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Anti-Masonic Party

The literature based on the Anti-Masonic party was short lived and had a slight influence but was extensive. It was inspired by the abduction and murder of William Morgan which was done as a punishment for revealing ritualistic secrets. He did this in his book, Illustrations of Masonry. The anti-masonic party was never really national but we can see conflicts that occur on a state level and at this state level, the party lines were complete chaos. Anti-masonic ideologies and actions connect to actual social roots and by looking at those, we can begin to see the appeal in different areas. Genesee County, western New York, is a place that place a huge role in the development of this party and were the early ideologies emerge. Here, Antimasonry dominates and win every county office from 1827 to 1833. Poverty and ill health here made voters desperate. The economic development of this county has a direct relationship to the votes towards the Anti-masonic party. Wealthy people, people quickly gaining wealth, and people quickly developing tended to lean towards this party. Successful mill-sites and commercial farming communities had the lowest percent of Anti-masonic votes.

Local voting started to rise during the Anti-masonic era. Most of these people who voted for anti-masonic leaders supported the Whig party.

"Anti-Masonry was a core doctrine for both of the major fascist parties in interwar Romania". Anti-masonry was a way to attack the people in power at the time and was a way for people to replace representatives with new fascists appointees. Anti-masonry allowed fascists to portray themselves as patriots and good Christians. They were "defenders of faith".

There were people who were part of and supported the idea to get rid of Freemasonry in the U.S. It was a moral and religious movement that attacked specifically the Masons and had a long lasting impact, although the movement didn't last long. In New York, the population of Masons went from 20,000 to a mere 3,000.

Annotated Biblography

Chase, James (Nov.1983). "The Journal of Southern History". The Journal of Southern History. Vol. 49, No. 4. Retrieved 10/5/2015

James Chase mainly talks about the literature of the Anti-masonic party and why it's so extensive even though the party was short lived and only really influenced a small amount of people. It talks about a few different works about the Anti-masonic party and what the authors discussed. It goes on to speak about who the party influenced and talks about it in regards to state vs. national levels. It also talks about shortly why this party failed.

Finney, Charles (1990). "THE REVEREND CHARLES G. FINNEY AND THE POST CIVIL WAR ANTIMASONIC CRUSADE". Social Science Journal, 03623319, 1990, Vol. 27, Issue 2. Retrieved Oct. 5th 2015

Charles Finney talks about how the party came to be and the people that were involved with the party and those that supported the party. It goes on to talk about specific people in places were we see the Anti-masonic party. This is one of the only two monographs published to date on the Anti-masonic crusade and party. He exams people that are non-masonic and draws statistics and conclusions from that. He elaborates on disagreements within the party, while the party was being established, and what happened when the party started to fall apart.

Kutolowski, Kathleen Smith (1984-09-01). "Antimasonry Reexamined: Social Bases of the Grass-Roots Party". The Journal of American History 71 (2): 269–293

This source discusses where the party stands in relation to "the left wing" and "the right wing". It goes into detail about the type of people that supported the party and were the roots came from. It discusses ideologies within the party including specific areas and where the party triumphed. She discusses cultural forces and conditions of the towns that supported the anti-masonic party which helps in the understanding of those who supported this party and why. Her work focuses on this specific area where the Anti-masonic party had the most support and looks at the history of the location.

Ratcliffe, Donald (Summer, 1995). "Antimasonry and Partisanship in Greater New England, 1826-1836". Journal of the Early Republic. Vol. 15, No. 2. Retrieved 10/5/2015

Ratcliffe talks about Antimasons and their place in politics. He goes into depth about there progress and development within the party. Ratcliffe makes it clear that there is different between the anti-masonic social movement and the party. He goes into depth on why there needs to always be that clarification there. He proceeds to talk about the Anti-masonic "epidemic" and how that began and how it how anti-masonic beliefs could have impact even without there being a party.

"A Page about Freemasonry: The Anti-Masonic Party". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

This is a very easy to understand academic paper that has the basics of the Anti-Masonry party laid out in a few pages. This source talks about the attacking's of the Masons and population decrease. It also discusses the lasting results of the Anti-Masonry paper along with how the movement all went down. It talks about how eventually all the parties supporters would end up merging into other parties (Whig party and later republican party). Many felt accomplished in the goals of the Anti-masonry movement.