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dice . It was % fate to which all public men must submit , to have their acts criticised—indeed , it was the penalty which they paid for the position which they held . At the same time , all such criticism should be conducted in a spirit of fairness , and they ought not to be subjected to having their motives maligned and misrepresented , and still less should the head of a body like the Freemasons of England be subjected to such imputations as those to which he had already alluded from a journal professing to represent the opinions of the Craft . To
a Magazine published fairly , and conducted with honesty and independence , there could however be ho objection , and he spoke his own opinion boldly when he stated that he considered that they were bound to support—so as to render it a permanent success—a Magazine which was honestly and fairly conducted . Masonry ought to have its organs as well as any other class of the community ; for it was not necessary , because they had such organs that any thing should be published that would betray their secrets . And here he might observe that the Freemasons Magazine was allowed to publish the proceedings of
Grand Lodge , on the responsibility of the proprietor to see that nothing appeared at all inconsistent with the principles of their Order . That that had been done honestly and independently no one could doubt , and he was glad to see Brother Warren present on that occasion , and to give him a welcome to Suffolk , he w as sure he might say in the name of the Brethren—( cheers)—as well as of himself ; and he w ould ask them to drink the health of that Brother , coupled with an honest and independent press , which it should ever be their duty to support whilst ihey scouted all libellous and scurrilous publications . ( Cheers ) .
Bro . Henry George Warren felt some difficulty in acknowledging the toast which had been so kindly proposed and responded to . He was proud of his connection with the press , and of the position which he had the honour to hold in Grand Lodge , and so long as he continued to hold his position , it would be his utmost endeavour , whilst speaking boldly and independently , to abstain from anything bearing even the semblance of anonymous slander .. ( Applause . ) It had been his lot upon more than one occasion to find himself in opposition to the Grand Master
and the executive , but when he had occasion , or thought he had occasion , to complain of the proceedings ofthe Grand Master , he had not hesitated to do so boldly and straightforwardly in Grand Lodge , when the Grand Master had the opportunity of at once replying to him , thus placing both sides of the question at once before Grand Lodge and the Craft . ( Cheers . ) Now he would ask them if there was anything inconsistent in such a course of proceeding with that of defending the Grand Master against anonymous attacks . He had heard it was—and
he had seen the question put m print , " Whether Warren and the Magazine had jumped Jim Crowl" He should leave the pages of the Magazine to answer for themselves , and as far as he was personally concerned , he believed the Brethren of Suffolk were as well able as any body of men could be to form their own judgment on the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) He could confidently appeal to them , because he had had the honour of addressing them about twelve months since , and he believed they would bear him out that he then stated , that though he believed great
grounds of complaint had existed against the executive of Grand Lodge , with regard to the non-answering of communications and on other subjects , he was bound to admit that within the last few months an alteration had taken place in the personnel ofthe executive , through which all grounds of complaint would most probably bo removed in the future . ( Hear , hear . ) That they had heard him state before the
Magazine had been honoured with such encomiums as they had heard that eveningancl in the fair and independent expression of his own opinions . ( Cheers ) . He thanked Bros . Havers and Roxburgh , for themanner in which theyhad spoken of the Magazine that evening—and the brethren for the way they had responded to the toast —and could assure them that so lor . g as he had the honour to continue connected with the Magarma he should usehisbest endeavours to secure its being so conducted
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dice . It was % fate to which all public men must submit , to have their acts criticised—indeed , it was the penalty which they paid for the position which they held . At the same time , all such criticism should be conducted in a spirit of fairness , and they ought not to be subjected to having their motives maligned and misrepresented , and still less should the head of a body like the Freemasons of England be subjected to such imputations as those to which he had already alluded from a journal professing to represent the opinions of the Craft . To
a Magazine published fairly , and conducted with honesty and independence , there could however be ho objection , and he spoke his own opinion boldly when he stated that he considered that they were bound to support—so as to render it a permanent success—a Magazine which was honestly and fairly conducted . Masonry ought to have its organs as well as any other class of the community ; for it was not necessary , because they had such organs that any thing should be published that would betray their secrets . And here he might observe that the Freemasons Magazine was allowed to publish the proceedings of
Grand Lodge , on the responsibility of the proprietor to see that nothing appeared at all inconsistent with the principles of their Order . That that had been done honestly and independently no one could doubt , and he was glad to see Brother Warren present on that occasion , and to give him a welcome to Suffolk , he w as sure he might say in the name of the Brethren—( cheers)—as well as of himself ; and he w ould ask them to drink the health of that Brother , coupled with an honest and independent press , which it should ever be their duty to support whilst ihey scouted all libellous and scurrilous publications . ( Cheers ) .
Bro . Henry George Warren felt some difficulty in acknowledging the toast which had been so kindly proposed and responded to . He was proud of his connection with the press , and of the position which he had the honour to hold in Grand Lodge , and so long as he continued to hold his position , it would be his utmost endeavour , whilst speaking boldly and independently , to abstain from anything bearing even the semblance of anonymous slander .. ( Applause . ) It had been his lot upon more than one occasion to find himself in opposition to the Grand Master
and the executive , but when he had occasion , or thought he had occasion , to complain of the proceedings ofthe Grand Master , he had not hesitated to do so boldly and straightforwardly in Grand Lodge , when the Grand Master had the opportunity of at once replying to him , thus placing both sides of the question at once before Grand Lodge and the Craft . ( Cheers . ) Now he would ask them if there was anything inconsistent in such a course of proceeding with that of defending the Grand Master against anonymous attacks . He had heard it was—and
he had seen the question put m print , " Whether Warren and the Magazine had jumped Jim Crowl" He should leave the pages of the Magazine to answer for themselves , and as far as he was personally concerned , he believed the Brethren of Suffolk were as well able as any body of men could be to form their own judgment on the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) He could confidently appeal to them , because he had had the honour of addressing them about twelve months since , and he believed they would bear him out that he then stated , that though he believed great
grounds of complaint had existed against the executive of Grand Lodge , with regard to the non-answering of communications and on other subjects , he was bound to admit that within the last few months an alteration had taken place in the personnel ofthe executive , through which all grounds of complaint would most probably bo removed in the future . ( Hear , hear . ) That they had heard him state before the
Magazine had been honoured with such encomiums as they had heard that eveningancl in the fair and independent expression of his own opinions . ( Cheers ) . He thanked Bros . Havers and Roxburgh , for themanner in which theyhad spoken of the Magazine that evening—and the brethren for the way they had responded to the toast —and could assure them that so lor . g as he had the honour to continue connected with the Magarma he should usehisbest endeavours to secure its being so conducted