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Article TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND.—No. IV. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.—No. Iv.
cannot congratulate that distinguished Mason on the clearness of his evidence . He no doubt wrote from memory , and not from notes of the Grand Chapter , ancl probably felt himself fettered by the knowledge that to clo more would have been to extinguish the Council of Rites altogether ; so we must be thankful for an instalment of justice , which coining from such a highly esteemed Brother , is a point of no inconsiderable importance .
Dr . Mant might however have set the point altogether at rest ; for he examined the books of the Grand Chapter , ancl must have known that their Minute Book contains transactions of 1784 , and that the JI . AV . S . was the individual ( S . P . Darling ) who is noiv saicl to have been also at the head of the opposing Chapter . No one of common sense can deny that the SCROLL now actually in possession of the soidisant "Original Chapter" is bona fide the property of the Grand
, Cliapter . This point is the only one worth contesting , and Dr . Slant has avoided grappling with it . I aver the fact , however—and time will prove it . Having informed you what Verax I am , it is hardly necessary to state that I am NOT that VERAX who has recently disgraced the Order by such a tissue of mendacity , as fully entitles him to the soubriquet of MENDAX . AS he has stolen my signatureI merely warn the Craft of
, the circumstance . To read the trash is infliction enough on their patience , but to permit them to be in doubt by not disclaiming the disgusting doggrel , might expose me to derision . The reason , may it please you , that I address you is , that as you appear to be in Ireland the only legitimate power , and as neither the
Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch , nor the Grand Encampment can take cognizance of the question , and least of all the Grand Council of Rites—several of whose members are implicated in charges of a not very creditable nature—so no other course is left me than to lay my observations before YOU . That I am not alone in my denunciation of this pamphlet , will be seen in the following extracts from correspondence , which I select from
Brethren of eminence in England , Scotland , ancl Ireland . An English Brother thus writes : — " Some person has sent me a wretched pamphlet , by A ^ erax , containing an attack on the F . Q . R . ; it is altogether an intemperate , and in many places a brutal production , ancl throughout displays no Masonic spirit . Its tendency is evidently to inflame the parties on both sides , and prevent that reconciliation which is the unanimous desire of all well-disposed Masons who have heard of the
differences . The F . Q . R . will doubtless treat its ignoble assailant with perfect contempt . The gentlemen whom it abuses will , it is to be hoped , avoid any contact with so unseemly an opponent . " A Scottish Brother observes— " Whoever Verax may be , he evidently labours to prove himself as ignorant of the principles of Freemasonry as he is disqualified from the consideration of a gentleman . His pamphlet is evidently intended to be a tocsin of war ; but alas for its
party , ivho may well exclaim ' save me from my friends . "' An Irish Brother of rank and station—and even of tiie Council , but not of the clique—remarks , "It was a most difficult position for the Duke of Leinster to be placed in , but he has proved himself an unrivalled Mason . I regret the appearance of this sorry pamphlet , and rely on the good sense and experience of those whom it abuses with a shameless malignity , not to notice an anonymous scribbler . I may
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To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.—No. Iv.
cannot congratulate that distinguished Mason on the clearness of his evidence . He no doubt wrote from memory , and not from notes of the Grand Chapter , ancl probably felt himself fettered by the knowledge that to clo more would have been to extinguish the Council of Rites altogether ; so we must be thankful for an instalment of justice , which coining from such a highly esteemed Brother , is a point of no inconsiderable importance .
Dr . Mant might however have set the point altogether at rest ; for he examined the books of the Grand Chapter , ancl must have known that their Minute Book contains transactions of 1784 , and that the JI . AV . S . was the individual ( S . P . Darling ) who is noiv saicl to have been also at the head of the opposing Chapter . No one of common sense can deny that the SCROLL now actually in possession of the soidisant "Original Chapter" is bona fide the property of the Grand
, Cliapter . This point is the only one worth contesting , and Dr . Slant has avoided grappling with it . I aver the fact , however—and time will prove it . Having informed you what Verax I am , it is hardly necessary to state that I am NOT that VERAX who has recently disgraced the Order by such a tissue of mendacity , as fully entitles him to the soubriquet of MENDAX . AS he has stolen my signatureI merely warn the Craft of
, the circumstance . To read the trash is infliction enough on their patience , but to permit them to be in doubt by not disclaiming the disgusting doggrel , might expose me to derision . The reason , may it please you , that I address you is , that as you appear to be in Ireland the only legitimate power , and as neither the
Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch , nor the Grand Encampment can take cognizance of the question , and least of all the Grand Council of Rites—several of whose members are implicated in charges of a not very creditable nature—so no other course is left me than to lay my observations before YOU . That I am not alone in my denunciation of this pamphlet , will be seen in the following extracts from correspondence , which I select from
Brethren of eminence in England , Scotland , ancl Ireland . An English Brother thus writes : — " Some person has sent me a wretched pamphlet , by A ^ erax , containing an attack on the F . Q . R . ; it is altogether an intemperate , and in many places a brutal production , ancl throughout displays no Masonic spirit . Its tendency is evidently to inflame the parties on both sides , and prevent that reconciliation which is the unanimous desire of all well-disposed Masons who have heard of the
differences . The F . Q . R . will doubtless treat its ignoble assailant with perfect contempt . The gentlemen whom it abuses will , it is to be hoped , avoid any contact with so unseemly an opponent . " A Scottish Brother observes— " Whoever Verax may be , he evidently labours to prove himself as ignorant of the principles of Freemasonry as he is disqualified from the consideration of a gentleman . His pamphlet is evidently intended to be a tocsin of war ; but alas for its
party , ivho may well exclaim ' save me from my friends . "' An Irish Brother of rank and station—and even of tiie Council , but not of the clique—remarks , "It was a most difficult position for the Duke of Leinster to be placed in , but he has proved himself an unrivalled Mason . I regret the appearance of this sorry pamphlet , and rely on the good sense and experience of those whom it abuses with a shameless malignity , not to notice an anonymous scribbler . I may