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might say that the charges were brought under false impressions , but with the facts he had mentioned ^ befbre them , surely they could not maintain that they were groundless / ' - ¦ Now no one loiowns better than Bro . Portal that the false charge against the M . W . the Grand Master was that u the principal appointments in Grand Dodge were prostittcted witli imblusking
when the Grand Master has publicly and indignantly denied the truth of that charge , and the worthy brother is asked to declare by his vote that that such charge is groundless , he replies , VI admit that the statements are untrue- —indeed we are bound to accept and to believe the Grand Master-s denial , and he is entitled to our unqualified sympathy—but I cannot go further . The statements are untrue , but I cannot say " that there were no grounds for making them , b ecause the last and the present Deputy Grand Masters and the last Grand Wardens belonged to the same political party as Lord Zetland . "
No doubt Bro . Portal was placed in an awkward position when called upon to join in such a vote , for while T desire to be neither suspicious nor uncharitable , I cannot avoid noticing the great and curious similarity between the above remarks of Br the " handsome acknowledgment" which appeared m the pages of the . Masonic Observer of September , which was Quoted and somewhat severely criticised by Bro . Havers , in your iiu
Bro . Portal , however , has found it necessary to admit ( it is true not in a very straightforward niato Masonic Observer ' are untrue ; and how after such an admission lie can allege that they were not ¦ " groundless , " appears to be somewhat incomprehensible . He chooses to forget that the charge was—not that the Grand Blaster had appointed to office certain Masons holding political opinions similar to his
own—but that he had with unblushing effrontery prostituted the principal appointments to political purposes . " The first may in some instances be true , while the second is entirely untrue ; but , once admit the falsehood of the second charge ancl how can any one venture to palliate that falsehood by pretending that the truth of the one formed * grounds for launching the falsehood of the other . Surely Bro . Portal cannot seriously hope to amend his present position by such shallow artifices as these .
The remainder of Bro . Portal ' s speech does not deserve much attention . It is merely a repetition of that which has been said before—both in and out of the pages of the Masonic Observer . The same attack on the Grand Master , the same complaint that Lord Carnarvon is hot appointed to office ,, the same self-complacent claim to have done all which has of late been
carried out in Grand Lodge , and the same long story about the Canadas—as to which latter subject Bro . Spiers aptly rejoined , that u he thought that they had a right to expect that those irho had assisted in the separation should , now direct their attention to the best means of restoring peace and harmony between the Grand Lodges of the two countries . "
The result of the whole proceeding must surely he a lesson to the leader of the Observer party ; and if he and his followers can only profit by that lesson , tne troubles which they have stirred up in Masonry will-not have arisen-in vain . In the meantime wc are informed that , in the opinion of Bro . Portal , the wicked charge brought against the Grand Master in the
Masonic Observer is not " groundless , " and we further learn from his own lips , that he would rather cut off his right hand" than hold it up for a resolution "in support of the rightful authority of the Grand Master . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , 8 th Nov .. 1858 . Justitia .
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might say that the charges were brought under false impressions , but with the facts he had mentioned ^ befbre them , surely they could not maintain that they were groundless / ' - ¦ Now no one loiowns better than Bro . Portal that the false charge against the M . W . the Grand Master was that u the principal appointments in Grand Dodge were prostittcted witli imblusking
when the Grand Master has publicly and indignantly denied the truth of that charge , and the worthy brother is asked to declare by his vote that that such charge is groundless , he replies , VI admit that the statements are untrue- —indeed we are bound to accept and to believe the Grand Master-s denial , and he is entitled to our unqualified sympathy—but I cannot go further . The statements are untrue , but I cannot say " that there were no grounds for making them , b ecause the last and the present Deputy Grand Masters and the last Grand Wardens belonged to the same political party as Lord Zetland . "
No doubt Bro . Portal was placed in an awkward position when called upon to join in such a vote , for while T desire to be neither suspicious nor uncharitable , I cannot avoid noticing the great and curious similarity between the above remarks of Br the " handsome acknowledgment" which appeared m the pages of the . Masonic Observer of September , which was Quoted and somewhat severely criticised by Bro . Havers , in your iiu
Bro . Portal , however , has found it necessary to admit ( it is true not in a very straightforward niato Masonic Observer ' are untrue ; and how after such an admission lie can allege that they were not ¦ " groundless , " appears to be somewhat incomprehensible . He chooses to forget that the charge was—not that the Grand Blaster had appointed to office certain Masons holding political opinions similar to his
own—but that he had with unblushing effrontery prostituted the principal appointments to political purposes . " The first may in some instances be true , while the second is entirely untrue ; but , once admit the falsehood of the second charge ancl how can any one venture to palliate that falsehood by pretending that the truth of the one formed * grounds for launching the falsehood of the other . Surely Bro . Portal cannot seriously hope to amend his present position by such shallow artifices as these .
The remainder of Bro . Portal ' s speech does not deserve much attention . It is merely a repetition of that which has been said before—both in and out of the pages of the Masonic Observer . The same attack on the Grand Master , the same complaint that Lord Carnarvon is hot appointed to office ,, the same self-complacent claim to have done all which has of late been
carried out in Grand Lodge , and the same long story about the Canadas—as to which latter subject Bro . Spiers aptly rejoined , that u he thought that they had a right to expect that those irho had assisted in the separation should , now direct their attention to the best means of restoring peace and harmony between the Grand Lodges of the two countries . "
The result of the whole proceeding must surely he a lesson to the leader of the Observer party ; and if he and his followers can only profit by that lesson , tne troubles which they have stirred up in Masonry will-not have arisen-in vain . In the meantime wc are informed that , in the opinion of Bro . Portal , the wicked charge brought against the Grand Master in the
Masonic Observer is not " groundless , " and we further learn from his own lips , that he would rather cut off his right hand" than hold it up for a resolution "in support of the rightful authority of the Grand Master . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , 8 th Nov .. 1858 . Justitia .