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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION.—SEPTEMBER 2. ← Page 5 of 8 →
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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
the statement if it were incorrect ) to have the reason of this omission explained . Bro . White , the G . S ., said , that it was not customary to print the resolutions of Grand Lodge until they had been confirmed , and he ( the G . S . ) considered this to be a very proper rule , because ( said he ) " it might happen that at one Grand Lodge hostile proceedings " might be determined on respecting some Lodge or Brother , which the " succeeding Grand Lodge miht object to confirmand thus an act of
g , f > injustice would be inflicted , which it would be impossible to remedy . " Thus , then , continued Brother Stevens , it has been the practice substantially to confirm or reject at one Grand Lodge what hacl been passed at the preceding one . " But how had the practice of delaying publicity until after the confirmation of minutes , of the very nature described , been observed in the matter now under discussion ? Let the Grand Lodge understand clearly the position in which it was placed . Why , not
merely the minutes of the last Grand Lodge had been published , inclusive of every subject , before confirmation , but they had been published in a most unfair and garbled manner , containing the most distinct misstatements , although the Grand Lodge had issued no publication whatever ofthe transactions of three previous Quarterly Communications , and of one Especial Grand Lodge . ' ] With these facts before him , he no longer expected justice from those in authority , nor from the Grand Lodge , by whom justice was denied .
The amendment was then put , and negatived by a large majority ; and the confirmation of the minutes put and carried ! A special report from the Board of General Purposes , of extreme length , and couched throughout in language as vehement as illogical , and frequently as abusive as incorrect , was then read . J It referred particularly to a letter addressed by Dr . Crueefix to the Grand Master , and to certain matters contained in the last number of tbe Freemasons ' Quarterly Reviewupon all of which the Board of General Purposes
, had found the W . Brother guilty of scandalous Masonic offences , without describing the process of the proof , and concluded by recommending Grand Lodge to expel him from Freemasonry . The question being put— " That the special report of the Board of General Purposes be confirmed , " Bro . SANGSTER objected to the confirmation , on the ground that the Board of General Purposes had no jurisdiction .
GRAND MASTER . —What ! deny the law ? Bro . SANGSTER . —Your Royal Highness , I do not deny the law ; I wish to prove that , according to the law , the Board of General Purposes had no jurisdiction . GRAND MASTER . —I shall not allow you to prove any thing of the sort . § Bro . SANGSTER . —Your Royal Highness ivill allow me to state the grounds of my position , and leave it to Grand Lodge to decide if I am correct . I contend that Brother Crueefix , having resigned all connexion
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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
the statement if it were incorrect ) to have the reason of this omission explained . Bro . White , the G . S ., said , that it was not customary to print the resolutions of Grand Lodge until they had been confirmed , and he ( the G . S . ) considered this to be a very proper rule , because ( said he ) " it might happen that at one Grand Lodge hostile proceedings " might be determined on respecting some Lodge or Brother , which the " succeeding Grand Lodge miht object to confirmand thus an act of
g , f > injustice would be inflicted , which it would be impossible to remedy . " Thus , then , continued Brother Stevens , it has been the practice substantially to confirm or reject at one Grand Lodge what hacl been passed at the preceding one . " But how had the practice of delaying publicity until after the confirmation of minutes , of the very nature described , been observed in the matter now under discussion ? Let the Grand Lodge understand clearly the position in which it was placed . Why , not
merely the minutes of the last Grand Lodge had been published , inclusive of every subject , before confirmation , but they had been published in a most unfair and garbled manner , containing the most distinct misstatements , although the Grand Lodge had issued no publication whatever ofthe transactions of three previous Quarterly Communications , and of one Especial Grand Lodge . ' ] With these facts before him , he no longer expected justice from those in authority , nor from the Grand Lodge , by whom justice was denied .
The amendment was then put , and negatived by a large majority ; and the confirmation of the minutes put and carried ! A special report from the Board of General Purposes , of extreme length , and couched throughout in language as vehement as illogical , and frequently as abusive as incorrect , was then read . J It referred particularly to a letter addressed by Dr . Crueefix to the Grand Master , and to certain matters contained in the last number of tbe Freemasons ' Quarterly Reviewupon all of which the Board of General Purposes
, had found the W . Brother guilty of scandalous Masonic offences , without describing the process of the proof , and concluded by recommending Grand Lodge to expel him from Freemasonry . The question being put— " That the special report of the Board of General Purposes be confirmed , " Bro . SANGSTER objected to the confirmation , on the ground that the Board of General Purposes had no jurisdiction .
GRAND MASTER . —What ! deny the law ? Bro . SANGSTER . —Your Royal Highness , I do not deny the law ; I wish to prove that , according to the law , the Board of General Purposes had no jurisdiction . GRAND MASTER . —I shall not allow you to prove any thing of the sort . § Bro . SANGSTER . —Your Royal Highness ivill allow me to state the grounds of my position , and leave it to Grand Lodge to decide if I am correct . I contend that Brother Crueefix , having resigned all connexion