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The "Freemasons' Magazine" And The Grand Lodge Club.
THE "F ^ AND THE M CLtJB .
The opinions vraich we ha ^ express in reference to late proceedin angry feelings in ^ ome of our cb ^ inattentive observers 6 ^ and "were it not for the respect we owe to onivB ^ somewhat un ^^^ of our too angry critics . We are induced to make these remarks by a letter from Bro . John
Whitmore , published in our number of the 6 th . instant ; that letter was called forth by an inquiry which in the preceding week we had made , as to what were the objects , and who were the parties assembled for the purpose of forming a new society , to be called the " Grand
Lodge Club . " As to the first of the objects put forward by that Club , we asked- —as it appears to us very naturally- —what is meant by the
supremacy of Grand Lodge ; and how does it require the formation of a Club to support it ? We are met , not by a reply , but by an ungenerous insinuation , accompanying a history which we did not ask for . Let us dispose of the former . We are responsible only for that which has appeared in this journal during the time that it has been
under our management . It was founded ( no one knows why or wherefore better than Bro . John Wliitmore ) , and carried on under far different management for more than twenty years , and was , we believe , in more senses than one an unprofitable speculation during the whole time . We beg to assure Bro . Wliitmore that we have no such dread
as he suggests for us . We can boldly and honestly refer to our pages for the proof that we have endeavoured to serve the Order which we claim to represent . We do not pretend to be infallible , but , conscious of intention to do right , we would not desire to withdraw a paragraph which we have written . To us belongs the credit of having made our reports truthful-records of the proceedings of Grand Lodge . We have
endeavoured by every means in our power to elevate the character of our journal , and to make it worthy of the Craft to which it is devoted . Independently and fearlessly have we attacked abuses and assailed those who ( in or out of office ) have appeared to neglect their duty—and with equal independence and with equal fearlessness are we ready to dq vox ,, v . 8 a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The "Freemasons' Magazine" And The Grand Lodge Club.
THE "F ^ AND THE M CLtJB .
The opinions vraich we ha ^ express in reference to late proceedin angry feelings in ^ ome of our cb ^ inattentive observers 6 ^ and "were it not for the respect we owe to onivB ^ somewhat un ^^^ of our too angry critics . We are induced to make these remarks by a letter from Bro . John
Whitmore , published in our number of the 6 th . instant ; that letter was called forth by an inquiry which in the preceding week we had made , as to what were the objects , and who were the parties assembled for the purpose of forming a new society , to be called the " Grand
Lodge Club . " As to the first of the objects put forward by that Club , we asked- —as it appears to us very naturally- —what is meant by the
supremacy of Grand Lodge ; and how does it require the formation of a Club to support it ? We are met , not by a reply , but by an ungenerous insinuation , accompanying a history which we did not ask for . Let us dispose of the former . We are responsible only for that which has appeared in this journal during the time that it has been
under our management . It was founded ( no one knows why or wherefore better than Bro . John Wliitmore ) , and carried on under far different management for more than twenty years , and was , we believe , in more senses than one an unprofitable speculation during the whole time . We beg to assure Bro . Wliitmore that we have no such dread
as he suggests for us . We can boldly and honestly refer to our pages for the proof that we have endeavoured to serve the Order which we claim to represent . We do not pretend to be infallible , but , conscious of intention to do right , we would not desire to withdraw a paragraph which we have written . To us belongs the credit of having made our reports truthful-records of the proceedings of Grand Lodge . We have
endeavoured by every means in our power to elevate the character of our journal , and to make it worthy of the Craft to which it is devoted . Independently and fearlessly have we attacked abuses and assailed those who ( in or out of office ) have appeared to neglect their duty—and with equal independence and with equal fearlessness are we ready to dq vox ,, v . 8 a