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Coreesbo^Benge.
S . G . W . says that Lord Carnarvon and the " unquiet spirit" at his lordship ' s elbow need no defender , but will do their best to preserve the vital interests of the Craft . " Let those who can , believe it—they may take credit for the will , but every rightly thinking Brother must see that they have sadly mistaken the way . Before I conclude , I must , shy say a word or two in reference to the letter in your number of the 15 th September , signed A Member of the so-called Observer Party . " He gives me credit , not only for my own , but
the letter also of Justitia ; " now , although I cordially agree with the sentiments expressed by " Justitia , " I have not the remotest idea who the writer is . The sentiments are , I imagine , those of most of the Brethren who attended last Grand Lodge , excepting , of course , the " very large portion ivho observed stern silence on the occasion , " namely , the three who did not vote on the motion of Sir L . Curtis . But as little heed can be paid to the opinions of one who styles the course adopted by the Masonic Observer
" an indiscretion ; " and u an unfortunate expression of indiscreet zeal , " I leave him to his own ideas and the opinion of the Craft in general ; and repeating that , if those connected with the Masonic Observer really have the interests of the Craft at heart , they have a most extraordinary mode of showing it , I am . Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , October 8 th 1858 , A Country Mason ,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brothek , —On a recent occasion you were good enough to insert a letter which I had addressed to you with reference to the proceedings at the last Grand Lodge . It would appear that the few observations therein made have not been pleasing to the Observer party , " and one of
their number writes to you on the 11 th September ( page 507 ) , in a very angry manner , but in no way attempts either to defend his party or to controvert the statements contained in my former letter . On the contrary , he is forced into the admission that u the tone and style of the condemned article are alike indefensible" ( an observation which may be truly applied to many other articles which appear in the Masonic Observer ' ) , and as regards my statements generally , he affects to dispose of them by coolly observing that the fallacies contained in them do not merit reply nor require
refutation . Now , whatever others may have done ^ I for one assure you that I never either saw or heard of the Masonic Observer until the publication of the a condemned article , " and I have neither read nor seen any copies excepting the last two numbers ( 10 and 11 ) . A perusal of the last number is however -. sufficient to confirm the views which I expressed in my letter of the 2 nd September . We are favoured with twenty-four pages of printed
matter , nearly the whole of which is devoted to attacks on the Grand Master , and what is called the executive " and an unscrupulous clique . " We are not told of whom these latter consist , but the Observer party" gives us some small clue to tho matter by saying that the thunders are not launched at the newly appointed executive but at some personage" of overbearing influence" Whether that personage constitutes the executive , " or whether he alone forms the " clique , " or what we are to understand by u overbearing influence , " is matter upon which we get no information . And so the
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Coreesbo^Benge.
S . G . W . says that Lord Carnarvon and the " unquiet spirit" at his lordship ' s elbow need no defender , but will do their best to preserve the vital interests of the Craft . " Let those who can , believe it—they may take credit for the will , but every rightly thinking Brother must see that they have sadly mistaken the way . Before I conclude , I must , shy say a word or two in reference to the letter in your number of the 15 th September , signed A Member of the so-called Observer Party . " He gives me credit , not only for my own , but
the letter also of Justitia ; " now , although I cordially agree with the sentiments expressed by " Justitia , " I have not the remotest idea who the writer is . The sentiments are , I imagine , those of most of the Brethren who attended last Grand Lodge , excepting , of course , the " very large portion ivho observed stern silence on the occasion , " namely , the three who did not vote on the motion of Sir L . Curtis . But as little heed can be paid to the opinions of one who styles the course adopted by the Masonic Observer
" an indiscretion ; " and u an unfortunate expression of indiscreet zeal , " I leave him to his own ideas and the opinion of the Craft in general ; and repeating that , if those connected with the Masonic Observer really have the interests of the Craft at heart , they have a most extraordinary mode of showing it , I am . Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , October 8 th 1858 , A Country Mason ,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brothek , —On a recent occasion you were good enough to insert a letter which I had addressed to you with reference to the proceedings at the last Grand Lodge . It would appear that the few observations therein made have not been pleasing to the Observer party , " and one of
their number writes to you on the 11 th September ( page 507 ) , in a very angry manner , but in no way attempts either to defend his party or to controvert the statements contained in my former letter . On the contrary , he is forced into the admission that u the tone and style of the condemned article are alike indefensible" ( an observation which may be truly applied to many other articles which appear in the Masonic Observer ' ) , and as regards my statements generally , he affects to dispose of them by coolly observing that the fallacies contained in them do not merit reply nor require
refutation . Now , whatever others may have done ^ I for one assure you that I never either saw or heard of the Masonic Observer until the publication of the a condemned article , " and I have neither read nor seen any copies excepting the last two numbers ( 10 and 11 ) . A perusal of the last number is however -. sufficient to confirm the views which I expressed in my letter of the 2 nd September . We are favoured with twenty-four pages of printed
matter , nearly the whole of which is devoted to attacks on the Grand Master , and what is called the executive " and an unscrupulous clique . " We are not told of whom these latter consist , but the Observer party" gives us some small clue to tho matter by saying that the thunders are not launched at the newly appointed executive but at some personage" of overbearing influence" Whether that personage constitutes the executive , " or whether he alone forms the " clique , " or what we are to understand by u overbearing influence , " is matter upon which we get no information . And so the