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Article THE LATE LORD MAYOR AT SOUTHWOLD. ← Page 5 of 6 →
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The Late Lord Mayor At Southwold.
THE LATE LORD MAYOR AT SOUTHWOLD .
AMONG our local intelligence will be found an account of the Southwold and Woodbridge gatherings . The former , however , from its peculiar features , merits some specificnotice at our hands . We have often painfully forced on us the petty jealousies and paltry rivalries Avhich mar the
demonstrations of popular feeling in country towns . To them Southwold appears a stranger . It was a day on which all classes seemed to make holiday . The beauty of the decorations at the Masonic Festival was only equalled by their universality . Right and left—from mansion to
cottagegood-will was expressed . Throughout the day not one single disturbance took place , not one unfriendly feelingwas exhibited . As for the illuminations , some , it is true , had reference to the Masonic Order ; but many were proffered by parties who had no connexion with the Craft , and
whose display originated m the wish to gratify their neighbours . There was something , too , at once Masonic and gratifying in the answer to the question—What brought all these people together ? What has anabled the young and struggling apprentice—the toiling artizan—the striving mechanic
—the thrifty and emulous tradesman , to gaze on the successful man—the honoured man—the first magistrate ofthe first city in the world—once as friendless and as dependent as themselves—and embodying in his own person an instance of what conduct , character , industry and perseverance can
effect ? What has presented them with this spectacle and its mighty moral ? Masonry . That is the spell which has brought the Lord Mayor of London hither ; and that is the tie which binds him to the diversified group around him . VOL . I . 3 o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Late Lord Mayor At Southwold.
THE LATE LORD MAYOR AT SOUTHWOLD .
AMONG our local intelligence will be found an account of the Southwold and Woodbridge gatherings . The former , however , from its peculiar features , merits some specificnotice at our hands . We have often painfully forced on us the petty jealousies and paltry rivalries Avhich mar the
demonstrations of popular feeling in country towns . To them Southwold appears a stranger . It was a day on which all classes seemed to make holiday . The beauty of the decorations at the Masonic Festival was only equalled by their universality . Right and left—from mansion to
cottagegood-will was expressed . Throughout the day not one single disturbance took place , not one unfriendly feelingwas exhibited . As for the illuminations , some , it is true , had reference to the Masonic Order ; but many were proffered by parties who had no connexion with the Craft , and
whose display originated m the wish to gratify their neighbours . There was something , too , at once Masonic and gratifying in the answer to the question—What brought all these people together ? What has anabled the young and struggling apprentice—the toiling artizan—the striving mechanic
—the thrifty and emulous tradesman , to gaze on the successful man—the honoured man—the first magistrate ofthe first city in the world—once as friendless and as dependent as themselves—and embodying in his own person an instance of what conduct , character , industry and perseverance can
effect ? What has presented them with this spectacle and its mighty moral ? Masonry . That is the spell which has brought the Lord Mayor of London hither ; and that is the tie which binds him to the diversified group around him . VOL . I . 3 o