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Grand Lodge—The Canadian Question.
GRAND LODGE—THE CANADIAN QUESTION .
No . X .-MAKt & ri ) , 18 59 .
AFTER the signal defeat of Bro . Portal ancl his party on the proposition made hy the Grand Master in December last , for acknowledging the independence of the Grand Lodge of Canada , in opposition to all their previous declarations in favour of such independence , a notice to that effect standing on the agenda paper at the very moment ,
in the name of Bro . Portal—Ave had expected , that ivhatever trifling differences might arise in tho settlement of details , no further discussion upon the subject ivould be raised in Grand Lodge . But Ave have been disappointed , and on AVednesday last , Bro . Portal and his friends attempted to renew the discussion , and wo must say , most
disingenuously—to meet only with a more signal defeat than upon any former occasion . On tho morning of Wednesday last ive received a communication from Canada , conveying the resolutions come to at a Grand Lodge held at Toronto ou the 19 th January , ( which , though ive hacl not previously seen it , we beliei r e had been in London some
days ) , from which Ave learned that whilst the Graud Lodgo of Canada acknowledged with pleasure the promptitude with Avhich the Grand Lodge of England had recognized its independence , they objected to the recognition as confined to Canada AVest , whereas they claimed to exercise Masonic jurisdiction over the ivhole of Canada . Upon receiving these resolutions we at once perceived that a question
had arisen Avhich was not altogether unexpected hy us , and , wc have reason to believe , not altogether without the range of probabilities in the mind of the Grand Master when he declared , at the Grancl Lodge in December last , that , " recognition must precede negotiation ; " but we were certainly altogether unprepared to hear it magnified into a
refusal by the Grand Lodge of Canada to accept negotiation at the hands of England . But such would appear to be tho perverse organization of some men , of ivljom Bros . Portal and Binckes appear to be VOL . vi , 2 f
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Grand Lodge—The Canadian Question.
GRAND LODGE—THE CANADIAN QUESTION .
No . X .-MAKt & ri ) , 18 59 .
AFTER the signal defeat of Bro . Portal ancl his party on the proposition made hy the Grand Master in December last , for acknowledging the independence of the Grand Lodge of Canada , in opposition to all their previous declarations in favour of such independence , a notice to that effect standing on the agenda paper at the very moment ,
in the name of Bro . Portal—Ave had expected , that ivhatever trifling differences might arise in tho settlement of details , no further discussion upon the subject ivould be raised in Grand Lodge . But Ave have been disappointed , and on AVednesday last , Bro . Portal and his friends attempted to renew the discussion , and wo must say , most
disingenuously—to meet only with a more signal defeat than upon any former occasion . On tho morning of Wednesday last ive received a communication from Canada , conveying the resolutions come to at a Grand Lodge held at Toronto ou the 19 th January , ( which , though ive hacl not previously seen it , we beliei r e had been in London some
days ) , from which Ave learned that whilst the Graud Lodgo of Canada acknowledged with pleasure the promptitude with Avhich the Grand Lodge of England had recognized its independence , they objected to the recognition as confined to Canada AVest , whereas they claimed to exercise Masonic jurisdiction over the ivhole of Canada . Upon receiving these resolutions we at once perceived that a question
had arisen Avhich was not altogether unexpected hy us , and , wc have reason to believe , not altogether without the range of probabilities in the mind of the Grand Master when he declared , at the Grancl Lodge in December last , that , " recognition must precede negotiation ; " but we were certainly altogether unprepared to hear it magnified into a
refusal by the Grand Lodge of Canada to accept negotiation at the hands of England . But such would appear to be tho perverse organization of some men , of ivljom Bros . Portal and Binckes appear to be VOL . vi , 2 f