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The Charge Against The Grand Registrar.
THE CHARGE AGAINST THE GRAND REGISTRAR .
No . XXIII .-JUNE 8 , 1859 .
THE proceedings of Grand Lodge on Wednesday last , exhibit an instructive lesson which brethren will do well to ponder . Never did the cause of justice and good order enjoy a more perfect triumph , and never was faction more signally defeated on the battle field of its own choice . We trust that we have now seen an end of these
conflicts ; it must be evident to all , and most , we should imagine , to Bro . Portal and the Grand Lodge Club , that the Craft are weary and sick of their proceedings . It is a matter for deep congratulation that the brethren generally are awakened to a sense of the dangers b y which they were threatened , and are bestirring themselves to take a
more active share in the administration of the concerns of the Craft . It may be useful briefly to recapitulate the facts as they appeared in the debate at last Grand Lodge—they may be comprised within very narrow limits . The Grand Registrar is charged by Bro . Whitmore with
misconduct m his ofliee , m having organized a party movement for the purpose of securing the election of certain brethren as members of the Board of General Purposes ; and in support of this view it is argued , that as it is admitted on the evidence of certain letters that a meeting took place at the Grand Registrar ' s chambers , that therefore the charge is proved 3 that the Grand Registrar had no right to hold
such meeting ; that a paragraph in a newspaper , professing to give an account of what took place at such meeting is substantially true , with the exception of a statement therein made in reference to a well known brother , which is admitted to be a little " ' embellished ; " that Grand Lodge is not called on to censure the Grand Registrar , but only
to express its regret ; and is invited to give such an opinion as will prevent similar occurrences in the future . On the other side it was urged that the Grand Registrar has a perfect right to consult any of his VOL . vi . 3 Y
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The Charge Against The Grand Registrar.
THE CHARGE AGAINST THE GRAND REGISTRAR .
No . XXIII .-JUNE 8 , 1859 .
THE proceedings of Grand Lodge on Wednesday last , exhibit an instructive lesson which brethren will do well to ponder . Never did the cause of justice and good order enjoy a more perfect triumph , and never was faction more signally defeated on the battle field of its own choice . We trust that we have now seen an end of these
conflicts ; it must be evident to all , and most , we should imagine , to Bro . Portal and the Grand Lodge Club , that the Craft are weary and sick of their proceedings . It is a matter for deep congratulation that the brethren generally are awakened to a sense of the dangers b y which they were threatened , and are bestirring themselves to take a
more active share in the administration of the concerns of the Craft . It may be useful briefly to recapitulate the facts as they appeared in the debate at last Grand Lodge—they may be comprised within very narrow limits . The Grand Registrar is charged by Bro . Whitmore with
misconduct m his ofliee , m having organized a party movement for the purpose of securing the election of certain brethren as members of the Board of General Purposes ; and in support of this view it is argued , that as it is admitted on the evidence of certain letters that a meeting took place at the Grand Registrar ' s chambers , that therefore the charge is proved 3 that the Grand Registrar had no right to hold
such meeting ; that a paragraph in a newspaper , professing to give an account of what took place at such meeting is substantially true , with the exception of a statement therein made in reference to a well known brother , which is admitted to be a little " ' embellished ; " that Grand Lodge is not called on to censure the Grand Registrar , but only
to express its regret ; and is invited to give such an opinion as will prevent similar occurrences in the future . On the other side it was urged that the Grand Registrar has a perfect right to consult any of his VOL . vi . 3 Y