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Ireland.
this amiable brother . The manner in ivhich the health of our guest was received fully testified the estimation in which he was held by his fellows , as , at the conclusion of the Chairman ' s speech , there ivas a burst of applause that seemed to electrify our young friend , and render him speechless for some seconds ; hou'ever , he was soon 'himself again , when he returned his heartfelt thanks for the honour conferred on him iu a speech replete ivith exquisite Alasonie sentiments . Various toasts followed , whilst Alasonie and other songs added
much to the hilarity of the evening , ivhich terminated about halfpast eleven o'clock . Another meeting of this loclge was held on Thursday , the 27 th uifc ., at noon . The lodge was opened in ancient form by Dr . Hadden , ancl amongst the P . AI . ' s present were Bros . Fuller , Henry Hungerford , Paul Lhnrick , Edward J . Doherty , and James C . Mooney ; Bros . Robert Atkins , John Hungerford , -and William Atkins were also present . Bro . Frederick P . E . Potter being duly installed AA . AI . for the ensuing six months , he invested
his officers as follows : —Dr . Sommerville , S . W . ; John F . Levis , J . AV . ; Richard Beamish , See . ; Thomas Atteridge , Treas . ; Saml . K . Viekery , S . D . ; James Al'Carfchy Lei-is , J . D . ; and John AA . Potter , jun ., I . G . The ceremony of installation being concluded , loclge closed , and the brethren re-assembled at their room , Northstreet , afc six o ' clock , fco celebrate the festival of St . John . Present were : —Bros . Dr . Hadden , Paul Luiirick , Samuel Townsend , J . P . ; Ralph Fuller , Robert G . Ronntree , John F . Levis , John AA . Potter ,
jun ., J . Hungerford , James Mooney , Richard Beamish , Edward J . Doherty , John AA . Potter , sen ., Thomas Trinder , James Al'Carthy Levis , Samuel K . Alckery , F . P . E . Potter , ancl John O'Donoghuc . The chair was occupied by the newly appointed Alaster , ancl ( owing to the unavoidable absence of Dr . Soinmerville ) Dr . Hadden was unanimously voted to the vice-chair . The dinner was done ample justice to by all present . Dr . Hadden having been unexpectedly called to visit a patient , tbe ilce-chair ivas occupied by Bro . John F . Levis during his absence . The usual loyal and
Masonic toasts having been given and duly responded to , Bro . Doherty felt great pleasure in proposing the health of tlieir newly ¦ elected W . AL , ivho , he Avas proud to say , always evinced great zeal for the Craft , and was ever anxious to promote its interests . In reply Bro . Potter sincerely thanked the brethren for the manner in Avhich the toast was received , ancl for the high honour conferred by placing him at the head of this ancient and fcln-iving lodge . It had taught him a beautiful and striking lesson iu Alasonry , that when they
¦ entered the lodge men ivere equal , ancl stood side by side as brothers , whatever their social position may be . It regarded , none for their Avorlclly wealth—it was the internal and nofc the external qualifications that recommended a man to Alasonry . He hoped , by the aid of the -officers and members of the loclge , it would prosper , as ifc bad under the reign of their late and Avorthy AA . AI . —In the absence of Dr Hadden , Bro . J . F . LEA ' IS proposed the health of fche newly elected S . AV . ivhich Avas received ivith due honoursand responded to b
, , y Bro . Viclcery . The CHAIHICAX , fearing Dr . Hadden Avould not be able fco join them again thafc evening , begged to propose his health . Ifc ivas he ivas aware , the toast of the evening , and ivould have been given first had ifc not been that he ivas obliged to leave . He referred to the many excellent traits in his character , which endeared him fco every person in the community . He also referred to his attention to the duties of Alasonry , and of Lodge . 15 in particular , and felt sure it was a great source of pleasure to him ( Dr .
Hadden ) to perceive the rapid progress of the Skibbereen Loclge during' his term of office , After some further eulogy on this worthy brother ' s affability and capability , the toast was drunk with all honours , and enthusiastically received , and responded to by Bro . J . F . Levis , in appropriate language . Numerous other toasts ivere given and duly responded to , amongst which were the healths of Bros . Townsend , II . Hungerford , Doherty , Mooney , and Fuller . The ¦ enjoyments ofthe evening were greatly increased by songs from several of the brethren , and an interesting recitation by Bro . Sicken * .
America.
AMERICA .
GEAND CHAPTER OF ILLINOIS , . AA e ( American Crystal and Masonic Journal ) receive with sincere delight the proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois , at its Convention in Springfield , September , I 860 . In no direction have ive looked with deeper interest to discover what might be the result of the action of the General Grand Chapter of the United States at its last sessionthan to the great central State
, ° f Illinois . It ivill be remembered that tbe most intense hostility to the formation of a General Grand Lodge or North American Alasonie Congress at Chicago came from Illinois . By far the ablest speech against the measure , and fche onlv one ii'e deemed it necessary then to reply to , was made by Comp . * II . G . Reynolds , the accomplished
Graua secretary of both the Grand Loclge ancl Grand Chapter of that State . It is also ivell understood that tbe opposition iu that State arose from the impatience ivith the conflicts and agitations in the general Grand Chapter . It is therefore with peculiar gratification that we find Comp . Reynolds commenting and copying as he does from other Grand Chapters . Of South Carolina he says : " The address of Comps . Alackay , G . H . Priestand the G . G . H . Priest of the General Grand
, Chapter of the United States , occupies eight pages , ancl is a well Avritten piocluctiou . " After adverting concisely to matters in thafc jurisdiction—all of a local character—he passes to the legislation and proceedings of the General Grand Chapter at Chicago , one vear since .
Speaking of the amendments , he remarks : " It has been urged by some of the opponents of these amendments , that their effect is entirely to destroy the usefulness of the Confederation and to divest the General Grand Chapter of all power and dignity—Avithout prerogative , without authority , and necessarily Avithout any necessity for its future existence . I have in A-ain examined those amendments , both before and since their adoption , to find in them any such , dire efl ' ect . And I conscientiously believe that the
Genera ! Grand Chapter of the United States now possesses more power for good and less for evil than it ever before had since its organization iu the year 1806 . " After commenting on the amendment , he says : "Now ifc AA'as time that the unmeaning menace that the General Grand Chapter possessed the power to suspend State Grand Chapters , ivhen it was well knoivn that it had never exercised , ancl never ivould ancl never coulcl exercise any such prerogative , should be stricken from the
constitution , as a ridiculous assumption on its part , ancl a needless insult fco the State Grand Chapters . The supporters of the amendment were of the opinion that it was better to declare what has always been the truth , —that the General Grand Chapter had no such poiver of discipline , —ancl to leave its strength to convict , as ifc really does in the mighty moral influence that such a confederacy must always exercise oi'er the whole body of the Craft . The G-. G . Chapter having thrown aside this unmeaning assumption of despotic poiver
, ancl trusted itself to the affection of its constituents , and to the influence ol its own wise and prudent counsels , is now , I believe , far stronger , ami possessed of better elements of perpetuity than afc any previous time in its history . A striking evidence of this fact ancl an unanswerable argument in behalf of the amendments is that
the representatives of four Grand Chapters , those of Alississippi , Ohio , Illinois , and Alichigan , who came to the convocation , under the instructions of their constituents , with the purpose of asking for permission to withdraw , and if this request AA ' IIS refused , to use all . their exertions to obtain the dissolution of the General Grand Body , immediately after the amendments hacl been passed , withdrew all action on the subject , and declared their determination to go home ancl use their influence for the purpose of changing
the adverse views of their constituents . " [ Companion Alackay might have added that the P . G . High Priest of Indiana , Companion Hacker , ii'ho hacl been one of the most resolute opponents of the General Grand Chapter , cheerfully accepted an important office in that body after the adoption of the amendments ] . Companion Reynolds , in his review of Alichigan , says : — " Just at the close of the Grand Chaptertbe long severance of harmony
, and union was dissolved b y tbe action of Companion Jacobs , of Monroe Chapter , No . 1 , by placing on record the endorsement of Peninsular Chapter by said Monroe Chapter , ivhen a scene occurred which ive will give in the language of the proceedings : . ' Companions alienated for years rushed to the altar , many right hands ivere clasped , and many eyes ivere moistened over ifc . Our venerable Companion Blanchard , our Grand Lecturer , essayed to speak , bufc could only utter' Nowmy sons . ' —At one moment the hall
, , rang wifch acclaim , at another it ivas hushed by emotions too deep for utterance . Masonic harmony rules again . " Companion Reynolds had previously copied the following remarks of the Michigan Committee on Foreign Correspondence , in relation to the action ofthe General Grand Chapter .
"By such action of the General Grand Chapter , touching Alichigan , fche matter , which , originating with us—having it small beginning , widening , like the waves created by a pebble dropped in the ocean , until its influences bave embraced the ivorld , —has at length—through the legitimate action of the highest Court of Alasonie appeals , found its proper solution . —This solution , doing no violence to any known law , treating with fair consideration all parties involvedsustaining the action of the Grand Chapter of
, Alichigan , except in a point of conflict on the legal construction of a phrase on which all views bad already been harmonised , sustaining honourably the position of Peninsular Chapter and its individual Companions , lis Royal Arch Masons , fairly untying the Gordian knot , has again encircled all Boyal Arch Alasons with a cord not easily broken . "
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Ireland.
this amiable brother . The manner in ivhich the health of our guest was received fully testified the estimation in which he was held by his fellows , as , at the conclusion of the Chairman ' s speech , there ivas a burst of applause that seemed to electrify our young friend , and render him speechless for some seconds ; hou'ever , he was soon 'himself again , when he returned his heartfelt thanks for the honour conferred on him iu a speech replete ivith exquisite Alasonie sentiments . Various toasts followed , whilst Alasonie and other songs added
much to the hilarity of the evening , ivhich terminated about halfpast eleven o'clock . Another meeting of this loclge was held on Thursday , the 27 th uifc ., at noon . The lodge was opened in ancient form by Dr . Hadden , ancl amongst the P . AI . ' s present were Bros . Fuller , Henry Hungerford , Paul Lhnrick , Edward J . Doherty , and James C . Mooney ; Bros . Robert Atkins , John Hungerford , -and William Atkins were also present . Bro . Frederick P . E . Potter being duly installed AA . AI . for the ensuing six months , he invested
his officers as follows : —Dr . Sommerville , S . W . ; John F . Levis , J . AV . ; Richard Beamish , See . ; Thomas Atteridge , Treas . ; Saml . K . Viekery , S . D . ; James Al'Carfchy Lei-is , J . D . ; and John AA . Potter , jun ., I . G . The ceremony of installation being concluded , loclge closed , and the brethren re-assembled at their room , Northstreet , afc six o ' clock , fco celebrate the festival of St . John . Present were : —Bros . Dr . Hadden , Paul Luiirick , Samuel Townsend , J . P . ; Ralph Fuller , Robert G . Ronntree , John F . Levis , John AA . Potter ,
jun ., J . Hungerford , James Mooney , Richard Beamish , Edward J . Doherty , John AA . Potter , sen ., Thomas Trinder , James Al'Carthy Levis , Samuel K . Alckery , F . P . E . Potter , ancl John O'Donoghuc . The chair was occupied by the newly appointed Alaster , ancl ( owing to the unavoidable absence of Dr . Soinmerville ) Dr . Hadden was unanimously voted to the vice-chair . The dinner was done ample justice to by all present . Dr . Hadden having been unexpectedly called to visit a patient , tbe ilce-chair ivas occupied by Bro . John F . Levis during his absence . The usual loyal and
Masonic toasts having been given and duly responded to , Bro . Doherty felt great pleasure in proposing the health of tlieir newly ¦ elected W . AL , ivho , he Avas proud to say , always evinced great zeal for the Craft , and was ever anxious to promote its interests . In reply Bro . Potter sincerely thanked the brethren for the manner in Avhich the toast was received , ancl for the high honour conferred by placing him at the head of this ancient and fcln-iving lodge . It had taught him a beautiful and striking lesson iu Alasonry , that when they
¦ entered the lodge men ivere equal , ancl stood side by side as brothers , whatever their social position may be . It regarded , none for their Avorlclly wealth—it was the internal and nofc the external qualifications that recommended a man to Alasonry . He hoped , by the aid of the -officers and members of the loclge , it would prosper , as ifc bad under the reign of their late and Avorthy AA . AI . —In the absence of Dr Hadden , Bro . J . F . LEA ' IS proposed the health of fche newly elected S . AV . ivhich Avas received ivith due honoursand responded to b
, , y Bro . Viclcery . The CHAIHICAX , fearing Dr . Hadden Avould not be able fco join them again thafc evening , begged to propose his health . Ifc ivas he ivas aware , the toast of the evening , and ivould have been given first had ifc not been that he ivas obliged to leave . He referred to the many excellent traits in his character , which endeared him fco every person in the community . He also referred to his attention to the duties of Alasonry , and of Lodge . 15 in particular , and felt sure it was a great source of pleasure to him ( Dr .
Hadden ) to perceive the rapid progress of the Skibbereen Loclge during' his term of office , After some further eulogy on this worthy brother ' s affability and capability , the toast was drunk with all honours , and enthusiastically received , and responded to by Bro . J . F . Levis , in appropriate language . Numerous other toasts ivere given and duly responded to , amongst which were the healths of Bros . Townsend , II . Hungerford , Doherty , Mooney , and Fuller . The ¦ enjoyments ofthe evening were greatly increased by songs from several of the brethren , and an interesting recitation by Bro . Sicken * .
America.
AMERICA .
GEAND CHAPTER OF ILLINOIS , . AA e ( American Crystal and Masonic Journal ) receive with sincere delight the proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois , at its Convention in Springfield , September , I 860 . In no direction have ive looked with deeper interest to discover what might be the result of the action of the General Grand Chapter of the United States at its last sessionthan to the great central State
, ° f Illinois . It ivill be remembered that tbe most intense hostility to the formation of a General Grand Lodge or North American Alasonie Congress at Chicago came from Illinois . By far the ablest speech against the measure , and fche onlv one ii'e deemed it necessary then to reply to , was made by Comp . * II . G . Reynolds , the accomplished
Graua secretary of both the Grand Loclge ancl Grand Chapter of that State . It is also ivell understood that tbe opposition iu that State arose from the impatience ivith the conflicts and agitations in the general Grand Chapter . It is therefore with peculiar gratification that we find Comp . Reynolds commenting and copying as he does from other Grand Chapters . Of South Carolina he says : " The address of Comps . Alackay , G . H . Priestand the G . G . H . Priest of the General Grand
, Chapter of the United States , occupies eight pages , ancl is a well Avritten piocluctiou . " After adverting concisely to matters in thafc jurisdiction—all of a local character—he passes to the legislation and proceedings of the General Grand Chapter at Chicago , one vear since .
Speaking of the amendments , he remarks : " It has been urged by some of the opponents of these amendments , that their effect is entirely to destroy the usefulness of the Confederation and to divest the General Grand Chapter of all power and dignity—Avithout prerogative , without authority , and necessarily Avithout any necessity for its future existence . I have in A-ain examined those amendments , both before and since their adoption , to find in them any such , dire efl ' ect . And I conscientiously believe that the
Genera ! Grand Chapter of the United States now possesses more power for good and less for evil than it ever before had since its organization iu the year 1806 . " After commenting on the amendment , he says : "Now ifc AA'as time that the unmeaning menace that the General Grand Chapter possessed the power to suspend State Grand Chapters , ivhen it was well knoivn that it had never exercised , ancl never ivould ancl never coulcl exercise any such prerogative , should be stricken from the
constitution , as a ridiculous assumption on its part , ancl a needless insult fco the State Grand Chapters . The supporters of the amendment were of the opinion that it was better to declare what has always been the truth , —that the General Grand Chapter had no such poiver of discipline , —ancl to leave its strength to convict , as ifc really does in the mighty moral influence that such a confederacy must always exercise oi'er the whole body of the Craft . The G-. G . Chapter having thrown aside this unmeaning assumption of despotic poiver
, ancl trusted itself to the affection of its constituents , and to the influence ol its own wise and prudent counsels , is now , I believe , far stronger , ami possessed of better elements of perpetuity than afc any previous time in its history . A striking evidence of this fact ancl an unanswerable argument in behalf of the amendments is that
the representatives of four Grand Chapters , those of Alississippi , Ohio , Illinois , and Alichigan , who came to the convocation , under the instructions of their constituents , with the purpose of asking for permission to withdraw , and if this request AA ' IIS refused , to use all . their exertions to obtain the dissolution of the General Grand Body , immediately after the amendments hacl been passed , withdrew all action on the subject , and declared their determination to go home ancl use their influence for the purpose of changing
the adverse views of their constituents . " [ Companion Alackay might have added that the P . G . High Priest of Indiana , Companion Hacker , ii'ho hacl been one of the most resolute opponents of the General Grand Chapter , cheerfully accepted an important office in that body after the adoption of the amendments ] . Companion Reynolds , in his review of Alichigan , says : — " Just at the close of the Grand Chaptertbe long severance of harmony
, and union was dissolved b y tbe action of Companion Jacobs , of Monroe Chapter , No . 1 , by placing on record the endorsement of Peninsular Chapter by said Monroe Chapter , ivhen a scene occurred which ive will give in the language of the proceedings : . ' Companions alienated for years rushed to the altar , many right hands ivere clasped , and many eyes ivere moistened over ifc . Our venerable Companion Blanchard , our Grand Lecturer , essayed to speak , bufc could only utter' Nowmy sons . ' —At one moment the hall
, , rang wifch acclaim , at another it ivas hushed by emotions too deep for utterance . Masonic harmony rules again . " Companion Reynolds had previously copied the following remarks of the Michigan Committee on Foreign Correspondence , in relation to the action ofthe General Grand Chapter .
"By such action of the General Grand Chapter , touching Alichigan , fche matter , which , originating with us—having it small beginning , widening , like the waves created by a pebble dropped in the ocean , until its influences bave embraced the ivorld , —has at length—through the legitimate action of the highest Court of Alasonie appeals , found its proper solution . —This solution , doing no violence to any known law , treating with fair consideration all parties involvedsustaining the action of the Grand Chapter of
, Alichigan , except in a point of conflict on the legal construction of a phrase on which all views bad already been harmonised , sustaining honourably the position of Peninsular Chapter and its individual Companions , lis Royal Arch Masons , fairly untying the Gordian knot , has again encircled all Boyal Arch Alasons with a cord not easily broken . "