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Freemasonry In Liverpool.
equality amongst Masons hud been destroyed , lie ri gidly adhered , for the evening , to thc Masonic virtue of silence ; but fit the ensuing meeting he sent , in the subjoined letter which was read immediatel y after the Installation . Mail ( Newspaper ) Oilitie , Liverpool , January 26 th , 1846 , AVORSHIPFUL MASTER , —I have ascertained , beyond the possibility of denial , that a verv unmasonic
¦ canvass , on MOST UNMASONIC GROUNDS * was prosecuted against me , out of doors , by several ofthe Brethren in reference to the MASTERSHIP . This canvass was responded to , within the Lodge , hy the votes of a majority , and though I am willing to believe that more tJian a moiety of that majority were uninfluenced by any views derogatory to the genuine principles of the Craft , yet I am well convinced that the remainder tuere prompted by very unworthy feelings in opposing my election . Admitting , to the fullest extent , the justice of Bro . Foster ' s claims to the preference , I should have repressed the desire of my friends to see me so early elevated to that high and responsible position , on the instant that I was infovvned he v _ onUl accept the oiliee if conferred , but that I was anxious to give the Lodge an opportunity of repudiating that SPURIOUS MASONRY which certain of the Brethren sought to introduce .
I shall ever remember with satisfaction that THR . EE Masters of 33 deemed me worthy , though unreeommended hy the external advantages of rank and fortune , to fill successively three of the most arduous offices in their gift , that I was twice permitted to discharge the duties of the Master in the Chair , and though only Senior Warden allowed to give the First and Second Degrees , and that fourteen ofthe Brethren voluntarily tendered their votes in my favour , as Worshipful Master , notwithstanding the influences which were brought to bear against me . But , in the deep conviction that I cannot expect my just dues from the Lodge , on account of the unmasonic feeling that has unhappily been brought within its walls , an cf if not openly , at least tacitly encouraged by those who have gained an ascendancy there , I am reluctantly compelled to withdraw my name as a subscriber to its funds , until I find that the spirit of true Masonry is regarded by the members as well as the observance of its mere forms .
i remain , Worshipful Master , Yours fraternally , AUGUSTUS ROBERT MARTIN . To the W- M . of the St , George ' s Lodge of Harmony , No . 35 . This letter , some of the Brethren , including Past Masters of the Lodge , — who must have discarded from their memory all recollection of the personal insult offered to the writer—affected to consider "intemperate , " and
moved that the resignation be accepted , which was agreed to . After refreshment one Brother suggested , that " as the letter might have been penned under excitement , for which there had evidentl y heen some just reason , the resolution should be withdrawn , and that probably at the next meeting he might be enabled to submit a proposition which should satisfy Bro . Martin ' s wounded feelings , remove a stigma from the Lodge , induce him to continue amongst them , and again place him on good terms with all the members . This Brother was told that the motion could onlbe made
y when the minutes should be brought forward for confirmation at the next meeting . It is doubtful , however , that the Olive branch will be thus held out , as the Brethren . most active in the canvass against Bro . Martin have intimated that the proposal cannot be legally entertained , * and if made would be rejected .
These are the facts of the case as they have been communicated to ns , and we believe their truth is unquestionable . Bro . Martin does appear to have been exceedingly ill-used and to have come to au accurate conclusion , that the treatment which he experienced was altogether unmasonic . There must be some allowance made for the natural irritation which such conduct must of necessity have produced upon a sensitive mind . It was doubtless excessively annoying to him to find the poetry of a system which he seems to have pursued with ardour , so ruthlessl y destroyed by his Mother Lodge , to which he hacl
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Freemasonry In Liverpool.
equality amongst Masons hud been destroyed , lie ri gidly adhered , for the evening , to thc Masonic virtue of silence ; but fit the ensuing meeting he sent , in the subjoined letter which was read immediatel y after the Installation . Mail ( Newspaper ) Oilitie , Liverpool , January 26 th , 1846 , AVORSHIPFUL MASTER , —I have ascertained , beyond the possibility of denial , that a verv unmasonic
¦ canvass , on MOST UNMASONIC GROUNDS * was prosecuted against me , out of doors , by several ofthe Brethren in reference to the MASTERSHIP . This canvass was responded to , within the Lodge , hy the votes of a majority , and though I am willing to believe that more tJian a moiety of that majority were uninfluenced by any views derogatory to the genuine principles of the Craft , yet I am well convinced that the remainder tuere prompted by very unworthy feelings in opposing my election . Admitting , to the fullest extent , the justice of Bro . Foster ' s claims to the preference , I should have repressed the desire of my friends to see me so early elevated to that high and responsible position , on the instant that I was infovvned he v _ onUl accept the oiliee if conferred , but that I was anxious to give the Lodge an opportunity of repudiating that SPURIOUS MASONRY which certain of the Brethren sought to introduce .
I shall ever remember with satisfaction that THR . EE Masters of 33 deemed me worthy , though unreeommended hy the external advantages of rank and fortune , to fill successively three of the most arduous offices in their gift , that I was twice permitted to discharge the duties of the Master in the Chair , and though only Senior Warden allowed to give the First and Second Degrees , and that fourteen ofthe Brethren voluntarily tendered their votes in my favour , as Worshipful Master , notwithstanding the influences which were brought to bear against me . But , in the deep conviction that I cannot expect my just dues from the Lodge , on account of the unmasonic feeling that has unhappily been brought within its walls , an cf if not openly , at least tacitly encouraged by those who have gained an ascendancy there , I am reluctantly compelled to withdraw my name as a subscriber to its funds , until I find that the spirit of true Masonry is regarded by the members as well as the observance of its mere forms .
i remain , Worshipful Master , Yours fraternally , AUGUSTUS ROBERT MARTIN . To the W- M . of the St , George ' s Lodge of Harmony , No . 35 . This letter , some of the Brethren , including Past Masters of the Lodge , — who must have discarded from their memory all recollection of the personal insult offered to the writer—affected to consider "intemperate , " and
moved that the resignation be accepted , which was agreed to . After refreshment one Brother suggested , that " as the letter might have been penned under excitement , for which there had evidentl y heen some just reason , the resolution should be withdrawn , and that probably at the next meeting he might be enabled to submit a proposition which should satisfy Bro . Martin ' s wounded feelings , remove a stigma from the Lodge , induce him to continue amongst them , and again place him on good terms with all the members . This Brother was told that the motion could onlbe made
y when the minutes should be brought forward for confirmation at the next meeting . It is doubtful , however , that the Olive branch will be thus held out , as the Brethren . most active in the canvass against Bro . Martin have intimated that the proposal cannot be legally entertained , * and if made would be rejected .
These are the facts of the case as they have been communicated to ns , and we believe their truth is unquestionable . Bro . Martin does appear to have been exceedingly ill-used and to have come to au accurate conclusion , that the treatment which he experienced was altogether unmasonic . There must be some allowance made for the natural irritation which such conduct must of necessity have produced upon a sensitive mind . It was doubtless excessively annoying to him to find the poetry of a system which he seems to have pursued with ardour , so ruthlessl y destroyed by his Mother Lodge , to which he hacl