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Grand Lodge. 1
Prov . 'G . M ., Bro . Jas . Dean , whom the M . W . G . M ., as we long since announced , has been pleased to approve and appoint , —and at the same time , offering himself as the representative of England in the a Ancient" Grand Lodge of Canada . The answer of the M . W . G . M . is courteous and firm : but before
particularly alluding to it there is one passage in the letter of Bro . Harington which we cannot pass over in silence— -we allude to the manner in which he speaks of Bro . Sir Allan McNab . Recollecting as we do that the appointment , and the non-attendance to his duties of that Brother , as Prov . G . M ., was one of the strong points made by the Canadians in their complaints of the manner in which the Prov . Grand Lodge was conducted—the business being represented as left entirely to the D . Prov . G . M ., —we were astonished to read in Bro . Harington ' s letter : —
" Our new organisation is indeed ' the creation of a stern necessity , not one of our choice or feeling . No man carries more prestige with him in Canada than Bro . Sir Allan Napier MacNab , who has been chosen for the first Grand Master . His loyalty is not to be questioned , —his standing- in Canada is undeniable , —and nothing bub his conviction that our present movement is unavoidable , would have placed him at the head of our body . "
"We , at the time ' when the appointment was made , called attention to the seeming contradiction between the past assertions of the Prov . Grand Lodge , and the first act performed by it in its new capacity . Neither has this escaped fcbe M . W . Gr . M " ., for in his reply to Bro . Harington he writes : — 6 i I cannot contemplate without the deepest concern the separation of & o many Lodges from the parent body , and the more so when it is attempted
to be shown that the conduct of the Grand Lodge of England has driven them to that course . When I reflect that separation has taken place at a period many months subsequent to the time when all reasonable complaints have been remedied , and when effectual means had been taken to prevent their recurrence ; when I know that many of the delays
complained of by Lodges originated not from the neglect of the Grand Lodge of England , but from the neglect of the Provincial Officers to forward returns to London intrusted to them for that purpose ; when I remember that the neglect of the duties of his office by the Prov . G . M ., whom I appointed , has been one of the main causes of dissatisfaction most prominently forward in official correspondence , and insisted on , even in minute detail , in memorials from Canada f when I remember that inconsequence of such alleged neglect the Brethren desired to be permitted to elect their own Prov . G . M ., and that such permission has been virtually conceded to them ; and when 1 learn that the very first act of the new body has been to elect to supreme office the very Brother whoso conduct had been so severely arraigned as leading to the difficulties complained of , —I ahi irresistibly led
to the conclusion that there are other causes than those which have been already declared , and which caused the Prov . Grand Lodge of Canada West to throw off the authority of the Grand Master and the Grand bodge of England , who have always felt , and still continue to feel , a deep and affectionate interest in the welfare of their Brethren hi Canada . " 2 o 2
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Grand Lodge. 1
Prov . 'G . M ., Bro . Jas . Dean , whom the M . W . G . M ., as we long since announced , has been pleased to approve and appoint , —and at the same time , offering himself as the representative of England in the a Ancient" Grand Lodge of Canada . The answer of the M . W . G . M . is courteous and firm : but before
particularly alluding to it there is one passage in the letter of Bro . Harington which we cannot pass over in silence— -we allude to the manner in which he speaks of Bro . Sir Allan McNab . Recollecting as we do that the appointment , and the non-attendance to his duties of that Brother , as Prov . G . M ., was one of the strong points made by the Canadians in their complaints of the manner in which the Prov . Grand Lodge was conducted—the business being represented as left entirely to the D . Prov . G . M ., —we were astonished to read in Bro . Harington ' s letter : —
" Our new organisation is indeed ' the creation of a stern necessity , not one of our choice or feeling . No man carries more prestige with him in Canada than Bro . Sir Allan Napier MacNab , who has been chosen for the first Grand Master . His loyalty is not to be questioned , —his standing- in Canada is undeniable , —and nothing bub his conviction that our present movement is unavoidable , would have placed him at the head of our body . "
"We , at the time ' when the appointment was made , called attention to the seeming contradiction between the past assertions of the Prov . Grand Lodge , and the first act performed by it in its new capacity . Neither has this escaped fcbe M . W . Gr . M " ., for in his reply to Bro . Harington he writes : — 6 i I cannot contemplate without the deepest concern the separation of & o many Lodges from the parent body , and the more so when it is attempted
to be shown that the conduct of the Grand Lodge of England has driven them to that course . When I reflect that separation has taken place at a period many months subsequent to the time when all reasonable complaints have been remedied , and when effectual means had been taken to prevent their recurrence ; when I know that many of the delays
complained of by Lodges originated not from the neglect of the Grand Lodge of England , but from the neglect of the Provincial Officers to forward returns to London intrusted to them for that purpose ; when I remember that the neglect of the duties of his office by the Prov . G . M ., whom I appointed , has been one of the main causes of dissatisfaction most prominently forward in official correspondence , and insisted on , even in minute detail , in memorials from Canada f when I remember that inconsequence of such alleged neglect the Brethren desired to be permitted to elect their own Prov . G . M ., and that such permission has been virtually conceded to them ; and when 1 learn that the very first act of the new body has been to elect to supreme office the very Brother whoso conduct had been so severely arraigned as leading to the difficulties complained of , —I ahi irresistibly led
to the conclusion that there are other causes than those which have been already declared , and which caused the Prov . Grand Lodge of Canada West to throw off the authority of the Grand Master and the Grand bodge of England , who have always felt , and still continue to feel , a deep and affectionate interest in the welfare of their Brethren hi Canada . " 2 o 2