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Correspondence.
too plainly verified . Under the present system—how long is it to last ? It is , in fact , evident that Lodges may clo what they please in the management of their own private matters , provided they do not become troublesome to the Grand Lodge , and if they only , from time to time , send a little money to show that they still cling to their worthy head ; but the moment they begin to ask questions in Grand Loclge , or
attempt to think and act for themselves , —then woe betide them ; as we shall see by the result of the next business which came before the Grand Loclge , which may be called the event of the evening from the result that has followed , and what the end of which will be it is very difficult to say ; we fear it is only "the beginning of the end . " It was entitled , " Report on the Aberdeen Circular , dated November , 1850 . " Why it obtained this name from the Committee who drew it up , we
are at a loss to conceive , as it appeared to be a Report against Alasonic Clubs , those " green eyed monsters" which have of late frightened the Grand Committee , if not out of its wits , at least out of some of its members , and its sense of propriety . As a matter of course the Report of the Committee ivas carried ; ancl we have every reason to believe that the parties who drew it up are perfectly satisfied with their work * and equally well leased with the
, p result ; but they need not lay the flattering miction to their souls , that the great majority of the Brethren will be equally satisfied or well pleased ; not so much with the immediate result ( the state of the vote ) , as with the manner in which that result has been interpreted by the Grand Secretary . The clubs will let him know , if we mistake not , their
opinion of the matter . What the Brethren in the north , who have been instrumental in circulating the information to the Lodges which has caused this outburst , will do , we know not—they surely ivill not sit quietly under their "statements not being consistent with fact , " that official mode of saying they have told a falsehood . The facts of the case stand as they always did ; they cannot be altered ; and , as there has been too much official diplomacy in the matter , we would beg to remind them of points in order to the correctness of
some strengthen their statements ; viz ., that the Proxy Master ' of No . 10 was absent , and the R . W . M . Sir J . W . Drummond was present , when the latter claimed his seat . Our opinion is , that , at the meeting , in August , Brother Drummond hacl no right to supersede his Proxy Master ; but when he gave the intimation , according to law 1 , chap , xviii ., we insist that he had a perfect right to sit , ancl vote , ancl supersede his Proxy Master . The question hangs on a mere quibble as to the
statement put forth by the Aberdeen Brethren to the Lodges ; they say that Sir J . W . Drummond was not allowed a seat or to vote in Grand Lodge , although his Proxy was absent , or words to that effect . Now , by the same mode of argument as that advanced by the Grand Clerk , we distinctly and broadly assert that the Proxy Master for No . 10 was not present at the meeting of Grand Lodge on November . 1 , 1850 , and we will prove it : we find in the list of motions for discussion
that evening ; "Pr . M . No . 10 . That any member of the Grand Lodge may take up the proposition ( motion ) of an absent Brother . " We would ask of those authorised to answer , how this matter was settled—a motion most suitable for the occasion ; the fact is , it fell to the ground , because this brother , who is said to have been present , was absent >!! Again is it not the fact , by the , interpretation
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Correspondence.
too plainly verified . Under the present system—how long is it to last ? It is , in fact , evident that Lodges may clo what they please in the management of their own private matters , provided they do not become troublesome to the Grand Lodge , and if they only , from time to time , send a little money to show that they still cling to their worthy head ; but the moment they begin to ask questions in Grand Loclge , or
attempt to think and act for themselves , —then woe betide them ; as we shall see by the result of the next business which came before the Grand Loclge , which may be called the event of the evening from the result that has followed , and what the end of which will be it is very difficult to say ; we fear it is only "the beginning of the end . " It was entitled , " Report on the Aberdeen Circular , dated November , 1850 . " Why it obtained this name from the Committee who drew it up , we
are at a loss to conceive , as it appeared to be a Report against Alasonic Clubs , those " green eyed monsters" which have of late frightened the Grand Committee , if not out of its wits , at least out of some of its members , and its sense of propriety . As a matter of course the Report of the Committee ivas carried ; ancl we have every reason to believe that the parties who drew it up are perfectly satisfied with their work * and equally well leased with the
, p result ; but they need not lay the flattering miction to their souls , that the great majority of the Brethren will be equally satisfied or well pleased ; not so much with the immediate result ( the state of the vote ) , as with the manner in which that result has been interpreted by the Grand Secretary . The clubs will let him know , if we mistake not , their
opinion of the matter . What the Brethren in the north , who have been instrumental in circulating the information to the Lodges which has caused this outburst , will do , we know not—they surely ivill not sit quietly under their "statements not being consistent with fact , " that official mode of saying they have told a falsehood . The facts of the case stand as they always did ; they cannot be altered ; and , as there has been too much official diplomacy in the matter , we would beg to remind them of points in order to the correctness of
some strengthen their statements ; viz ., that the Proxy Master ' of No . 10 was absent , and the R . W . M . Sir J . W . Drummond was present , when the latter claimed his seat . Our opinion is , that , at the meeting , in August , Brother Drummond hacl no right to supersede his Proxy Master ; but when he gave the intimation , according to law 1 , chap , xviii ., we insist that he had a perfect right to sit , ancl vote , ancl supersede his Proxy Master . The question hangs on a mere quibble as to the
statement put forth by the Aberdeen Brethren to the Lodges ; they say that Sir J . W . Drummond was not allowed a seat or to vote in Grand Lodge , although his Proxy was absent , or words to that effect . Now , by the same mode of argument as that advanced by the Grand Clerk , we distinctly and broadly assert that the Proxy Master for No . 10 was not present at the meeting of Grand Lodge on November . 1 , 1850 , and we will prove it : we find in the list of motions for discussion
that evening ; "Pr . M . No . 10 . That any member of the Grand Lodge may take up the proposition ( motion ) of an absent Brother . " We would ask of those authorised to answer , how this matter was settled—a motion most suitable for the occasion ; the fact is , it fell to the ground , because this brother , who is said to have been present , was absent >!! Again is it not the fact , by the , interpretation