The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1875, Page 4

4 “THE PROGRAMME. How and Where the Mem- MAP bers Will Mect. ——————— TUB LINE OP MARCH AND MOVEMENTS OF THE DAY. To-day is one that will be long remembered by the Masonic fraternity of America, for never tp the history of the country or of te crait has there assenbdled such a congregation as that which wiil partic:pate in the solemn and pecullar ceremonies that aie about to take place. From England ond ihe Canadas, and from almost every State in the Union, have come the representatives of an Order waose secret mission covers the world, aud whose principies embrace mankind, Clad in vuricus regalia, the majority in the garb of the master WorkWan, and thousands in the attire of knigh!s who symbolically tilustrate the clilvairic achievements of ancient story, bearing mystic emblems and laden intellectually with legends and lessons that unite the present with the dim ‘and misty past, the vast procession that marches through the streets of New York to-day may well be regarded with an interest which attaches to few otb-r public demoustrations. {t ts for this reason that we have taken unusual pains to pre- gent fo our reacers all matters of import con- Bected with the Masonic fraternity. I: also ¢x- piains why we now pubiish a map which not onl7 shows the org tlon and route of the proces- sion, bute: ables every Mason to find bis place ta the line and every !ooker on to fix tne position of the several divisions and tueir componeut parts, By referring to naz: THE MAP it wi!l be seen that the procession will be formed cn the streets east and west of Filth avenue, the First and Second divisions on Nineteenth street, the ‘rhird and Fourth divisions on Etghteeuth street, The Fifth and Sixth divisions on Seven- teenth street, and so on, At nine o’loek A. M. three guns wil be fired in quick succession in Washington square as a signal for the bead of the colump tomove. The First division will there- upon file into and down Fiftn avenue and be fol- lowed in prompt succession by the other di- visions. THE LINE OF MARCH ‘will be as follows: Down Filth avenue, passing tn review before the Grand Lodge; continuimg down Sonth Frith ave- nue to Canal street, Canal street to Broadway, up Broauway to Fourteenth street, Fourteenth street to Fifth avenue, up Fifth avenue to Twenty- second street, Twenty-second street to Broadway, Broadway to Twenty-third street, Twenty-third street to Madison avenue, Madison avenue to ‘Thirty-fourta street, Thirty-fourth street to Fifth avenue, Fifth avenue to Twenty-third street, Twenty-third street to Seventh avenue, when the First, Second, Third and Fourth divisions wiil pro- ceed up Seventh avenue, right into Twenty-fourth street; the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth divis- loss right into Twenty-Ofth street, and form Gouble column. ‘he Ninth, Tenth, Eleventa and Twelfth divisions wil! continue to march Gown Seventh avenue, left into Twenty-second street. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth ana wixteenth divisions, left into Twenty-first street; Seventeenth, Rignteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth divisions left to Twentieth street and form double column. The Twenty-first, Tweuty- second, Twenty-thira and Twenty-fourth divis- fons will con'inue down Twenty-third street to the ferry. The Tweuty-fi{th division will hait at Seveain avenue. Upon arriving at the places above desix- Rated each division will be dismissed by its chief. Our map shows the p/ocession on tts march, its front in the vicinity of Cotomequare, and its rear in tue neighborhood of Fourteenth street. THE ARROWS Indicate the streets and avenuca throngh which it Will continue, and thas every spectator from the Starting point tothe close will be enabied to sce correctly what general or special organization may be passing before bim. Tue proeession will consist of twenty-six divisions, headed by R. E. Henry Clay Preston, Marshal of the Day. When the right of the rear @irtsion reaches the eptrance to he Temple !t will bait, open colama, face inward, ana enter the Grand Lodge room ia reverse order, headed by the Grand Master, when the dedicatory services will take place. THE DEDICATORY SERVICE. These exercises will come m the following order :—Proclamation ; prayer by one of the grand ehepiaius; anthem by band, and chorus; read- img of the Scriptures; Te Deum; Grand Master's dedicatory address, The Depury Grand Master will request the Grand master to dedicate the hall #nd set apart ive revenues to the endowment and maintenance of en asylum for indigeat Masons and the widows and orphans of dead Masons. The nd Master will aecept the building, and the architeet will formally ae- cisre bis work fintebed ane give up the symbovs of his projession. The ball will be handsomeiy deco- rated with fowers, banners and Masonic em- biem*. Mesuwbile Giimore’s Band, consisting of 100 pfeces, and a full chorus by the Handel and Bayan Soci Will furuish music, with organ accompaniment. In "the evening banquets will take place stmal- taneously at Irving Hall, Firth Avenue Hotel, Dei- mouico’s and elsewhere. There will also be various receptions. MASONIC CAREER OF FRANKLIN,’ ‘The first record of Frackiin a¢ @ Mason is that he was Senior Warden of the Tan Lodge in Phila deiphia im 1732, he then being abvont twenty-six years of age. In i731 he wrote:—‘*There seems to me at present to be a great occasion for raising » united party of virtae, by forming the virtuous and g000 men of ali nations into a regular body, to be governed by suitable good and wise rules, whicn good and Wise mea may bo more anacimous io their obedience to than common people are to common laws, lat present think that whoever attempts this aright, a 18 well qualified, cannot fall of pleasing God and of meeting with saccess.” WARRANT FROM HENRY PRICE, In 1734 Franklin was appointed by Henry Price, Provincial Grané Master of Massacbusetts, Master of all the Masons in Pniiadel,bia, The ‘written warrant has been lost, so thatits actual date is not Known. There is no doubt that pre- vious to this time Masons in Philadelphia had been orgenized as a body, holding annually BENJAMIN their festiv: and electing thelt Grand Master witbout written authority from the roling Grand Lodge of England, Or any Of its dependencies, nut by virtue of what had been deemed the immemorial right of Masons, Through Frapkiin they probably learned of the Dew regulations, and they perhaps instrueted him to take such measures as would justify them be- fore the World in the regularity of their organiza- tion, as the Grand Lodge of London im 1821 as sumed authority over all lodges of Masons. ‘ THE FIRST MASONTC LOOK published in Ame:ica was a book of constitutions, &@ fopriat of Evglich Constitutions of Masonry, printed by Franklin, in Philadelphia, in 179% It isasmall quarto volume and a few copies stil exist im antiquarian collections. It may “be worthy of note that tne first written warrant granted in America by provine! athority was to Frankiin, and the oidest American masonic ietters that nav Degmpreserved were wriites by nium. NEW WARRANT, In 1747 Prankiin was elected @ member of the Asietalls apd heid the ofice dy re-election for ten old authority from Henry Price 4 Was superseded by a new ‘om Thomas Oxnard, Provincial f all Norte America, constituting Grand Master NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, I875.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE MASONIC PROCESSION. SHOWING THE ROUTE AND W.34 THST. ° seo HEADQUARTERS E.34 TH.ST. Wa.sard.St. rc | E.33ra.St. > od EE FA Be | Wes2ndse m CEPITETA > A eo otice 5 Ge | aS “Bist re) a - RRR + eae a 3) : ear ena Se 2 , a fo) a Nocumacal an a es ERE : m Wie Tinst. rs) ° Be ] Zz | * SR eNeRIR W. : : Eden st. ety MADISON a LNT 2 E.24th.St. SQUARE E.23 RD.ST. E,22nd.St. 6th.Ave. “A ¥, E.2\st..St ‘SO 3 AN W.2O0th.St. E.20th.St. E.19th.St. W,i9th, Ste Y Ist. DIVISION FOURTH Sh DIVISIO! 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Womans pass, pure sey Cy, 4 699 94) “loge PISYOReAE tendiqe No. %, Washington, Pedy Wares ie gd A A) Sixt Divielon, POW daavent puoms powsty “wlio ‘ind WAVERLY pL, ond ‘FON - gtd gitropen st, " Pos WASHINGTON Sura itn Ss fica oie ed Yk Toss Ne eM i von fas 8 QU AR E _wasnnaton Ss Com. es Bat A 3 PL. qi $2 wepreoyt soap ee coe Ge Pand of Third te GrRO OFF ROO WOLFE GHW Ay GOTTA, illery. St. Fine Cone 29 orci om) girs *) eumor 1g N.Y, Greet ay pekory wap: he reat ZN 'R9NO01 “GP #EPOY BaKOA—Ay 4 ‘Sayers apn ty dryoleyane Seventh Division, fo, SMe ‘st efreuy 50 coord FOURTH Pd A, {ik wondarger ee Sg sdtepy. ‘ee weiwoye ie ot ++ Springfield, Mam, vaojoaeuod “en Lasero anno “pe yield, OnQIy—setpoy “preg jmosry ington Com. No. |, fu Bea “ry paw rem aMITY “on aalee & Wile No. %, New Haven, Coun, hr WOTTAICT Guig--fi ram, . CI ee | .» Re- sek “ye oy Pp tat a rr) rote eae Cy — EHO P nate - Sere of the Grand Commandery hoot “prea ye LS et ae a cog LAMAN Thana; Syuem, = : .) : Ninth Division. waar] pus pang qv bolenag Ro le pee : ta ng ht Reghinent Band. Led Saori peseer Sao Rlopatcke th} {208 MrwamnomeMDD <9 wy serena ; sea‘ Syyeprany “net ntsane OQ} pai Bepey uy reeant 7, Malmontden 741" “san anwttod>enee.) a on Cal dk ' Na. and ST as Mc DOUCALL jevonth Chief and Aida. Hos Bridgoport Band. L og fevorance 662, Kulekerbecker: Advance O35, Beotin, 64, Prue SULLIVAN ery odoag many OAC A " a "te yee ope “9 p. Gramercy ia AeqtIEY, ‘99 puow welfth pay of and A Guests, Tyrlan Legs th, NJ.) Celumbign 00451, Bonding ust, Ith MERCER 3 Thirteenth Div'xfon, Chief aud Als. Rebertaon’s > » F F3 ; oe it z a) aan 4 ~eepwy DIVISION. E.14 TH.ST. CROSBY Fees eee—erinmaer th a — ~--— Peconic ER RMMRES: fe § 7 of the wa — York, i ighth Diviaton. Chief and Aids. + yor 9 Peery Sorat, Fo t and f ~~ a a forthern Jurisdie- wea @, een BLEECKER tion, U. 8. A. and sou seas Noor pow tanistann fags Pasbet Grad’ Cofte) heat tong “apy pus denny £2 Select Masters the Sate wormanT paras £m0m, few York (in , an a ‘Ale. Be", Jackach TC : Chapter of Ro tf nd) - Aged ‘sod Infirm. Brethren ts. Pee a amg ‘tor fe HOUSTON. gr] ctrriages.) ethos Gn Eu aE him Provincial Grand Master of Peunsylvania, with power to charter new loages. On the 5th of September, 1749, Franklin con- vened the brethren by virtue of nis authority, and appointed Dr, Thomas Bond Deputy Grand Mas- ter, Joseph Shippen and Philip Syng Grand War- dens, William Plumstead Grana Treasurer and Daniel Byles Grand Secretary. The rollowing year Franklin was succeeded as Grand Master by Wll- iam Alien, the Recorder of the city of Philadel- phio, who was commissioned direct by the Grand Master of England, THE FRIEND OF EDUCATION, Franklin was well Known at this’ pertod, 1750, and later, as the friend ef education, It was not apathy and indifference on the part of the com- munity respecting education that he had to con- tend with alone, but there was an element in tho population of Philadelphia and its vicinity that regarded all measures for the greater diffusion of knowleago as dangerous innovations on the established customs of society. There still exists a correspondence between one . Christopher Sorors, a German printer in German- town, and Conrad Weiser, in which the former complains bitterly of the efforts of Franklin and the Freemasons generally to establish free sohools. “The people who are promoters of the free schovls are grand masters and wardens among the Freemasons—their very pillars.” Masonry embraced in its membership at this time the first men of the city of Philadelphia, FRANKLIN IN LONDON, In 1754 Franklin was delegate t» Congress, but shortly thereaiter ne was sent to England as the agent of Pennsylvania and other colonies, The universities of Edinburgh and Oxford conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws as a mark of their appreciation. He also, while in England, visiied the Grand Lodge of England, and the records show that he was honored with the rank of Provincial Grand Master on his visit to that body. RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA. Frapklia returned to America in 1762, was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775, and the following year had the honor of siguing the Declaration of Independence, During the whole of the Revolution he was continually active in come civil capacity either at wome or abroad. Congress sent nim, in 1776, a Commissioner to the Court of France, and no diplomat at Versailles was able to perform bis duties with greavr ability. His RBSIDENCH IN FRANCE was continued until 1785, aad during tbis time m0 held in/imate Mesonic intercourse with the Masong of that country and became afiliated, elther ag a@special or honorary member, with the Grand Orient of France. He was aiso presented by his French brethren with a medal, of which the follow- Ing is a description :— Diameter one inch and throe-fifths. Obverse, fine bust of Franklin, everse, Masonic embiems, the serpent’s ring, carpemter’s square and com- pass; in the centre @ triangle and the sacred name in Hebrew, &c, Legend—“Leo, Mac, Fran. a Frankiin, M. de la L—— des 9 Soeurs O. de Parin, 6778,"" FREEMASONRY—RELIGION—POLITICS, To THe EDITOR OF THE HEWALD:— Those who are mempers of tue society of Free- masons are of course familar with the prineiples, rules and duiles of the Order, with its benevolent qbjects and its beautiful and brotheriy observ- ances and ceremonies; but there are many out- side of the society who entertain vague im- pressions concerniog this ancient Order, who have a feeling of distrust of its merits and use- fulness, !argely arising from the secrecy which surrounds its meetings and official acts within the lodges, although it is well knowo that there are other accieties Whe have their special means of recognizing and grecting their members. Things which are in themselves narmiess, when veiled from the public gaze are easily warped by fertile imaginations into something terriblo, Provably there cannot be found in the worid an equal num- ber of men united in one sccie'y wuo lead mora blameless ives or who are better members of the community in which they dwell than the members of Masonic lodges wherever Masonry is known, Although It 1s not per se a religious order, its foundation principles are based upoti tho recogni- tion of God as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and upon those just laws which are fundamental in all civilized governments. Not 4 meeting ever takes place in which the members are not re- minded in some way of their paramount duty to our Heavenly Father, and of their mutual obliga- tions to each other, to their 1cllow men every- where. There are in it representatives of nearly all religions, clergymen as well as laymen, who find nothing either ia the constitution or the action of the soctety to militate against their particular religious beliefs, because these are eminently and unaiterabiy unsectarian, Here, in tne Masonic lodge, men of all religions meet and harmonize as brethren united in ove cause, and that one the cause of pure benevo- lence, Now ove else, in so marked a degree, do the membec. of various religious denominations assemble tue ter wi out the possibility of en- gaging in wrangling religious disputes, Thia, of iteel!, should induce ai! thinking mon to reflect upon the great goot which such an Institution must exert in repressing the spirit of religious Intolerance and encouraging fraternity of feeling, In regard to politics, its tenets absolutely pro- hibit the introduction of political discussions. its members !elong to alt parties and all shades of parties, and political party measures could only be entertained by the destruction of all the sacred obligations of the Order. It would bo quite as diMeult to give to Freemasonry a politt- cal poety character as 10 make it of one sectarian religion, ‘Ihe thing 1s utterly tmpoasibie, Mr. John Hinton Carver, in an articie which appears in your Sunday edition, dated May 29, re- fers to the ant!-Masonte political party which was organized about half a century ago, in which the name of Mr, Thurlow Weed, who then figured conspicuously, ts introduced, Te writer recol- lects perfectly weil many of the incidents of those days, and especially the often quoted words, “A good enough Morgan till after the election.” The point now to be no’ed 1s this:—That Free. masons could not, and did not, array them- selves a8 a political organization, Asa body they remained quiescent under tne political persecu- tion that was then inaugurated tn several of the States, though it never extended to all, There was undoubtedly @ great excitement, and anti- Masonry, a4 It was called, fourished and for a time was potent in elections in many places, Tia was, perhaps, the greatest trial which Free. masonry, a8 @ benevolent institution, has ever encouutered; yet it could notdis, On the con- when the infatuation of the hour had passed away it resumed its aucient order of pro- ceedings, and it has ever since beeu growing in general favor. In all societies {t is natural to expect that there ‘will be more or less Of special brotherly feclicg amoag it; members, but in the ; ecullar nature of the Masonic Institution we find elements which renter it more cosmopoil'an and universal’ in its scope thao any other great pbuman organization, Those who Dave Mot carefully studied its principles and who Are unacquainted with the vast extent of its benevolences, and its fundamental opposition to every species of meanness and Injustice, and with its constant Incuication and practice of gooa fell wehip, cannot be proper exponents of Free. masonry. They are expose! too much to the bias of @ prejndice, which correct knowledge in tne case would surely remove. A MASONIC THOUGHT. Masonic r ork means more than the ceremontal of our beautiful ritual in the lodge room. Where- ever moral corruption shows its front; whorever heggard want wastes the widow and the orphan; wherever evil strugzies with good, light with darkness, error with tru:h, wrong with rignt, there Is Masonic work to do, battling for trath and fight. The crying evils of thls age, among others, aro intemperance, gambling, {!nordinate love of money, which fa the iothse of yambiing and the root of evi, The Mason who bas not the moral courage fo condemn and war against vice ts the moral pol- (room, The Nason wno is addicted to and infit- enced by vice and Jends himself to prevent (sct+ | Piine is the trattor ama the apy of the Cem,