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Coeeesporoence.
I am gratified ^ to find , in the course of your current volume , you are publishing a series of articles which were delivered in this city , in the form of a course of lectures , by A . G . Mackey , M . I ) ., of Charleston , South Carolina . The course of lectures gave very great satisfaction to those who availed themselves of the privilege of hearing them .
I find a poetic effusion in the May number from the pen of Bro . Giles E . Yates , —" Masonic Pledges of a True Harod , " - — -which gives me pleasure to see there , because Bro . Yates is an ardent and devoted Mason of many years' standing . Bro . Macoy , the R . W . D . G-. M ., has commenced the publication of a Quarterly Review , which promises to be a valuable acquisition to our Masonic literature . I remain ,
Bureau of Masonic Literature , Fraternally yours , 335 , Broadway , New York , 16 th Nov ., 1857 . James B . Taylor , [ We thank Bro . Taylor for his friendly communication . It is always our endeavour to get the best possible Masonic information , and if we have sometimes been led a little into error with regard to the proceedings of the Craft in America , we think the circumstance of our excellent Bro . Robt . Morris having undertaken to keep us informed on the subject , will be a sufficient guarantee for their correctness in the future . We have already given our opinion of the value of the new Quarterly , ]
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —In the present state of the much-debated question respecting the legality of the proceedings of the Independent Grrand Lodge of Canada , it may not be unacceptable to some of your readers to know the opinion adopted on the subject by the Grand Lodge of Ireland .
It is not my intention , as it is clearly not my duty , to discuss the complaints made by the Lodges of Canada of the Grand Lodge of England . The neglect of correspondence w as one of the most prominent of these , and one which , I believe , has not been altogether satisfactorily explained . Many Lodges in Canada held warrants under the Grand Lodge of Ireland ; but it does not appear that they insisted on any neglect of that body as a reason for throwing off its authority . Perhaps there was no cause for any such source of discontent . The
communications of the Grand Lodge of Ireland take place , not quarterly , but monthly ; ' and there is never any arrear of business in the Grand Secretary ' s office , which , we think , will bear comparison with any public department for promptness and regularity . The Canadian Grand Lodge simply announced to the Grand Lodge of Ireland that it had been constituted into an independent Masonic power , and claimed recognition as such . It should be added , that the claim was made in terms equally firm , temperate , and Masonic .
The question was not without difficulty . The announcement was a startling one * but it was necessary that a decision should be made upon it , manfully and promptly . The correctness of the decision must depend , necessarily , on the principles of Masonic law , and the precedents ( if any were to be found ) afforded by our records in similar cases . I must observe that the Grand Lodge of Ireland had , so far as its authority and its revenues were concerned , a direct interest in refusing to acknowledge the newly-constituted Grand Lod ^ e . The result of that refusal must have been to
interdict all Masonic communication between us and the numerous Masonic bodies of Canada , and cut off from our Society a multitude of our Brethren , who had not been guilty of any offence against the laws of religion , morality , or honour , nor even transgressed any of the rules of the Masonic Eraternity , unless the declaration that they were able to manage their own affairs , and were resolved to do so , was to be considered such a transgression . We , in Ireland , have a rule that Masonic proceedings are not to be published without the sanction of competent Masonic authority ; your readers in England
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Coeeesporoence.
I am gratified ^ to find , in the course of your current volume , you are publishing a series of articles which were delivered in this city , in the form of a course of lectures , by A . G . Mackey , M . I ) ., of Charleston , South Carolina . The course of lectures gave very great satisfaction to those who availed themselves of the privilege of hearing them .
I find a poetic effusion in the May number from the pen of Bro . Giles E . Yates , —" Masonic Pledges of a True Harod , " - — -which gives me pleasure to see there , because Bro . Yates is an ardent and devoted Mason of many years' standing . Bro . Macoy , the R . W . D . G-. M ., has commenced the publication of a Quarterly Review , which promises to be a valuable acquisition to our Masonic literature . I remain ,
Bureau of Masonic Literature , Fraternally yours , 335 , Broadway , New York , 16 th Nov ., 1857 . James B . Taylor , [ We thank Bro . Taylor for his friendly communication . It is always our endeavour to get the best possible Masonic information , and if we have sometimes been led a little into error with regard to the proceedings of the Craft in America , we think the circumstance of our excellent Bro . Robt . Morris having undertaken to keep us informed on the subject , will be a sufficient guarantee for their correctness in the future . We have already given our opinion of the value of the new Quarterly , ]
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —In the present state of the much-debated question respecting the legality of the proceedings of the Independent Grrand Lodge of Canada , it may not be unacceptable to some of your readers to know the opinion adopted on the subject by the Grand Lodge of Ireland .
It is not my intention , as it is clearly not my duty , to discuss the complaints made by the Lodges of Canada of the Grand Lodge of England . The neglect of correspondence w as one of the most prominent of these , and one which , I believe , has not been altogether satisfactorily explained . Many Lodges in Canada held warrants under the Grand Lodge of Ireland ; but it does not appear that they insisted on any neglect of that body as a reason for throwing off its authority . Perhaps there was no cause for any such source of discontent . The
communications of the Grand Lodge of Ireland take place , not quarterly , but monthly ; ' and there is never any arrear of business in the Grand Secretary ' s office , which , we think , will bear comparison with any public department for promptness and regularity . The Canadian Grand Lodge simply announced to the Grand Lodge of Ireland that it had been constituted into an independent Masonic power , and claimed recognition as such . It should be added , that the claim was made in terms equally firm , temperate , and Masonic .
The question was not without difficulty . The announcement was a startling one * but it was necessary that a decision should be made upon it , manfully and promptly . The correctness of the decision must depend , necessarily , on the principles of Masonic law , and the precedents ( if any were to be found ) afforded by our records in similar cases . I must observe that the Grand Lodge of Ireland had , so far as its authority and its revenues were concerned , a direct interest in refusing to acknowledge the newly-constituted Grand Lod ^ e . The result of that refusal must have been to
interdict all Masonic communication between us and the numerous Masonic bodies of Canada , and cut off from our Society a multitude of our Brethren , who had not been guilty of any offence against the laws of religion , morality , or honour , nor even transgressed any of the rules of the Masonic Eraternity , unless the declaration that they were able to manage their own affairs , and were resolved to do so , was to be considered such a transgression . We , in Ireland , have a rule that Masonic proceedings are not to be published without the sanction of competent Masonic authority ; your readers in England