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violent thump , as if he would annihilate the publication at " one fell swoop , " which demonstration was met with loud cheers intermingled with hearty laughter . Bro . Somerville surely could not have expected that ive could have summoned at that moment sufficient courage to have confronted him and "avowed the soft impeachment . " We have too much regard for our personal safety at any time to trust to the tender mercies of any professional gentlemanancl it is not likely that we should have
, been less careful , when we noted the excited state of the Brother , who intimated in such courteous terms his desire to be introduced to us . While detailing this curious scene we may as well note that one of the most violent partizans against FELLOWCRAFT , was the Proxy Master for Loclge No . 15 , the late Treasurer of the Grand Chapter , of whom we should be sorry to speak in terms disrespectful , though his power of vituperation was launched against usancl he assumes to be
, an oracle , especially on all matters connected with Arch Masonry in Scotland . Were it not to show the nature and characteristics of the opposition which improvement has to contend with in Grand Lodge , we should not have taken notice of the remarks which this Brother was pleased to make upon us ; but unless the Lodges are made aware of what transpires in Grand Lodge , they cannot have an idea of what usually goes on therein . We willhoweverdismiss this Brother from
, , the scene , with a recommendation to remember the proverb , which advises that it is not the best policy for " those who live in glass houses to throw stones . " The remark of another Brother , although not quite so tragic , was more truthful and happy : "It was , " he said , " a great shame that the Most
Worshipful Master and the Grand Lodge should be calamitated in that way . ' ' But of this "jam satis est ; " it ivould require the pen of Dickens and the pencil of Cruikshank to do justice to the scene . The next business brought under consideration was Marshal Soult ' s diploma , which appears to be a qucestio vessata to the Grand Lodge ; what means there may be of restoring it to the aged Brother we know not . The Lodge in whose possession it is , refuses to send it to the
Grand Loclge , for which decision we think they are wise—but if they have a desire to retain it to themselves , and not restore it to the illustrious Marshal , they are acting a very unmasonic , we will not say , a dishonest part . Next in course followed the Report on opening the Grand Lodge in the Master Masons' degree . In the remarks which were offered upon this question before taking the votes , it is difficult to say whether
ignorance or pride , had the preponderance ; suffice it to say , that the determination seemed to be , we " will not copy England or Ireland , but do just as we like , and remain as we are . " This question was not however disposed of without a struggle , worth recording , —forty votes being given for the motion , and forty-four against it . We have been blamed for writing many things against the Scotch Craft , but they all fall far short of the Report on the Glasgoio Lodges .
After than Report our statements must appear feeble indeed . The matter was of such a personal nature that we forbear to do more than thus briefly to allude to it . The time , however , we believe will come when organization , after the manner of the Grand Lodge of England , will provide a means whereby a fund shall be raised and regulated , by the admission of candidates into Freemasonry , which shall clo away with the anomalous and painful position which this Report
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Correspondence.
violent thump , as if he would annihilate the publication at " one fell swoop , " which demonstration was met with loud cheers intermingled with hearty laughter . Bro . Somerville surely could not have expected that ive could have summoned at that moment sufficient courage to have confronted him and "avowed the soft impeachment . " We have too much regard for our personal safety at any time to trust to the tender mercies of any professional gentlemanancl it is not likely that we should have
, been less careful , when we noted the excited state of the Brother , who intimated in such courteous terms his desire to be introduced to us . While detailing this curious scene we may as well note that one of the most violent partizans against FELLOWCRAFT , was the Proxy Master for Loclge No . 15 , the late Treasurer of the Grand Chapter , of whom we should be sorry to speak in terms disrespectful , though his power of vituperation was launched against usancl he assumes to be
, an oracle , especially on all matters connected with Arch Masonry in Scotland . Were it not to show the nature and characteristics of the opposition which improvement has to contend with in Grand Lodge , we should not have taken notice of the remarks which this Brother was pleased to make upon us ; but unless the Lodges are made aware of what transpires in Grand Lodge , they cannot have an idea of what usually goes on therein . We willhoweverdismiss this Brother from
, , the scene , with a recommendation to remember the proverb , which advises that it is not the best policy for " those who live in glass houses to throw stones . " The remark of another Brother , although not quite so tragic , was more truthful and happy : "It was , " he said , " a great shame that the Most
Worshipful Master and the Grand Lodge should be calamitated in that way . ' ' But of this "jam satis est ; " it ivould require the pen of Dickens and the pencil of Cruikshank to do justice to the scene . The next business brought under consideration was Marshal Soult ' s diploma , which appears to be a qucestio vessata to the Grand Lodge ; what means there may be of restoring it to the aged Brother we know not . The Lodge in whose possession it is , refuses to send it to the
Grand Loclge , for which decision we think they are wise—but if they have a desire to retain it to themselves , and not restore it to the illustrious Marshal , they are acting a very unmasonic , we will not say , a dishonest part . Next in course followed the Report on opening the Grand Lodge in the Master Masons' degree . In the remarks which were offered upon this question before taking the votes , it is difficult to say whether
ignorance or pride , had the preponderance ; suffice it to say , that the determination seemed to be , we " will not copy England or Ireland , but do just as we like , and remain as we are . " This question was not however disposed of without a struggle , worth recording , —forty votes being given for the motion , and forty-four against it . We have been blamed for writing many things against the Scotch Craft , but they all fall far short of the Report on the Glasgoio Lodges .
After than Report our statements must appear feeble indeed . The matter was of such a personal nature that we forbear to do more than thus briefly to allude to it . The time , however , we believe will come when organization , after the manner of the Grand Lodge of England , will provide a means whereby a fund shall be raised and regulated , by the admission of candidates into Freemasonry , which shall clo away with the anomalous and painful position which this Report