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Correspondence.
COMISPOTOEICE .
PROVINCIAL GRAND CLOTHING , AND GRAND LODGE APPOINTMENTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE ^ FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE * AND MASONIC MIRROR , Dear Sir and Brother ,- —A communication on the former of the above subjects , from " A London P . M ,, ' which appeared in your pages under date @ f February 16 th , and which wals made the peg on which to hang an . enunciation of views respecting appointments to office in the Grand
[ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained hy Correspondents . 1
Lodge and in Provincial Grand Lodges , was at once so unconstitutional in character and so insulting to the Graft in the provinces , that , unskilled as I am in the use of the weapons of controversy , I should have entered the lists on the spur of moment , and thrown , down the gauntlet , had I not fully anticipated that assumptions so contrary to the spirit of Masonic law , and so subversive of the just rights and privileges of the Provincial
Brethren , would , like a trumpet call , have evoked numerous challenges from all parts of England against the doctrines put forth by your correspondent . But , much to my surprise and regret , such has not been the case , and in this , as in other matters , we find the old proverb verified , that " what is everybody ' s business is nobody ' s . "
Plucking up courage , therefore , from another adage , which tells us that " a cat may look at a king , " I feel compelled , with your permission , to enter my strong ( albeit , as only a poor country P . M ., my most humble ) protest against some portions of the letter of that member of a mighty and supremely privileged caste of Masons , "A London P . M . / ' and to run a tilt with him thereon .
With respect to the main subject of his communication , viz . —the regulation in the Book of Constitutions relating to the collars of Past Grand Officers , I have little to remark ; doubtless the reading and decision of the Board of General Purposes are correct . I will only observe that the law is not very clearly worded , and that , contrary to his assertion that " plain garter blue has been assumed only by some Provincial Grand Officers who
reside within easy access of London , " I may state that in the province to which I belong , situated between one hundred and two hundred miles from the metropolis ( and in which I have the honour to be a P . Prov . G . W . of fifteen years' standing ) , for the last twenty-five years , at least , plain undress collars without gold lace or cord of any kind have been worn with undress aprons by the Past Grand Officers ^ All this , however , is a mere matter of opinion , and of little or no consequence ; but such is not the case with what follows . " A London P . M . " says—> u I consider it as great art honour for a pro-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
COMISPOTOEICE .
PROVINCIAL GRAND CLOTHING , AND GRAND LODGE APPOINTMENTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE ^ FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE * AND MASONIC MIRROR , Dear Sir and Brother ,- —A communication on the former of the above subjects , from " A London P . M ,, ' which appeared in your pages under date @ f February 16 th , and which wals made the peg on which to hang an . enunciation of views respecting appointments to office in the Grand
[ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained hy Correspondents . 1
Lodge and in Provincial Grand Lodges , was at once so unconstitutional in character and so insulting to the Graft in the provinces , that , unskilled as I am in the use of the weapons of controversy , I should have entered the lists on the spur of moment , and thrown , down the gauntlet , had I not fully anticipated that assumptions so contrary to the spirit of Masonic law , and so subversive of the just rights and privileges of the Provincial
Brethren , would , like a trumpet call , have evoked numerous challenges from all parts of England against the doctrines put forth by your correspondent . But , much to my surprise and regret , such has not been the case , and in this , as in other matters , we find the old proverb verified , that " what is everybody ' s business is nobody ' s . "
Plucking up courage , therefore , from another adage , which tells us that " a cat may look at a king , " I feel compelled , with your permission , to enter my strong ( albeit , as only a poor country P . M ., my most humble ) protest against some portions of the letter of that member of a mighty and supremely privileged caste of Masons , "A London P . M . / ' and to run a tilt with him thereon .
With respect to the main subject of his communication , viz . —the regulation in the Book of Constitutions relating to the collars of Past Grand Officers , I have little to remark ; doubtless the reading and decision of the Board of General Purposes are correct . I will only observe that the law is not very clearly worded , and that , contrary to his assertion that " plain garter blue has been assumed only by some Provincial Grand Officers who
reside within easy access of London , " I may state that in the province to which I belong , situated between one hundred and two hundred miles from the metropolis ( and in which I have the honour to be a P . Prov . G . W . of fifteen years' standing ) , for the last twenty-five years , at least , plain undress collars without gold lace or cord of any kind have been worn with undress aprons by the Past Grand Officers ^ All this , however , is a mere matter of opinion , and of little or no consequence ; but such is not the case with what follows . " A London P . M . " says—> u I consider it as great art honour for a pro-