A Constitution Is Framed For Ages To

The Most Lively Fancy Aided By The Strongest Description Cannot Equal The Reality Of The Opera.

The Institution Of Masonry Ought To Be Abandoned As One Capable Of Much Evil, And Incapable Of Producing Any Good Which Might Not Be Affected By Safe And Open Means.

Let The End Be Legitimate, Let It Be Within The Scope Of The Constitution, And All Means Which Are Appropriate, Which Are Plainly Adapted To That End, Which Are Not Prohibited, But Consist With The Letter And Spirit Of The Constitution, Are Constitutional.

It Is The Peculiar Province Of The Legislature To Prescribe General Rules For The Government Of Society; The Application Of Those Rules To Individuals In Society Would Seem To Be The Duty Of Other Departments.

In A Free Government Almost All Other Rights Would Become Worthless If The Government Possessed Power Over The Private Fortune Of Every Citizen.