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the feeling with which his conduct will be viewed . His prostitution of the best interests of Freemasonry to the cause of faction—his support of the Canadas when it seemed to suit the purpose-s of his party—his repudiation of her recognition when the game of his party became desperate , and that after he had himself given notice of such a motion—must be chronicled ' and criticised by abler pens than mine . But all good men and Masons who have studied these matters and who become aware of the miserable
exhibition of Wednesday last will , I feel certain , be irresistibly led to the conclusion that that reverend Brother is an object of either pity or contemptpity , when regarding an undoubtedly fine intellect j' which , regardless of his Masonic obligations , is prostituted to the purposes of faction ; contempt , for the Brother ( alas , that it should be said !) who can , hoping to serve motives best known to himself , do all in his power to destroy the noble fabric of our Craft , and to make the ruin of Freemasonry a monument of gratification to his personaLs ^^
What has been said of the Canadas may be said of the report of the Board of General Purposes . It needed scarcely the able exposition of Bro . Havers to draw us to the conclusion that we , the Grand Lodge , ought to have set , and not to follow , the example of English Masons , and emancipate ourselves fromthe just xepr each of holding the head quarters of Freemasonry at a tavern . This again was a subject on w hich all surely were agreed—but it
met with the same fate . Obstruction after obstruction was offered by the faction , until , as a last effort , they attempted to adjourn the debate ; a division showed them that it was hopeless to contend further against the strong determination of Grand Lodge . The motions on the subject , replete with interest to the good of our Order , were then carried , despite the opposition of those who arrogate to themselves the claim to have been the promoters of all which has of late been done to advance the interests of
Freemasonr \ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . / , The whole proceedings plainly demonstrate that the Observer faction is determined to offer its most strenuous opposition to everything which maybe proposed by the M . W . Grand Master or the constitutional authorities ; and that in the course which they have pursued and are pursuing , the interests of the Craft are made secondary to their own personal motives ; but
these proceedings also unmistakably show a most gratifying result , and that is , that out of a very unusually large number of Brethren who attended Grand Lodge , the Observer faction could command but comparative ^ few supporters ; and that they have now publicly forfeited their absurd claim to represent the feelings of the Grand Lodge of England . It may well be askedwho are now the obstructives—the executivewho
, , have found it their duty to oppose propositions made with a view to encroach illegally on the constitutions of the Order ; or the Observer party , who have publicly demonstrated their determination to oppose everything which they themselves have not originated , and that without reference to the true interests of the Craft .
I have heretofore said that I should freely speak my' opinions . I have done so , I regret that I should have had to apply such observations to any Brother or section of Brethren , but the time for any tiling approaching to false delicacy has gone by . The proceedings of last Wednesday must ' clearly prove to every reflecting Mason that the day of temporizing is past . The
worm is scotched , not killed ; and the Brethren must gird up their loins for the combat , and resolve never to stay in their course till our Craft has been purged of such disreputable and contemptible proceedings , and we can revert to the Masonic harmony which characterized the Craft before the reverend Brother and his party appeared on the scene , after making their 3 z
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the feeling with which his conduct will be viewed . His prostitution of the best interests of Freemasonry to the cause of faction—his support of the Canadas when it seemed to suit the purpose-s of his party—his repudiation of her recognition when the game of his party became desperate , and that after he had himself given notice of such a motion—must be chronicled ' and criticised by abler pens than mine . But all good men and Masons who have studied these matters and who become aware of the miserable
exhibition of Wednesday last will , I feel certain , be irresistibly led to the conclusion that that reverend Brother is an object of either pity or contemptpity , when regarding an undoubtedly fine intellect j' which , regardless of his Masonic obligations , is prostituted to the purposes of faction ; contempt , for the Brother ( alas , that it should be said !) who can , hoping to serve motives best known to himself , do all in his power to destroy the noble fabric of our Craft , and to make the ruin of Freemasonry a monument of gratification to his personaLs ^^
What has been said of the Canadas may be said of the report of the Board of General Purposes . It needed scarcely the able exposition of Bro . Havers to draw us to the conclusion that we , the Grand Lodge , ought to have set , and not to follow , the example of English Masons , and emancipate ourselves fromthe just xepr each of holding the head quarters of Freemasonry at a tavern . This again was a subject on w hich all surely were agreed—but it
met with the same fate . Obstruction after obstruction was offered by the faction , until , as a last effort , they attempted to adjourn the debate ; a division showed them that it was hopeless to contend further against the strong determination of Grand Lodge . The motions on the subject , replete with interest to the good of our Order , were then carried , despite the opposition of those who arrogate to themselves the claim to have been the promoters of all which has of late been done to advance the interests of
Freemasonr \ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . / , The whole proceedings plainly demonstrate that the Observer faction is determined to offer its most strenuous opposition to everything which maybe proposed by the M . W . Grand Master or the constitutional authorities ; and that in the course which they have pursued and are pursuing , the interests of the Craft are made secondary to their own personal motives ; but
these proceedings also unmistakably show a most gratifying result , and that is , that out of a very unusually large number of Brethren who attended Grand Lodge , the Observer faction could command but comparative ^ few supporters ; and that they have now publicly forfeited their absurd claim to represent the feelings of the Grand Lodge of England . It may well be askedwho are now the obstructives—the executivewho
, , have found it their duty to oppose propositions made with a view to encroach illegally on the constitutions of the Order ; or the Observer party , who have publicly demonstrated their determination to oppose everything which they themselves have not originated , and that without reference to the true interests of the Craft .
I have heretofore said that I should freely speak my' opinions . I have done so , I regret that I should have had to apply such observations to any Brother or section of Brethren , but the time for any tiling approaching to false delicacy has gone by . The proceedings of last Wednesday must ' clearly prove to every reflecting Mason that the day of temporizing is past . The
worm is scotched , not killed ; and the Brethren must gird up their loins for the combat , and resolve never to stay in their course till our Craft has been purged of such disreputable and contemptible proceedings , and we can revert to the Masonic harmony which characterized the Craft before the reverend Brother and his party appeared on the scene , after making their 3 z