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the functions of King and Priest , of wise leader and teacher , labouring for the good of mem , and their improvement , for freedom cf action , of conscience , and of speech . " B RO . GEORGE FRANK GOULEY , 33 ° , AND RESTORATION TO RIGHTS .

Bro . Gouley for some time was a '" thorn in the flesh " to Bro . A . Pike , j , } , and the oilier members of the 33 ° , but of late mutual explanations have been offered and accepted ,

objectionable clauses have been omitted m the , rituals , and peace reigns supreme . Inconsequence the feud is quenched , and Bro . Gouley is again an active member—one of the ablest of fhe able brethren of America .

ORATION B \ BRO- HENRV BUIST , i ; f . A new Masonic Temple was consecrated , and Bro . Buist gave an address , which is inserted in the Bulletin , as it deserves to be . We are of the

op inion that if Masonry was agreed on all hands to consist of those degrees only known as the " Craft , " the generality of the objections urged against the Institution woulei be withdrawn , for we conceive it is mainlv because of its

theological and political bearings that any oanger is apprehended from its progress ; conditions unlikely to result from the promotion of Craft Masonry ,. but certainly a probable ellect of the " Ancient and Accepted Rite , " and others of the " Hautes Grades , " which are often sectarian in

character , and can scarcely be said to be , tvee from political bias . AA e arc ready at all times to acknowdedge the great ability , Masonic zeal , und general intelligence ol the chiefs in the Hautes Grades , but are nevertheless unable to see why there need be so many degrees , obligations ,

and ntes , neither do we admit the desirability ol sectarian degrees of any kind . I say this much , in mentioning the oration of Bro . Buist , for its worth is so apparent , and its Masonic illustrations so apt , lhat we onl y wish it had the circulation corresponding with its general

excellence . His definition , however , of Freemasonry , is not consistent with sectarian degrees . Our Bro . says , " Freemasonry is one of the most marked , as well as one of the splendid exponents , of that great princip le of whicli 1 have spoken . It is simpl y the development , noble iu intention , still nobler in its result , of the instinct spirit of

association . And when we speak uf it legitimately , we must speak of it only as an association of good men , united for the accomplishment of « com mon ol-jeet . " A " com mon object , " we take it , alike for Jews , -Mahomet ans , and Christians . What could be better than thc following r

" rreeinasonry is au association for the cultivation of intellectual philosophy ; it is an association for the propagation of moral and relig ious sentiment ; it is an association for the exercise of charity , anel the encouragement of human love

And if 1 succeed in showing that its philosophy is scholarly , its moral and relig ious leaching orthodox , its practice , of charity diffusive , and its princip le of love pure ami holy , 1 shall claim ;\\\ for the character thus developed that I know just men will be disposed to bestow . "

The term " orlhode . x , " useel by our brother , is evidently intended to mean not that " Freemasonry is a relig ious institution , " for he says " far from i / , " but simply orlliodn . x beciuse iuracii _ s tu ¦ " gre : A doctrine of the immortality of the soul and its necessary atljnuct , the resurrectio . i oi' the elead . " . . . . " Take from Freemasonry its p

hilosophic teaching , the sublime arcana oi Go 1 and man , of life and death , oi time ami e-ierniiy , which it was brought iorth lo dc . elope in its own peculiar way , ' . mil Masonry would be a lifeless and worthless corpse ' kl _ l' . U / . Sl ' , NTATI \ ES lllli'l l . _ KI '_ \ T P . ll ITU N \ M > IRELAND ro UMTI ' . O STATE . , . \ t .

We notice that ( he ivpresciiiath t : s Ironilu , Southern jurisdiction 33 '' , U . S . A . for England Ireland , and Scotland are Captain ' 1 ' .. G . l ' mlips . ; . l ' - ' ( London ) , Dr . J . T . Tov . ' nhend , jf ( Dub lin ) ; and Lonl lames C . P . Murray , ¦; ; f E . lin

burgh ) ; anil from these Graud Councils ivsp . etively , to the Grand Council in Somes , v . ' jini ' --diction , U . S . A ., T . S . Parvin 3 . ; ( lov . a ) , Dr . A . G . Mackay , , ) , r ( Washington ) , and ! ,. E Baiber , ,. ) f ( Little Rock ) . A very long report is inserted respecting tin

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misunderstanding ' existing between the Si pre'lie Grand Oeww . il -and the Grand Orient of Eraw . v . It is mainly a Iran-dat ion from the ouicra ; ball , Art and enters fully into the question of Gran . Lodges working , " the " Hautes ; Grade" . " . " We quite think with the Editor that '" ' If a Congress

of the Supreme Councils should be held , ii should be a question for consideration , whether all such unions ougiA out to be dissolve ;) , and each Supreme O 01 . 1 ue . il be a elisliiiel autonomy . and also whether ike symbolic elegrees should uot be left by them exclusively to lhe Grand

Lodges and e-iranu Orients . Our opinion 1 ; that the Grand Lodges have no more right io weak the degrees of the Supreme Grand Councils , than the latter to work the elogrccs ol the banner . Grand Lodges , Masonical . v , h eye o . ily to elo

with the degrees known as tiie '" ' Crait , ' aud have consequently authority only over the lodges which are . under their jurisdiction . On ths : other hand , Supreme Grand Council . , are . not justified iii controlling or working" any portions oi

Craft Masonry , and wherever aud ¦ . v . ienever t . iey do , the Grand Lodges so ignored and invaded shoulel cusiicnd all tlieir members assenting - and aiding snch an act On die other h . ind , ihe Supreme Grand Council- ; shotil 1 be < 'q ; ci ' . iy reaily to suspend or exeei their recembcrs win in

: iny way promote the working of the " Ancient and Accepted Rite degrees " by Grand Lodges . Each of the bodies are distinct and independent and , Masonically speaking , are not capable , of union , Craft Masonry being quite diiterent in aim and objects to tiie " Ancient and Accepted Rite . "

AVe are therefore in sympathy wiln the Grand Council ( S . J . ) in objecting to tiie Grand Orient of France assuming to itself control over the degrees of tlie " Ancient nnd Accepted Rite , " In I In he consistent , our American brethren should refuse countenance to the

" Supreme Conseil pour la France , " whicli winks tlie Craft Degrees . The article " Freemasonry in Greece , " which appeared in The Freeiintt'in , is quoted in the Official Bulletin now under review , and "

amicable relations , " and a suitable representation , have been entered into by the 33 " of United States ( S . J . ) and the , ) 3 " of Greece . The Article ou the Royal Order oi Scotland , and the institution

of the Piwineial Grand Lodge ot Loudon , is also taken bodily from Tiie F > vy __ . ( . Mi __ , and wc feel sine that , the editor of our Kuglt .-di organ ol the C-aft will be pleased to find so gooel a use being made of his caper .

Mycin ; : ; is Ti ' -u : ov \ v \ u . 'I'he few , but especially interesting relcivnivs to ' ¦ Alasons in Time of War" deserve a friendl y notice b y us . Our good Bro . Findel in a letter to Bro . Hubert , Editor " Ciiaine d Anion , " Paris , observes , " Immediately after die declaration ol

war , the Lodge of Mannheim called upon till the German Ledge ; for assistance for the wounded oi ' both nalioii- ; . A . nm ,: reur . "lo ' . v . uiun . ; followed ; ihey we-re distributed among all the wounded , without di .-. tinctiou oi n . -. tiouahty . 'Lite greater pari oi' the ledge ' s of S"Ulii and

Central Germane e : oi ! . . .. "ted th . ir I . tup . is into hospitals , ai their own c \ p , use . Wherever thi'ii : ivi'iv Masonic p hysicians , they i . - . visheel their att . ntioiis gratuitously and mil eryuu ' . ' e .. ! y upon tlie wound , ii . 'i lie wive :, of the . ' , ! ' . sen ureoareel lint for boe ' i nations :: !!! s'Af'i ; c Luei . u'ui

Les Trots Epe . ; . a . the Ori - .: ' . of i Lille , ,, ; ; . , ! Ill •. i-. b . evipiio ' . i , and ih" iccc . ' ¦ '

j French 1 ri .-m ,. , s . iii li . rmae . The Aix An . A , > lot Fia . iklort-: " , ii : - " vi : i : 'i ¦ e . 1 ii . 'bs ' i ' .-d :: ewlnliti ¦ , W'hiell elislribuli-d sliced me ] :: "¦ ' , ; . •ion ; lo is ,. ' ' pj ' i oiii is , and e ice lo In , ' a -esauc ni ov ho :-oil ,: ! : ¦; . . . . 'ill ' ' Irani ! ! . o : l " .-. ' . o ! . ' . o ' , al

Vol k , a I'Audi ie , ae 1 1 ,-. •-, ' i ' roi ; Globes , as i ' evl . n . o' iaiiietl . at lile il , - .-, ' - call foi all tlu wound , el , tiie siun oi Aoco e ' e . ale ' . s . "

. Maui' i :, s ! : ; , ; o . e ; of i . milu . s ; . to the wound -u Macons by German or . Ac . n ar ¦ ' ,.. ¦ •; , and a , e very sag c .-. tivc oi tiie active principle :, oi benevolence incuicated by Ae . •Fr . stcrni ' . y . Tu r . ( I ' ..: •::.:: M . Co v \ : ¦ ¦ . r " c E " . I ¦ . li ' 1 .. ' 1 E ' M -

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Grand . Master of the Kni ghts Templars ( " Not in itself Masonic" but in something elsgl is graphic ; . !!! ' described , and subsequently th . ; letter which asp aired in a Wishiugton p . ipcr , of tiie ii ! f . h May , 1372 . is reprod . ice 1 in full . The

editor characterises it as "very injudicious , " and speaks quite as strongly against its general contents as the erliior of Tlie Freemas'iii , and certain able brethren did , soon afler its publication became known iu this cuiolry . AVe ijuoi .: ' the following as evidence of tlie

Aehiig m the United States respecting Uro . Sir Patrick Co ' euhoun ' c , views A Kni ght Teinplaiw , and to shoey ihai : ihe objections that the majority of Kui g lits Templars iu Engl md have to the po ' -ilion til _•iiide'Veigab ' e knig ht takes , are reciproc . iied bv lite fralivs on the other side of the , Ailantic .

I ne editor sate :, '" It will brellv be admitted we think , by American Kir ghts Templars that . h i ; - order is no ! . Masonic , but only a superstructure ( . Tec'eil upon the body of Masonry . Eor if not Masonic , it woultl soon coma to bc

tiie case that it would receive little more consideration En . i liiy one of the ninltiiLldinous orders , s'lvin Anvg up everywhere in the country . " '' Sir Patrick might hive indulged in laudation of hi : ; Cousviiiiiiiinal Monarchy , without going to

one side' , o insult the Supremo Council of England and AV . iI .-s , because it is au incorporated body . '" ' If it be so , which we did not know , . so an- many of our Graud Ladges , ami the Supreme Council for tite Southern Juris'di . stion was incorporated years ago , by the Legislature of South

Carolina . " As to the sale of degr es , we suppose , thai English Teiiiplarisiii self ; degrees also . Iti ; raiiiu" early for English Templarism to begin the work of aggression em other Orders . " Some breihren say tlu re is internal evidence

sufficient to prove lint Iiro . bir Patrick Colquhoun wrote the letter in question , but we think quite otherwise , and hope that well-known brother is in 11 position lo deny its authorship , for certain ! v the interna ! evidence is siflieient to prove that a more egotistical , illogical and unusasuutc comitiiinic . tti-jn a / uld scarcely have been

pciiueii . "The Historical Section" contains : the Latin text of the Apostolic Constitutions , and injunctions against the Society of Freem isons , of tlie years 173 S , 175 v , fxc , aud excellent f . r . in . skuion . s are appended .

Tin : HAUTKS GRADES . One of tire most important ce'iiiiuiuiications e-, er made respecting the" In .-liable Degrees" is the address by llro . j . H . Drummond , , j ] ° , de'lhcred in li ' xj . It contains copies of warrants and records of a Lodge of Perfection from 1767 . lo ) 77 A , and tiie documentary evidence

abundantly coiilirms tne ( aet of these degrees being i \ gularly worked a . t e ' . iri y as the p "nod mentioned , Tlie manifesto by Hro . J din Yark , r , ( a M , son oi ' nnich intelligence ) resp . cling the 33 ° and i . ie " Primitive Rite" is examined , and in some ivspccli ans . ' , . red , provided the assertions are y . tirree ; . They certainly are n 'W to us and well woriiry of l . 'ei . u ' " / iiuheiuic jfe . l . A few we will

us . . ¦ ' J-. ' aiii ' inaii ami Cl : 'it-in say that the Primitive See :::, ' ; Kite . in .. i " occ : c .: tl into . ' ' ranee b y Ramsay , er is co : " .: "; i ., cd of th •viv , " v . b' . u : el . 'gvees , anil of i ' .: Eco-s - . ti ¦ , : . ivi'e act Kuiglil of the Temple . '•in : ;! ,. > It : •. 1 •¦; . ' ¦ ¦ •¦¦ ill it another doi'Tee was

atllst in i , gn , ma ' . ing s y . ; i . " Are these ; :: ; :. ' i .. i"i : i ¦ , c . ry . v .. if ^ o , i Ai . dl bv g lad lo know vAs . rc th .- 1 -Aid nee An re , u' is to be found . We a , c .: ! , n ! ,, ! , ! tha . " iu I / . ) ... ; , tile !' , eit Kht ley , ! ..: v . as iiiveuiid at Lyons , 1 iii .-, v . " . ; ¦ •, ' e ... nil i . e . , e . y 1 -a , the Madtish

or tii . ' lie 1 1 il , with te . ' i a Kill elegrees , v . - a : ii -leiop d from it . " ll was written in i ' l •IV . me .. ; . ¦ ¦ i . iine , iu > , !! ' ( . mark the tl , ; , - ) " liivl tire mijority 0 ! tiie Masters and YAed . n- , dn not know 1 h . 1 t . Masonry consists ul ' -t " . eil deuces , aud . tile l . oge . GAierale , ill ils

' Mil on .: will accuse us of being prejudiced in favour oi' tiie Supreme Grand Council , 33 ° of E :: Aa . e ! and ' . Vale , ami yet we are ready to maintain that the incorporation , was a most judicious act . and quite liu ; opposite of ; i '' Trading Association .