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To The Editor.
only deeply regret , but severely condemn his uncalled-for and excessive stretch of Masonic power . A decision so arbitrary and unparalleled teaches us , but too plainly , that as long as that individual holds the office he does in the province , instances will never be wanting to prove a desire on his part , to contract the exercise of charity—which , to he universall y beneficial , ought to be unfettered—within a line of boundary , mark you , not recognized by the Constitutions of the Order , but one
drawn agreeably to his own peculiar notions of propriety , and capable , no doubt , at any time , of being ingeniously limited or extended , as circumstances may render expedient . To deprive an effective , an aged , a talented , and well-tried officer , of a post of dignity and responsibility , without assigning any substantial reasons , founded on public grounds , for such a step—a step , indeed , which , in ordinary cases , might have had the effect of degrading the newly-initiated victim of arbitrary power in the eyes of the popular world , and fastening a stigma upon him for
life among his Masonic Brethren—is a proceeding of the greatest importance to us as a body . To deprive such an officer , without first showing to the Brotherhood that he had been guilty of an infraction of the moral law—of a breach of the ancient Constitutions of the Craft—or of a careless indifference , and a wanton inattention to Masonic discipline and good order , and thereby justly incurred the penalty inflicted upon him—to deprive such a man , I repeat , of those honours which he had nobly acquiredby a sacrifice of his timehis strengthhis talentsand
, , , , , it may be , his fortune , in the praiseworthy attempt to disseminate , far and wide , the beneficent principles of Freemasonry ; to attempt , too , to fetter the social ties , and to prevent a free expression of the honest opinions of those who think not as some think , perhaps , because they may recollect that right is not always with might , but too often with the humble and oppressed , these things are too obnoxious to the independent feelings of the race of Masons in our enlihtened timesto be
g , passed over without a strong protest on the part of those who wish to see the heavenborn principles of Masonry carried out to their fullest extent , and preserved in all their primitive purity . I remain , dear sir , yours fraternally , A WARWICKSHIRE PAST MASTER .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
TESTIMONIAL TO DR . OLIVER . SIR AND BROTHER ,- —Permit me through the medium of your excellent Review , to suggest to the Craft at large the propriety of immediately commencing a subscription for the purpose of presenting a suitable testimonial to our learned and much esteemed Brother , the Rev . Dr . Oliver , as well to mark the sense universally entertained of the ungracious step recently taken by the P . G . M . for Lincolnshire , as to testify the
grateful feelings of the Fraternity for the immense benefits conferred upon Freemasonry , by the many admirable works of which our rev . Brother has been the author . Indeed , it cannot be denied , that Freemasonry is more indebted to Dr . Oliver for the high and intellectual character which it at present assumes , than to any other individual in existence . . His writings form an era in the history of the Craft;—they have established a Masonic literature—from whence the greatest benefits
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To The Editor.
only deeply regret , but severely condemn his uncalled-for and excessive stretch of Masonic power . A decision so arbitrary and unparalleled teaches us , but too plainly , that as long as that individual holds the office he does in the province , instances will never be wanting to prove a desire on his part , to contract the exercise of charity—which , to he universall y beneficial , ought to be unfettered—within a line of boundary , mark you , not recognized by the Constitutions of the Order , but one
drawn agreeably to his own peculiar notions of propriety , and capable , no doubt , at any time , of being ingeniously limited or extended , as circumstances may render expedient . To deprive an effective , an aged , a talented , and well-tried officer , of a post of dignity and responsibility , without assigning any substantial reasons , founded on public grounds , for such a step—a step , indeed , which , in ordinary cases , might have had the effect of degrading the newly-initiated victim of arbitrary power in the eyes of the popular world , and fastening a stigma upon him for
life among his Masonic Brethren—is a proceeding of the greatest importance to us as a body . To deprive such an officer , without first showing to the Brotherhood that he had been guilty of an infraction of the moral law—of a breach of the ancient Constitutions of the Craft—or of a careless indifference , and a wanton inattention to Masonic discipline and good order , and thereby justly incurred the penalty inflicted upon him—to deprive such a man , I repeat , of those honours which he had nobly acquiredby a sacrifice of his timehis strengthhis talentsand
, , , , , it may be , his fortune , in the praiseworthy attempt to disseminate , far and wide , the beneficent principles of Freemasonry ; to attempt , too , to fetter the social ties , and to prevent a free expression of the honest opinions of those who think not as some think , perhaps , because they may recollect that right is not always with might , but too often with the humble and oppressed , these things are too obnoxious to the independent feelings of the race of Masons in our enlihtened timesto be
g , passed over without a strong protest on the part of those who wish to see the heavenborn principles of Masonry carried out to their fullest extent , and preserved in all their primitive purity . I remain , dear sir , yours fraternally , A WARWICKSHIRE PAST MASTER .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
TESTIMONIAL TO DR . OLIVER . SIR AND BROTHER ,- —Permit me through the medium of your excellent Review , to suggest to the Craft at large the propriety of immediately commencing a subscription for the purpose of presenting a suitable testimonial to our learned and much esteemed Brother , the Rev . Dr . Oliver , as well to mark the sense universally entertained of the ungracious step recently taken by the P . G . M . for Lincolnshire , as to testify the
grateful feelings of the Fraternity for the immense benefits conferred upon Freemasonry , by the many admirable works of which our rev . Brother has been the author . Indeed , it cannot be denied , that Freemasonry is more indebted to Dr . Oliver for the high and intellectual character which it at present assumes , than to any other individual in existence . . His writings form an era in the history of the Craft;—they have established a Masonic literature—from whence the greatest benefits