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Curse of Cannan - The New Ensign

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Between 1827 and 1843, the plans <strong>of</strong> the conspirators received a temporary setback with the<br />

emergence <strong>of</strong> the AntiMasonic Party as a national force. This political movement threatened to<br />

expose the entire conspiracy as a Masonic operation. From its outset, the Anti-Masonic Party<br />

was handicapped by its inability to penetrate the shroud <strong>of</strong> secrecy which veiled every act <strong>of</strong> the<br />

conspirators. Without direct evidence <strong>of</strong> this conspiracy which could be presented in court or<br />

laid before the people, they soon lost their popular support. In fact, they were soon infiltrated by<br />

the very conspirators whom they sought to expose, and they were rendered impotent! Albert<br />

Pike later boasted that "<strong>The</strong> Anti-Masonic Party actually was <strong>of</strong> great assistance to us." After its<br />

dissolution, Freemasonry never again faced any organized opposition in the entire United States.<br />

Those who mention this subject are quickly discredited as "poor overwrought fools" and paranoid<br />

"Know-Nothings" who see Masons behind every tree. In most cases, they are quickly consigned<br />

to the nearest lunatic asylum, a la Soviet Communism's handling <strong>of</strong> its "dissidents. "<br />

For some years prior to the outbreak <strong>of</strong> the Civil War, the Young American Masonic conspiracy<br />

had been active in the Southern states, laying the groundwork for the approaching Civil War. A<br />

native <strong>New</strong> Yorker, John A. Quitman, moved to Mississippi and married into a wealthy Southern<br />

family. He was given the warrant to form a Scottish Rite organization in Mississippi. On February<br />

1, 1848, the Freemason magazine <strong>of</strong> Boston carried the notice that Brother John Quitman, who<br />

was now a Major General in the United States Army, had been inaugurated as Sovereign Grand<br />

Inspector General <strong>of</strong> the 33rd degree. All Southern Lodges were now ordered to obey him.<br />

Quitman had also become one <strong>of</strong> the most outspoken leaders <strong>of</strong> the secessionist movement in<br />

the South; this movement was now firmly controlled by the Masonic Canaanite conspirators.<br />

Quitman also sponsored a plan to annex Mexico, and financed an invasion <strong>of</strong> Cuba by<br />

mercenaries. He had been elected Governor <strong>of</strong> Mississippi, when he was indicted in <strong>New</strong> Orleans<br />

for his part in the planned Cuban invasion, and he was forced to resign from that <strong>of</strong>fice. Here<br />

again was the deep involvement <strong>of</strong> a leader <strong>of</strong> the Scottish Rite, the revolutionary arm <strong>of</strong><br />

Freemasonry, in planning wars and revolutions throughout the world. <strong>The</strong> ideological leader <strong>of</strong><br />

the Cuban invasion was one Jane McManus, who had last been heard from as the girl friend <strong>of</strong><br />

the revolutionist, Aaron Burr.<br />

In order to build popular support for his Presidential campaign, Senator Stephen Douglas,<br />

Lincoln's opponent, hired one George Sanders, 'a Young America agent, to edit the Democratic<br />

Party Review. Sanders is identified in Who's Who by pr<strong>of</strong>ession as a "revolutionist." <strong>The</strong><br />

American political agent <strong>of</strong> the Hudson Bay Company, he had worked for the Bank <strong>of</strong> England,<br />

and as United States Consul in London, he had worked closely with Mazzini. London was at<br />

that time the world headquarters <strong>of</strong> Masonic revolutionary movements. Sanders soon devoted<br />

the pages <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Democratic Party Review to lauding the efforts <strong>of</strong> Mazzini and other Masonic<br />

agitators.<br />

In 1853, Killian H. van Rensselaer, one <strong>of</strong> the <strong>New</strong> York "patroons," or hereditary landlords,<br />

opened the Western Headquarters <strong>of</strong> the Scottish Rite in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the same time,<br />

another secret organization, the Knights <strong>of</strong> the Golden Circle, began its operations in Cincinnati.<br />

<strong>The</strong> organization, which, as usual, was well-financed, soon enlisted and trained some 100,000<br />

members in paramilitary tactics. <strong>The</strong>se members spread throughout the Southern States; they<br />

formed the nucleus <strong>of</strong> what would become the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Most<br />

Southerners neither envisioned nor prepared for an armed struggle with the North. <strong>The</strong> "Southern"<br />

cause was always directed and promoted by "Northern" infiltrators. <strong>The</strong> stage was now set for<br />

the Civil War.<br />

<strong>The</strong> nation was further polarized by the Dred Scott case. Scott, an elderly and infirm Negro who<br />

was financially supported by his owners, was pushed into a direct legal confrontation, amply<br />

financed from <strong>New</strong> England merchant bankers funds. <strong>The</strong> case went to the Supreme Court. Listed<br />

in the court records as "Dred Scott v. Sanford, 19 Howard 393," the matter was decided in an<br />

opinion by Chief Justice Taney dated March 6, 1857. "<strong>The</strong> question is simply this; can a negro,<br />

whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />

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