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Sir Charles Wolseley's Letters.
SIR CHARLES WOLSELEY'S LETTERS .
The evidence of men of high standing in society , must have greater weight than paid scribbling writers in " the Tablet . " The recent letters of Sir Charles Wolseley will be read with pleasure , although never intended for publication . NO . I . ( Copy . ) To Mr . -Bookseller . Sir— "As I perceive
, , your name is to the title page of the pamphlets , ' The Tablet v . Freemasonry , ' as one of those who sell them , can you inform me whether it is a secret who the author is ? I am a Freemason , and what is more , a French Freemason , of ' the Grand Orient of France , ' mentioned the other day in ' The Tablet / made so above forty years ago , consequently during the revolution ; that one of the understood rules is , that neither politics or reliion were to be discussedneither of which I ever heard broached
g , ; Therefore 1 am as disgusted with the editor of 'The Tablet' as is the author of the said pamphlet ; and if you know the author , you may send tlits note to him , or show it to whom you please . " r I am your obedient humble servant . Wolseley , Statt . rdshire , May 13 , 1845 . P . S ;— " I-think we are in want of another good Catholic paper , for the present one has done its best to disgust manof the Catholic
very y gentry . Yes ; and he seems to have made a dead set at them in several instances . I think the publishing of his friend Anstey ' s letter , where a noble lord's name was brought in , was shameful . I should be glad to have the address of the author ofthe above pamphlets . "' '' NO . 11 . :-,, ' -y .-y :-:.-To— . ' Dear Sir , — "I received your esteemed note , and I agree
with you that he is no authority in the church ! He does not , Or will hot , understand the question of Freemasonry ; and , therefore , substitutes falsehood for truth , and abuse for argument . Who ever before heard that papal bulls were ever ' lawfully' proclaimed in this country ? a point not to be got over ; or that the popes ever intended to condemn good societies and bad societies together ? No one . until this meddling , vain fellow , removed the veil of the ' happy ignorance , 'in which the charitable of ilto remain thou
policy our authorities suffered us happy . How many - sand tender consciences have been unnecessarily disturbed ^ and innocent creatures been unwittingly made wise ? Were 1 you-I would publish nothing . Depend upon it , that whatever you say he willturn only into ridicule , because he knows that those who read your letters may read his answers ; How many of his readers , amounting perhaps to a thousand ^ will read your letters . It is nuts for him for any one'to write ;
therefore , the best way is to talk , and put him down in that way . P . P . A . willi of course , talk of my letter to him ; perhaps thus lie wilMiearof it . He cannot well publish anything of it ; if he did meddle with my name , I could answer him in the Morning Chronicle , " I was made a French Mason during the French revolution . It was during the emperor ' s sway , in Brussels ; and there is no difference between them and us , as English Masons . " I remain , dear Sir , yours sincerely . Wolseley , 16 th May , 1813 .
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Sir Charles Wolseley's Letters.
SIR CHARLES WOLSELEY'S LETTERS .
The evidence of men of high standing in society , must have greater weight than paid scribbling writers in " the Tablet . " The recent letters of Sir Charles Wolseley will be read with pleasure , although never intended for publication . NO . I . ( Copy . ) To Mr . -Bookseller . Sir— "As I perceive
, , your name is to the title page of the pamphlets , ' The Tablet v . Freemasonry , ' as one of those who sell them , can you inform me whether it is a secret who the author is ? I am a Freemason , and what is more , a French Freemason , of ' the Grand Orient of France , ' mentioned the other day in ' The Tablet / made so above forty years ago , consequently during the revolution ; that one of the understood rules is , that neither politics or reliion were to be discussedneither of which I ever heard broached
g , ; Therefore 1 am as disgusted with the editor of 'The Tablet' as is the author of the said pamphlet ; and if you know the author , you may send tlits note to him , or show it to whom you please . " r I am your obedient humble servant . Wolseley , Statt . rdshire , May 13 , 1845 . P . S ;— " I-think we are in want of another good Catholic paper , for the present one has done its best to disgust manof the Catholic
very y gentry . Yes ; and he seems to have made a dead set at them in several instances . I think the publishing of his friend Anstey ' s letter , where a noble lord's name was brought in , was shameful . I should be glad to have the address of the author ofthe above pamphlets . "' '' NO . 11 . :-,, ' -y .-y :-:.-To— . ' Dear Sir , — "I received your esteemed note , and I agree
with you that he is no authority in the church ! He does not , Or will hot , understand the question of Freemasonry ; and , therefore , substitutes falsehood for truth , and abuse for argument . Who ever before heard that papal bulls were ever ' lawfully' proclaimed in this country ? a point not to be got over ; or that the popes ever intended to condemn good societies and bad societies together ? No one . until this meddling , vain fellow , removed the veil of the ' happy ignorance , 'in which the charitable of ilto remain thou
policy our authorities suffered us happy . How many - sand tender consciences have been unnecessarily disturbed ^ and innocent creatures been unwittingly made wise ? Were 1 you-I would publish nothing . Depend upon it , that whatever you say he willturn only into ridicule , because he knows that those who read your letters may read his answers ; How many of his readers , amounting perhaps to a thousand ^ will read your letters . It is nuts for him for any one'to write ;
therefore , the best way is to talk , and put him down in that way . P . P . A . willi of course , talk of my letter to him ; perhaps thus lie wilMiearof it . He cannot well publish anything of it ; if he did meddle with my name , I could answer him in the Morning Chronicle , " I was made a French Mason during the French revolution . It was during the emperor ' s sway , in Brussels ; and there is no difference between them and us , as English Masons . " I remain , dear Sir , yours sincerely . Wolseley , 16 th May , 1813 .