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• Coreesfo^Denoi.
TO T ^ B EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON Sir and Brother ,- — -The manly and straightforward course adopted by the Most WorshipM evening , and the enthusiastic reception of it by Grand Lodge must have been gratifying to every good and true Mason present ; and when , through the medium of your pages , it becomesgenerally known , there will , I am sure , arise a feeling in the heart of every true Brother in the Craft , of regret that he could not have been there , cordially to have supported our chief , ' and to have raised his hand as a voucher that he would at all times be ready to repel any attempt to slander his good name .
Before leaving London this day , I made it my business to see a copy of the Masonic Observer y the publication from which the Grand Master had given us extracts- —a publication which , I am happy to say , is riot known , even by name , amongst the Brethren in my neighbourhood ; and had I not seen it , I could scarcely have believed that any man could be so devoid of every principle of honour and truth , as to have conceived , and ventured
to publish , so scurrilous and base a tissue of slanders as is contained in that anonymous libel , nor could I have credited that it emanated from a brother Mason . Little as I thought it could he written , still less should I have supposed that it would have been received , as true , by any portion of our body . Assured , however , that such may be the case , does it not behove every good man and true , with his utmost power , to counteract the effects of what might prove an insidious poison ?
Deeply , Sir , must his true friends regret— -and lamentable is it fox the Craft in general to see—that a young nobleman of such fair pretensions and natural abilities as my Lord Carnarvon should have allowed himself to be entrapped by that unquiet spirit at his elbow into a connection with a publication which descends to so vile a course of proceeding .
I mention his Lordship ' s connection with this scurrilous print , because it is the currently received opinion that such connection exists , and because it is reasonable to suppose such to be the case , or his own sense of honour and justice would prompt him to repudiate the principles expressed in those pages , wherein his own name is so prominently introduced .
It cannot , of course , Sir , be wondered at , nor is it other than a laudable ambition on his part , that the Earl of Carnarvon should look forward , at some future day , to occupy the proud , and hitherto nobly filled , position of chief of the Masonic body ; but , blindly led by his reverend and litigious prompter , he fails to perceive that he can never win his way to such a position by proposing or in any way countenancing acts which must tend to
subvert the peace and good order of our society , ancl that in so great a degree as to call down the well merited indignation of the whole Craft . For the real movers of this vile conspiracy , little can be said ,- —the less the better perhaps—there is an old saying , " Who sups with the & c . & c , " and also one as to the meddling with pitch . Our M . W . chief administered to them such a reproof as would , to any minds retaining a particle of
goodfeeling , have induced after reflections of shame and regret . I trust it may have had such an effect upon them- but of this they may be assured , that the feelings of the Craft , now aroused , will not be easily laid at rest—but any further attempt against the fair fame of a brother Mason will be jealously watched , and will meet with a prompt , general , and indignant repulsion . Apologising for taking up so much or your valuable space , I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , September 2 nd , 1858 . A Country Mason ,
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• Coreesfo^Denoi.
TO T ^ B EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON Sir and Brother ,- — -The manly and straightforward course adopted by the Most WorshipM evening , and the enthusiastic reception of it by Grand Lodge must have been gratifying to every good and true Mason present ; and when , through the medium of your pages , it becomesgenerally known , there will , I am sure , arise a feeling in the heart of every true Brother in the Craft , of regret that he could not have been there , cordially to have supported our chief , ' and to have raised his hand as a voucher that he would at all times be ready to repel any attempt to slander his good name .
Before leaving London this day , I made it my business to see a copy of the Masonic Observer y the publication from which the Grand Master had given us extracts- —a publication which , I am happy to say , is riot known , even by name , amongst the Brethren in my neighbourhood ; and had I not seen it , I could scarcely have believed that any man could be so devoid of every principle of honour and truth , as to have conceived , and ventured
to publish , so scurrilous and base a tissue of slanders as is contained in that anonymous libel , nor could I have credited that it emanated from a brother Mason . Little as I thought it could he written , still less should I have supposed that it would have been received , as true , by any portion of our body . Assured , however , that such may be the case , does it not behove every good man and true , with his utmost power , to counteract the effects of what might prove an insidious poison ?
Deeply , Sir , must his true friends regret— -and lamentable is it fox the Craft in general to see—that a young nobleman of such fair pretensions and natural abilities as my Lord Carnarvon should have allowed himself to be entrapped by that unquiet spirit at his elbow into a connection with a publication which descends to so vile a course of proceeding .
I mention his Lordship ' s connection with this scurrilous print , because it is the currently received opinion that such connection exists , and because it is reasonable to suppose such to be the case , or his own sense of honour and justice would prompt him to repudiate the principles expressed in those pages , wherein his own name is so prominently introduced .
It cannot , of course , Sir , be wondered at , nor is it other than a laudable ambition on his part , that the Earl of Carnarvon should look forward , at some future day , to occupy the proud , and hitherto nobly filled , position of chief of the Masonic body ; but , blindly led by his reverend and litigious prompter , he fails to perceive that he can never win his way to such a position by proposing or in any way countenancing acts which must tend to
subvert the peace and good order of our society , ancl that in so great a degree as to call down the well merited indignation of the whole Craft . For the real movers of this vile conspiracy , little can be said ,- —the less the better perhaps—there is an old saying , " Who sups with the & c . & c , " and also one as to the meddling with pitch . Our M . W . chief administered to them such a reproof as would , to any minds retaining a particle of
goodfeeling , have induced after reflections of shame and regret . I trust it may have had such an effect upon them- but of this they may be assured , that the feelings of the Craft , now aroused , will not be easily laid at rest—but any further attempt against the fair fame of a brother Mason will be jealously watched , and will meet with a prompt , general , and indignant repulsion . Apologising for taking up so much or your valuable space , I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , September 2 nd , 1858 . A Country Mason ,