The veil that conceals the villainous character of this 
order is so very thin that the intelligent reader. if not al- 
ready blinded with lodge oaths, cannot fail to see its horri- 
ble purpose.

The proffesed design of its founders is stated on page 
four: to "try judge, and if convicted execute, criminals with- 
in the hour, leaving no trace of their action behind.  But 
this is for Arabia.  On page five we are told: "When 
brought to this country, it was deemed expedient to place 
it in the hands of Freemasons only * * and it could be made 
if necessarily required. a Masonic Inquisition. " 
It will be observed [page six] that membership is limited 
to, Knights Templar Freemasons of the York Rite and 
Thirty Second Degree of the Scotch Rite. Whv any one 
who has taken the 31st Degree of the Scotch Rite, with its 
suggestive title: "GRAND INsPECTOR INQUISITOR 
COMMANDER" [see Vol. 2 Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated] 
should want anything more in the inquisitorial line is a 
puzzle till it is remembered that York Rite Masons may, 
through the Mystic Shrine, join hands with brethren of the 
Scotch Rite as "Inquisitors upon the flagrant outragers and 
desecrators of Masonic Vows," which on'page four is 
the forcible way, in which lodge vengeance is referred to as 
the object of this society of thugs. 

THE PUBLISHER.