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dais collect ^ ely ^ ---now Bro . Havers individually—now ourv correspondents ^ now ourselves ^ " malevolent and ignorant " who differ with him in opinion . We can quite understand that Bro . Binckes feels sore- —it is not in the nature of things he should feel otherwise ; but looking with impartial eye over the whole correspondence , and considering all the circumstances which have occurred , we cannot but remark that he M
sought the conflict under the effects of which he appears to suffer so severely . Had it not been for his self-proffered and inconsiderate defence of that which every candid mind must pronounce an intentional and offensive repetition of the original charge against the ^ G Master— -had it not been for his wanton and uncalled for attack on private individuals—he would not have drawn down upon himself the weU werited exposure to \\^ ieh lie has been subjected j ^ chastisement and he does not mend the matter by roaring so loudly under its infliction . If he will make himself ridiculous , it is no fault
of oiirs ^ r-if he > cannot a hero , he need not be a bore . W agree with Bro , Symonds and others of our correspondents in their deprecation of a party" in Masonry . We are asked , " What is a party , but a body of men with a policy to enunciate ? " We admit a part of this definition but not the whole : the
policy is a cha-nce , not a necessity . In the party now amongst us we have no faith—in their policy no belief ; they have compelled us to the conviction that they have none—certainly none such as will contribute to the advantage ,, or eredit of Masonry . VA / 1 ~\ * -Vt ,. /~ V f \ l" » . " I -l-. VS . ' ^ T ? ' ! ' I-VVV ^ "V » \ ^ V " . ^ Tl-l ^ -V y-3 y-. " . -. /» / -. ^ - » .-v i ~ .-v OI 4-1-. ^ -. 1 ft ^ " > ,- % •{ - < - !¦! .- » . » y- > ¦• ¦» # Y > I .-V - ^ ^ S ^ M * -I <~ . / -Vl ^» We chargedb who deprecates the of strong
are ; y one use language , with ¦ " a gross desire wilfully to misinterpret what he has written "with " belying our former professions , " and " denouncing our former coadjutors . " The writer is mistaken— -his delusions arc not one but many ; we warmly espoused the cause of our Canadian Brethren , and ,
in conjunction with those who styled themselves the " constitutional " party , we continued our exertions , and did not cease our advocacy until justice was done . When everything which the circumstances permitted for the honour of the ( J rand Jx > dge of England and for tho relief of the well founded complaints of our Canadian Brethren had
been done—when past shortcomings wore frankly acknowledged , and preparation made for their future avoidance—our duty as regarded Canadian affairs was for tlio time performed ; but when we saw reason to doubt the sincerity of our hitherto coadjutors--when we had ground to suspect that "justice to Canada" was only a party cry , and that their sympathies and exertions were for objects much nearer home—we were compelled to pause ,, 111 the support we had hitherto given them ; and we evidenced ouvOdistrust so long ago as July , 1857 , by disclaiming any connexion with the Portal or " constitutional " party . We repudiated then , as now , all " party ; " and we said in December that the Magazine " as a mere party organ w ould not only be valueless but a positive injury to the Craft . " We look forward to a Bpeedy return to a friendly and fraternal intercourse
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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dais collect ^ ely ^ ---now Bro . Havers individually—now ourv correspondents ^ now ourselves ^ " malevolent and ignorant " who differ with him in opinion . We can quite understand that Bro . Binckes feels sore- —it is not in the nature of things he should feel otherwise ; but looking with impartial eye over the whole correspondence , and considering all the circumstances which have occurred , we cannot but remark that he M
sought the conflict under the effects of which he appears to suffer so severely . Had it not been for his self-proffered and inconsiderate defence of that which every candid mind must pronounce an intentional and offensive repetition of the original charge against the ^ G Master— -had it not been for his wanton and uncalled for attack on private individuals—he would not have drawn down upon himself the weU werited exposure to \\^ ieh lie has been subjected j ^ chastisement and he does not mend the matter by roaring so loudly under its infliction . If he will make himself ridiculous , it is no fault
of oiirs ^ r-if he > cannot a hero , he need not be a bore . W agree with Bro , Symonds and others of our correspondents in their deprecation of a party" in Masonry . We are asked , " What is a party , but a body of men with a policy to enunciate ? " We admit a part of this definition but not the whole : the
policy is a cha-nce , not a necessity . In the party now amongst us we have no faith—in their policy no belief ; they have compelled us to the conviction that they have none—certainly none such as will contribute to the advantage ,, or eredit of Masonry . VA / 1 ~\ * -Vt ,. /~ V f \ l" » . " I -l-. VS . ' ^ T ? ' ! ' I-VVV ^ "V » \ ^ V " . ^ Tl-l ^ -V y-3 y-. " . -. /» / -. ^ - » .-v i ~ .-v OI 4-1-. ^ -. 1 ft ^ " > ,- % •{ - < - !¦! .- » . » y- > ¦• ¦» # Y > I .-V - ^ ^ S ^ M * -I <~ . / -Vl ^» We chargedb who deprecates the of strong
are ; y one use language , with ¦ " a gross desire wilfully to misinterpret what he has written "with " belying our former professions , " and " denouncing our former coadjutors . " The writer is mistaken— -his delusions arc not one but many ; we warmly espoused the cause of our Canadian Brethren , and ,
in conjunction with those who styled themselves the " constitutional " party , we continued our exertions , and did not cease our advocacy until justice was done . When everything which the circumstances permitted for the honour of the ( J rand Jx > dge of England and for tho relief of the well founded complaints of our Canadian Brethren had
been done—when past shortcomings wore frankly acknowledged , and preparation made for their future avoidance—our duty as regarded Canadian affairs was for tlio time performed ; but when we saw reason to doubt the sincerity of our hitherto coadjutors--when we had ground to suspect that "justice to Canada" was only a party cry , and that their sympathies and exertions were for objects much nearer home—we were compelled to pause ,, 111 the support we had hitherto given them ; and we evidenced ouvOdistrust so long ago as July , 1857 , by disclaiming any connexion with the Portal or " constitutional " party . We repudiated then , as now , all " party ; " and we said in December that the Magazine " as a mere party organ w ould not only be valueless but a positive injury to the Craft . " We look forward to a Bpeedy return to a friendly and fraternal intercourse