Download or read book The Anti Masonic Party in the United States written by William Preston Vaughn and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time in more than eighty years, is a detailed study of political Antimasonry on the national, state, and local levels, based on a survey of existing sources. The Antimasonic party, whose avowed goal was the destruction of the Masonic Lodge and other secret societies, was the first influential third party in the United States and introduced the device of the national presidential nominating convention in 1831. Vaughn focuses on the celebrated "Morgan Affair" of 1826, the alleged murder of a former Mason who exposed the fraternity's secrets. Thurlow Weed quickly transformed the crusading spirit aroused by this incident into an anti-Jackson party in New York. From New York, the party soon spread through the Northeast. To achieve success, the Antimasons in most states had to form alliances with the major parties, thus becoming the "flexible minority." After William Wirt's defeat by Andrew Jackson in the election of 1832, the party waned. Where it had been strong, Antimasonry became a reform-minded, anti-Clay faction of the new Whig party and helped to secure the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison in 1836 and 1840. Vaughn concludes that although in many ways the Antimasonic Crusade was finally beneficial to the Masons, it was not until the 1850s that the fraternity regained its strength and influence.

Download or read book The Proceedings of the United States Anti Masonic Convention written by United States Anti-masonic Convention, Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Proceedings of the Second United States Anti Masonic Convention Held at Baltimore September 1831 written by Anti-Masonic Convention (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Let There be Light written by Alphonse Cerza and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Revolutionary Brotherhood written by Steven C. Bullock and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive history of the fraternity known to outsiders primarily for its secrecy and rituals, Steven Bullock traces Freemasonry through its first century in America. He follows the order from its origins in Britain and its introduction into North America in the 1730s to its near-destruction by a massive anti-Masonic movement almost a century later and its subsequent reconfiguration into the brotherhood we know today. With a membership that included Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Paul Revere, and Andrew Jackson, Freemasonry is fascinating in its own right, but Bullock also places the movement at the center of the transformation of American society and culture from the colonial era to the rise of Jacksonian democracy. Using lodge records, members' reminiscences and correspondence, and local and Masonic histories, Bullock links Freemasonry with the changing ideals of early American society. Although the fraternity began among colonial elites, its spread during the Revolution and afterward allowed it to play an important role in shaping the new nation's ideas of liberty and equality. Ironically, however, the more inclusive and universalist Masonic ideas became, the more threatening its members' economic and emotional bonds seemed to outsiders, sparking an explosive attack on the fraternity after 1826. American History

Download or read book Anti Masonry and the Murder of Morgan written by Guillermo De Los Reyes and published by . This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anti-Masonic movement during the 1820s and 1830s is sometimes related by scholars to the development of the American party system. Certainly individuals migrated to the Know Nothing and Whig movements and eventually to the incipient Republican party, but more research is needed. No state was more influenced by anti-Masonry than Vermont, where many of the lodges closed their doors because of the hysteria about Masonic influence. So this scarce volume is welcome background to a puzzling period in political history.

Download or read book The Paranoid Style in American Politics written by Richard Hofstadter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and derail — the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as “Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey” and “What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?, ” The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.

Download or read book Letters on Freemasonry written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Anti Masonic State Convention of Massachusetts Held in Faneuil Hall Boston Dec 30 and 31 1829 and Jan 1 1830 written by Antimasonic Party (Mass.). State Convention and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Towards a Christian Republic written by Paul Goodman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the origins, precepts and values of the Antimasonry Party (the first third party in the U.S.) and its effect on society, Goodman here presents a sweeping reinterpretation of the ideology, class formation, religious tension, and gender conflict in early 19th-century America.

Download or read book The Truth About Anti Masonry written by W. Bruce Pruitt and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Freemasonry and the Anti Christian Movement written by E. Cahill and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

Download or read book Letters on Masonry and Anti masonry written by William Leete Stone and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book William Morgan Or Political Anti Masonry written by Robert Morris and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letters on the Masonic Institution written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Freemasonry in Federalist Connecticut 1789 1835 written by Dorothy Ann Lipson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freemasonry prescribed for its members a supra-religious, supra-national philosophic universalism. Dorothy Ann Lipson examines its reception and adaptation in America, where its rapid spread was one index of increasing local diversity and cultural change. After tracing the English origins of Masonry, the author focuses on its development in post-Revolutionary Connecticut, where the Calvinist churches and the state had been supported by an unusually homogeneous population. As a counterculture or form of dissent, the fraternity provided its members with a variant religious experience, a source of serial distinction, a stable reference in times of change, a means of education, and an ethically licensed form of recreation. The author considers its role in these areas as well as the implications of such a fraternity tor the lives of women. The confrontation of the Masons and anti-Masons in the first part of the nineteenth century receives special attention as it dramatized political, religious, and cultural diversification. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.