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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
[ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
" JUSTITIA" ASD THE " OBSERVER FACTION . "
TO THE EUITOR 01 ' THE HVEEMASONS' MAGAZINE A . XD MASONIC HIMUVn , Sin ASD Br . OTiiEii , —In your last number there appears under the above heading a letter from Bro . II . Garrod , of if \ o . 11 Lodge , in which that brother takes great exception to the observations contained in my letter of the 23 rd ultimo . Bro . Garrod says that my former letter was " couched in terms of
scurrility , " that I " descended to contemptuous expressions towards Bro . Whitmore , " and that " I characterize opponents by opprobrious epithets . " Those of your readers who may have taken the trouble to peruse my letter can judge for themselves whether it is open to those strong observations . I have already said , and I repeat it—the cause which I have felt it my duty to support does not require the aid of such imiuasonic means ; and wherever " scurrility" " contemptuous expressions" or " opprobrious
, , epithets " are employed , we may be certain that the cause is bad , or that its advocates have entirely lost their temper . I decline to follow such an example , and am content to leave to the " Observer party" the exclusive use of their " expletives . "
As regards the real question at issue Grand Lodge has spoken for itself . Unwarned by the proceedings of last September , the " Observer party " p laced Bro . Whitmorc ' s notice on the paper of business , and for the first time the much abused executive had a distinct charge brought against them . They accepted thc challenge , and the Grand Registrar determined to appeal to the M . W . Grand Master , immediately on the opening of Grand Lodge , to take Bro . Whitmorc ' s motion , and thus ensure its being discussed and
dealt with . It was publicly stated and admitted in Grand Lodge that the Grand Begistrar had given Bro . Whitmore due notice of his intention , so that he might not he taken hy surprise . We arc told , however , that " discretion is the better part of valour , " and this might have been Bro . Whitmorc's opinion . In any case , certain it is that Bro . Whitmore did not think fit to attend in his place in Grand Lodge to substantiate or to withdraw " the scandalous attack " made hy him on the Grand Begistrar . The duty
of conducting the motion fell therefore upon Bro . Binekes , and a sorry case he made of it . His seconder had not one syllable to advance in favour of it , and the support of Bro . the Bcv . G . B . Portal and Bro . Stebbings was weak and inconclusive . Bro , Savage ' s speech and Bro . S . Barton Wilson ' s letter completed the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
[ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
" JUSTITIA" ASD THE " OBSERVER FACTION . "
TO THE EUITOR 01 ' THE HVEEMASONS' MAGAZINE A . XD MASONIC HIMUVn , Sin ASD Br . OTiiEii , —In your last number there appears under the above heading a letter from Bro . II . Garrod , of if \ o . 11 Lodge , in which that brother takes great exception to the observations contained in my letter of the 23 rd ultimo . Bro . Garrod says that my former letter was " couched in terms of
scurrility , " that I " descended to contemptuous expressions towards Bro . Whitmore , " and that " I characterize opponents by opprobrious epithets . " Those of your readers who may have taken the trouble to peruse my letter can judge for themselves whether it is open to those strong observations . I have already said , and I repeat it—the cause which I have felt it my duty to support does not require the aid of such imiuasonic means ; and wherever " scurrility" " contemptuous expressions" or " opprobrious
, , epithets " are employed , we may be certain that the cause is bad , or that its advocates have entirely lost their temper . I decline to follow such an example , and am content to leave to the " Observer party" the exclusive use of their " expletives . "
As regards the real question at issue Grand Lodge has spoken for itself . Unwarned by the proceedings of last September , the " Observer party " p laced Bro . Whitmorc ' s notice on the paper of business , and for the first time the much abused executive had a distinct charge brought against them . They accepted thc challenge , and the Grand Registrar determined to appeal to the M . W . Grand Master , immediately on the opening of Grand Lodge , to take Bro . Whitmorc ' s motion , and thus ensure its being discussed and
dealt with . It was publicly stated and admitted in Grand Lodge that the Grand Begistrar had given Bro . Whitmore due notice of his intention , so that he might not he taken hy surprise . We arc told , however , that " discretion is the better part of valour , " and this might have been Bro . Whitmorc's opinion . In any case , certain it is that Bro . Whitmore did not think fit to attend in his place in Grand Lodge to substantiate or to withdraw " the scandalous attack " made hy him on the Grand Begistrar . The duty
of conducting the motion fell therefore upon Bro . Binekes , and a sorry case he made of it . His seconder had not one syllable to advance in favour of it , and the support of Bro . the Bcv . G . B . Portal and Bro . Stebbings was weak and inconclusive . Bro , Savage ' s speech and Bro . S . Barton Wilson ' s letter completed the