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have had a Chairman be the ringleader of confusion , instead of being tho calm observer of decorum . The Treasurer , however , on promulgation of the sentence against him , immediately resigned Ids office , and a special meeting was called . Did any of the complainants attend to face him 1 not one ! He was unanimously re-elected to the office , which ho thankfully accepted , as an
indication that his conduct was approved ; and tho other two Brethren received the warmest expressions of kindness from the meeting . " It woidd be invidious and unnecessary , in this brief abstract of the Masonic life of Dr . Crucefix , to enter into all the multifarious examinations and cross-examinations which attended his case . Suffice it to say , that after a Ml hearing , the Board " Resolved
unanimously , that it is the opinion of this Board , that the charges made against the AV . Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , P . J . G . D ., for not chocking or calling to order at the meeting on the 13 th of November , 1839 , at Eadley's Hotel , the W . Brothers Alderman Thomas Wood and John Lee Stevens , when those Brethren were making observations and using language disrespectful to His Royal
Highness the M . W . Grand Master , are fully proved . Resolved unanimously , that theAV . Brother Eobert Thomas Crucefix , P . J . G . D ., be seconded from all his Masonic functions ancl privileges for the term of six calandar months . By order of the Board , William H .
AVhite , G . S . " Dr . Crucefix was equally surprised and displeased at this result ; but he wrote to mo saying ; " The annals of the Grand Lodge have recorded my suspension ; but the ancestry of my mind is not thereby polluted—nor will I permit myself to be self-haunted by this unexpected result . " When Alexander was told that some one had reviled himhe replied" It is better to be evil-spoken of than
, , to do evil . " The feelings of Dr . Crucefix , however , were wounded , as appeared from subsequent events ; and we are not surprised that he shoidd speak sharply on the sentence pronounced against him . Such a proceeding quoad hoc would not have excited any unpleasant feeling . But , unfortunately , he went farther , and laying aside his usual prudencehe gave new cause of offenceby the unguarded
, , expressions in which he vented his indignation , in a detailed account of the proceedings published in the pages of the " Freemason ' s Quarterly Eeview . " Under the influence of excited feelings , he also imprudently penned a letter to the Grand Master which would have been better unwritten , because , in that document his habitual respect for the chief ruler and governor of the Craft
was abandoned ; and he thus armed his enemies with a power which they would have sought in vain throughout all the previous proceedings . He had hitherto suffered nothing in the opinion of the Fraternity ; although , on his suspension , ho had deemed it expedient to resign all membership with the Craft . Addresses of
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have had a Chairman be the ringleader of confusion , instead of being tho calm observer of decorum . The Treasurer , however , on promulgation of the sentence against him , immediately resigned Ids office , and a special meeting was called . Did any of the complainants attend to face him 1 not one ! He was unanimously re-elected to the office , which ho thankfully accepted , as an
indication that his conduct was approved ; and tho other two Brethren received the warmest expressions of kindness from the meeting . " It woidd be invidious and unnecessary , in this brief abstract of the Masonic life of Dr . Crucefix , to enter into all the multifarious examinations and cross-examinations which attended his case . Suffice it to say , that after a Ml hearing , the Board " Resolved
unanimously , that it is the opinion of this Board , that the charges made against the AV . Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix , P . J . G . D ., for not chocking or calling to order at the meeting on the 13 th of November , 1839 , at Eadley's Hotel , the W . Brothers Alderman Thomas Wood and John Lee Stevens , when those Brethren were making observations and using language disrespectful to His Royal
Highness the M . W . Grand Master , are fully proved . Resolved unanimously , that theAV . Brother Eobert Thomas Crucefix , P . J . G . D ., be seconded from all his Masonic functions ancl privileges for the term of six calandar months . By order of the Board , William H .
AVhite , G . S . " Dr . Crucefix was equally surprised and displeased at this result ; but he wrote to mo saying ; " The annals of the Grand Lodge have recorded my suspension ; but the ancestry of my mind is not thereby polluted—nor will I permit myself to be self-haunted by this unexpected result . " When Alexander was told that some one had reviled himhe replied" It is better to be evil-spoken of than
, , to do evil . " The feelings of Dr . Crucefix , however , were wounded , as appeared from subsequent events ; and we are not surprised that he shoidd speak sharply on the sentence pronounced against him . Such a proceeding quoad hoc would not have excited any unpleasant feeling . But , unfortunately , he went farther , and laying aside his usual prudencehe gave new cause of offenceby the unguarded
, , expressions in which he vented his indignation , in a detailed account of the proceedings published in the pages of the " Freemason ' s Quarterly Eeview . " Under the influence of excited feelings , he also imprudently penned a letter to the Grand Master which would have been better unwritten , because , in that document his habitual respect for the chief ruler and governor of the Craft
was abandoned ; and he thus armed his enemies with a power which they would have sought in vain throughout all the previous proceedings . He had hitherto suffered nothing in the opinion of the Fraternity ; although , on his suspension , ho had deemed it expedient to resign all membership with the Craft . Addresses of