How an abduction by the mysterious Freemasons led to a third political party — the nation’s first

The Washington Post ^ | 21 Oct 2018 | Robert Mitchell

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The bizarre history of the Anti-Masonic Party

William Morgan believed he had a big story to tell. What happened to him ended up being even bigger.

An itinerant stone mason and failed brewer cursed by what one critical observer called “a wonderful faculty for getting into debt and none for getting out,” Morgan, 52, turned his ambition to writing in 1826. He thought he had a seemingly surefire way to cash in on the conspiratorial zeitgeist that flourished in the early years of the 19th century and remains a hallmark of American politics.

Morgan was poised to expose what he said were the dark secrets of the Freemasons, a fraternal order that over the years counted 21 signatories of the Declaration of Independence and George Washington as members.

Almost 200 years before conspiracy theorists raised alarms about the “deep state” and claimed that mass school shootings were hoaxes, some Americans regarded the Freemasons as a sinister cabal that threatened the future of America.

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A large percentage of Masons are kept in the dark on purpose so the real agenda can be carried out....the lower three levels are pretty much the cover..... the public is accustomed to lover levels therefore takes little notice of what the upper levels are doing.

Not surprising they took his wealth....that is what they do. It costs hugely to rise in the various levels. Like Scientology...you pay the big bucks to play in their sandbox.

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His problem was he didn’t do his homework to discover what they are....and he chose to ‘believe’ what they told him...they get a stranglehold on you pretty quick and keep the lower level guys thinking they are really special....only those with $$$ can rise to the inner circles because your ‘dues’ are going to increase greatly...and so will their demands, which they call responsibilities to the lodge..