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Freemasonry In Limerick.
FREEMASONRY IN LIMERICK .
TO THE EDITOR . Masonic Club , Limerick , May 11 , 184 ( 1 . SIR AND BROTHEB , —Your Journal , so justly admired for tbe ability and impartiality with which it treats on all matters connected with the Masonic Order , and the independent spirit in which each original comment is put forth , induces me to believe that the advancement of Freemasonry in its purity is an object to youparamount to all othersand
, , from which neither . p rivate friendship nor influence ( no matter how high the quarter may appear to be ) could induce you for a moment to diverge from ; and I feel pleasure in assuring you that each number is always looked forward to with much interest , and read with gratification by many of your Brethren in this locality . There is , however , an editorial article in your last publication , which I must draw your attention to ; but although I doI nevertheless feel
, satisfied that when you committed it to your columns , you did so under the impression that your view of the circumstance it referred to , was in every particular correct , and that its perusal would have afforded the Brethren of North Munster sincere pleasure . It is as follows—( vide page 111 ) . "The R . W . Bro . Michael Furnell , P . G . M . of North Munster , commenced the Masonic labours of the new year , hy consecrating the Triune Lodge , No . 333 . From the Masonic worth ,
intelligence , and experience of the members , we anticipate that this temple will prove an advantage to the district , and a permanent ornamenal pillar of the Irish constitution , under the immediate care of the P . G . M ., which ensures its becoming a constellation of the purest
lustre . The code of by-laws ( with which our correspondent has favored us ) is a bijou worthy of the source from which it emanated . " Now , in justice to your valuable periodical , and believing that you would not wilfully be the medium of conveying an erroneous impression to the Masonic world , and also in justice to the Order , I deem it but fair to furnish you with some particulars having reference to this new Lodge you have so highly eulogised , which may perhaps astonish
you , as well as our Brethren who rule the Masonic destinies at head quarters in Dublin . In the first place , you will be surprized to learn that the Lodges in Limerick , viz ., Nos . 13 and 73 , never heard one word of the steps taken to obtain an additional Warrant for this city , until apprised by the local newspapers of the installation of its officers . Now you will at once perceive that the performance of such an act was a total disregard to the law . See Ahiman Rezon
, page 50 , section 4 , of particular Lodges ; which requires the Lodges where the new AA arrant is proposed to be established , to petition for its being granted by Grand Lodge ; a departure from which law was a violation of one of the principal safeguards of our Irish constitution . Having stated so much , you may naturally ask , why was the legal and proper
course departed from ? The simple reply is , had such been acted upon , the new AVarrant could never have been petitioned for , much less go-anted ; for such a proposition to 13 could not for one moment have been entertained , as no necessity existed for the formation of a new Lodge ; the best proof of which is , that all its members , with , I believe , one or two exceptions , are members already of 13 . As it could not , therefore , be had by legitimate means , the following were resorted to : —
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Freemasonry In Limerick.
FREEMASONRY IN LIMERICK .
TO THE EDITOR . Masonic Club , Limerick , May 11 , 184 ( 1 . SIR AND BROTHEB , —Your Journal , so justly admired for tbe ability and impartiality with which it treats on all matters connected with the Masonic Order , and the independent spirit in which each original comment is put forth , induces me to believe that the advancement of Freemasonry in its purity is an object to youparamount to all othersand
, , from which neither . p rivate friendship nor influence ( no matter how high the quarter may appear to be ) could induce you for a moment to diverge from ; and I feel pleasure in assuring you that each number is always looked forward to with much interest , and read with gratification by many of your Brethren in this locality . There is , however , an editorial article in your last publication , which I must draw your attention to ; but although I doI nevertheless feel
, satisfied that when you committed it to your columns , you did so under the impression that your view of the circumstance it referred to , was in every particular correct , and that its perusal would have afforded the Brethren of North Munster sincere pleasure . It is as follows—( vide page 111 ) . "The R . W . Bro . Michael Furnell , P . G . M . of North Munster , commenced the Masonic labours of the new year , hy consecrating the Triune Lodge , No . 333 . From the Masonic worth ,
intelligence , and experience of the members , we anticipate that this temple will prove an advantage to the district , and a permanent ornamenal pillar of the Irish constitution , under the immediate care of the P . G . M ., which ensures its becoming a constellation of the purest
lustre . The code of by-laws ( with which our correspondent has favored us ) is a bijou worthy of the source from which it emanated . " Now , in justice to your valuable periodical , and believing that you would not wilfully be the medium of conveying an erroneous impression to the Masonic world , and also in justice to the Order , I deem it but fair to furnish you with some particulars having reference to this new Lodge you have so highly eulogised , which may perhaps astonish
you , as well as our Brethren who rule the Masonic destinies at head quarters in Dublin . In the first place , you will be surprized to learn that the Lodges in Limerick , viz ., Nos . 13 and 73 , never heard one word of the steps taken to obtain an additional Warrant for this city , until apprised by the local newspapers of the installation of its officers . Now you will at once perceive that the performance of such an act was a total disregard to the law . See Ahiman Rezon
, page 50 , section 4 , of particular Lodges ; which requires the Lodges where the new AA arrant is proposed to be established , to petition for its being granted by Grand Lodge ; a departure from which law was a violation of one of the principal safeguards of our Irish constitution . Having stated so much , you may naturally ask , why was the legal and proper
course departed from ? The simple reply is , had such been acted upon , the new AVarrant could never have been petitioned for , much less go-anted ; for such a proposition to 13 could not for one moment have been entertained , as no necessity existed for the formation of a new Lodge ; the best proof of which is , that all its members , with , I believe , one or two exceptions , are members already of 13 . As it could not , therefore , be had by legitimate means , the following were resorted to : —