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TC > THE EDITOR OF THE FRIEM ^ MIRROR . Sim ^^ Irunt a ^ ealing to to last Wednesday , as more than a confirmation of everything which I have
advanced against them . Masonic feelhig might weE demand that such cMduct should be jiasssd over in silence and that discussion should be avoided ^ but Breth ^ erroneous ^ by the Grand Lodge of England . All men h ^^ perform and Freemasons cannot hope to be always relieved from such necessities .
Times and circumstances must occur to the memory of every Englishman where , in the dlierent assemblies of this realm , faction and cabal have for a time raised their heads , to the momentary despair of every patriot , and to the discomfort of all who were for the time being charged with the conduct of affairs ; but I much doubt whether the history of faction and cabal in this country can produce a parallel scene to that which was enacted by the Observer party in the Grand Lodge of England last Wednesday .
I will not advert to the Masonic obligations of every member of the Stand Lodge ^—to the principles on which our Order is founded— -nor to the sacred feeling which at all times surrounds our private Lodges , so beautifully inculcated by the Worshipful Master on the investiture of each initiate —these duties and sentiments have long since been trampled under foot by that miserable faction . I will , therefore , confine myself to the public question involved in the business of Wednesday last .
First as to the Canadas . Need I weary your readers with the , unforgotten tale of grievances to be remedied , laches to be deplored , official negligence to be atoned for—so often publicly urged upon the Grand Lodge by Bros . Lord Carnarvon , the Rev . G . R . Portal , and their party , and privately deprecated by many a good , though less noisy , Mason—we havehpard of them usque ad nauseam . That there was some good reason to complain of
the way in which the Canadas had been treated , no sensible man has denied ; but no honest Mason will forget that so long ago as March , 1857 , the M . W . Grand Master , from his place in Grand Lodge , frankly and openly expressed his regret for the past ; and not only announced his determination to improve the future , but practically accompanied that announcement by concessions to the Canadas , which every one ( including the Colonial Board ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence
G 011 ESFOIDEI 6 E
£ T me ^ responsible for tiny opinions Mfertow
TC > THE EDITOR OF THE FRIEM ^ MIRROR . Sim ^^ Irunt a ^ ealing to to last Wednesday , as more than a confirmation of everything which I have
advanced against them . Masonic feelhig might weE demand that such cMduct should be jiasssd over in silence and that discussion should be avoided ^ but Breth ^ erroneous ^ by the Grand Lodge of England . All men h ^^ perform and Freemasons cannot hope to be always relieved from such necessities .
Times and circumstances must occur to the memory of every Englishman where , in the dlierent assemblies of this realm , faction and cabal have for a time raised their heads , to the momentary despair of every patriot , and to the discomfort of all who were for the time being charged with the conduct of affairs ; but I much doubt whether the history of faction and cabal in this country can produce a parallel scene to that which was enacted by the Observer party in the Grand Lodge of England last Wednesday .
I will not advert to the Masonic obligations of every member of the Stand Lodge ^—to the principles on which our Order is founded— -nor to the sacred feeling which at all times surrounds our private Lodges , so beautifully inculcated by the Worshipful Master on the investiture of each initiate —these duties and sentiments have long since been trampled under foot by that miserable faction . I will , therefore , confine myself to the public question involved in the business of Wednesday last .
First as to the Canadas . Need I weary your readers with the , unforgotten tale of grievances to be remedied , laches to be deplored , official negligence to be atoned for—so often publicly urged upon the Grand Lodge by Bros . Lord Carnarvon , the Rev . G . R . Portal , and their party , and privately deprecated by many a good , though less noisy , Mason—we havehpard of them usque ad nauseam . That there was some good reason to complain of
the way in which the Canadas had been treated , no sensible man has denied ; but no honest Mason will forget that so long ago as March , 1857 , the M . W . Grand Master , from his place in Grand Lodge , frankly and openly expressed his regret for the past ; and not only announced his determination to improve the future , but practically accompanied that announcement by concessions to the Canadas , which every one ( including the Colonial Board ,