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On The Jurisdiction Of Gen. G. Encampment Of The United States
ON THE JURISDICTION OF GEN . G . ENCAMPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO GBANT WAEBANTS TO HOLD ENCAMPMENTS IN CANADA . GEAND Encampments , Chapters , Lodges , & c , in granting warrants for holding Encampments , Chapters , Lodges , & c , should be guided by the same principles as governments and nations lay doAvn for their conduct & ctowards other countries with which they are at
, , peace and in amity . Now it is an indisputable rule of international law , that one country shall not interfere with the internal government of another country , and also , that it shall not establish any poAver or authority to be exercised Avithin the territory of another country . To do so would be to set up an imperium in imperio . This rule is not confined to the mother-country onlybut applies to
, its colonies and dependencies . An attempt on the part of the pope to establish ecclesiastical power or authority in Great Britain gave occasion to the Ecclesiastical Titles' Act ; and a similar attempt by the emperor of Russia , in regard to Turkey , has given rise to the present Avar . Now if we apply this princile to the question of the jurisdiction of
p the Gen . G . Encampment of the U . S . to grant warrants to hold Encampments hi Canada , it must be answered , as I apprehend , that it would be most un-Masonic for the Gen . G . Encampment of the U . S . to grant such warrants . Eor Canada is an English colony , and there is in England a Grand ConclaA'e of Knights Templar , and therefore , if the Gen .
G . Encampment of the U . S . were to grant a warrant to hold an Encampment in Canada , it would invade and interfere with the territory of the Grand Conclave of England , which Avould be un-Masonic . It is not necessary to discuss the question whether the Irish Grand Encampment can correctly grant warrants to hold Encampments in Canada , or elsewhere , out of Ireland . If that question
should ever arise between the Grand Conclave of England and the Grand Encampment of Ireland , it might be very easily met and disposed of . With respect to the granting of warrants to hold Lodges , & c , in unoccupied territories , Avhich means , as I apprehend , in countries or states Avhere there are not any Masonic Lodges , it may be necessary to make a few remarks . It is a mistake to consider it necessary for
the regular establishment of Masonry in any country , that a warrant to hold a Lodge in that country must be granted by some Grand Lodge . It will be quite sufficient for seven or more regular made M . M . s , Avith a P . M ., or an actual Master of a Lodge at their head , to assemble and resolve themselves into a Lodge , and transact any Masonic matters , initiate , & e . ; and tbe same rule applies , mutatis mutandis , to an Encampment , and R . A . Chapter . VOL . II . 2 N
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On The Jurisdiction Of Gen. G. Encampment Of The United States
ON THE JURISDICTION OF GEN . G . ENCAMPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO GBANT WAEBANTS TO HOLD ENCAMPMENTS IN CANADA . GEAND Encampments , Chapters , Lodges , & c , in granting warrants for holding Encampments , Chapters , Lodges , & c , should be guided by the same principles as governments and nations lay doAvn for their conduct & ctowards other countries with which they are at
, , peace and in amity . Now it is an indisputable rule of international law , that one country shall not interfere with the internal government of another country , and also , that it shall not establish any poAver or authority to be exercised Avithin the territory of another country . To do so would be to set up an imperium in imperio . This rule is not confined to the mother-country onlybut applies to
, its colonies and dependencies . An attempt on the part of the pope to establish ecclesiastical power or authority in Great Britain gave occasion to the Ecclesiastical Titles' Act ; and a similar attempt by the emperor of Russia , in regard to Turkey , has given rise to the present Avar . Now if we apply this princile to the question of the jurisdiction of
p the Gen . G . Encampment of the U . S . to grant warrants to hold Encampments hi Canada , it must be answered , as I apprehend , that it would be most un-Masonic for the Gen . G . Encampment of the U . S . to grant such warrants . Eor Canada is an English colony , and there is in England a Grand ConclaA'e of Knights Templar , and therefore , if the Gen .
G . Encampment of the U . S . were to grant a warrant to hold an Encampment in Canada , it would invade and interfere with the territory of the Grand Conclave of England , which Avould be un-Masonic . It is not necessary to discuss the question whether the Irish Grand Encampment can correctly grant warrants to hold Encampments in Canada , or elsewhere , out of Ireland . If that question
should ever arise between the Grand Conclave of England and the Grand Encampment of Ireland , it might be very easily met and disposed of . With respect to the granting of warrants to hold Lodges , & c , in unoccupied territories , Avhich means , as I apprehend , in countries or states Avhere there are not any Masonic Lodges , it may be necessary to make a few remarks . It is a mistake to consider it necessary for
the regular establishment of Masonry in any country , that a warrant to hold a Lodge in that country must be granted by some Grand Lodge . It will be quite sufficient for seven or more regular made M . M . s , Avith a P . M ., or an actual Master of a Lodge at their head , to assemble and resolve themselves into a Lodge , and transact any Masonic matters , initiate , & e . ; and tbe same rule applies , mutatis mutandis , to an Encampment , and R . A . Chapter . VOL . II . 2 N