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the Apollo and the Prov . Grand Lodge at Oxford , should be a lesson to him for the rest of his Masonic career . We have little time ., and less inclination to enter into any lengthened comment on his speech there—it was of the usual character . He possesses an unfortunate knack of confounding and confusing persons and things ; and though we suppose that we ought to acknowledge the support which he gave
us in the part we have played , we are obliged to confess that in our opinion he looks at matters through a distempered medium ; and that consequently the general spirit of his remarks lacks that foundation in fact which is the only thing which would give them value . Our opinion of his so called " Observer party" has been formed after patient observation , and is summed up in few words . We are far from denying them talent , but it is talent of that sort which is impulsive , unsafe , and impracticable ; and they have as yet exhibited none of those qualifications which could justify them . , in aspiring to the management of the afiairs of the Craft . We have in some things <* one with them— -and it is their own fault that they have no more help or sympathy to expect from us than they have from the Apollo Lodge or the Provincial Gfcrand Lodge of Oxfordshire .
Before we can support any man or any party we must be satisfied that both their object and means are good- ^ but here we are satisfied of neither . Bro . Portal may be a well meaning , but we look on him as & rash and mischievous man ; and we are not satisfied that the advantage and honour of the Craft are the only objects in his mind . He has already deeply compromised a young nobleman of great promise , who , had he but possessed sufficient firmness to have thought
and acted for himself—had he not yielded to an unfortunate influence might have been one of the most popular , as well as one of the most useful men in the Craft . He has gone far to compromise 1 % is own Lodge , from its being supposed ( and we believe most unjustly so ) that the Masonic Observer was their especial organ ; we know that this Lodge contains not only many noble , but what is more to the purpose , many most zealous and excellent Masons , and it should not
lightly be made the suhject of such a suspicion . lie has by his inconsistency compromised his own followers , even Bro . Binckes—who , were it not that he is or ought to be a tree agent , is really more an object for pity than reproof , and has good reason to complain ; for nothing can be more absurd than that whilst one of his chiefs is at Eydo lauding the fitness of the Grand Master for the duties of his office , and the other
at Oxford denying it in the most explicit terms , ho is left between them to admit and to prove the whole to bo a " mistake . " We hope that the past will be a lesson , and teach any of our Brethren to beware how they do aught which can by possibility compromise the
Craft itself ; because there is no doubt whatever , as was eloquently and forcibly insisted upon at Oxford , that the publication of such matter as that which finds its way into the Masonic Observer is calculated to do infinite mischief to the body generally-Time has been , and i % is our devout hope that it may never be again ,
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The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Oxf Obdshi...
the Apollo and the Prov . Grand Lodge at Oxford , should be a lesson to him for the rest of his Masonic career . We have little time ., and less inclination to enter into any lengthened comment on his speech there—it was of the usual character . He possesses an unfortunate knack of confounding and confusing persons and things ; and though we suppose that we ought to acknowledge the support which he gave
us in the part we have played , we are obliged to confess that in our opinion he looks at matters through a distempered medium ; and that consequently the general spirit of his remarks lacks that foundation in fact which is the only thing which would give them value . Our opinion of his so called " Observer party" has been formed after patient observation , and is summed up in few words . We are far from denying them talent , but it is talent of that sort which is impulsive , unsafe , and impracticable ; and they have as yet exhibited none of those qualifications which could justify them . , in aspiring to the management of the afiairs of the Craft . We have in some things <* one with them— -and it is their own fault that they have no more help or sympathy to expect from us than they have from the Apollo Lodge or the Provincial Gfcrand Lodge of Oxfordshire .
Before we can support any man or any party we must be satisfied that both their object and means are good- ^ but here we are satisfied of neither . Bro . Portal may be a well meaning , but we look on him as & rash and mischievous man ; and we are not satisfied that the advantage and honour of the Craft are the only objects in his mind . He has already deeply compromised a young nobleman of great promise , who , had he but possessed sufficient firmness to have thought
and acted for himself—had he not yielded to an unfortunate influence might have been one of the most popular , as well as one of the most useful men in the Craft . He has gone far to compromise 1 % is own Lodge , from its being supposed ( and we believe most unjustly so ) that the Masonic Observer was their especial organ ; we know that this Lodge contains not only many noble , but what is more to the purpose , many most zealous and excellent Masons , and it should not
lightly be made the suhject of such a suspicion . lie has by his inconsistency compromised his own followers , even Bro . Binckes—who , were it not that he is or ought to be a tree agent , is really more an object for pity than reproof , and has good reason to complain ; for nothing can be more absurd than that whilst one of his chiefs is at Eydo lauding the fitness of the Grand Master for the duties of his office , and the other
at Oxford denying it in the most explicit terms , ho is left between them to admit and to prove the whole to bo a " mistake . " We hope that the past will be a lesson , and teach any of our Brethren to beware how they do aught which can by possibility compromise the
Craft itself ; because there is no doubt whatever , as was eloquently and forcibly insisted upon at Oxford , that the publication of such matter as that which finds its way into the Masonic Observer is calculated to do infinite mischief to the body generally-Time has been , and i % is our devout hope that it may never be again ,