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The Carbonari.

Among other presumptuously affiliated bodies , it is especially charged that the Carbonari are the direct emanation of Masonry . Against the Carbonari have the thunders of the Vatican been particularly levelled . The Vatican feared the Carbonari , as they threatened the loss of the temporal authority . The Italian Carbonari avowedl y advocated the union of Italy and the

reformation of the Church , but they were in no wise of Masonic ori gin . They have heeu the modern advocates of a reli gio-political principle , conserved for centuries in the forests of . France , was transplanted to Ital y in 1515 , in the train of the army of Francis I ., seeking to liberate the oppressed Milanese . As Gustavus Vasa detected the spirit of liberty and charity amid the mountaineers of Dalecartiaso fugitives from regal ancl ecclesiastical persecution

, found refuge and hospitality among the wood-choppers ancl charcoal-burners of the forests of Roussillou and'Bourbon . The dense forests of Middle Europe ever afforded a welcome asylum for the political outlaw adopting as a disguise the habits and employment of the honest people . The woodlands of England provided sanctuary for the oppressed fleeing from the persecution of the invader . Nursery ballads narrate the semi-fabulous freaks of Robin Hood

ancl his band of foresters . The Carbonari , otherwise st yled Eendeurs ( wood-cutters ) , originated from the protective societies of the working men following this exposed and dangerous business . These peasants , dwelling apart from each other , liable to A'iolence ancl robbery , invented signs for their mutual recognition , and assembled in bodies for amusement ancl protection . The disastrous rei gns of Charles VI . ancl VII . peopled the Avoods with refugees fleeing before a con- ¦

quering army . Nobles and ecclesiastics , women ancl children , sought the hospitality of the timber-hewers , and became members of their common family . Knights , learned men , noble ladies and gentle youths , affiliated with the existing fraternity of peasantry , ancl assumed " the emblems of an ancient plebeian calling . Hence dates the rise of Franc-Carbonari , or forest Masonry , existent to the present among the nobility .

The oppressions in Naples , until recently , kept alii'e the political organisa' tion of the Carbonari in Italy , AA'hich in France was simply a charitable and . hospitable institution . Since 1814 they have maintained their fundamental doctrines of a United Italy and a Reformed National Church . They have accomplished one half of their work—a United Italy . As Masons , we have nothing to say as to the other moiety ; as individuals we mi ght not object to a reformed Church .

The societ y is in no wise Masonic . Freemasonry seeks to bestow virtues and benefits upon no solitary people or nation . She teaches the sanctity of a universal faith . She has no political or sectarian aims ; reaching forward , not for poiver , but exerting a secret , quiet , but ivholesome influence among all men . The following explains a foregoing reference : —

' Augustus Frederick Ferdinand de Kotzebne , a celebrated German writer , historian critic and dramatic author , was born in Saxony in 1761 . At the age of twenty he went to Russia ' where he enjoyed diplomatic dignities ; afterwards he resided , as Consul General of Russia ' at Berlin for a number of years . His position and the tenour of his writings , which were opposed to liberal ideas that he had originally advocated , excited against him the suspicion of Ming a spy as well as a traitor to German liberty . His assassination was determined npon » y the students of the University , Jena , who , in a Lodge of the Tugend-Bnnd , drew lots as to Who should punish the recreant authorIt fell Charles Louis Sand

. upon , who had previously wttled m tbe war of the Liberation , but had resumed his studies after the battle of Waterloo un the next morning , Sand , clad in ancient German dress , started on his mission , and mur . "ra-ed Kotzobuo on the 23 rd of March , 1819 , with a poignard such as were used by the i . imous secret societies of Westphalia in the Middle Ages . After proclaiming himself the yenge ,. Qe ,, man rigUa , Sand attempted suicide , but subsequently recovered from his ° un ( s . He died beneath the axe of the headsman , in tho twenty-third year of his age otzooue is known to Americans as the author of the play called Tho Stranger' formerlv ve ' ' popular a > y

y on our stage . " M . McM . P 2

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THE SANCTUARY OF MEMPHIS, OR HERMES: Article 1
THE HEATHER-CLAD MOOR. Article 9
A VISIT TO THE ENGLISH LAKES. Article 10
THE DAY IS DYING. Article 15
MASONIC CRAM. Article 16
TRYING TO CHANGE A SOVEREIGN. Article 17
MASONIC HYMN. Article 25
JOTTINGS AT HIGH XII. IN THE HOLY LAND. Article 26
THE CARBONARI. Article 28
AUTUMN. Article 30
BEATRICE. Article 31
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 35
TWO PICTURES. Article 37
MASONIC READING. Article 38
CONDITION OF FREEMASONRY IN SPAIN. Article 40
MUSIC. Article 41
ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOHN. Article 41
THE EMIGRANT. Article 42
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

The Carbonari.

Among other presumptuously affiliated bodies , it is especially charged that the Carbonari are the direct emanation of Masonry . Against the Carbonari have the thunders of the Vatican been particularly levelled . The Vatican feared the Carbonari , as they threatened the loss of the temporal authority . The Italian Carbonari avowedl y advocated the union of Italy and the

reformation of the Church , but they were in no wise of Masonic ori gin . They have heeu the modern advocates of a reli gio-political principle , conserved for centuries in the forests of . France , was transplanted to Ital y in 1515 , in the train of the army of Francis I ., seeking to liberate the oppressed Milanese . As Gustavus Vasa detected the spirit of liberty and charity amid the mountaineers of Dalecartiaso fugitives from regal ancl ecclesiastical persecution

, found refuge and hospitality among the wood-choppers ancl charcoal-burners of the forests of Roussillou and'Bourbon . The dense forests of Middle Europe ever afforded a welcome asylum for the political outlaw adopting as a disguise the habits and employment of the honest people . The woodlands of England provided sanctuary for the oppressed fleeing from the persecution of the invader . Nursery ballads narrate the semi-fabulous freaks of Robin Hood

ancl his band of foresters . The Carbonari , otherwise st yled Eendeurs ( wood-cutters ) , originated from the protective societies of the working men following this exposed and dangerous business . These peasants , dwelling apart from each other , liable to A'iolence ancl robbery , invented signs for their mutual recognition , and assembled in bodies for amusement ancl protection . The disastrous rei gns of Charles VI . ancl VII . peopled the Avoods with refugees fleeing before a con- ¦

quering army . Nobles and ecclesiastics , women ancl children , sought the hospitality of the timber-hewers , and became members of their common family . Knights , learned men , noble ladies and gentle youths , affiliated with the existing fraternity of peasantry , ancl assumed " the emblems of an ancient plebeian calling . Hence dates the rise of Franc-Carbonari , or forest Masonry , existent to the present among the nobility .

The oppressions in Naples , until recently , kept alii'e the political organisa' tion of the Carbonari in Italy , AA'hich in France was simply a charitable and . hospitable institution . Since 1814 they have maintained their fundamental doctrines of a United Italy and a Reformed National Church . They have accomplished one half of their work—a United Italy . As Masons , we have nothing to say as to the other moiety ; as individuals we mi ght not object to a reformed Church .

The societ y is in no wise Masonic . Freemasonry seeks to bestow virtues and benefits upon no solitary people or nation . She teaches the sanctity of a universal faith . She has no political or sectarian aims ; reaching forward , not for poiver , but exerting a secret , quiet , but ivholesome influence among all men . The following explains a foregoing reference : —

' Augustus Frederick Ferdinand de Kotzebne , a celebrated German writer , historian critic and dramatic author , was born in Saxony in 1761 . At the age of twenty he went to Russia ' where he enjoyed diplomatic dignities ; afterwards he resided , as Consul General of Russia ' at Berlin for a number of years . His position and the tenour of his writings , which were opposed to liberal ideas that he had originally advocated , excited against him the suspicion of Ming a spy as well as a traitor to German liberty . His assassination was determined npon » y the students of the University , Jena , who , in a Lodge of the Tugend-Bnnd , drew lots as to Who should punish the recreant authorIt fell Charles Louis Sand

. upon , who had previously wttled m tbe war of the Liberation , but had resumed his studies after the battle of Waterloo un the next morning , Sand , clad in ancient German dress , started on his mission , and mur . "ra-ed Kotzobuo on the 23 rd of March , 1819 , with a poignard such as were used by the i . imous secret societies of Westphalia in the Middle Ages . After proclaiming himself the yenge ,. Qe ,, man rigUa , Sand attempted suicide , but subsequently recovered from his ° un ( s . He died beneath the axe of the headsman , in tho twenty-third year of his age otzooue is known to Americans as the author of the play called Tho Stranger' formerlv ve ' ' popular a > y

y on our stage . " M . McM . P 2

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