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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, JUNE 7. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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Quarterly Communication, June 7.
compels us to state , that on the occasion Dr . Crucefix ' s address was received with universal demonstration of approval and cheering ) . He also objected to some points of Bro . Scarborough ' s address . Bro . SCARBOROUGH had said nothing of the sort , the Grand Master hacl not heard any such remark from Bro . S . ; ancl if the brother wished to serve the Grand Master , he would recommend him to be quietjupon this subject .
Bro . WHITMORE recollected perfectly well what had taken place on the evening referred to , and thought the report in the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Review" pretty correct ; it must , however , not be forgotten , that a present Grancl Officer on that occasion stated , that he was a Scotch Mason , and thought but lighdy of their proceedings ; indeed , he ' said , that either what he took before or during the ceremony had so completely overpowered himthat he knew nothing at all the next
, morning about it . Bro . PHILIPE was of opinion that the less said the better ; the matter was not a fit subject of discussion . ( The Deputy Grand Master here was observed to rise , ancl enter into an animated conversation with Dr . Crucefix ) . Bro . CRUCEFIX would not flinch from doing his duty at whatever cost to his feelings . During the previous debate on the question of
privilege he had been placed in a very unenviable position , more especially by the observations of the Deputy Grand Master ; who had , however , in his ( Dr . C . ' s ) opinion , completely mistaken the case in reference to himself . At the moment he ( Dr . C . ) would not be forced to make disclosures that might compromise the honour of any one ; he knew too
well the great value and importance of private communications to betray them on the summons of impassioned invective . He hacl on a memorable occasion been forced to expiate a crime he had never committed , ancl was perfectly ready and willing at all times to have his moral courage put to the test . The Grancl Master now intimated that he might if he thought fit apologize to the Grancl Lodge of Scotland , for having delivered a speech as reported in the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , "
and yet admitted that he should not have thought it necessary to call him ( Dr . C . ) to order for merely making a plain statement of facts ; for what then was he to apologize ? He respectfully called the Grand Master ' s attention to the circumstance of his having forwarded a memorial from Sunderland , praying for protection against the continual applications from poor Scottish brethren—but the matter was never alluded to by his lordship . Bro . Crucefix then adverted to the circumstance of
his speech on the 1 st of March not appearing in the circular edited by his lordship ; and with some humour observed that he did not consider himself altogether an ill-looking man , yet if his head , arms , and legs were cut off , he should present but a ghastly appearance ; so with some of his speeches in the circular under his lordship ' s care—they lacked exordium , peroration , and were emasculated even in the main body , thus presenting any thing but what he spoke ; he could exonerate the reporter
, whose talents were too well appreciated to warrant any doubt as to the correctness of his notes : perhaps he ought under such circumstances to feel some satisfaction that his speech of the 1 st of March was altogether excluded , for such was better than a mere mutilated report . The Grand Master might express scorn and contempt for the " Freemasons' Quarterly , " arid look on Editors , being anonymous , as but assassins that stab in the dark , —and the Deputy Grancl Master might be of opinion that
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Quarterly Communication, June 7.
compels us to state , that on the occasion Dr . Crucefix ' s address was received with universal demonstration of approval and cheering ) . He also objected to some points of Bro . Scarborough ' s address . Bro . SCARBOROUGH had said nothing of the sort , the Grand Master hacl not heard any such remark from Bro . S . ; ancl if the brother wished to serve the Grand Master , he would recommend him to be quietjupon this subject .
Bro . WHITMORE recollected perfectly well what had taken place on the evening referred to , and thought the report in the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Review" pretty correct ; it must , however , not be forgotten , that a present Grancl Officer on that occasion stated , that he was a Scotch Mason , and thought but lighdy of their proceedings ; indeed , he ' said , that either what he took before or during the ceremony had so completely overpowered himthat he knew nothing at all the next
, morning about it . Bro . PHILIPE was of opinion that the less said the better ; the matter was not a fit subject of discussion . ( The Deputy Grand Master here was observed to rise , ancl enter into an animated conversation with Dr . Crucefix ) . Bro . CRUCEFIX would not flinch from doing his duty at whatever cost to his feelings . During the previous debate on the question of
privilege he had been placed in a very unenviable position , more especially by the observations of the Deputy Grand Master ; who had , however , in his ( Dr . C . ' s ) opinion , completely mistaken the case in reference to himself . At the moment he ( Dr . C . ) would not be forced to make disclosures that might compromise the honour of any one ; he knew too
well the great value and importance of private communications to betray them on the summons of impassioned invective . He hacl on a memorable occasion been forced to expiate a crime he had never committed , ancl was perfectly ready and willing at all times to have his moral courage put to the test . The Grancl Master now intimated that he might if he thought fit apologize to the Grancl Lodge of Scotland , for having delivered a speech as reported in the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , "
and yet admitted that he should not have thought it necessary to call him ( Dr . C . ) to order for merely making a plain statement of facts ; for what then was he to apologize ? He respectfully called the Grand Master ' s attention to the circumstance of his having forwarded a memorial from Sunderland , praying for protection against the continual applications from poor Scottish brethren—but the matter was never alluded to by his lordship . Bro . Crucefix then adverted to the circumstance of
his speech on the 1 st of March not appearing in the circular edited by his lordship ; and with some humour observed that he did not consider himself altogether an ill-looking man , yet if his head , arms , and legs were cut off , he should present but a ghastly appearance ; so with some of his speeches in the circular under his lordship ' s care—they lacked exordium , peroration , and were emasculated even in the main body , thus presenting any thing but what he spoke ; he could exonerate the reporter
, whose talents were too well appreciated to warrant any doubt as to the correctness of his notes : perhaps he ought under such circumstances to feel some satisfaction that his speech of the 1 st of March was altogether excluded , for such was better than a mere mutilated report . The Grand Master might express scorn and contempt for the " Freemasons' Quarterly , " arid look on Editors , being anonymous , as but assassins that stab in the dark , —and the Deputy Grancl Master might be of opinion that