The Anti-Masonic Party

The Anti-Masonic Party was the original third party to be active on the national scene. Popular opinion in America generally opposed secret organizations, but Freemasonry largely escaped this scrutiny because so many prominent citizens were members.


Exemption from criticism ended for the Masons in 1826. In that year a bricklayer from Batavia, New York, William Morgan, disappeared. He had formerly been a Mason and was on the verge of publishing an exposé of Masonic secrets. Ties between Morgan’s disappearance and the Masons were never established, but critics use the event to turn their wrath on the fraternal organization.
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USA's tredje parti, intressant men ganska okänt fakta som inte nämns i historieböcker. Iställer får vi fina berättelser som är falsifikationer som the Boston Tea party där vi får lära oss att importörerna dumpade heroiskt sin last i protest mot dom höga tullarna på the. Att tullarna precis sänkt så profiten för dom som smugglade the (ofta i kombination med opiumsmuggling) blev obefintlig så dom stormade dom legala smugglarnas båtar och dumpade deras last för att få upp priserna får vi inte läsa.