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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 15 of 17 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
the books of the Grand Lodge from its first establishment to the present time . And if no precedent could be adduced , he hoped the present process would be rejected as informal . " This able and conclusive defence , " the Square continued , " was followed by a desultory conversation , in which all the principal parties to the dispute on both sides delivered their
opinions freely . There was a clash of arms—loud wordsbut no bones broken . The case was so clear that the Committee came to no formal resolution on the subject ; and Bro . Preston and the members of the Lodge of Antiquity withdrew—not , it is true , singing Te Deum—but without having any censure passed on their conduct , and scarcely able
to ascertain correctly why they had been summoned to attend . They _ flattered themselves , however , that , after this vapid exhibition , the unpleasant subject would be allowed to sink quietly into oblivion . "Alas , " said the Square , " they were never more mistaken . " At the very next Quarterly CommunicationBroHull
, . , a Past Grand Warden , and Clerk in the Salt Office , moved that in the opinion of this Grand Lodge , Bro . Preston had been the promoter and instigator of all the measures taken by the Lodge of Antiquity in derogation of the authority of the Grand Master , and calculated to bring the Grand Lodge into contempt with the Brethren .
. " This motion was intended as a preparatory step to a new censure on his conduct ; and being immediately seconded , it would have been put to the vote at once by the Deputy Grand Master , if some of the Brethren had not desired to be heard against it . While the matter was in the course of discussion , Bro . Hull was advised by some Brethren , who were
under the apprehension of being in a minority , to withdraw his motion . The evening being now far advanced , and tw o other motions having been quashed by the D . G . M . on account of their tendency to revive the dispute , it was imagined that nothing further would be heard respecting the Lodge of Antiquity or its members ; and on this presumption
many of the most attached friends of Bro . Preston retired . " But at this late hour , " the Square continued , " a motion was made and duly seconded , to the effect , that the Plall Committee be continued with its usual powers , except that Bro . Preston ' s name be excluded ; for it was thought by his adversaries that if this were carried , it would be tantamount to actual expulsion . The proceeding was not strictly regular ; but as all advantages in strategy are accounted fair , the reso-
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The Revelations Of A Square.
the books of the Grand Lodge from its first establishment to the present time . And if no precedent could be adduced , he hoped the present process would be rejected as informal . " This able and conclusive defence , " the Square continued , " was followed by a desultory conversation , in which all the principal parties to the dispute on both sides delivered their
opinions freely . There was a clash of arms—loud wordsbut no bones broken . The case was so clear that the Committee came to no formal resolution on the subject ; and Bro . Preston and the members of the Lodge of Antiquity withdrew—not , it is true , singing Te Deum—but without having any censure passed on their conduct , and scarcely able
to ascertain correctly why they had been summoned to attend . They _ flattered themselves , however , that , after this vapid exhibition , the unpleasant subject would be allowed to sink quietly into oblivion . "Alas , " said the Square , " they were never more mistaken . " At the very next Quarterly CommunicationBroHull
, . , a Past Grand Warden , and Clerk in the Salt Office , moved that in the opinion of this Grand Lodge , Bro . Preston had been the promoter and instigator of all the measures taken by the Lodge of Antiquity in derogation of the authority of the Grand Master , and calculated to bring the Grand Lodge into contempt with the Brethren .
. " This motion was intended as a preparatory step to a new censure on his conduct ; and being immediately seconded , it would have been put to the vote at once by the Deputy Grand Master , if some of the Brethren had not desired to be heard against it . While the matter was in the course of discussion , Bro . Hull was advised by some Brethren , who were
under the apprehension of being in a minority , to withdraw his motion . The evening being now far advanced , and tw o other motions having been quashed by the D . G . M . on account of their tendency to revive the dispute , it was imagined that nothing further would be heard respecting the Lodge of Antiquity or its members ; and on this presumption
many of the most attached friends of Bro . Preston retired . " But at this late hour , " the Square continued , " a motion was made and duly seconded , to the effect , that the Plall Committee be continued with its usual powers , except that Bro . Preston ' s name be excluded ; for it was thought by his adversaries that if this were carried , it would be tantamount to actual expulsion . The proceeding was not strictly regular ; but as all advantages in strategy are accounted fair , the reso-