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Article BROTHER DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M. P. ← Page 3 of 3 Article MISS MARTINEAU versus FREEMASONRY. Page 1 of 2 →
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Brother Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P.
AVe incline to an opinion that his present address will be serviceable to the Order , and anticipate that many will , in consequence , be emulous to join it , and therefore express our thanks to him for the service he has probably intended to render it . There are more ways than one of doing good ; and we are inclined to think , after all , that our Brother may have only been practising a cunning device in our favour , and may be now laughing in his sleeve to think what will be made of the quarry he has startedIf
. otherwise , do we forgive?—yes , with all our hearthis private virtues would redeem even a greater error—for error it is ; and , after all , Mr . O'Connell is a Brother . AA e have purposely avoided any allusion to the controversial arguments which the partisan in politics or the bigot in faith has adduced ' , or may think fit to bring forward ; our business rests only as between Brother O'Connell and Freemasonry ; and in tin ' s spirit we shall refrain from
republishing the great mass of papers which have appeared on the subject of Brother O'Connell ' s ill-timed letter to the Pilot , which has merely tended to cause an angry feeling , without the possibility of doing any service .
Miss Martineau Versus Freemasonry.
MISS MARTINEAU versus FREEMASONRY .
THAT new lights may break in upon any one capable of the exercise of thought , cannot be questioned ; nor will it be denied that the most capable may take a false estimate of the effects of li ght and shade as proceeding from their own exposition of the cause and effect . That Miss Martineau is a woman of genius none can , in our opinion , gainsay ; nor are we among those who would close the mysterious path from the searching eye of woman . All we askwhen she the bold
ad-, essays venture of exploration not usual with her sex , is , that at least she should be wary in publishing any opinions from sources that are morall y tainted . Miss Martineau has recently published three volumes , called " Society in America , "—they teem with graphic sketches and deep research . AVe shall not enter into any critical examination of the political opinions which the authoress discusses with equal freedom and boldness ; nor shall we incur any charge of introducing subjects foreito our peculiar
gn objects ; our business is with Miss Martineau as declaring war ao-ainst Freemasonry * . ° It is something complimentary that she introduces the subject early in the first volume . It may be , it tickled her , as a telling point ; and beinotickled , she has been prevented from judging with her usual acuteness ! Miss Martineau has , at one fell swoop , adopted the libellous railings of the American Anti-Masonic party , and has raked up the ashes of a fable to be
agreed upon forgotten even b y those who invented it . This is not like the generosity of her sex : but Miss M ., we presume , is somewhat scornful , and does not always act with womanl y forbearance . " A bad institution is overthrown , " cries our authoress—and upon what authority , gentle reader ? Listen to her own words . "The account given of it by some friends of mine , formerly Masons , is , that it is utterly puerile in itself ; that it may be DIGNIFIED UNDER A DESPOTISM , by an applica-
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Brother Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P.
AVe incline to an opinion that his present address will be serviceable to the Order , and anticipate that many will , in consequence , be emulous to join it , and therefore express our thanks to him for the service he has probably intended to render it . There are more ways than one of doing good ; and we are inclined to think , after all , that our Brother may have only been practising a cunning device in our favour , and may be now laughing in his sleeve to think what will be made of the quarry he has startedIf
. otherwise , do we forgive?—yes , with all our hearthis private virtues would redeem even a greater error—for error it is ; and , after all , Mr . O'Connell is a Brother . AA e have purposely avoided any allusion to the controversial arguments which the partisan in politics or the bigot in faith has adduced ' , or may think fit to bring forward ; our business rests only as between Brother O'Connell and Freemasonry ; and in tin ' s spirit we shall refrain from
republishing the great mass of papers which have appeared on the subject of Brother O'Connell ' s ill-timed letter to the Pilot , which has merely tended to cause an angry feeling , without the possibility of doing any service .
Miss Martineau Versus Freemasonry.
MISS MARTINEAU versus FREEMASONRY .
THAT new lights may break in upon any one capable of the exercise of thought , cannot be questioned ; nor will it be denied that the most capable may take a false estimate of the effects of li ght and shade as proceeding from their own exposition of the cause and effect . That Miss Martineau is a woman of genius none can , in our opinion , gainsay ; nor are we among those who would close the mysterious path from the searching eye of woman . All we askwhen she the bold
ad-, essays venture of exploration not usual with her sex , is , that at least she should be wary in publishing any opinions from sources that are morall y tainted . Miss Martineau has recently published three volumes , called " Society in America , "—they teem with graphic sketches and deep research . AVe shall not enter into any critical examination of the political opinions which the authoress discusses with equal freedom and boldness ; nor shall we incur any charge of introducing subjects foreito our peculiar
gn objects ; our business is with Miss Martineau as declaring war ao-ainst Freemasonry * . ° It is something complimentary that she introduces the subject early in the first volume . It may be , it tickled her , as a telling point ; and beinotickled , she has been prevented from judging with her usual acuteness ! Miss Martineau has , at one fell swoop , adopted the libellous railings of the American Anti-Masonic party , and has raked up the ashes of a fable to be
agreed upon forgotten even b y those who invented it . This is not like the generosity of her sex : but Miss M ., we presume , is somewhat scornful , and does not always act with womanl y forbearance . " A bad institution is overthrown , " cries our authoress—and upon what authority , gentle reader ? Listen to her own words . "The account given of it by some friends of mine , formerly Masons , is , that it is utterly puerile in itself ; that it may be DIGNIFIED UNDER A DESPOTISM , by an applica-