ANTIMACHUS  , of See also:

• COLOPHON

Colophon or Claros, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 B.C . Scarcely anything is known of his See also:

• LIFE

life . His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated, although he received encouragement from his younger See also:

• CON

con-temporary See also:

• PLATO

Plato (See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, See also:

• LYSANDER (Gr. Abcavdpos)

Lysander, 18) . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORKS

works were: a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-winded epic Thebais, an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the expedition of the Seven against See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes and the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of the See also:

• EPIGONI (" descendants ")

Epigoni; and an elegiac poem Lytle, so called from the poet's See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress, for whose See also:

• DEATH

death he endeavoured to find See also:

• CONSOLATION (Fr. consolation, Lat. consolatio, from consolari, to assuage, comfort, console)

consolation by ransacking See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology for stories of unhappy love affairs (Plutarch, Consol. ad Apoll . 9; See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus xiii . 597) . Antimachus was the founder of " learned " epic See also:

• POETRY

poetry, and the forerunner of the Alexandrian school, whose critics allotted him the next See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer . He also prepared a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical recension of the Homeric poems . Fragments, ed . Stoll (1845); See also:

• BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881)

Bergk, Poetae Lyrici Graeci (1882); See also:

• KINKEL, JOHANN GOTTFRIED (1815-1882)

Kinkel, Fragmenta epicorum Graecorum (1877) . See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

ANTI-MASONIC PARTY, an See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political organization which had its rise after the mysterious disappearance, in 1826, of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan (c . 1776-c .

1826), a Freemason of See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, who had become dissatisfied with his See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order and had planned to publish its secrets . When his purpose became known to the Masons, Morgan was subjected to frequent annoyances, and finally in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1826 he was seized and surreptitiously conveyed to Fort See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

Niagara, whence he disappeared . Though his ultimate See also:

• FATE

fate was never known, it was generally believed at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that he had been foully dealt with . The event created See also:

• GREAT

great excitement, and led many to believe that See also:

• MASONRY

Masonry and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good citizenship were incompatible . Opposition to Masonry was taken up by the churches as a sort of religious crusade, and it also became a See also:

• LOCAL

local political issue in western New York, where See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1827 the citizens in many See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass meetings resolved to support no See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason for public See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . In New York at this time the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Republicans, or " See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams men," were a very feeble organization, and shrewd political leaders at once determined to utilize the strong anti-Masonic feeling in creating a new and vigorous party to oppose the rising Jacksonian See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

Democracy . In this effort they were aided by the fact that See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson was a high Mason and frequently spoke in praise of the Order . In the elections of 1828 the new party proved unexpectedly strong, and after this See also:

• YEAR

year it practically superseded the National Republican party in New York . In 1829 the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of its leaders was shown, when, in addition to its antagonism to the Masons, it became a See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of See also:

• INTERNAL

internal improvements and of the protective See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff . From New York the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement spread into other See also:

• MIDDLE

middle states and into New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and became especially strong in See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania and See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont . A national organization was planned as early as 1827, when the New York leaders attempted, unsuccessfully, to persuade See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

Clay, though a Mason, to renounce the Order and See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head the movement . In September 1831 the party at a national See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention in See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore nominated as its candidates for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency and See also:

• VICE

vice-presidency William Wirt of See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland and See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos Ellmaker (178'7-1851) of Pennsylvania; and in the tlection of the following year it secured the seven electoral votesof the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Vermont .

This was the high See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of its prosperity; in New York in 1833 the organization was moribund, and its members gradually See also:

• UNITED

united with other opponents of Jacksonian Democracy in forming the Whig party . In other states, however, the party survived somewhat longer, but by 1836 most of its members had united with the Whigs . Its last See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act in national politics was to nominate William Henry See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison for See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler for vice-president at a convention in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1838 . The growth of the anti-Masonic movement was due to the political and social conditions of the time rather than to the Morgan See also:

• EPISODE

episode, which was merely the See also:

• TORCH (O. Fr. torche, from Med. Lat. tortia, derived from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist)

torch that ignited the See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train . Under the name of " Anti-Masons " able leaders united those who were discontented with existing political conditions, and the fact that William Wirt, their choice for the presidency in 1832, was not only a Mason but even defended the Order in a speech before the convention that nominated him, indicates that See also:

• SIMPLE

simple opposition to Masonry soon became a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor in holding together the various elements of which the party was composed . See See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles McCarthy, The Antimasonic Party: A Study of Political Anti-Masonry in the United States, 1827-184o, in the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report of the American See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Association for 1902 (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1903) ; the Autobiography of See also:

• THURLOW, EDWARD THURLOW, 1ST BARON (1731-1806)

Thurlow See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

Weed (2 vols., See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1884); A . G . Mackey and W . R . Singleton, The See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• FREEMASONRY

Freemasonry, vol. vi . (New York, 1898) ; and J . D .

See also:

• HAMMOND
• HAMMOND, HENRY (1605-1660)

Hammond, History of Political Parties in the State of New York (2 vols., See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, 1842) .