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Article THE CASE OF BROTHER J. EASTHOPE, ESQ., M.P. ← Page 2 of 2 Article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 4 →
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The Case Of Brother J. Easthope, Esq., M.P.
May . —At the Board the preceding memorial was considered , when it was resolved that the memorial be not entertained , by reason that it had been printed in the public papers .
Observe the moral contrast . —In the persecution against three Brethren , founded upon a vile and slanderous printed paper , published by a man not six months in the Order , tbe Grand Master considered " that his character and reputation were implicated , ' ' ancl the Board of General Purposes determined to do his bidding—for it is idle nonsense to designate their conduct by any other term . But when the conduct of the Grand Master is implicated , by the
publication , in a highly respectable daily newspaper , of a fully detailed account of the procedings of a meeting at which HE PRESIDED , ancl at which he spoke , and at which meeting the proprietor of such paper was present , and therefore could judge of the correctness or incorrectness of the report that appeared in his own paper—what is the conduct of the Board of General Purposes with regard to the memorial ? Oil ! to do the bidding , and to " burke" the complaint . Query . —Had Dr . Crucefix published a copy of the charges , or complaint of his four worthy Brothers (!) , would the board have thought it proper to have dismissed the charges on such grounds ?
Letters To The Editor.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .
ATTACKS ON * THE GRAND MASTER . SIR AND BROTHER , —AVithout admitting that I am called upon to give any opinion on the propriety , or otherwise , of discussing the conduct of the Grand Master in the columns of the newspaper press , I deem it an indispensable duty to notice the active malevolence of the very contemptible assailants who have privately attributed those articles to me .
Their object in doing so could not be misunderstood . It was intended , to create a prejudice against me on a recent occasion : and , I am persuaded , was successful with many ; for nothing is more natural than that the weak should become the tools of the wicked .
But to the confusion of these backbiters , ( who are inaccessible to compunction ancl incapable of honest regret , ) ancl as a warning to their dupes , ( who were unwittingly deceived , ) I most positively declare that I have not , either directly or indirectly , contributed a single article on the subject to any newspaper , whether metropolitan or provincial ; nor have I any knowledge of the writers . And let me assure all who feel interested in these matters , that if I
am driven to the use of my pen in making or repelling further personal attacks , I shall not deviate from the rule I have ever observed , in controversies wherein personal identity may be on both sides certain , of authenticating what I write by ' my signature . My opponents , whatever their rank or station , will always find me prepared to meet them without apprehension or disguise ; for before the public , if not in other places , we may mutually enjoy the privileges of " a clear stage ancl no
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The Case Of Brother J. Easthope, Esq., M.P.
May . —At the Board the preceding memorial was considered , when it was resolved that the memorial be not entertained , by reason that it had been printed in the public papers .
Observe the moral contrast . —In the persecution against three Brethren , founded upon a vile and slanderous printed paper , published by a man not six months in the Order , tbe Grand Master considered " that his character and reputation were implicated , ' ' ancl the Board of General Purposes determined to do his bidding—for it is idle nonsense to designate their conduct by any other term . But when the conduct of the Grand Master is implicated , by the
publication , in a highly respectable daily newspaper , of a fully detailed account of the procedings of a meeting at which HE PRESIDED , ancl at which he spoke , and at which meeting the proprietor of such paper was present , and therefore could judge of the correctness or incorrectness of the report that appeared in his own paper—what is the conduct of the Board of General Purposes with regard to the memorial ? Oil ! to do the bidding , and to " burke" the complaint . Query . —Had Dr . Crucefix published a copy of the charges , or complaint of his four worthy Brothers (!) , would the board have thought it proper to have dismissed the charges on such grounds ?
Letters To The Editor.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .
ATTACKS ON * THE GRAND MASTER . SIR AND BROTHER , —AVithout admitting that I am called upon to give any opinion on the propriety , or otherwise , of discussing the conduct of the Grand Master in the columns of the newspaper press , I deem it an indispensable duty to notice the active malevolence of the very contemptible assailants who have privately attributed those articles to me .
Their object in doing so could not be misunderstood . It was intended , to create a prejudice against me on a recent occasion : and , I am persuaded , was successful with many ; for nothing is more natural than that the weak should become the tools of the wicked .
But to the confusion of these backbiters , ( who are inaccessible to compunction ancl incapable of honest regret , ) ancl as a warning to their dupes , ( who were unwittingly deceived , ) I most positively declare that I have not , either directly or indirectly , contributed a single article on the subject to any newspaper , whether metropolitan or provincial ; nor have I any knowledge of the writers . And let me assure all who feel interested in these matters , that if I
am driven to the use of my pen in making or repelling further personal attacks , I shall not deviate from the rule I have ever observed , in controversies wherein personal identity may be on both sides certain , of authenticating what I write by ' my signature . My opponents , whatever their rank or station , will always find me prepared to meet them without apprehension or disguise ; for before the public , if not in other places , we may mutually enjoy the privileges of " a clear stage ancl no