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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAG-AZINE AND MASONIC MIRROE . Dear Sir and Brother , —The letters of your correspondents "A . Z . " and " Sile" deserve a reply from me , because , if they were to remain unanswered , erroneous statements would be propagated , and a Brother ' s character remain unjustly stigmatized . I will first begin by remarking , that no single fact stated in my former letter is contradicted by either ; but personality from both indulged in with a splenetic feeling , highly discreditable to them as men and Masons . One
[ ihe Editob does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ~\
MASONIC CLIQUES
unfortunately unintentional omission is eagerly seized upon by both , and capital made out of it ; hut the old adage , that every case has two sides , was never better exemplified than in this instance , as my narrative in due time will show . It is also a strange coincidence that your two correspondents , before they sent off their letters , should not have considered that my former letter was dated from no place , and that the truth of my statements alone could make them ftx . upon the right party ; by so doing they have tacitly acknowledged the correctness of all that I stated .
" A . Z . begins his letter hy calling into question the fairness of the appointments made by our W . M ., and is either ignorant of or supresses the fact , that with the exception of that of S . W ., the following offices were to have been conferred on three out of four of the Brethren who left the Lodge , viz ., J . W ., S . D ., and Dir . of Cer . One of these Brethren left because he hissed the W . M ., and was led forthwith from the room by the Dir . of Cer ., saying , that he never would put foot inside the Lodge again . The truth is , that the disappointed Brethren who left were the clique , and to prove this , we have gone on in comparative comfort since
their retirement . With regard to the assertion made by " A . Z . " that these Brethren had worked their way with great zeal , & c , step by step , why only two out of the number ever held any office , and one of them was initiated more than ten years ago , and only passed and raised about one month before our present S . W . This same Brother left because he was not offered this latter post , and now states that another reason why he left was because no member of our Lodge would ever
get the purple , which is the summit of his ambition . I may state , en passant , these Brethren were received with open arms by a sister Lodge in this town , recently revived , and even after the W . M . of that Lodge had been communicated with respecting the Brother who hissed our then W . M ., he also was admitted . So much for the zeal and Masonry of these Brethren , and the truth of the statement made by "A . Z "
I now come to the accusation made against our present W . M ., that preference was shown in nominating the Brother who now fills the post of S . W . to that office , because he assisted our immediate P . M . to establish a camp of Knights Templar . Our present S . W . was not , at the time he was invested , either a Royal Arch Mason or a Knight Templar , and consequently could not assist in establishing any camp ; neither could the Brother I allude to , for at the time of the revival of the cam p he was not installed into the Order . Erom time immemorial a camp of Knights Templar has been held in this city , called the Camp of Antiquity , of Seven Degrees . Time immemorial , and it having
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAG-AZINE AND MASONIC MIRROE . Dear Sir and Brother , —The letters of your correspondents "A . Z . " and " Sile" deserve a reply from me , because , if they were to remain unanswered , erroneous statements would be propagated , and a Brother ' s character remain unjustly stigmatized . I will first begin by remarking , that no single fact stated in my former letter is contradicted by either ; but personality from both indulged in with a splenetic feeling , highly discreditable to them as men and Masons . One
[ ihe Editob does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ~\
MASONIC CLIQUES
unfortunately unintentional omission is eagerly seized upon by both , and capital made out of it ; hut the old adage , that every case has two sides , was never better exemplified than in this instance , as my narrative in due time will show . It is also a strange coincidence that your two correspondents , before they sent off their letters , should not have considered that my former letter was dated from no place , and that the truth of my statements alone could make them ftx . upon the right party ; by so doing they have tacitly acknowledged the correctness of all that I stated .
" A . Z . begins his letter hy calling into question the fairness of the appointments made by our W . M ., and is either ignorant of or supresses the fact , that with the exception of that of S . W ., the following offices were to have been conferred on three out of four of the Brethren who left the Lodge , viz ., J . W ., S . D ., and Dir . of Cer . One of these Brethren left because he hissed the W . M ., and was led forthwith from the room by the Dir . of Cer ., saying , that he never would put foot inside the Lodge again . The truth is , that the disappointed Brethren who left were the clique , and to prove this , we have gone on in comparative comfort since
their retirement . With regard to the assertion made by " A . Z . " that these Brethren had worked their way with great zeal , & c , step by step , why only two out of the number ever held any office , and one of them was initiated more than ten years ago , and only passed and raised about one month before our present S . W . This same Brother left because he was not offered this latter post , and now states that another reason why he left was because no member of our Lodge would ever
get the purple , which is the summit of his ambition . I may state , en passant , these Brethren were received with open arms by a sister Lodge in this town , recently revived , and even after the W . M . of that Lodge had been communicated with respecting the Brother who hissed our then W . M ., he also was admitted . So much for the zeal and Masonry of these Brethren , and the truth of the statement made by "A . Z "
I now come to the accusation made against our present W . M ., that preference was shown in nominating the Brother who now fills the post of S . W . to that office , because he assisted our immediate P . M . to establish a camp of Knights Templar . Our present S . W . was not , at the time he was invested , either a Royal Arch Mason or a Knight Templar , and consequently could not assist in establishing any camp ; neither could the Brother I allude to , for at the time of the revival of the cam p he was not installed into the Order . Erom time immemorial a camp of Knights Templar has been held in this city , called the Camp of Antiquity , of Seven Degrees . Time immemorial , and it having