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Severance Of The Canadian Lodges From The Grand Lodge Of England.
SEVEKANCE OE THE CANADIAN LODGES EBOM THE GKAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
So important do we consider the step which has been taken , and we consider justly , by our Brethren in Canada , that we beg to draw especial attention to the official communication made to us , which our readers will find published in our correspondence . It appears ,
amongst other causes inducing them to throw off allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , the Canadian Brethren forcibly allude to the fact of important communications ¦ '" to England having frequently remained without reply for months , and in some cases for years ; and , notwithstanding that complaints of such neglect have been
repeatedly represented to the Grand Lodge of England , they have as yet received no attention nor redress , —a neglect highly discourteous towards the Masons of Canada , and seriously injurious to the general interests of the Craft . Experience has shown them to be unable to secure from the Grand Lodge of England the attention and respect due to their position as a Provincial Grand Lodge . "
This is a very grave charge , and one we , to our cost , have reason to verify , for not Canada alone , but other foreign settlements of Masonry , have applied to us repeatedly , " usque ad nauseam , " to remedy the imbecility and unbusinesslike habits prevalent amongst the Grand Offices of England , especially the Grand Secretary ' s Office , to a degree unknown in the time of our late , indeed most
lamented , Grand Master the Duke of Sussex . Is it not scandalous that Brethen should be deprived of the privileges of Masonry , after having paid for them , by the indifference of those who receive salaries to be prompt and accurate ? Is the whole of Masonry to be stultified because the Grand Secretary's office—that chamber of the seven sleepers—is drugged with its usual narcotic ? Are spirited
and active Masons to be debarred of their rights , the great interests of benevolence sacrificed , and no token given of the existence of vitality in the Grand Lodge of England except its—snore ? Not get an answer from the Secretary ' s Office , quotha ! Bah ! as well get the Grand Master to attend upon any public Masonic occasion , except , indeed , the nomination to office of some Whig protege is
mooted—then , indeed , he is punctual . The presence of our excellent Brother Dobie , with his sound practical head , and talents for business , has been the shield of Ajax over and over again , behind which the incapables , Lord Zetland , Bro . White , and Co ., have been glad enough to cower . Their dullness it is which has lost us Canada ,
and for which the West Indies are already threatening severance : let the system go on , and the development of Masonry will shortly be reduced to two individuals , the placeman and the toady ; whilst the Grand Lodge will , in all probability , be removed to Newmarket , the only place whence no plea operates to withhold our Grand Master !
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Severance Of The Canadian Lodges From The Grand Lodge Of England.
SEVEKANCE OE THE CANADIAN LODGES EBOM THE GKAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
So important do we consider the step which has been taken , and we consider justly , by our Brethren in Canada , that we beg to draw especial attention to the official communication made to us , which our readers will find published in our correspondence . It appears ,
amongst other causes inducing them to throw off allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , the Canadian Brethren forcibly allude to the fact of important communications ¦ '" to England having frequently remained without reply for months , and in some cases for years ; and , notwithstanding that complaints of such neglect have been
repeatedly represented to the Grand Lodge of England , they have as yet received no attention nor redress , —a neglect highly discourteous towards the Masons of Canada , and seriously injurious to the general interests of the Craft . Experience has shown them to be unable to secure from the Grand Lodge of England the attention and respect due to their position as a Provincial Grand Lodge . "
This is a very grave charge , and one we , to our cost , have reason to verify , for not Canada alone , but other foreign settlements of Masonry , have applied to us repeatedly , " usque ad nauseam , " to remedy the imbecility and unbusinesslike habits prevalent amongst the Grand Offices of England , especially the Grand Secretary ' s Office , to a degree unknown in the time of our late , indeed most
lamented , Grand Master the Duke of Sussex . Is it not scandalous that Brethen should be deprived of the privileges of Masonry , after having paid for them , by the indifference of those who receive salaries to be prompt and accurate ? Is the whole of Masonry to be stultified because the Grand Secretary's office—that chamber of the seven sleepers—is drugged with its usual narcotic ? Are spirited
and active Masons to be debarred of their rights , the great interests of benevolence sacrificed , and no token given of the existence of vitality in the Grand Lodge of England except its—snore ? Not get an answer from the Secretary ' s Office , quotha ! Bah ! as well get the Grand Master to attend upon any public Masonic occasion , except , indeed , the nomination to office of some Whig protege is
mooted—then , indeed , he is punctual . The presence of our excellent Brother Dobie , with his sound practical head , and talents for business , has been the shield of Ajax over and over again , behind which the incapables , Lord Zetland , Bro . White , and Co ., have been glad enough to cower . Their dullness it is which has lost us Canada ,
and for which the West Indies are already threatening severance : let the system go on , and the development of Masonry will shortly be reduced to two individuals , the placeman and the toady ; whilst the Grand Lodge will , in all probability , be removed to Newmarket , the only place whence no plea operates to withhold our Grand Master !