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he witnessed such a scene in any pot-house—it was a low , drunken affair . I have to observe in regard to these remarks , if the English lh-other went to the meeting solely for the purpose stated by him , ho must not have been aware what kind of a meeting he was going to attend , or forgot that it was a festive meeting , and that at such meetings he could see very little of Masonry ; and I am convinced he never saw Masonry practised at any festive meeting in Englandor anywhere else .
, As to his assertion , that it was a "low , drunken affair , " I have to state , that I was myself present from the beginning until the close , and I have attended many meetings of the same kind , and I never saw a meeting conducted more harmoniously , or properly , until near one in the morning ; it was only on the 11 . AV . Master of St . Stephen ' s standing up , and prefacing what he was going to say , by , " he ivould be heard , " that several of the Brethren at the end of the hall , believing he was going to say something
discourteous to the G . M ., called out several times , — " Chair , chair . " The G . M . having called the Brethren to order , said , he thought they acted wrong , in preventing the R . AA ' ' . Brother ' s addressing him ; for , by so doing , how could he know what he had to say . In his opinion , ft ivould be better in all cases , to allow a Brother who arose to address the chair , to do it so quietly ; and , if the Brother should say any thing improperheas their chairmanwas the proper party to order him to
, , , sit down , ancl he trusted he would be obeyed ; if he was not , he would leave the chair , and never come back . Shortly afterwards the Grand Lodge was closed . Since then the quarterly meeting took place on the 4 th ult . After some preliminary business , consideration was given to the subject of a circular , issued by the Aberdeen Masonic Master Masons '
Club , to every Lodge in Scotland , setting forth , by the present law of the the Grand Loclge ( and which law was inserted by the Proxy Masters ) , ihe undoubted right of thebonaf . de Masters of Lodges , which had been taken away from them , as no Proxy Master can be superseded , except on one or other of St . John ' s Days . Formerly , any Master of a Lodge had the right of claiming his seat in the Grand Loclge when he thought proper . The Committee recommended to the meeting , that a circular should be sent to all the Lodgesexplaining the law regarding Pioxy
, Masters , and to enjoin all Brethren to abstain from issuing printed circulars , on pain of expulsion . They further considered that the clubs were dangerous , not only to the Grand Lodge , but inasmuch as they might be used as political clubs . If the truth were told , they were not afraid of their becoming political clubs , but that the members might look too narrowly into abuses . As the present Grand Lodge permits any Brother , although he may be only two days a Master
Mason , if duly recorded in the books , to be elected a Proxy Master , nothing can be expected to be donefor the benefit of the Craft in Scotland ; as it cannot be supposed that they can know anything of Masonry . However , they are useful in their way , as they can cry out lustily , " Vote , vote ; " and if any member rise to speak on any subject , not in accordance with their views , and of those of the party in power , they are sure to put him down by their war cry— " Votevote ; orderorder . "
, , A son of Esculapius , one of the wise men of the East , and a leader in the Grand Lodge , in order to rouse his followers to deeds of valour , against such dangerous characters as members of the clubs , or to make them believe he was another Solomon , and thinking that he would most effectuall y gain a victory over these monstrosities , brought forth from its lurking place , the Freemason ' s Quarterly Magazine and Review , and
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To The Editor.
he witnessed such a scene in any pot-house—it was a low , drunken affair . I have to observe in regard to these remarks , if the English lh-other went to the meeting solely for the purpose stated by him , ho must not have been aware what kind of a meeting he was going to attend , or forgot that it was a festive meeting , and that at such meetings he could see very little of Masonry ; and I am convinced he never saw Masonry practised at any festive meeting in Englandor anywhere else .
, As to his assertion , that it was a "low , drunken affair , " I have to state , that I was myself present from the beginning until the close , and I have attended many meetings of the same kind , and I never saw a meeting conducted more harmoniously , or properly , until near one in the morning ; it was only on the 11 . AV . Master of St . Stephen ' s standing up , and prefacing what he was going to say , by , " he ivould be heard , " that several of the Brethren at the end of the hall , believing he was going to say something
discourteous to the G . M ., called out several times , — " Chair , chair . " The G . M . having called the Brethren to order , said , he thought they acted wrong , in preventing the R . AA ' ' . Brother ' s addressing him ; for , by so doing , how could he know what he had to say . In his opinion , ft ivould be better in all cases , to allow a Brother who arose to address the chair , to do it so quietly ; and , if the Brother should say any thing improperheas their chairmanwas the proper party to order him to
, , , sit down , ancl he trusted he would be obeyed ; if he was not , he would leave the chair , and never come back . Shortly afterwards the Grand Lodge was closed . Since then the quarterly meeting took place on the 4 th ult . After some preliminary business , consideration was given to the subject of a circular , issued by the Aberdeen Masonic Master Masons '
Club , to every Lodge in Scotland , setting forth , by the present law of the the Grand Loclge ( and which law was inserted by the Proxy Masters ) , ihe undoubted right of thebonaf . de Masters of Lodges , which had been taken away from them , as no Proxy Master can be superseded , except on one or other of St . John ' s Days . Formerly , any Master of a Lodge had the right of claiming his seat in the Grand Loclge when he thought proper . The Committee recommended to the meeting , that a circular should be sent to all the Lodgesexplaining the law regarding Pioxy
, Masters , and to enjoin all Brethren to abstain from issuing printed circulars , on pain of expulsion . They further considered that the clubs were dangerous , not only to the Grand Lodge , but inasmuch as they might be used as political clubs . If the truth were told , they were not afraid of their becoming political clubs , but that the members might look too narrowly into abuses . As the present Grand Lodge permits any Brother , although he may be only two days a Master
Mason , if duly recorded in the books , to be elected a Proxy Master , nothing can be expected to be donefor the benefit of the Craft in Scotland ; as it cannot be supposed that they can know anything of Masonry . However , they are useful in their way , as they can cry out lustily , " Vote , vote ; " and if any member rise to speak on any subject , not in accordance with their views , and of those of the party in power , they are sure to put him down by their war cry— " Votevote ; orderorder . "
, , A son of Esculapius , one of the wise men of the East , and a leader in the Grand Lodge , in order to rouse his followers to deeds of valour , against such dangerous characters as members of the clubs , or to make them believe he was another Solomon , and thinking that he would most effectuall y gain a victory over these monstrosities , brought forth from its lurking place , the Freemason ' s Quarterly Magazine and Review , and