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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —I am fearful that the Asylum and Annuity Plans are not likely to be amalgamated . As it is , no Brother of high or low rank ivill , after the liberal offer made to the Annuity Plan by the Asylum Committee , accuse the latter of "jobbing or speculation . " ' I believe the Asylum Plan occupies the serious attention of the Craft , and that the sedate portion of the Fraternity would feel a just pride in seeing it fully at work . If I were an accountant , I would take the trouble of drawing up a plan bwhich a sum miht be raised for buildingand
y g , other purposes . Among other suggestions , I would hint , that any Brother who should contribute Five Pounds a-year , for twenty years , might , if he wished , then become an inmate of the Asylum ; still , however , paying his usual contribution . Probably on an average , from mortality and other circumstances , not one in twenty would ultimately avail themselves of the privilege . Also , that any Lodge , paying the same sum yearlyand for the same timemight then send a Brotheror Brothers
, , , , according to the amount of contributions ; such candidates , however , to be submitted to proper qualification if elected , and liable to removal on committing any trespass on the regulations : but if a subscriber , his capital , or proportion of it , to be returned to him . I throw out these hints for the consideration of those who are more capable of acting on them . BATAVUS .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR ANP BROTHER , —The marvellous anomalies that now present themselves in a " certain assembly , " require publicity , were it only that those who , by their absence permit them , may feel that they share in the errors , to give them no stronger term . On a recent occasion , when a party was about to speak against the confirmation of a portion of previous minutes , he was told by a member , that , although absent at the timehis friends had spoken for himand thatthereforehe was out
, , , , of order in attempting a debate thereon , and further , that he must either assent or dissent to the minutes , en masse . The folly of this doctrine is perceptible enough ; but it is monstrous notwithstanding , and would not be tenable except in a " certain assembly ; " it militates against the liberty of " honest speech , " and if permitted , will be more injurious than open violence , and must be checked by public opinion .
Again , on the same occasion , it was actually permitted in another party , and proh pudor ! a legal functionary , to take a successful exception to some portion of other minutes ! Does it not appear as if " one man may steal a horse , but that another may not look over a hedge ?" Do , Mr . Editor , make these facts public , and give your opinion thereon AN EYE AND EAR WITNESS . [ We readily insert the abovebut the facts being sufficientlclear
; y , do not require an opinion . ] f ^ " All other correspondence is necessarily postponed , or the subject matter introduced in the articles where they refer . Even the voluminous correspondence on the engrossing subject of Dr . Oliver ' s ungracious dismissal , has yielded to the same arrangement .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —I am fearful that the Asylum and Annuity Plans are not likely to be amalgamated . As it is , no Brother of high or low rank ivill , after the liberal offer made to the Annuity Plan by the Asylum Committee , accuse the latter of "jobbing or speculation . " ' I believe the Asylum Plan occupies the serious attention of the Craft , and that the sedate portion of the Fraternity would feel a just pride in seeing it fully at work . If I were an accountant , I would take the trouble of drawing up a plan bwhich a sum miht be raised for buildingand
y g , other purposes . Among other suggestions , I would hint , that any Brother who should contribute Five Pounds a-year , for twenty years , might , if he wished , then become an inmate of the Asylum ; still , however , paying his usual contribution . Probably on an average , from mortality and other circumstances , not one in twenty would ultimately avail themselves of the privilege . Also , that any Lodge , paying the same sum yearlyand for the same timemight then send a Brotheror Brothers
, , , , according to the amount of contributions ; such candidates , however , to be submitted to proper qualification if elected , and liable to removal on committing any trespass on the regulations : but if a subscriber , his capital , or proportion of it , to be returned to him . I throw out these hints for the consideration of those who are more capable of acting on them . BATAVUS .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR ANP BROTHER , —The marvellous anomalies that now present themselves in a " certain assembly , " require publicity , were it only that those who , by their absence permit them , may feel that they share in the errors , to give them no stronger term . On a recent occasion , when a party was about to speak against the confirmation of a portion of previous minutes , he was told by a member , that , although absent at the timehis friends had spoken for himand thatthereforehe was out
, , , , of order in attempting a debate thereon , and further , that he must either assent or dissent to the minutes , en masse . The folly of this doctrine is perceptible enough ; but it is monstrous notwithstanding , and would not be tenable except in a " certain assembly ; " it militates against the liberty of " honest speech , " and if permitted , will be more injurious than open violence , and must be checked by public opinion .
Again , on the same occasion , it was actually permitted in another party , and proh pudor ! a legal functionary , to take a successful exception to some portion of other minutes ! Does it not appear as if " one man may steal a horse , but that another may not look over a hedge ?" Do , Mr . Editor , make these facts public , and give your opinion thereon AN EYE AND EAR WITNESS . [ We readily insert the abovebut the facts being sufficientlclear
; y , do not require an opinion . ] f ^ " All other correspondence is necessarily postponed , or the subject matter introduced in the articles where they refer . Even the voluminous correspondence on the engrossing subject of Dr . Oliver ' s ungracious dismissal , has yielded to the same arrangement .