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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, JUNE 7. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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Quarterly Communication, June 7.
contempt upon them . He felt very little uneasiness upon the question before Grand Lodge , as he was sure his honour was safe in their keeping , and they would protect him from any improper and unworthy attack . Bro . DAVIS did not consider the mover of the resolution had gone half far enough ; the article in question was a scurrilous and disgraceful articleuntrue in every particularand should have lied to the
, , app ownership of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " Bro . PHILIPE considered they were making a great deal out of very little . Something had been said in a work of which they knew nothing ; it was neither countenanced , supported , acknowledged , nor authorized by the Grand Lodge , and they had nothing whatever to do with it . They ought not to notice what appeared in a publication against themselves or their Grancl Masterand the whole should have been passed
, over in silence and indifference . If they had ever regarded the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review" as an organ of their own , it might have been advisable to entertain motions founded upon what appeared in it , but the reverse being the case , he thought their proceedings unnecessary . Bro . DOBIE would recommend the writer of the article to be
discovered , ancl dealt with by Grancl Loclge . There had been difficulty in discovering him ; but as he saw in the notice to correspondents that communications would readily reach the Editor , if sent to Bro . Crucefix , he thought he should be called upon to give the information required . Bro . GLOVER ( Serjeant-at-Law ) had never heard of such a proposal being seriousl y made before , to ask some one for information which would be a breach of confidence on his part , merel y to suit their convenience . It was irregularunjustand unmasonic . He might
charac-, , terize their whole proceeding of that evening as irregular ; they were debating the merits of an article in a publication which was not before them , ancl which was without their knowledge or authority—a work he had never read ; but of course , seeing the importance that was made of it , and the weight they attached to it , he should make a point of seeing it in future . The brother at considerable length ably answered the arguments of the mover in the same rotation they had been brought forward
, and commented on the extract from the authorized report of the Grancl Master ' s statement that he should feel himself called upon to resign . — fJBro . Beaden explained he had not the document before him when he spoke . 3—Bro . Glover then read the Grand Master ' s version from the authorized circular of what he had himself stated , and could come to no other conclusion than that the inference of the "Freemasons'Quarterly Review " was correct .
Bro . LEE STEVENS assured the Grand Lodge , that he should not have taken any part in the discussion , but for observations that had been made so very irrelevant to the subject , and which ought not to pass unnoticed . He would first deprecate , in the warmest manner , the unfair attempt made by the Grand Registrar ( Bro . Dobie ) to induce Bro . Crucefix to identify himself with the article in question , as if that Right Worshipful Brother were upon his trial before Grand Lodge . Even were that
meeting disposed to act fairly towards him upon such a question , his name was not included in , nor had it been mentioned by the W . Brother who introduced , the motion ; neither did it appear that any notice had been given to Bro . Crucefix that he would be asked to perform the task of self-inculpation . But even were the contrary the case , what brother , however firmly nerved , respected , or talented , would venture to identify
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Quarterly Communication, June 7.
contempt upon them . He felt very little uneasiness upon the question before Grand Lodge , as he was sure his honour was safe in their keeping , and they would protect him from any improper and unworthy attack . Bro . DAVIS did not consider the mover of the resolution had gone half far enough ; the article in question was a scurrilous and disgraceful articleuntrue in every particularand should have lied to the
, , app ownership of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " Bro . PHILIPE considered they were making a great deal out of very little . Something had been said in a work of which they knew nothing ; it was neither countenanced , supported , acknowledged , nor authorized by the Grand Lodge , and they had nothing whatever to do with it . They ought not to notice what appeared in a publication against themselves or their Grancl Masterand the whole should have been passed
, over in silence and indifference . If they had ever regarded the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review" as an organ of their own , it might have been advisable to entertain motions founded upon what appeared in it , but the reverse being the case , he thought their proceedings unnecessary . Bro . DOBIE would recommend the writer of the article to be
discovered , ancl dealt with by Grancl Loclge . There had been difficulty in discovering him ; but as he saw in the notice to correspondents that communications would readily reach the Editor , if sent to Bro . Crucefix , he thought he should be called upon to give the information required . Bro . GLOVER ( Serjeant-at-Law ) had never heard of such a proposal being seriousl y made before , to ask some one for information which would be a breach of confidence on his part , merel y to suit their convenience . It was irregularunjustand unmasonic . He might
charac-, , terize their whole proceeding of that evening as irregular ; they were debating the merits of an article in a publication which was not before them , ancl which was without their knowledge or authority—a work he had never read ; but of course , seeing the importance that was made of it , and the weight they attached to it , he should make a point of seeing it in future . The brother at considerable length ably answered the arguments of the mover in the same rotation they had been brought forward
, and commented on the extract from the authorized report of the Grancl Master ' s statement that he should feel himself called upon to resign . — fJBro . Beaden explained he had not the document before him when he spoke . 3—Bro . Glover then read the Grand Master ' s version from the authorized circular of what he had himself stated , and could come to no other conclusion than that the inference of the "Freemasons'Quarterly Review " was correct .
Bro . LEE STEVENS assured the Grand Lodge , that he should not have taken any part in the discussion , but for observations that had been made so very irrelevant to the subject , and which ought not to pass unnoticed . He would first deprecate , in the warmest manner , the unfair attempt made by the Grand Registrar ( Bro . Dobie ) to induce Bro . Crucefix to identify himself with the article in question , as if that Right Worshipful Brother were upon his trial before Grand Lodge . Even were that
meeting disposed to act fairly towards him upon such a question , his name was not included in , nor had it been mentioned by the W . Brother who introduced , the motion ; neither did it appear that any notice had been given to Bro . Crucefix that he would be asked to perform the task of self-inculpation . But even were the contrary the case , what brother , however firmly nerved , respected , or talented , would venture to identify