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Ireland.
immunity of our Order , from the general examination of the " profane world j" as if , forsooth , the polity of Masons were not as amenable to public censure or approval as that of any other bodies . Wc dislike this vsEVDO-morality , as most unreasonable ; and would rather convince the great public , or " profane world , " that we are in reality abundantly qualified to maintain our ground as a representative institution , by the strict propriety of our conductor to call to our aid the opinion of society
, at large , to correct any imperfection in oar social system . Truth and Justice must be made to prevail ; for , with Charity , they form the basis of Freemasonry . As Masons , ive profess the most extensive practice and tlie peculiar protection of those virtues ; and if we repudiate those , professions by our acts , SOCIETY AT LARGE MUSI' RESTORE TIIFJ BALANCE . It is the province of society to see that we perform our self-imposed trust with faithfulness ; and it is the
duty of a Masonic journalist to obtain the PURLFICA TION of the Order by the exercise of Public Opinion , whenever violence is done to Masonic principles . " At the time , the above extract was termed ic setting the law at defiance , " but the ridicule attending such a notion ended in the discomfiture of the oppressors . Nowhoweverthe same arguments apply with especial force to the recent
, , state of Masonry in Ireland ; we say " recent , " in the hope that the M . W . Grand Master , by his generous admission , has virtually put an end to the unseemly differences . In our remarks we for a long time observed probably too strict a neutrality , leaving to the honour of the fraternity to vindicate itself ; but when it became clear that forbearance was
considered as fear , and that the nobleman who is providentially at thehead of the Order in Ireland was placed in a false position , and that serious danger threatened our hallowed Institution , we entered fearlessly into the subject , and by unravelling the web of sophistry , shewed his Grace the danger attending a dishonourable thraldom— and nobly has he construed the maxim " Kairon Gnothi . " A simple relation of recent circumstances , which , have led to this important resultwill be interesting . It will be seen from our last number
, , that the Editors of two papers gave publicity to . certain Masonic meetings—a very common occurrence—and , because they didso , certain members of the Council of Rites thought proper to agitate the question of discovering the names of those who furnished the reports ; but even this mode of proceeding could not be done decently , for an erasure was permitted to be made in the minutes of the Grand Lodge of October , not stating that a notice of a motion for inquiry was madebut ; that . a
, motion was passed whereby a Brother and two Editors had infringed a certain law of the Ahiman Rezon ! This was such an overdose of poison that it could not be sustained , and the Grand-Lodge nem . con . resolved that this mass of fraud and falsehood should- be expunged I ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The next : business was to pass a vote of thanks to the Brother and the Editors , which was also carried nem . con . . ? . - ,:..--. ' . Foiled in their machinationsthe next move of the 'Council of Rites
, , or at least those of that body who assumetobe the " castigators , " was to arraign three members of the Grand Chapter of Ireland for certain misconduct , the nature of which did not . however very clearly appear , and on the fifth of December the Grand Lodge was again made the scene of tumult and disorder . His Grace the DUKE OF LEINSTER was on the throne , Bro . NORMAN
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Ireland.
immunity of our Order , from the general examination of the " profane world j" as if , forsooth , the polity of Masons were not as amenable to public censure or approval as that of any other bodies . Wc dislike this vsEVDO-morality , as most unreasonable ; and would rather convince the great public , or " profane world , " that we are in reality abundantly qualified to maintain our ground as a representative institution , by the strict propriety of our conductor to call to our aid the opinion of society
, at large , to correct any imperfection in oar social system . Truth and Justice must be made to prevail ; for , with Charity , they form the basis of Freemasonry . As Masons , ive profess the most extensive practice and tlie peculiar protection of those virtues ; and if we repudiate those , professions by our acts , SOCIETY AT LARGE MUSI' RESTORE TIIFJ BALANCE . It is the province of society to see that we perform our self-imposed trust with faithfulness ; and it is the
duty of a Masonic journalist to obtain the PURLFICA TION of the Order by the exercise of Public Opinion , whenever violence is done to Masonic principles . " At the time , the above extract was termed ic setting the law at defiance , " but the ridicule attending such a notion ended in the discomfiture of the oppressors . Nowhoweverthe same arguments apply with especial force to the recent
, , state of Masonry in Ireland ; we say " recent , " in the hope that the M . W . Grand Master , by his generous admission , has virtually put an end to the unseemly differences . In our remarks we for a long time observed probably too strict a neutrality , leaving to the honour of the fraternity to vindicate itself ; but when it became clear that forbearance was
considered as fear , and that the nobleman who is providentially at thehead of the Order in Ireland was placed in a false position , and that serious danger threatened our hallowed Institution , we entered fearlessly into the subject , and by unravelling the web of sophistry , shewed his Grace the danger attending a dishonourable thraldom— and nobly has he construed the maxim " Kairon Gnothi . " A simple relation of recent circumstances , which , have led to this important resultwill be interesting . It will be seen from our last number
, , that the Editors of two papers gave publicity to . certain Masonic meetings—a very common occurrence—and , because they didso , certain members of the Council of Rites thought proper to agitate the question of discovering the names of those who furnished the reports ; but even this mode of proceeding could not be done decently , for an erasure was permitted to be made in the minutes of the Grand Lodge of October , not stating that a notice of a motion for inquiry was madebut ; that . a
, motion was passed whereby a Brother and two Editors had infringed a certain law of the Ahiman Rezon ! This was such an overdose of poison that it could not be sustained , and the Grand-Lodge nem . con . resolved that this mass of fraud and falsehood should- be expunged I ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The next : business was to pass a vote of thanks to the Brother and the Editors , which was also carried nem . con . . ? . - ,:..--. ' . Foiled in their machinationsthe next move of the 'Council of Rites
, , or at least those of that body who assumetobe the " castigators , " was to arraign three members of the Grand Chapter of Ireland for certain misconduct , the nature of which did not . however very clearly appear , and on the fifth of December the Grand Lodge was again made the scene of tumult and disorder . His Grace the DUKE OF LEINSTER was on the throne , Bro . NORMAN