This would have been an outgrowth of the anti-Deist, Anti-Jefferson movement.. at one time Thomas Paine's casket was even exhumed and paraded
through the streets.... this was the Federalist movements consolidation of power, and an effort to depopularize Jefferson and the rest of the
Deists..and began after the First Bank of the United States was established in 1791.
The logbook of the Masonic order in Boston states (on the day of the Boston Tea Party) "Not Enough members present for a quorum" Cite: Silas
Downer, Forgotten Patriot and the Sons of Liberty of Rhode Island 1784
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LINK to a Feb 18th post describing the political maneuvering on the hill regarding Ron
Paul's Audit The Fed bill..
[edit on 21-2-2010 by seataka]

