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Correspondence.
cal problem , that is another far-fetched notion , only equalled by Bro . Melville ' s grand discoveries ! Before closing , allow me to observe that some of the most sensible remarks made in connection with this degree have been made by the Rev . Bro . G . R . Portal . I do not mean to say that I back him up in « verythingonly he has come pretty near the truth
, on more occasions than one in regard to its antiquity . Tours fraternally , "W " . P . BLTCHAIT .
Masonic Insubordination In The Higher Degrees.
MASONIC INSUBORDINATION IN THE HIGHER DEGREES .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKEEMASON'S 3 IAOAZINE AUD MASONIC 1 TIEKOB . Dear Sir and Brother , — Two papers have just been put into my hands , one signed " Libertas , " and the other headed "Spurious Masonry , " with the exception of a different head and tail , these two effusions are identical , so that one , and the same answers will do for both . Admirable as Bro .
A . G . Mackey , M . D ., generally is , he is too much given to take things on trust , and there never was a better proof of it than when he penned the sentence , commencing "The York Rite , " for had he searched a little deeper , be would , like Bro . Hughan , have found that the assertions of the friends of the York Rite had no foundation whatever . The rest of the extracts are of a
piece with it . The interpolations which as " Libertas " owns , are a tissue of malignant libel , scandal , and falsehood . So malignant is the libel in the Irish production , that had Dr . Crucifix been alive , noD one of these men would have dared to have penned it . All know the fable of . the " Dying Lion and the Donkey " but , perhaps these brave penners may yet find a young lion iu the
way . Now hear what Bro . J . G . Eindel , the Author of a "History of German Literature , " and Editor of "Die Bauhiitte , " says of Dr . Crucifix , " page 400 : —Dr . R . H . Crucifix , a London Surgeon , was born in 1797 , in Holborn , and was initiated into the Burlington Lodge , in 1829 , In 1830 was Chairman of the Bank of England
Lodge . In 1834 edited the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " After 16 year ' s labour he established the Asylum for Aged and Infirm Masons . His opinion had always much weight with the fraternity- In 1 S 35 , was J . G . Deacon . About 1836 , was chosen a honorary Member of the Trinosophes , iu Paris , and also of many Lod in England and Scotlandwas one of the
ges , Revising Committee of the Boys' School , was Treasurer to the Asylum , and on the House Committee of the Female Charity . In 1841 , a banquet was given iu his honour , and a silver candelabrum presented to him . And this is the Brother that " Libertas , ' and acolytes delight to libel , and why ? Because perhaps of the prevailing instinct that pushes the low extreme to hate
the high one . The non-possessors of Masonic Charity votes cannot bear the effulgent light of the great luminary of organised Masonic Benevolence . The concluding paragraph of " Libertas " letter , gives a _ clue to the object of the effusion , for he evidently without a shadow of authority , ( for his encampment does not go with him ; and there is not one of the old warrants that
conveys the rights and powers he claims ) , wishes to be recognised as the great Lama , of new system of Masonry , that is to confer everv mortal thing that has ever been , or is to be heard of ; the end will most ^ probably be that , instead of being called the great ; Lama , he may get the nick mame of " Snarler " from the resemblance of the whole thing , to the oft-to-be-seen picture of the little barking cur , and the Newfoundland . We all know how the big dog treats the cur .
Masonic Insubordination In The Higher Degrees.
If there be one fact more patent than another to sound ral well posted Masonic historical students , it is that the Rose Croix system was very ancient , compared with Templary , and that there was no connection whatever between the two , aud this fact has been acknowledged by the Knights Templar , as in this country ; who have never attempted to work the Rose Croix Degrees . Aud there
is not one of the old Templar warrants which authorizes the working of them ; confusion there is , but it is a confusion that would puzzle no first class student , such as Bro . Hughan , for example ; bub perhaps the very best proof is that all the ancient Conclaves enrolled themselves under banners of tho Grand Conclave of England ; and that all of them with the exception of the Jerusalem and
the Baldwyn , Bristol , have for the sake of peace and harmonry been received as Rose Croix Chapters under the banners of the A . and A- Rite for England and Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , and even tb . 6 prominent members of the Jerusalem wished it , and the Baldwyn entered into negotiations with the A . aud A . Rite some time back . This false "Libertas" must be one of those
Communistic firebands , who delight ia destruction and in violating every law and right that interferes with their lust for power ; for , not content with violating his 0 . B . he makes use of the G . Conclave as far as it suits his purpose , and when its rules and regulations interfere with him , he 'deliberately ignores them , and without the slightest compunction , so elastic is his conscience , that
he violates his Templar 0 . B ., both to the S . Conclave , and to the Jerusalem Encampment ; for he has received no authority from G . Conclave to start the " Council of Ancient Rites , " neither is he authorized by the Jerusalem Encampment to do so , nor has he any right as ome of its members , to galvanize a body , which if it ever existed in the form now given ithas long since
, been legally dead . We now come to the last paragraph of this mendacious paper , and it would be interesting to know whether among the signers of the two papers there are any of those Irish Masons who were blackballed by the Members of the Palatine Chapter , Rose Croix , Manchester , and the individual who was expelled the order
by the vote of the Members of the same Chapter for unmasonic and unbrotherly conduct : one thing is very certain , these virulent attacks did not begin until after the the blackballing . To conclude , for my own part , I would sooner be governed over a little despotically by a body of gentlemen , each member of which has been honoured both by
her Gracious Majesty , and by all the governing Masonic Bodies , than by a set of men whom nobody ever heard of , and I believe the very great majority of Anglo-Saxons , in all parts of the world , indulge in the no doubt great error , that the mild despotism of au educated and gentle class is far preferable to the brutal tyranny of a howling mob , and its Communistic Leaders . Yours fraternally ,
Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .
In the Spanish Lodge of Panama , Estrella , No . 33 , Jose L'faure Bravo was installed as W . M ., he is also chief of the Rose Croix Chapter . After the installa fcions a banquet was held at the Grand Hotel . At the Isthmus Lodge of Panama , No . 28 , the follow ing were installed : —Bros . A . R . Hughes , W . M . ; A . Kelleman , S . W . ; J . Smith , J . W . ; H . Eurraan , Treas . ; R . Macdonald , Sec . ; J . Cotter , S . D . j and Diego Briggs , J . D .
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Correspondence.
cal problem , that is another far-fetched notion , only equalled by Bro . Melville ' s grand discoveries ! Before closing , allow me to observe that some of the most sensible remarks made in connection with this degree have been made by the Rev . Bro . G . R . Portal . I do not mean to say that I back him up in « verythingonly he has come pretty near the truth
, on more occasions than one in regard to its antiquity . Tours fraternally , "W " . P . BLTCHAIT .
Masonic Insubordination In The Higher Degrees.
MASONIC INSUBORDINATION IN THE HIGHER DEGREES .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKEEMASON'S 3 IAOAZINE AUD MASONIC 1 TIEKOB . Dear Sir and Brother , — Two papers have just been put into my hands , one signed " Libertas , " and the other headed "Spurious Masonry , " with the exception of a different head and tail , these two effusions are identical , so that one , and the same answers will do for both . Admirable as Bro .
A . G . Mackey , M . D ., generally is , he is too much given to take things on trust , and there never was a better proof of it than when he penned the sentence , commencing "The York Rite , " for had he searched a little deeper , be would , like Bro . Hughan , have found that the assertions of the friends of the York Rite had no foundation whatever . The rest of the extracts are of a
piece with it . The interpolations which as " Libertas " owns , are a tissue of malignant libel , scandal , and falsehood . So malignant is the libel in the Irish production , that had Dr . Crucifix been alive , noD one of these men would have dared to have penned it . All know the fable of . the " Dying Lion and the Donkey " but , perhaps these brave penners may yet find a young lion iu the
way . Now hear what Bro . J . G . Eindel , the Author of a "History of German Literature , " and Editor of "Die Bauhiitte , " says of Dr . Crucifix , " page 400 : —Dr . R . H . Crucifix , a London Surgeon , was born in 1797 , in Holborn , and was initiated into the Burlington Lodge , in 1829 , In 1830 was Chairman of the Bank of England
Lodge . In 1834 edited the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " After 16 year ' s labour he established the Asylum for Aged and Infirm Masons . His opinion had always much weight with the fraternity- In 1 S 35 , was J . G . Deacon . About 1836 , was chosen a honorary Member of the Trinosophes , iu Paris , and also of many Lod in England and Scotlandwas one of the
ges , Revising Committee of the Boys' School , was Treasurer to the Asylum , and on the House Committee of the Female Charity . In 1841 , a banquet was given iu his honour , and a silver candelabrum presented to him . And this is the Brother that " Libertas , ' and acolytes delight to libel , and why ? Because perhaps of the prevailing instinct that pushes the low extreme to hate
the high one . The non-possessors of Masonic Charity votes cannot bear the effulgent light of the great luminary of organised Masonic Benevolence . The concluding paragraph of " Libertas " letter , gives a _ clue to the object of the effusion , for he evidently without a shadow of authority , ( for his encampment does not go with him ; and there is not one of the old warrants that
conveys the rights and powers he claims ) , wishes to be recognised as the great Lama , of new system of Masonry , that is to confer everv mortal thing that has ever been , or is to be heard of ; the end will most ^ probably be that , instead of being called the great ; Lama , he may get the nick mame of " Snarler " from the resemblance of the whole thing , to the oft-to-be-seen picture of the little barking cur , and the Newfoundland . We all know how the big dog treats the cur .
Masonic Insubordination In The Higher Degrees.
If there be one fact more patent than another to sound ral well posted Masonic historical students , it is that the Rose Croix system was very ancient , compared with Templary , and that there was no connection whatever between the two , aud this fact has been acknowledged by the Knights Templar , as in this country ; who have never attempted to work the Rose Croix Degrees . Aud there
is not one of the old Templar warrants which authorizes the working of them ; confusion there is , but it is a confusion that would puzzle no first class student , such as Bro . Hughan , for example ; bub perhaps the very best proof is that all the ancient Conclaves enrolled themselves under banners of tho Grand Conclave of England ; and that all of them with the exception of the Jerusalem and
the Baldwyn , Bristol , have for the sake of peace and harmonry been received as Rose Croix Chapters under the banners of the A . and A- Rite for England and Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , and even tb . 6 prominent members of the Jerusalem wished it , and the Baldwyn entered into negotiations with the A . aud A . Rite some time back . This false "Libertas" must be one of those
Communistic firebands , who delight ia destruction and in violating every law and right that interferes with their lust for power ; for , not content with violating his 0 . B . he makes use of the G . Conclave as far as it suits his purpose , and when its rules and regulations interfere with him , he 'deliberately ignores them , and without the slightest compunction , so elastic is his conscience , that
he violates his Templar 0 . B ., both to the S . Conclave , and to the Jerusalem Encampment ; for he has received no authority from G . Conclave to start the " Council of Ancient Rites , " neither is he authorized by the Jerusalem Encampment to do so , nor has he any right as ome of its members , to galvanize a body , which if it ever existed in the form now given ithas long since
, been legally dead . We now come to the last paragraph of this mendacious paper , and it would be interesting to know whether among the signers of the two papers there are any of those Irish Masons who were blackballed by the Members of the Palatine Chapter , Rose Croix , Manchester , and the individual who was expelled the order
by the vote of the Members of the same Chapter for unmasonic and unbrotherly conduct : one thing is very certain , these virulent attacks did not begin until after the the blackballing . To conclude , for my own part , I would sooner be governed over a little despotically by a body of gentlemen , each member of which has been honoured both by
her Gracious Majesty , and by all the governing Masonic Bodies , than by a set of men whom nobody ever heard of , and I believe the very great majority of Anglo-Saxons , in all parts of the world , indulge in the no doubt great error , that the mild despotism of au educated and gentle class is far preferable to the brutal tyranny of a howling mob , and its Communistic Leaders . Yours fraternally ,
Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .
In the Spanish Lodge of Panama , Estrella , No . 33 , Jose L'faure Bravo was installed as W . M ., he is also chief of the Rose Croix Chapter . After the installa fcions a banquet was held at the Grand Hotel . At the Isthmus Lodge of Panama , No . 28 , the follow ing were installed : —Bros . A . R . Hughes , W . M . ; A . Kelleman , S . W . ; J . Smith , J . W . ; H . Eurraan , Treas . ; R . Macdonald , Sec . ; J . Cotter , S . D . j and Diego Briggs , J . D .