[581] _Ibid._, p. 293. _Cf. ibid._, p. 413: “Will not hell vomit forth its legions to applaud this last Spartacus, to contemplate in amazement this work of the Illuminizing Code? Will not Satan exclaim, ‘Here then are men as I wished them’”.
[582] _Ibid._, vol. iv, p. 379. _Cf. ibid._, p. 387: “ ... in this den of conspirators ... we find every thing in perfect union with the Occult Lodges, to which it only succeeds. Adepts, object, principles, all are the same; whether we turn our eyes towards the adepts of impiety, of rebellion, or of anarchy, they are now but one conspiring Sect, under the disastrous name of Jacobin. We have hitherto denominated some by the name of _Sophisters_, others by that of _Occult Masons_, and, lastly, we have described those men styled _Illuminées_. Their very names will now disappear; they will in future all be duly described by the name of Jacobin.”
[598] _Ibid._, pp. 493–551. Barruel found no difficulty in making the conspiracy broad enough in Prussia to take in Immanuel Kant. _Cf. ibid._, pp. 523 _et seq._ The _Professor of Königsberg_ and the _Professor of Ingolstadt_ developed systems which ultimately lead to the same end (!). _Cf. ibid._, p. 526.
[600] The reference is to the United Irishmen, an organization whose affairs got somewhat mixed with the discussion of the Illuminati in America. _Cf. infra_, pp. 271 _et seq._
[601] A foot-note connects the French minister, Adet, with the Illuminati campaign in North America. _Cf. ibid._, p. 494.
[605] Barruel, _op. cit._, vol. iii, p. xiv.
[606] Barruel, _op. cit._, vol. iii, p. xiv.
The fast day proclamation of President John Adams, issued March 23, 1798, expressed unusual solemnity and concern. Therein the United States was represented as “at present placed in a hazardous and afflictive position.”[610] The necessity of sounding a loud call to repentance and reformation was declared to be imperative, and the people were fervently urged to implore Heaven’s mercy and benediction on the imperiled nation.
On the day appointed, the 9th of May, among the multitude of pastors who appeared before their assembled flocks and addressed them on topics of national and personal self-examination, was the Reverend Jedediah Morse. The deliverance which he made to his people[611] was destined to have far more than a passing interest and effect. He took for his text fragments of the language that King Hezekiah addressed to the prophet Isaiah, as found in II Kings 19: 3, 4: “This is a day of trouble, and of rebuke (or reviling), and blasphemy.... Wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.” Then the well-known minister of Charlestown proceeded to suggest a parallel between the desperate state of affairs within the little kingdom of Judah when the Assyrians, fresh from their triumph over the armies of Egypt, renewed their insolent and terrifying campaign against the city of Jerusalem, and the unhappy and perilous condition of affairs within the United States.[612]