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Curse of Cannan - The New Ensign

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in Richmond. <strong>The</strong> next year, he was named Grand Master. Not only was Edmund Randolph<br />

symbolic <strong>of</strong> Masonic power; he and his family also represented the traditional power <strong>of</strong> the<br />

British Crown in the colonies. His father, John Randolph, was King's Attorney, as had been his<br />

grandfather, Sir John Randolph. Edmund Randolph's father, a leading Tory, proved his loyalty<br />

to the King by leaving Virginia with the departing British Governor, Lord Dunmore, and returning<br />

to England with him. He never came back to America, yet his son played a crucial role in writing<br />

the Constitution! Edmund Randolph was adopted by his uncle, Peyton Randolph, after his father's<br />

defection; his uncle was also King's Attorney. Peyton Randolph was also a Grand Master <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Masonic Order; he was soon named first President <strong>of</strong> the First Continental Congress. Thus we<br />

see that the British power in the colonies, wielded through its King's Attorneys, was also wielded<br />

through the members <strong>of</strong> the Mason Order, the York Rite which traditionally was headed by a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the royal family. Peyton Randolph had no children; Edmund inherited his vast estates.<br />

Not only was Edmund Randolph's loyalty to the American cause overshadowed by his father's<br />

defection, he himself showed strong signs <strong>of</strong> loyalty to England. Thomas Jefferson reported that<br />

when Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech, "Give me liberty or give me death," it was<br />

Edmund Randolph and his law pr<strong>of</strong>essor, George Wythe, who leaped to their feet, shouting<br />

"TREASON!" Later, Edmund Randolph and Patrick Henry almost fought a duel during their<br />

quarrel as to whether Virginia should join the Union. Governor George Clinton <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> York, a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the Illuminati and a leading Mason, <strong>of</strong>fered Randolph a deal to join with <strong>New</strong> York<br />

in opposing the ratification <strong>of</strong> the Constitution. Instead, Randolph kept quiet on the matter, and<br />

was rewarded by Washington with the post <strong>of</strong> the first Attorney General <strong>of</strong> the United States;<br />

Washington then appointed him the second Secretary <strong>of</strong> State, after Thomas Jefferson resigned.<br />

Virginia was the tenth state to ratify the Constitution; <strong>New</strong> York was the eleventh.<br />

It was Edmund Randolph who actually was the unseen hand behind the writing <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Constitution. A convention had been called to amend the Articles <strong>of</strong> Confederation to the point<br />

where they would be accepted by the states. Instead <strong>of</strong> doing this, Edmund Randolph, who was<br />

then Governor <strong>of</strong> Virginia, cleverly steered the delegates to the idea <strong>of</strong> writing a new set <strong>of</strong> laws,<br />

the Constitution, as a federal entity which would incorporate the states. He sprang the agenda<br />

for this new cause <strong>of</strong> action upon the delegates with no previous warning, and soon persuaded<br />

them that this would be the best course to pursue. Thus it was the Grand Master <strong>of</strong> Virginia,<br />

Edmund Randolph, in league with Aaron Burr and British Intelligence, who foisted on the nation<br />

the concept <strong>of</strong> a federal government which could rule over and above the sovereignties <strong>of</strong> the<br />

states. All <strong>of</strong> our subsequent political trials, including the Civil War, stemmed from this Masonic<br />

conspiracy, which perfected the techniqiue <strong>of</strong> ending the sovereignty <strong>of</strong> the several states, and<br />

placing them under the Masonic Oriental despotism <strong>of</strong> a central federal government.<br />

This was done as a typical Masonic Canaanite conspiracy. <strong>The</strong> "Records <strong>of</strong>-the Federal<br />

Convention" show the Virginia contingent to consist <strong>of</strong> "His Excellency George Washington,<br />

George Wythe, Gov. Edmund Randolph, John Blair, James Madison, George Mason, and James<br />

M. McClurg. Blair was former Grand Master <strong>of</strong> the Grand Lodge <strong>of</strong> Virginia; Edmund Randolph<br />

was the present Grand Master.<br />

George Wythe read the rules which were to be followed during the convention. On May 29,<br />

1787, the stipulation was made "that the federal government could not check the quarrels between<br />

states, nor a rebellion in any state having constitutional power nor means to interpose according<br />

to the exigency. "<br />

Gov. Edmund Randolph then opened the proceedings by launching an all-out attack on the<br />

Articles <strong>of</strong> Confederation. "He observed that the confederation fulfilled none <strong>of</strong> the objects for<br />

which it was framed. [He then listed them; we quote number 5.] 5. It is not superior to state<br />

constitutions. Thus we see that the confederation is incompetent to anyone object for which it<br />

was instituted. Our chief danger arises from the democratic parts <strong>of</strong> our constitution." Randolph<br />

then raised the spectre <strong>of</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> defence, claiming that the states had no defence against attack,<br />

and calling for a plan <strong>of</strong> national defence. He ignored the fact that the states had just concluded<br />

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