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To The Editor.
looked rather threatening , determined to get up a Monster Meeting : ancl commence a new crusade against the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; " ancl nobly did the brother who commenced the onslaught perform his task ! The leading article of the last number , and some of the correspondence were admirably dissected ; and all the choice bits selected , and served up with such sauce piquant , as drew forth groans of virtuous indignation from those who occupy the DAISancl those who
, are looking for a seat in that Purple Golgotha ; truly , it is a " Place of SKULLS , " not a place of HEARTS . It was attempted to be shown that the M . W . Grand Master , on giving his opinion on some recent occasions , only pursued a course analogous to that of a judge summing up a case , and explaining the law to a jury . Who denies the M . W . Grand Master ' s right to express his opinion ? But here the analogy endsfor a judge—an English judge at
least—, never tells the jury , that , if their verdict is contrary to his wishes , they must find another judge . I repeat that the Grancl Master never did possess the confidence of the Craft at large : and even if he had , his late acts justly merit its forfeiture . He was elected by a CLIQUE , because they were afraid to have a noble brother at their head , who " would act and think for himself . " The M . W . Grand Master expresses his ignorance of the contents of the F . Q . R . Let him become acquainted with
that book ; it will show him the opinion , not of the interested few , but of the body at large ; and having gained this "Useful Knowledge , " let him exhibit a proper spirit of self-respect and dignity by ruling , not by being ruled . It is stated that the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review " is an
unauthorised , one-sided , garbled , statement—calculated to do much mischief , by leading the distant brethren , and the popular world at large , to form erroneous and unfavourable impressions of our Order . This is all " vox et preeteria nihil . " The real ground of this new crusade is that through this channel , more TRUTH escapes than is palatable to certain DICTATORS It was the provincial ignorance of masonic transactions in general , and of the acts of Grand Lodge in particular , that first called forth the Review ; and its general utilityand the manner in which it is usuall
, y conducted , are too well known and appreciated for any cabal to smother it ; it can defy the united attacks of the Purple Golgotha , and all its expectant Satellites . Those who throw stones should be sure that their own houses are not made of glass . Will the authorized report of Grand Lodge bear examination ? a report purporting to be inspected by theM . W . Grand Master himself , and to contain "a short and succinct account of the proceedings" of Grand Lodgeand a report "like the summary of
, the debates in parliament , which appears in the Times ; " it further professes to " report one party as fully as another" In the face of all these professions , and all this revision and authority , a more one-sided , partial , and garbled statement , never was published ; one more calculated to mislead the brethren and the world at large . After two hours and a half had been spent in violent abuse of certain parties , and fulsome adulation of their idolthe Vote of Confidence was passedwith loud
, , acclamations , by the majority of those that remained , full one third of the original number having previously quitted the hall . Although the importance of the subject has led me to a rather lengthened address , I cannot lay down my pen without saying a few words upon a matter which merits the contempt and disgust of every man and Mason . When the grant of 300 / . towards a fund for relieving thc
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To The Editor.
looked rather threatening , determined to get up a Monster Meeting : ancl commence a new crusade against the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; " ancl nobly did the brother who commenced the onslaught perform his task ! The leading article of the last number , and some of the correspondence were admirably dissected ; and all the choice bits selected , and served up with such sauce piquant , as drew forth groans of virtuous indignation from those who occupy the DAISancl those who
, are looking for a seat in that Purple Golgotha ; truly , it is a " Place of SKULLS , " not a place of HEARTS . It was attempted to be shown that the M . W . Grand Master , on giving his opinion on some recent occasions , only pursued a course analogous to that of a judge summing up a case , and explaining the law to a jury . Who denies the M . W . Grand Master ' s right to express his opinion ? But here the analogy endsfor a judge—an English judge at
least—, never tells the jury , that , if their verdict is contrary to his wishes , they must find another judge . I repeat that the Grancl Master never did possess the confidence of the Craft at large : and even if he had , his late acts justly merit its forfeiture . He was elected by a CLIQUE , because they were afraid to have a noble brother at their head , who " would act and think for himself . " The M . W . Grand Master expresses his ignorance of the contents of the F . Q . R . Let him become acquainted with
that book ; it will show him the opinion , not of the interested few , but of the body at large ; and having gained this "Useful Knowledge , " let him exhibit a proper spirit of self-respect and dignity by ruling , not by being ruled . It is stated that the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review " is an
unauthorised , one-sided , garbled , statement—calculated to do much mischief , by leading the distant brethren , and the popular world at large , to form erroneous and unfavourable impressions of our Order . This is all " vox et preeteria nihil . " The real ground of this new crusade is that through this channel , more TRUTH escapes than is palatable to certain DICTATORS It was the provincial ignorance of masonic transactions in general , and of the acts of Grand Lodge in particular , that first called forth the Review ; and its general utilityand the manner in which it is usuall
, y conducted , are too well known and appreciated for any cabal to smother it ; it can defy the united attacks of the Purple Golgotha , and all its expectant Satellites . Those who throw stones should be sure that their own houses are not made of glass . Will the authorized report of Grand Lodge bear examination ? a report purporting to be inspected by theM . W . Grand Master himself , and to contain "a short and succinct account of the proceedings" of Grand Lodgeand a report "like the summary of
, the debates in parliament , which appears in the Times ; " it further professes to " report one party as fully as another" In the face of all these professions , and all this revision and authority , a more one-sided , partial , and garbled statement , never was published ; one more calculated to mislead the brethren and the world at large . After two hours and a half had been spent in violent abuse of certain parties , and fulsome adulation of their idolthe Vote of Confidence was passedwith loud
, , acclamations , by the majority of those that remained , full one third of the original number having previously quitted the hall . Although the importance of the subject has led me to a rather lengthened address , I cannot lay down my pen without saying a few words upon a matter which merits the contempt and disgust of every man and Mason . When the grant of 300 / . towards a fund for relieving thc