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The Catfadas.
THE CAtfADAS .
The letter of " Canadian , which appeared in our last , has no doubt been read with great interest , not only on account of the importance of the subject on which it treats , but the kind and conciliatory tone in which it is couched . We consistently supported the claims of the Canadian Lodges to greater consideration from the authorities in this country whilst we thought there was a chance of
the disputes between them being brought to a satisfactory conclusion . "We will even go so far as to say , that the concessions of the Grand Master , made { as we believe they were ) , in . ' . all : sincerity , were delayed so long , that the Canadians were not in a humour to give them that consideration they deserved , and the result was the separation of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West from the Grand Lodge of
England for ever . Looking at that event as an accomplished fact , there only remains this consideration with us—can the Grand Lodge of England acknowledge the new Grand Lodge of Canada ? And here we are at issue with our Canadian brethren .
We hold that the Canadians having themselves established two Grand Lodges , " the Ancient" and " the Independent , " they are
not yet in a proper position to ask for recognition by the English brethren . That the utmost desire for the future prosperity of the Canadian brethren is felt alike by the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the majority of the members of Grand Lodge , we entertain no doubt , but the question is , how best to evince that feeling . To recognize the " Ancients , " would lay us open to the charge that we at once accept the last formed body , because it emanated more immediately from Lodges which had been directly connected with 5
England ; whilst if we acknowledge the " Independents , ' comprising alike English , Irish and Scotch Masons , we may be taunted with doing so as an act of un-Masonic retaliation on the late Provincial Grand Lodge for Canada West . To acknowledge both would , we fear , only lead to their longer estrangement from each other . Under these circumstances , we consider it best that any recognition should
bo for the present delayed , in the hope that time—and that not distant—will work such a modification in the views of all parties , as will bring the Canadians together as one body , when they may fairly appeal ( and we believe they will not then do so ineffectually ) for recognition by the Grand Lodge of England . That a true spirit of Masonry is already growing up amongst the u Ancients" and VOT ,, tv , l 2 M
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Catfadas.
THE CAtfADAS .
The letter of " Canadian , which appeared in our last , has no doubt been read with great interest , not only on account of the importance of the subject on which it treats , but the kind and conciliatory tone in which it is couched . We consistently supported the claims of the Canadian Lodges to greater consideration from the authorities in this country whilst we thought there was a chance of
the disputes between them being brought to a satisfactory conclusion . "We will even go so far as to say , that the concessions of the Grand Master , made { as we believe they were ) , in . ' . all : sincerity , were delayed so long , that the Canadians were not in a humour to give them that consideration they deserved , and the result was the separation of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West from the Grand Lodge of
England for ever . Looking at that event as an accomplished fact , there only remains this consideration with us—can the Grand Lodge of England acknowledge the new Grand Lodge of Canada ? And here we are at issue with our Canadian brethren .
We hold that the Canadians having themselves established two Grand Lodges , " the Ancient" and " the Independent , " they are
not yet in a proper position to ask for recognition by the English brethren . That the utmost desire for the future prosperity of the Canadian brethren is felt alike by the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the majority of the members of Grand Lodge , we entertain no doubt , but the question is , how best to evince that feeling . To recognize the " Ancients , " would lay us open to the charge that we at once accept the last formed body , because it emanated more immediately from Lodges which had been directly connected with 5
England ; whilst if we acknowledge the " Independents , ' comprising alike English , Irish and Scotch Masons , we may be taunted with doing so as an act of un-Masonic retaliation on the late Provincial Grand Lodge for Canada West . To acknowledge both would , we fear , only lead to their longer estrangement from each other . Under these circumstances , we consider it best that any recognition should
bo for the present delayed , in the hope that time—and that not distant—will work such a modification in the views of all parties , as will bring the Canadians together as one body , when they may fairly appeal ( and we believe they will not then do so ineffectually ) for recognition by the Grand Lodge of England . That a true spirit of Masonry is already growing up amongst the u Ancients" and VOT ,, tv , l 2 M