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Foreign.
FOREIGN .
MONTH EAT ,. —Extract from correspondence , received Oct . 19 th . — " You will be much pleased to hear that Brother Badgly , who had visited England sometime since , had , during his stay , paid such attention to his Masonic duties as to become competent to fill the chair ; and so impressed was he with the importance of Freemasonry , and the value of Lodges of Instruction as the best means of promulgating Masonic disciplinethaton his return to this countryhe immediatel
, , , y set about forming a lodge of instruction , which promises to disseminate , more diffusively , the English system of working . You will please to communicate to Brother G corge Aarons the kindest wishes of Brother Badgly , and the high satisfaction he feels in being thus enabled to prove the value of the instruction he personally received from him . "
INDIA . —A very intelligent correspondent from this distant part of the . world has drawn our attention to the subject of the controversy which has so long , and so fearfully , agitated the United States of America in regard to Freemasonry;—and he very naturally calls upon us to supply ( as far as we may he able ) some antidote to the accursed bane .
The antidote : has ,-however , been supplied , and , we have pleasure in stating it , through the good sense of the Americans themselves , —at least by that portion of them which are the most thinking—the most intelligent—the most useful , and the most wealthy of that nation , who feel a pride in the recollection of the memory of the departed , whose services made America what it is , and who esteem those whose talents and integrity are surities for its future prosperity . The past worthies were and the present areFreemasons . The anti-national irit that
, sp would have foisted a political blot upon the escutcheon of America , under the plea of an anti-masonic association , has been checked by the moderate of all parties who love their country , and who , if they do not generally . fall into the . ' ranks of the Masonic body , at least acknowledge its utility . Let our correspondent then , and those who entertain any fearfulness upon the subject , investigate the subject at large , and they will clearly
see the truth of our position ; that while the opponents of our glorious mystery have assailed it by an inveteracy , as unfeeling as it is dishonest , the fraternity have borne the insult with forbearance , relying , as they well may , upon its moral force to repel any serious invasion . All the documents that have been sent us from India have already met our eye . In No . 5 , we touched upon one of the leading sources of discussion , and should have felt some diffidence in returning to it , but for the very strong appeal made to us from afar , and also from an anxiety not to be thought inattentive to our zealous friends .
A more pleasing subject occurs to us , in the opportunity we have of announcing to the Fraternity in India , that they will shortly receive an accession to their body , of some talented and industrious Craftsmen , whose industrious perseverance have won for them here such fair and honourable esteem , as would make their departure a source of disappointment and regret , were it not for the assurance that the brethren are , as it werecommissioned to a move extended here of usefulnessand
, sp , tli . it the early promise given will be realized abundantl y in the example they will set to our eastern friends . We allude to Brother Captain R . Macdonald—the two Brothers , ( Major and Captain ) Grandsons of Flora Macdonald , the heroine of Waverly , and Brother Cardozo , who , possessing a laudable zeal , with
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Foreign.
FOREIGN .
MONTH EAT ,. —Extract from correspondence , received Oct . 19 th . — " You will be much pleased to hear that Brother Badgly , who had visited England sometime since , had , during his stay , paid such attention to his Masonic duties as to become competent to fill the chair ; and so impressed was he with the importance of Freemasonry , and the value of Lodges of Instruction as the best means of promulgating Masonic disciplinethaton his return to this countryhe immediatel
, , , y set about forming a lodge of instruction , which promises to disseminate , more diffusively , the English system of working . You will please to communicate to Brother G corge Aarons the kindest wishes of Brother Badgly , and the high satisfaction he feels in being thus enabled to prove the value of the instruction he personally received from him . "
INDIA . —A very intelligent correspondent from this distant part of the . world has drawn our attention to the subject of the controversy which has so long , and so fearfully , agitated the United States of America in regard to Freemasonry;—and he very naturally calls upon us to supply ( as far as we may he able ) some antidote to the accursed bane .
The antidote : has ,-however , been supplied , and , we have pleasure in stating it , through the good sense of the Americans themselves , —at least by that portion of them which are the most thinking—the most intelligent—the most useful , and the most wealthy of that nation , who feel a pride in the recollection of the memory of the departed , whose services made America what it is , and who esteem those whose talents and integrity are surities for its future prosperity . The past worthies were and the present areFreemasons . The anti-national irit that
, sp would have foisted a political blot upon the escutcheon of America , under the plea of an anti-masonic association , has been checked by the moderate of all parties who love their country , and who , if they do not generally . fall into the . ' ranks of the Masonic body , at least acknowledge its utility . Let our correspondent then , and those who entertain any fearfulness upon the subject , investigate the subject at large , and they will clearly
see the truth of our position ; that while the opponents of our glorious mystery have assailed it by an inveteracy , as unfeeling as it is dishonest , the fraternity have borne the insult with forbearance , relying , as they well may , upon its moral force to repel any serious invasion . All the documents that have been sent us from India have already met our eye . In No . 5 , we touched upon one of the leading sources of discussion , and should have felt some diffidence in returning to it , but for the very strong appeal made to us from afar , and also from an anxiety not to be thought inattentive to our zealous friends .
A more pleasing subject occurs to us , in the opportunity we have of announcing to the Fraternity in India , that they will shortly receive an accession to their body , of some talented and industrious Craftsmen , whose industrious perseverance have won for them here such fair and honourable esteem , as would make their departure a source of disappointment and regret , were it not for the assurance that the brethren are , as it werecommissioned to a move extended here of usefulnessand
, sp , tli . it the early promise given will be realized abundantl y in the example they will set to our eastern friends . We allude to Brother Captain R . Macdonald—the two Brothers , ( Major and Captain ) Grandsons of Flora Macdonald , the heroine of Waverly , and Brother Cardozo , who , possessing a laudable zeal , with