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Grand Lodge.
simultaneously issued ; but as bygones are to bo bygones , we shall say nothing further on that subject . In conclusion , we may observe , that " the party" having seen the inutility of attacking the Grand Master , supported , as late events ¦ showed him to be , by almost the unanimous voice of the Craft , have determined to make a dead set against every officer of Grand Lodge
, and more especially against the President of the Board of General Purposes , whose talents they fear , and of whom they complain for his want of patience and forbearance . Let them cease their continuous and unfounded attacks , and we will warrant they will have no reason to complain of the want of forbearance of Bro . Havers , who now fills the office of President of the Boardivhichnotwithstanding it is one
, , of the most laborious in the Craft , confers no rank ; aud Bro . Havers receives through it no honours beyond those long since conferred upon him . Whilst , therefore , he honestly and efficiently performs his duty—ancl if he does it not , let some member of the Board of General Purposes , or Grand Lodge , arraign him—the Craft are bound to support him , and secure him from those personal attacks
which the Observer party so lavishly make upon him . It is clear thafc , thwarted at every point , that faction—for it is unworthy the name of a party— -are now bent only upon obstructing the legitimate business of Grand Lodge and vilifying the executive—thus reflecting , through his officers , upon the Grand Master himself ; a system which must be put down by tho expression of the opinion of the Craft acting through
its representatives in Grand Lodge . If dishonourable conduct can be proved against auy member of the executive , let it be brought boldly forward , and let the penalty which he will havo deserved fall upon him ; but if he be not guilty , he must be supported by fche Craft , and his fcraducers consigned to the contempt they so richly deserve .
Secret Societies Of The Middle Ages.—V.
SECRET SOCIETIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES . —V .
THE VEHJIIQUE TRIBUNAL ( CONCLUDE !*) . THE French romance- ivhich . ive have already so copiously quoteddescribes a fortress ofthe Vehm in the Julian Alps . A traveller , we " are told , on a journey of pleasure iu Camiola , discovers a narrow Vinding [ iass in tlie Alps , ivhich bis curiosity leads him to explore The path is mosfc difficult ,- and accessible to only one man afc a time J
by which means it was impregnable even to au army . Afc last he arrives lit the door of tho stronghold , and is pounced uj ion by the myrmidons of the association , who , finding his explanations satisfactory , with pretended hospitality offered him refreshment ; and wine / so drugged as fco throw him into profound sleep . When he awoke , he found that he was lying iu a uicadow , and be-
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Grand Lodge.
simultaneously issued ; but as bygones are to bo bygones , we shall say nothing further on that subject . In conclusion , we may observe , that " the party" having seen the inutility of attacking the Grand Master , supported , as late events ¦ showed him to be , by almost the unanimous voice of the Craft , have determined to make a dead set against every officer of Grand Lodge
, and more especially against the President of the Board of General Purposes , whose talents they fear , and of whom they complain for his want of patience and forbearance . Let them cease their continuous and unfounded attacks , and we will warrant they will have no reason to complain of the want of forbearance of Bro . Havers , who now fills the office of President of the Boardivhichnotwithstanding it is one
, , of the most laborious in the Craft , confers no rank ; aud Bro . Havers receives through it no honours beyond those long since conferred upon him . Whilst , therefore , he honestly and efficiently performs his duty—ancl if he does it not , let some member of the Board of General Purposes , or Grand Lodge , arraign him—the Craft are bound to support him , and secure him from those personal attacks
which the Observer party so lavishly make upon him . It is clear thafc , thwarted at every point , that faction—for it is unworthy the name of a party— -are now bent only upon obstructing the legitimate business of Grand Lodge and vilifying the executive—thus reflecting , through his officers , upon the Grand Master himself ; a system which must be put down by tho expression of the opinion of the Craft acting through
its representatives in Grand Lodge . If dishonourable conduct can be proved against auy member of the executive , let it be brought boldly forward , and let the penalty which he will havo deserved fall upon him ; but if he be not guilty , he must be supported by fche Craft , and his fcraducers consigned to the contempt they so richly deserve .
Secret Societies Of The Middle Ages.—V.
SECRET SOCIETIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES . —V .
THE VEHJIIQUE TRIBUNAL ( CONCLUDE !*) . THE French romance- ivhich . ive have already so copiously quoteddescribes a fortress ofthe Vehm in the Julian Alps . A traveller , we " are told , on a journey of pleasure iu Camiola , discovers a narrow Vinding [ iass in tlie Alps , ivhich bis curiosity leads him to explore The path is mosfc difficult ,- and accessible to only one man afc a time J
by which means it was impregnable even to au army . Afc last he arrives lit the door of tho stronghold , and is pounced uj ion by the myrmidons of the association , who , finding his explanations satisfactory , with pretended hospitality offered him refreshment ; and wine / so drugged as fco throw him into profound sleep . When he awoke , he found that he was lying iu a uicadow , and be-