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Bro . Portal , and Bro . Beach ) admitted to be ample , although they did not suffice to avert the predetermined separation . Instead of accepting this declaration of the Grand Master , as did evety of a sincere desire to co-operate with them in the promotion of the interests of our common Order , " the faction have never ceased to harp upon this Canadian grievance- —to citeit as a reason for a radical change in the
government of Grand Lodge ; and to make it , in the language of the E . W . the D . G . M ., a stalking horse" on every occasion . Every one who has had a knowledge of the proceedings of the Observer faction in their provincial tours will not have failed to observe this , audit has even been carried to the extent that , in one province , Bro . Portal ' s indiscreet incriminations have been peremptorily stopped by the Master in the chair . While the fection
thus pursued the Canadian grievance , it need scarcely be said that they bitterly complained that recognition of the so called Grand Lodge of Canada was withheld ; and no stronger proof of this is required than the fact that , at the last Board of Masters , Bro . the Rev . G . E . Portal placed on the notice paper for the Grand Lo ^ ge of the 1 st December , the following motion : —
That in the opinion of this Grand Lodge the interests of Masonry will best be promoted by the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Canada ^ and that it respectfully requests the M . W . Grand Master to takethe necessary steps for establishing Masonic relations with that body . " In the meantime the Grand Master and his executive had not for a moment forgotten their understood engagement of March , 1857 ; and as a prbof that the M . W . Grand Master had ever kept it jn view , it may be
mentioned that , so far back as August last , he had instructed the Grand Secretary that if the official intimation of the union of the Canadian Grand Lodge arrived in time , he should , at the meeting of Grand Lodge in September , propose their recognition by the Grand Lodge of England . This official intimation did not reach England until the 29 th JSTovember , and true to his promise , the Grand Master rose in his place in Grand Lodge , on the 1 st December , to propose the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Canada .
Might it not have been expected that such recognition would have been carried amid the acclamations of Grand Lodge ? Whatever had been the mistakes or the faults of Canada , they had been condoned by the M . W . Grand Master , and whatever had been the mistakes on this side , they had been fully atoned for in 1857 . Surely neither could be remembered by those who had so unceasingly , and obliviously of her faults , urged the claims of Canada during past years . But , no ! reason , and Masonic feeling ,
demanded the unanimous and immediate recognition of the Canadas . Faction , however , still held her course—and that course is , as was proved on Wednesday , to oppose everything which may emanate from the Grand Master and his executive . The result was , that the motion for the recognition of the Canadas was opposed—will the Craft , believe it—by Bros . Lord Carnarvon , the Kev . G . 11 . Portal , and their satellites ,. Another Brother took part in it . Of him I will say nothing , except that , at the end of the debate , he rose and expressed his acquiescence , in the views just announced
by the M . W . Grand Master . I regretted , however , to see him unwittingly lending the prestige of his name to the discreditable-course which followed . Of Lord Carnarvon I will say but this , that every one must regret to see a nobleman bearing- his ancestral name led away by such a faction as that with which he has unfortunately become connected . The name of Carnarvon is naturally dear to the Craft , and we may be pardoned the regret with which we see its ancient lustre dimmed . But " what shall we say of Bro . Portal ? No words of mine can express
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G011esfoidei6e
Bro . Portal , and Bro . Beach ) admitted to be ample , although they did not suffice to avert the predetermined separation . Instead of accepting this declaration of the Grand Master , as did evety of a sincere desire to co-operate with them in the promotion of the interests of our common Order , " the faction have never ceased to harp upon this Canadian grievance- —to citeit as a reason for a radical change in the
government of Grand Lodge ; and to make it , in the language of the E . W . the D . G . M ., a stalking horse" on every occasion . Every one who has had a knowledge of the proceedings of the Observer faction in their provincial tours will not have failed to observe this , audit has even been carried to the extent that , in one province , Bro . Portal ' s indiscreet incriminations have been peremptorily stopped by the Master in the chair . While the fection
thus pursued the Canadian grievance , it need scarcely be said that they bitterly complained that recognition of the so called Grand Lodge of Canada was withheld ; and no stronger proof of this is required than the fact that , at the last Board of Masters , Bro . the Rev . G . E . Portal placed on the notice paper for the Grand Lo ^ ge of the 1 st December , the following motion : —
That in the opinion of this Grand Lodge the interests of Masonry will best be promoted by the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Canada ^ and that it respectfully requests the M . W . Grand Master to takethe necessary steps for establishing Masonic relations with that body . " In the meantime the Grand Master and his executive had not for a moment forgotten their understood engagement of March , 1857 ; and as a prbof that the M . W . Grand Master had ever kept it jn view , it may be
mentioned that , so far back as August last , he had instructed the Grand Secretary that if the official intimation of the union of the Canadian Grand Lodge arrived in time , he should , at the meeting of Grand Lodge in September , propose their recognition by the Grand Lodge of England . This official intimation did not reach England until the 29 th JSTovember , and true to his promise , the Grand Master rose in his place in Grand Lodge , on the 1 st December , to propose the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Canada .
Might it not have been expected that such recognition would have been carried amid the acclamations of Grand Lodge ? Whatever had been the mistakes or the faults of Canada , they had been condoned by the M . W . Grand Master , and whatever had been the mistakes on this side , they had been fully atoned for in 1857 . Surely neither could be remembered by those who had so unceasingly , and obliviously of her faults , urged the claims of Canada during past years . But , no ! reason , and Masonic feeling ,
demanded the unanimous and immediate recognition of the Canadas . Faction , however , still held her course—and that course is , as was proved on Wednesday , to oppose everything which may emanate from the Grand Master and his executive . The result was , that the motion for the recognition of the Canadas was opposed—will the Craft , believe it—by Bros . Lord Carnarvon , the Kev . G . 11 . Portal , and their satellites ,. Another Brother took part in it . Of him I will say nothing , except that , at the end of the debate , he rose and expressed his acquiescence , in the views just announced
by the M . W . Grand Master . I regretted , however , to see him unwittingly lending the prestige of his name to the discreditable-course which followed . Of Lord Carnarvon I will say but this , that every one must regret to see a nobleman bearing- his ancestral name led away by such a faction as that with which he has unfortunately become connected . The name of Carnarvon is naturally dear to the Craft , and we may be pardoned the regret with which we see its ancient lustre dimmed . But " what shall we say of Bro . Portal ? No words of mine can express