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Article THE MASONIC PRESS AND GKAND LODGE. ← Page 2 of 5 →
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The Masonic Press And Gkand Lodge.
they are not so , the support of the Brethren will be sure in the long run to be withdrawn from any such publications , and the Craft will thus determine whether they shall be allowed " longer to exist . The" Past Master" may rest assured that if the authorities attempt " to determine how they shall be dealt with , ' if they attempt any
interference with the Masonic Press , thev will raise a hornet ' s nest about their ears , "which can only lead to their own discomfiture and the establishing more firmly in the affections of the Craft , those publications which endeavour to protect their interests . Por ourselves , we can positively assert that every endeavour is made to obtain the most accurate reports of the proceedings in Grand Lodge . Our representatives in that assemblv are gentlemen engaged on the
morning papers as parliamentary reporters—a body of men celebrated throughout England for their strict impartiality ; and the only Brother connected with the Magazine , who has taken an active part in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , ceased to take a single note within its walls from the day that he gave notice of his first motion , in order that there should be no pretence for accusing him of a want of impartiality .
The writers however , for we treat the document as emanating from several persons , admit our impartiality , for they say : — " With the disposition to party spirit , the opportunity for display will not be long wanting . The unfortunate position in which our Canadian Brethren were placed , which had been fairly urged and temperately handled in the Masonic Revieic [ Magazine ] , was seized
upon with apparent avidity by a party in Grand Lodge as the first opportunity for a public display of their pow-ers . "Wrested from the hands of those who had originally brought it forward , a case deserving of our deepest sympathies and upon which , there could hardly be a difference of opinion , was , by inflammatory and injudicious treatment ,
converted into a mere party question : —steady and tried Masons stood by , hardly knowing which to regret most , the neglect which had brought our Canadian Brethren into their present condition , or the folly which , professing to help , had plunged them into still greater difficulty . " 5
We do not agree witli the " Past Master , ' that our noble Brother , the Earl of Carnarvon , or those who acted with him , were at all actuated by party motives in the course they pursued with regard to the Canada question—though perhaps injudicious friends may have , to some extent , made it appear so . We believe that those Brethren were influenced by the purest motives in the course they took ; and that the result of the proceedings which have been taken , in
referring the matter to a Committee specially instructed to watch Colonial affairs , will prove beneficial , and " lead to a satisfactory arrangement of all matters of dispute . The " Past Master" next refers to the question of adjournment , and treats the original motion of the 3 rd of September , as having been brought forward with a party object ; this we are authorized to deny , by the Brother who originated it , he having had no communi-
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The Masonic Press And Gkand Lodge.
they are not so , the support of the Brethren will be sure in the long run to be withdrawn from any such publications , and the Craft will thus determine whether they shall be allowed " longer to exist . The" Past Master" may rest assured that if the authorities attempt " to determine how they shall be dealt with , ' if they attempt any
interference with the Masonic Press , thev will raise a hornet ' s nest about their ears , "which can only lead to their own discomfiture and the establishing more firmly in the affections of the Craft , those publications which endeavour to protect their interests . Por ourselves , we can positively assert that every endeavour is made to obtain the most accurate reports of the proceedings in Grand Lodge . Our representatives in that assemblv are gentlemen engaged on the
morning papers as parliamentary reporters—a body of men celebrated throughout England for their strict impartiality ; and the only Brother connected with the Magazine , who has taken an active part in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , ceased to take a single note within its walls from the day that he gave notice of his first motion , in order that there should be no pretence for accusing him of a want of impartiality .
The writers however , for we treat the document as emanating from several persons , admit our impartiality , for they say : — " With the disposition to party spirit , the opportunity for display will not be long wanting . The unfortunate position in which our Canadian Brethren were placed , which had been fairly urged and temperately handled in the Masonic Revieic [ Magazine ] , was seized
upon with apparent avidity by a party in Grand Lodge as the first opportunity for a public display of their pow-ers . "Wrested from the hands of those who had originally brought it forward , a case deserving of our deepest sympathies and upon which , there could hardly be a difference of opinion , was , by inflammatory and injudicious treatment ,
converted into a mere party question : —steady and tried Masons stood by , hardly knowing which to regret most , the neglect which had brought our Canadian Brethren into their present condition , or the folly which , professing to help , had plunged them into still greater difficulty . " 5
We do not agree witli the " Past Master , ' that our noble Brother , the Earl of Carnarvon , or those who acted with him , were at all actuated by party motives in the course they pursued with regard to the Canada question—though perhaps injudicious friends may have , to some extent , made it appear so . We believe that those Brethren were influenced by the purest motives in the course they took ; and that the result of the proceedings which have been taken , in
referring the matter to a Committee specially instructed to watch Colonial affairs , will prove beneficial , and " lead to a satisfactory arrangement of all matters of dispute . The " Past Master" next refers to the question of adjournment , and treats the original motion of the 3 rd of September , as having been brought forward with a party object ; this we are authorized to deny , by the Brother who originated it , he having had no communi-