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[ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions ei ^ erkim ^
BROS . BINGES TO THE EmttOE OM ^ Snt akd BROTHEit , —I trust that you wftlM fewiines ^ which I address to you # & a view to do to a Brother who at the Grand Lodge on Wednesday last Vwas most uniustly accused of inconsistency as regards the C ^ adian question .
It will be within your recollection th ^ t in addressing Grand Lodge on that occasion , BrotherBinckes foigned astonishment at the su ^ by Brother Haters to the Grand Master ' s proposal for the recognition of the Canadas , and stated th Havers to have uniformly opposed the Canadas during the past two or thrie years , and then suddenly , at the last moment , to turn round and support the recognition .
This accusation sounded very strange , coming as it did from one of the party who endeavoured to prevent the immediate recognition . I will not seek to occupy your space by recounting the history of the Canadian question , but I will only state that , having felt it my duty to make myself thoroughly acquainted with all the facts , I am able to state that the charge of inconsistency brought by Brother Binckes is totally devoid of foundation . Not only has Brother Havers never opposed the Canadas , but he has from the beginning been a warm , though not a noisy advocate of their
just claims , and no one is better aware of this than the Brethren with whom it o is Brother Binckes ' s privilege to act I . am , & c , Dec . 6 th , 1858 , Palmam qvi Meruit Fekat .
THE GRAND SECRETARY AND BRO . STEBBING , TO r MB EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROUi . Sir and Brother , —Being desirous that justice should be rendered Where it is du £ , I have taken the liberty of troubling you with a short
communication . Having perused in your number of the 24 th instant , under the head of" Grand Secretary ' s Office , " a letter from Bro . Stebbing , implying & doubt of that prompt attention to communications , asserted in an earlier number of yours—I cannot refrain from addressing you—having , within the last few days , in my capacity of Secretary to my Lodge , No , 48 ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence
OORftESPONDEIOE
[ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions ei ^ erkim ^
BROS . BINGES TO THE EmttOE OM ^ Snt akd BROTHEit , —I trust that you wftlM fewiines ^ which I address to you # & a view to do to a Brother who at the Grand Lodge on Wednesday last Vwas most uniustly accused of inconsistency as regards the C ^ adian question .
It will be within your recollection th ^ t in addressing Grand Lodge on that occasion , BrotherBinckes foigned astonishment at the su ^ by Brother Haters to the Grand Master ' s proposal for the recognition of the Canadas , and stated th Havers to have uniformly opposed the Canadas during the past two or thrie years , and then suddenly , at the last moment , to turn round and support the recognition .
This accusation sounded very strange , coming as it did from one of the party who endeavoured to prevent the immediate recognition . I will not seek to occupy your space by recounting the history of the Canadian question , but I will only state that , having felt it my duty to make myself thoroughly acquainted with all the facts , I am able to state that the charge of inconsistency brought by Brother Binckes is totally devoid of foundation . Not only has Brother Havers never opposed the Canadas , but he has from the beginning been a warm , though not a noisy advocate of their
just claims , and no one is better aware of this than the Brethren with whom it o is Brother Binckes ' s privilege to act I . am , & c , Dec . 6 th , 1858 , Palmam qvi Meruit Fekat .
THE GRAND SECRETARY AND BRO . STEBBING , TO r MB EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROUi . Sir and Brother , —Being desirous that justice should be rendered Where it is du £ , I have taken the liberty of troubling you with a short
communication . Having perused in your number of the 24 th instant , under the head of" Grand Secretary ' s Office , " a letter from Bro . Stebbing , implying & doubt of that prompt attention to communications , asserted in an earlier number of yours—I cannot refrain from addressing you—having , within the last few days , in my capacity of Secretary to my Lodge , No , 48 ,