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Freemasonry In Liverpool.
given his entire confidence . He may have been wrong in holdinn- the Lodge responsible for the improper acts of some of its members " but we cannot learn that there has been any attempt on the part of the former to disclaim participation therein . The Past Masters , in ouv opinion , on the first approach of division ought collectively to have interfered for its avoidance . They should have assured Bro . Martin
that they deprecated the introduction of the unmasonic objection taken by individuals to his further promotion , and that as far as they were able they would not permit it to have any influence in the Lodge . They were , unfortunately , passive in the matter , and their very passiveness was open to the construction of a jealous and susceptible mind that the objection had their approval . We are instructed that since the election , and before the above letter was sent in , one of them
candidly told Bro . Martin that so strong was the feeling which had been excited against him , that had he been elected he could not have ruled the Lodge , and another with equal candour admitted that there was no chance of his ever being elected . This , of course , must have been a great mortification to an ardent aspirant for masonic honours , who had pursued his labours with untiring , zeal , and in whose favour the tongue of good report had ever been heard . Had there been any dislike to his profession , which is rather difficult to conceive , it should have been
stated when he was proposed as a candidate for admission into Masonry , and not for the first time announced just as he was attaining to welldeserved honours and in the prime of his usefulness . It is too bad that such an objection should be raised after the Lodge has received his money and availed itself of his services for four years , during which space of time it is admitted his demeanour has been that of an accomplished Mason . It is somewhat puzzling to imagine why the Lodge
has all at once assumed an " aristocratic" air , as we are informed that it has not scrupled to admit within its walls artists , actors , musicians , paper-hangers , watchmakers , inn-keepers , share-brokers , cotton dealers , and others rejoicing in the comprehensive title of merchants . Surely an intelligent conductor of a public newspaper—celebrated as one of the most powerful in the provinces—might be received on a footing of equality with any of these , in any society , irrespective of the
Brotherhood of Freemasonry . But the grievance does not rest in the injustice above complained of . There is an understanding in the Chapter attached to Lodge 35 , that the Worshipful Master for the year shall always be the Third Chief , and fill the other chairs successively , and thus Companion Martin , at present Scribe N ., is not only prevented ascending in the Lodge , but his advancement in the Chapter is stopped , even though he might be promoted to the Mastership by any other Lodge . A double injustice ' has been done to him , and the whole affair must receive Masonic
condemnation . £ Since the foregoing was placed in type , we have been informed that an attempt of the late W . M . of the Lodge to obtain a postponement of the confirmation of the minutes , as far as regarded the resolution accepting Brother Martin ' s resignation , and with a view to reconciliation , was repelled , and the minutes , as they stood , were adopted . ]
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Freemasonry In Liverpool.
given his entire confidence . He may have been wrong in holdinn- the Lodge responsible for the improper acts of some of its members " but we cannot learn that there has been any attempt on the part of the former to disclaim participation therein . The Past Masters , in ouv opinion , on the first approach of division ought collectively to have interfered for its avoidance . They should have assured Bro . Martin
that they deprecated the introduction of the unmasonic objection taken by individuals to his further promotion , and that as far as they were able they would not permit it to have any influence in the Lodge . They were , unfortunately , passive in the matter , and their very passiveness was open to the construction of a jealous and susceptible mind that the objection had their approval . We are instructed that since the election , and before the above letter was sent in , one of them
candidly told Bro . Martin that so strong was the feeling which had been excited against him , that had he been elected he could not have ruled the Lodge , and another with equal candour admitted that there was no chance of his ever being elected . This , of course , must have been a great mortification to an ardent aspirant for masonic honours , who had pursued his labours with untiring , zeal , and in whose favour the tongue of good report had ever been heard . Had there been any dislike to his profession , which is rather difficult to conceive , it should have been
stated when he was proposed as a candidate for admission into Masonry , and not for the first time announced just as he was attaining to welldeserved honours and in the prime of his usefulness . It is too bad that such an objection should be raised after the Lodge has received his money and availed itself of his services for four years , during which space of time it is admitted his demeanour has been that of an accomplished Mason . It is somewhat puzzling to imagine why the Lodge
has all at once assumed an " aristocratic" air , as we are informed that it has not scrupled to admit within its walls artists , actors , musicians , paper-hangers , watchmakers , inn-keepers , share-brokers , cotton dealers , and others rejoicing in the comprehensive title of merchants . Surely an intelligent conductor of a public newspaper—celebrated as one of the most powerful in the provinces—might be received on a footing of equality with any of these , in any society , irrespective of the
Brotherhood of Freemasonry . But the grievance does not rest in the injustice above complained of . There is an understanding in the Chapter attached to Lodge 35 , that the Worshipful Master for the year shall always be the Third Chief , and fill the other chairs successively , and thus Companion Martin , at present Scribe N ., is not only prevented ascending in the Lodge , but his advancement in the Chapter is stopped , even though he might be promoted to the Mastership by any other Lodge . A double injustice ' has been done to him , and the whole affair must receive Masonic
condemnation . £ Since the foregoing was placed in type , we have been informed that an attempt of the late W . M . of the Lodge to obtain a postponement of the confirmation of the minutes , as far as regarded the resolution accepting Brother Martin ' s resignation , and with a view to reconciliation , was repelled , and the minutes , as they stood , were adopted . ]