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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
not know whether any member of the Humber Lodge was casually present at the Grand Lodge in March last—we do know that the Rev . Deputy Grand Master for Devon positively was present ; yet , strange to say , his Provincial Grand Lodge , that met in April , at which he was also present , was casually informed of the motion that awaited confirmation . A Masonic tyro , if asked what the word " casual" implied ,
would reply " accidental , not certain . " It is remarkable that the Humber Lodge takes up the phrase " ¦ casually , '' and the other words of the sentence of the Devon circular . The Devon circular , emanating from the Provincial Grand Lodge , is , certainly , according to law , however indiscreet . But we put it very gently to the Humber Lodge , under what article of the Constitutions they can be protected , should any adverse party think proper to cite them before the Board of General Purposes ? It may be that their Provincial Chief may grant them an indemnity ; still that might not
satisfy some thoughtful men . Nor do we clearly see that , because the circular of the P . G . L . of Devon be indiscreet , that a private Lodge of another province is justified in evoking the spirit of discord . The Provincial Grancl Lodge of Devon may have sent to Lodges out of the province , but the private Lodge of Humber assumes to address alt Lodges !
These observations , coming from a Masonic journalist , may appear singular , but we are satisfied that what may be right and proper in the one , is not , therefore , so in another . We have no other governor than PUBLIC opiKio . v , " and our best mode of paying respect to that high potency is , by protecting the legitimate interests of the Fraternity , and maintaining and upholding the principles of the Order . We have
suffered somewhat in behalf of public opinion , and may suffer again . But what then ? We sustained the shock of prejudice , and if we should again be exposed to it , hope to prove ourselves equal to the trial . In the peculiar discharge of our duty we know but one straight course , in following which , if opposed , we may say with
Horace" Melius non tangere clamo . " The two circulars alluded to , both rest their case on the plea , that any additional taxation is both unjust and unnecessary . Now , in simple truth , can au appeal to charity be either the one or the other ? Does not the motion go to prove that the abstraction of so large an amount as four hundred per annum , from one fund , and its appropriation to
another , must have weakened the former ? And that , if no means are taken to repair the effect , such fund must suffer ? We shall not predicate the propriety of the act , by which the necessity for taxation is as clear as the sun at noon day ; nor will wc visit the Provincial Brethren with too . marked a regret , for their having been consenting parties
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
not know whether any member of the Humber Lodge was casually present at the Grand Lodge in March last—we do know that the Rev . Deputy Grand Master for Devon positively was present ; yet , strange to say , his Provincial Grand Lodge , that met in April , at which he was also present , was casually informed of the motion that awaited confirmation . A Masonic tyro , if asked what the word " casual" implied ,
would reply " accidental , not certain . " It is remarkable that the Humber Lodge takes up the phrase " ¦ casually , '' and the other words of the sentence of the Devon circular . The Devon circular , emanating from the Provincial Grand Lodge , is , certainly , according to law , however indiscreet . But we put it very gently to the Humber Lodge , under what article of the Constitutions they can be protected , should any adverse party think proper to cite them before the Board of General Purposes ? It may be that their Provincial Chief may grant them an indemnity ; still that might not
satisfy some thoughtful men . Nor do we clearly see that , because the circular of the P . G . L . of Devon be indiscreet , that a private Lodge of another province is justified in evoking the spirit of discord . The Provincial Grancl Lodge of Devon may have sent to Lodges out of the province , but the private Lodge of Humber assumes to address alt Lodges !
These observations , coming from a Masonic journalist , may appear singular , but we are satisfied that what may be right and proper in the one , is not , therefore , so in another . We have no other governor than PUBLIC opiKio . v , " and our best mode of paying respect to that high potency is , by protecting the legitimate interests of the Fraternity , and maintaining and upholding the principles of the Order . We have
suffered somewhat in behalf of public opinion , and may suffer again . But what then ? We sustained the shock of prejudice , and if we should again be exposed to it , hope to prove ourselves equal to the trial . In the peculiar discharge of our duty we know but one straight course , in following which , if opposed , we may say with
Horace" Melius non tangere clamo . " The two circulars alluded to , both rest their case on the plea , that any additional taxation is both unjust and unnecessary . Now , in simple truth , can au appeal to charity be either the one or the other ? Does not the motion go to prove that the abstraction of so large an amount as four hundred per annum , from one fund , and its appropriation to
another , must have weakened the former ? And that , if no means are taken to repair the effect , such fund must suffer ? We shall not predicate the propriety of the act , by which the necessity for taxation is as clear as the sun at noon day ; nor will wc visit the Provincial Brethren with too . marked a regret , for their having been consenting parties