrants, 253-inances, 246
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North, The, Russian society, 215
Nostiz, Baron, founds society of
"Knights of the Queen ofPrussia," 259
Notre-Dame of Paris set on fire by
students, 203
Number 19 venerated by Babis,266
0'OAK-BOYS, 270Oath of Apprentice in Masonry, 22
- of Calderari, 172-f Carbonaro, 161, 163-f Fellow-craft in Masonry, 24
of Master in Masonry, 26
of Mosel Club, 257-f Reds of the Mountain, 206-f Republican Brother Pro-tector, 171
- of Ribbonman, 272-f St . Patrick Boys, 272
INDEX
Order of Friendship, 257-f the Temple, 14
Origin of the alphabet, 15
of term Fenian, 278, 333
Orleans, Duke of, 69
Oro-Tetifa, a Tahitian god, 293
Osiris, 27, 28
Oudet, Colonel James Joseph, 196,
197
PPACIFIC Union, 194Padillo, John, 140
Palmerston, Lord, 187, 189
Panizzi, 189
Panslavism, 210, 211
Pantheists, 310
Papal Bulls against Masonry, 100,
104Paris, arrest of Nihilists in, 244ts destruction planned, 121
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346 INDEXPersigny, M. de, 53Pestel, Colonel, 216
Pfenniger, Prefect of Zurich, 219
Phi-Beta-Kappa society, 311
Philadelphia lodge at Verviers, 53
Philadelphian rites introducedinto French army, 196
Philadelphians in Calabria, 18o-f Besancon, 196
Philip the Fair, 56
Philip V. of Spain, rotPhilo, writer on Masonry, 1o6
Philosophic Scotchriteof Masonry,
13
Phoenix Park murders, 127, 281
Pianco, Master, 329
Pichegru conspires against Napo-
leon, 197
Pierre, Delahodde's a l i a s , 205Pilgrims, a French society, 311
Pirlet . See LacornePius IX., Pope, 191
QQUATUORoronati lodge, I Io
Queen of England threatened bAnarchists, 124
Questions asked of Masonic Apprentice, 23
Quezeda, Captain, 140
RRADETZKYnters Milan, I9o
Radnor, Lord, denounces Freemasons, 103
Ragon, Masonic writer, 109
Raising of aspirant in Masonry, 2
Osiris, painting of, 28
Ramsay, Chevalier Andreas, 1154, 55 . 93
Ram Singh, a Sikh, 317Rancliffe, Lord, president of Noa
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Rhigas, Constantinos, Greek poet,
Rhodocanakis, Prince, 92
Rhombos, 301, 305Ribbonmen, 271, 272Riego, the Hampden of Spain, lox
Right-Boys, 270Rights of 11an society, 204
" Rite of Egyptian Masonry," 78
Rites of Adoptive lodges, 82, 83
Rochelle, revolutionary attemptat, 202
Rohilla Patans, 325
Rose-Croix lodge, 40
Prince of, 40
Rose, German Order of the, 88, 89
Knights and Nymphs of the,87
Rosenwald, Lady of, 88Rosicrucianism, I I , 329Rosicrucians not Rose-Croix, 40
INDEX 347
Sanfedisti, 194
Sankofsky's attempt on Tchere-vin's life, 234
Sarawak, secret society in, 1 33Satirical society, 302, 303
Savary, Minister of Police, 67
Sayid Yahya Darabi, 264Schismatic rites, 91, 92
Schlaraffenland, 324
Schmalz, Councillor, 261
Schools, Society of, 203
Schroder's rite, 14
Schropfer, 59, 8o
Scotch degrees, i 1-adies of France, 86-ite, 65
-rites of Masonry, 13sign, grand, 35
Scotland, Masonry in, 51
Scythers, 208
Seasons, the, a French secretsociety, 205
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Simonetta, country house belong-
ing to Turf society, 323
Sioux rites, 310
Sirius, z8, 29
SlavonianConfederation,proposed,
215Sleeping Lion, French society to
restore Napoleon, 305
Socialistic systems, 114Society of the Chain, 85
of Schools, 203
Solomon 3- 5 , 7 , 3 0Solovieff, 223, 226
Sonderbare Gesellen, 319
Sonnet quoted, 186
Sons of Fire, 4-f Mars, 186-f St. George, 275-f Thought, 4
Sophisiens, 319
Sovereign Chapter of the ScotchLadies of France, 86
INDEXSublime Knight elected, 55
Subterranean Prague, 211
Sudeikin, Colonel, 237, 238
Sufites, 4Suliotes, 148
Sun Wen, 133-et Sun, 133-nd zodiac symbolised, 45Sunnites, 267
Supreme Grand Council, 65, 69,92
Surrey tavern, Surrey Street
Strand, 93
Sweden, Freemasonry in, 97Swedenborg, rite of, 14
Swedish Masonic rite, 14
ritual, ancient, 97
Switzerland, Freemasonry in, 97
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Thirty-one, Tuscan society, 199
Thot, Egyptian deity, 29
Three Globes, Masonic lodge, 6o
Threshers, Irish society, 271
Tirol, secret league against France
in, 197
Titles, extraordinary, introduced
into Masonry, 45
Tobaccological society, 320, 321
Todtenbund, 176Toland, John, 310Tolstoi, Count, 234, 239
Tongola See TaaroaTorres, lodges of Comuneros,
141
Torrubia, Peter, betrays Masons,
10I
Traveller's Narrative, A," quoted,
267Treachery of Fenian leaders, 277
Trent, Anti-Masonic Congress at,
104
INDEX 349
Tugendbund, 258-262, 332Turf, Society of the, 3 2 1-324"Turk, the, and the French Sol-dier," book written by Oudet,197
Turkey, Freemasonry in, 98Turks and Hetairia, 144-156Turner, or gymnasts in Germany,
259Tuscany, Duke of, 98
Tynan, P. J ., Fenian, 281, 286
UUKRIVAHELI, or Concealers of
Nihilists, 250
Ulrich, Duke of Wdrtemberg, 157Unconditionals, inner section ofGerman Union, 261
Union for the Public Weal, Rus-sian, 215
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OCCULT LITERATURES\ otes on Standard and `ecent Works
published by george ¶Redway
DURING the past ten or twelve years the litera-
ture of the Occult , Sciences and Philosophy
has assumed a fresh importance, and, as a consequence,
has remarkably increased in the chief countries of the
world .
This literature has always existed in England, and
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The plan followed is one of merely informal enu-
meration, so that the various works must not be
regarded as classified in the order of their import-
ance, which would be difficult or impossible ; while
a grouping under subject-headings, having regard to
the scope of the bibliography, has been deemed un-
necessary . For convenience in reference only, the
works of Mr. A. E. Waite have been placed in aseparate section under the name of the author .
ANNA KINGSFORD Her Life, Letters, Diary, and . Work . 'By
her Collaborator, EDWARD MAITLAND . Illustrated with Por-
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THE IMITATION OF S'ANKARA . Being a Collection of
several Texts bearing on the Advaita . By MANILAL N . DVIVIDI.
Crown 8vo, 5s. net .
This is a production of the Bombay Press . The Oriental texts in ques-
tion number 638, and have been derived from the Upanishads, the Institutes
of Manu, the Mahabhf rata, and other sacred writings, the Sanskrit originals
being also given . Seeing that for the most part they were in existence
before the birth of S'ankara, they must be regarded as the spirit which
guided that teacher, and are thus not his imitation, but that which he
himself followed .
THE GREAT SECRET, AND ITS UNFOLDMENT INOCCULTISM . ARecord of Forty Years' Experience in the
Modern Mystery. By a CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMANCrown 8vo, 5s. net .
The "modern mystery" is, of course, Spiritualism, and perhaps this
crisp and eminently readable narrative has a little suffered by some in-
exactitude in its title. The author is well known not only in the sphere
of liberal theology, but in that of letters, and as his identity is in no way
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ANIMAL MAGNETISM; or, Mesmerism and Its Pheno-mena. By the late WILLIAM GREGORY, M.D. , F.R.S .E .
Fourth Edition. With Introduction by the late "M.A (Oxon)."
Demy 8vo, 6s. net .
Since the days of Dr . Gregory and the classic mesmerists whom weconnect broadly with his period, animal magnetism has assumed a new
and possibly more scientific terminology ; but it is a matter of surprise, on
re-reading this standard treatise, to note how trivial have been the advances
made since the subject has been taken into account by the professional
" modern scientist." The experiments of this careful observer have lost
none of their importance, and the introduction of Mr . Stainton Moses,
written for a previous edition, now very rare, will enhance the value of the
work in the eyes of all English Spiritualists .
THE TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS The most ancient
book in the world. For the exclusive use of Initiates. ByPAPUS . Translated by A. P. MORTON. With numerous Illus-
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THE RATIONALE OF MESMERISM . A Treatise on the
Occult Laws of Nature governing Mesmeric Phenomena . By A .
P. SINNETT Second Edition. 2s 6d . net .
In addition to the sources of occult knowledge with which Mr. Sinnett
claims to be connected, he has had considerable experience as a practical
mesmerist, and is therefore entitled to speak upon his subject with personal
as well as derived authority .
LIGHT ON THE PATH: KARMA : GREEN LEAVES.
A Treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant
of the Eastern Wisdom . By MABEL COLLINS . Imperial 321110,
is. 6d . net .
A series of aphorisms or maxims partly referable to Oriental Scriptures,
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THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD OF HERMES MER-CURIUS TRISMEGISTUS Rendered into English by
ANNA KINGSFORD and EDWARD MAITLAND, Authors of "The
Perfect Way. " With Illustrations. 40 Imitation Parchment.
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Despite its attribution, "The Virgin of the World" represents 'a school
of initiation which is usually regarded as distinct from that which produced
the other writings referred to Hermes Trismegistus . It differs, on the
one hand, from the " Divine Pymander," which, perhaps, connects more
closely with Neo-Platonism of the Christian era ; and, on the other, from
the "Golden Treatise," which cannot be dated much earlier than the
fifteenth century . " Asciepios on Initiation," the "Definitions of Ascle-
pios," and some "Fragments of Hermes," are included in the volume,
which is an indispensable companion to Chambers' valuable edition of the
other works ascribed to Hermes .
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THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING. Now first translated
from AncientMS . in the British Museum, by S. L. MACGREGORMATHERS With numerous Plates.' Crown 4to, 25s. net.
A scholarly edition of what is regarded as " the original work on practical
magic," based upon the best texts, and crowded with talismanic and other
figures . It gives the actual mode of operation, which should enable any
person so disposed to call up and discharge spirits, as well as full instruc-
tions for other departments, of ceremonial magic . It must, however, be
observed that the " Keys of Solomon " are referred to the domain of
White Magic, and do not, therefore, deal with evil spirits evoked for evil
purposes . The "Keys of Solomon the King are, further, to be dis-
tinguished from those of Solomon the Rabbi, which have not yet been
edited .
ASTROLOGY THEOLOGIZED: The Spiritual Herme-neutics of Astrology and Holy Writ . Edited by ANNABONUS KINGSFORD With numerous Symbolical Illustrations .
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POSTHUMOUS HUMANITY: A Study of Phantoms .
By ADOLPHE D'AssIER. Translated and Annotated by HENRY
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7s. 6d . net .
A presentation of facts establishing the existence of a posthumous per-
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Shortly put, it is an attempt to demonstrate the occult doctrine of the
fluidic form . From one point of view, this study of psychic phenomena
offers an unattractive contrast to the mystic doctrine of union with the
Divine, but this is because it deals only with the elementary spheres of
transcendental experience, and it must not be regarded as less remarkable
or less suggestive because its inferences are somewhat dismal .
THEOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND OCCULT SCIENCE .
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF MYSTICISM. By CARL DU PRELTranslated -from the German by C. C. MASSEY. 8vo. Two vols.
los . 6d. net .
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to present a satisfactory analysis of a work which is so important and at
the same time so voluminous. The author explains that he has attempted
" to erect a philosophical fabric of doctrine on the empirical basis of the
sleep-life," and to disprove the " false presumption " that " our Ego iswholly embraced in self-consciousness." It is maintained that an analysis
of the dream-life exhibits the Ego as exceeding that limit . A very similar
doctrine was propounded in Fichte's " Way to the Blessed Life," namely,
that only a small portion of .our being is illuminated by the sun of con-
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THE TAROT: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play . By S. L MACGREGORMATHERS With Pack of 78 Tarot Cards, 5s . net .
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cards, and it makes no pretension to deal in an elaborate manner with the
complex symbolism of the "book of antique initiation ;" but it may serve
as a syllabus or introduction to the more ambitious exposition by Papus,
and has been found useful in cartomancy by those disinclined towards the
study of a larger and more technical work .
THE LIFE OF PARACELSUS AND THE SUBSTANCEOF HIS TEACHINGS By FRANZ HARTMANN, M.D. Post
8vo, ios . 6 d . n e t .
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according to the tenets of Theosophy . It has, therefore, considerable
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The work of the great German Mystic, Eckartshausen, embodying per-
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mysteries of Christianity, this treatise, prized by a select few in its original
tongue, and familiar also to others in 'its French translation, is here given
for the first time in an English version, with some annotations by the trans-
lator, a lady well known in occult circles,, and a transcendentalist as well
as an artist . Mr. Brodie-Innes contributes a short preface which will be ofvalue to those who are acquainted with his remarkable work on the "True
Church of Christ "-a work, it may be added, which, in a more recent
aspect, represents much of the mystic teaching to be found in " The Cloud
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THE TRANSCENDENTAL UNIVERSE Six Lectures on
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Modern Spiritualism. It is certainly the best, perhaps the one spiritualistic
novel which has appeared in England .
THE SECRET SOCIETIES OF ALL AGES ANDCOUNTRIES By C WHECKETHORN New Edition,
thoroughly revised and greatly enlarged . Two vols. Demy 8vo,
£i, iis. 6d. net .
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ings of Eliphas Ldvi . With Biographical and Critical Essay
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This work fulfils a purpose quite distinct from that of " Transcendental
Magic," inasmuch as it is not simply translation, but presents in an
abridged and digested form the entire writings of 1 ;liphas,LBvi which had
appeared up to the time of its publication . Mr. Waite's extended sum-mary has been generally appreciated, and the large impression issued in
1886 being exhausted, this revised and enlarged edition, following a new
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THE REAL HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANSFounded on their own Manifestoes, and on Facts and Documents
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LIVES OF ALCHEMYSTICAL PHILOSOPHERS Based
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Researches. By A. E. WAITE. Demy 8 v o , i o s . 6d . n e t .
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e s t a b l i s h e d i n e x e g e t i c a l d i f f i c u l t i e s f o r o r d i n a r y r e a de r s t o f i n d m u c h s a t i s -
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records which will interest those who care little comparatively for the
pursuit which engrossed them . The biography of Cagliostro related in
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d u c t i o n d e a l i n g w i t h t h e m o d e r n i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s o f a l c h e m i c a l s y m b o l i s m .
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