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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
To the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine and Review . Newberry House , near Frame , Aug . 20 , 1850 . SIR , —In the review of my book , entitled "The Antichristian Character of Freemasonry , " which appeared in the last number of your Magazine , I observe that you bavo introduced the
correspondence in which I was engaged a short time since in the " Exeter Gazette . " The review contains , I need not say , a heavy condemnation both of my book and of my conduct in the matter referred to in the correspondence ; on wbicli account , as the statements are ex parte , I trust you will see the propriety and the justice of giving a place in your next number to a statement of mine , in reply , which I have lately addressed to the editor of the same journal ; it is as follows : —
To the Editor of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette . SIR , —In the " Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine" of last month , I find a Review of my Book on Freemasonry , together with some strictures on the subject of the correspondence I lately had in your Journal with Mr . Denis Moore . In this base production , every name that malevolence and revenge could suggest has been heaped upon me ; and as the article is evidently got up by an Exeter man , or by some one in close connexion with
Exeter , —and is also , I hear , diligently circulated there , —it seems to me that the purpose of my defence will be sufficiently answered , by my giving a succinct account of my own ( if you will allow me the necessary space ) of the circumstances that occasioned the letters above spoken of;—not with a view to exculpate myself , but to put the offence committed in its right proportions . The article contains , besides the malignant attack I have alluded to , n short account of Masonic views and principles . This I shall touch upon at the end of my letter ; but slightly , in the hope that the opinions therein declared may bring other combatants into the field . In the obituary eulogy on the late Dr . ' Carwithen , contained in your
paper of the 27 th of April , there were two remarkable statements , which , taking into consideration the prominent Masonic position of the Doctor , brought me to the conclusion that he must have changed his opinions on Freemasonry ; and the prospect of obtaining so great a triumph to the cause of truth ( as I conceive ) which I have advocated , led me into the temptation of replying to the Article . I have the best testimony to offer that , though incorrect in my conclusion , I was correct in the judgment which adopted it . The first statement was , that the Doctor , during bis
illness , " tendered his resignation of the office of D . P . G . M . ;"—no reason was assigned ; and it was added that the resignation was not accepted . This was a singular step to take , in respect of an honorary appointment ; and it is Mr . Denis Moore who bears testimony to the correctness of this remark , by referring me for a solution of the difficulty to Trewmnn's Paper—a Paper I never see—thus shewing that he thought an explanation necessary . The second statement was , that " the funeral of the lamented deceased took place privately in Exeter . " The testimony here proceeds , Mr . Editor , number of find correction
from yourself . In a subsequent your Paper , I a of this statement , to the effect that the funeral did not take place at Exeter , but at Manaton , and was attended by several brethren from different parts of the province , who appeared in white gloves as a mark of Masonic
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
To the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine and Review . Newberry House , near Frame , Aug . 20 , 1850 . SIR , —In the review of my book , entitled "The Antichristian Character of Freemasonry , " which appeared in the last number of your Magazine , I observe that you bavo introduced the
correspondence in which I was engaged a short time since in the " Exeter Gazette . " The review contains , I need not say , a heavy condemnation both of my book and of my conduct in the matter referred to in the correspondence ; on wbicli account , as the statements are ex parte , I trust you will see the propriety and the justice of giving a place in your next number to a statement of mine , in reply , which I have lately addressed to the editor of the same journal ; it is as follows : —
To the Editor of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette . SIR , —In the " Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine" of last month , I find a Review of my Book on Freemasonry , together with some strictures on the subject of the correspondence I lately had in your Journal with Mr . Denis Moore . In this base production , every name that malevolence and revenge could suggest has been heaped upon me ; and as the article is evidently got up by an Exeter man , or by some one in close connexion with
Exeter , —and is also , I hear , diligently circulated there , —it seems to me that the purpose of my defence will be sufficiently answered , by my giving a succinct account of my own ( if you will allow me the necessary space ) of the circumstances that occasioned the letters above spoken of;—not with a view to exculpate myself , but to put the offence committed in its right proportions . The article contains , besides the malignant attack I have alluded to , n short account of Masonic views and principles . This I shall touch upon at the end of my letter ; but slightly , in the hope that the opinions therein declared may bring other combatants into the field . In the obituary eulogy on the late Dr . ' Carwithen , contained in your
paper of the 27 th of April , there were two remarkable statements , which , taking into consideration the prominent Masonic position of the Doctor , brought me to the conclusion that he must have changed his opinions on Freemasonry ; and the prospect of obtaining so great a triumph to the cause of truth ( as I conceive ) which I have advocated , led me into the temptation of replying to the Article . I have the best testimony to offer that , though incorrect in my conclusion , I was correct in the judgment which adopted it . The first statement was , that the Doctor , during bis
illness , " tendered his resignation of the office of D . P . G . M . ;"—no reason was assigned ; and it was added that the resignation was not accepted . This was a singular step to take , in respect of an honorary appointment ; and it is Mr . Denis Moore who bears testimony to the correctness of this remark , by referring me for a solution of the difficulty to Trewmnn's Paper—a Paper I never see—thus shewing that he thought an explanation necessary . The second statement was , that " the funeral of the lamented deceased took place privately in Exeter . " The testimony here proceeds , Mr . Editor , number of find correction
from yourself . In a subsequent your Paper , I a of this statement , to the effect that the funeral did not take place at Exeter , but at Manaton , and was attended by several brethren from different parts of the province , who appeared in white gloves as a mark of Masonic