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The Ha Sonic Ii Urge
England , with a tabular statement showing when the last payment was received from each and every Lodge . The M . W . Grand Master will lay before Grand Lodge a memorial from the District Provincial Grand Lodge of Victoria , praying for a reduction of the fees payablefor registration and Grand Lodge certificates . The report t > f the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter . The following letter from Brother Harington , and its reply , are printed , by
command of the M . W . Grand Master , for the information of the CrMt : — Toronto , Canada , 10 th July , 1858 . Y . W . Sir and Brother , —I beg to acknowledge your letter of the 10 th ultimo , written underinstructions from the M . W . Grand Master . On the 14 th instant the two Grand Lodges , now exercising separate jurisdiction in this province will meet for the purpose of consummating the union of the Canadian Craft under one supreme authority , and there is happily every prospect that this most desirable
event will then take place . As your letter affects the character of the Maternity throughout this extensive territory very materially , I shall feel it to be my duty to move that it be referred to the committee on foreign correspondence , in order that its various items may receive due consideration and Tbe reported upon to Grand Lodge . Your assertion startled me , and I think it will astonish others , —" That out of sixty-three Lodges registered in the books of the Grand Lodge of England , as easting in Canada West , a majority have never made any return
or contributed in amy way to its funds since their warrants were granted , and of these the warrants even of many were granted without the payment of fees " - —and — " that from all the individual Masons , and from all the Lodges in Canada West , there has never been received one farthing in aid of the Masonic charities of this cowtttry" The passages are underlined by you . regards myselffor letter is and will
As , your very personal , you pardon my adding that it hears prima facie evidence of its being intended principally to envoke the sympathy of the English Provincial Lodges , who have for some time passed evinced their dissatisfaction with the management of Masonic affairs at head-quarters , as evidenced by the periodicals so greatly decried by you , I feel it necessary to
state—1 st . That I quoted passages from , the Magazine because the M . W . Grand Master asserted , that what had occurred in Canada arose from dissensions amongst ourselves , and not particularly from , neglect in England , and I wished to bring prominently to his notice , that ( if for no other reasons ) we were justified in claiming the right of independent government by that very dissatisfaction of Brethren who , from their proximity to the fountain head , could hardly fall into error as to the necessity of some great radical change in Masonic affairs and government .
2 nd . I published my correspondence by request of my Brethren here ( and I acquainted the M . W . Grand Master with my intention to do so ) , in order that they might understand , and have knowledge of all that is taking place ; inasmuch as the MW . Grand Master had propounded the doctrine , that when documents were addressed to him , Grand Lodge had nothing to do with them—a doctrine that the Craft at this distance never could contemplate , and certainly would not subscribe to . I will add that this decision of his influenced me , in resigning my appointment of Provincial Grand Master . The Book of Constitutions declares that ¦ " In
the Grand Lodge alone resides the power of enacting laws ancl regulations for the Government of the Craft , " & c . 3 rd . The Canadian Craft desired the deliberate decision of the Grand Lodge of England , not the opinion of the M . W . Grand Master . 4 th . The M . W . Grand Master ' s letter of March , 1857 , was not suppressedbut
, is printed at length in the published proceedings , a copy of which I transmitted to you with my resignation of office ; and its tenor was known to the Brethren at tlie time they confirmed the concluding sentence of their memorial , in which they state that the time for concessions had passed , and nothing but absolute independent government , would satisfy their wants and condition .
5 th . I deny that my letter ofthe 14 th April contains a series of errors and raw 2 b 2
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The Ha Sonic Ii Urge
England , with a tabular statement showing when the last payment was received from each and every Lodge . The M . W . Grand Master will lay before Grand Lodge a memorial from the District Provincial Grand Lodge of Victoria , praying for a reduction of the fees payablefor registration and Grand Lodge certificates . The report t > f the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter . The following letter from Brother Harington , and its reply , are printed , by
command of the M . W . Grand Master , for the information of the CrMt : — Toronto , Canada , 10 th July , 1858 . Y . W . Sir and Brother , —I beg to acknowledge your letter of the 10 th ultimo , written underinstructions from the M . W . Grand Master . On the 14 th instant the two Grand Lodges , now exercising separate jurisdiction in this province will meet for the purpose of consummating the union of the Canadian Craft under one supreme authority , and there is happily every prospect that this most desirable
event will then take place . As your letter affects the character of the Maternity throughout this extensive territory very materially , I shall feel it to be my duty to move that it be referred to the committee on foreign correspondence , in order that its various items may receive due consideration and Tbe reported upon to Grand Lodge . Your assertion startled me , and I think it will astonish others , —" That out of sixty-three Lodges registered in the books of the Grand Lodge of England , as easting in Canada West , a majority have never made any return
or contributed in amy way to its funds since their warrants were granted , and of these the warrants even of many were granted without the payment of fees " - —and — " that from all the individual Masons , and from all the Lodges in Canada West , there has never been received one farthing in aid of the Masonic charities of this cowtttry" The passages are underlined by you . regards myselffor letter is and will
As , your very personal , you pardon my adding that it hears prima facie evidence of its being intended principally to envoke the sympathy of the English Provincial Lodges , who have for some time passed evinced their dissatisfaction with the management of Masonic affairs at head-quarters , as evidenced by the periodicals so greatly decried by you , I feel it necessary to
state—1 st . That I quoted passages from , the Magazine because the M . W . Grand Master asserted , that what had occurred in Canada arose from dissensions amongst ourselves , and not particularly from , neglect in England , and I wished to bring prominently to his notice , that ( if for no other reasons ) we were justified in claiming the right of independent government by that very dissatisfaction of Brethren who , from their proximity to the fountain head , could hardly fall into error as to the necessity of some great radical change in Masonic affairs and government .
2 nd . I published my correspondence by request of my Brethren here ( and I acquainted the M . W . Grand Master with my intention to do so ) , in order that they might understand , and have knowledge of all that is taking place ; inasmuch as the MW . Grand Master had propounded the doctrine , that when documents were addressed to him , Grand Lodge had nothing to do with them—a doctrine that the Craft at this distance never could contemplate , and certainly would not subscribe to . I will add that this decision of his influenced me , in resigning my appointment of Provincial Grand Master . The Book of Constitutions declares that ¦ " In
the Grand Lodge alone resides the power of enacting laws ancl regulations for the Government of the Craft , " & c . 3 rd . The Canadian Craft desired the deliberate decision of the Grand Lodge of England , not the opinion of the M . W . Grand Master . 4 th . The M . W . Grand Master ' s letter of March , 1857 , was not suppressedbut
, is printed at length in the published proceedings , a copy of which I transmitted to you with my resignation of office ; and its tenor was known to the Brethren at tlie time they confirmed the concluding sentence of their memorial , in which they state that the time for concessions had passed , and nothing but absolute independent government , would satisfy their wants and condition .
5 th . I deny that my letter ofthe 14 th April contains a series of errors and raw 2 b 2