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Quarterly Communication.
every argument had tended to prove that they were a very small minority , but that that small minority might obtain some members who would otherwise join us ; m order to meet that we were asked to set up a sort of opposition where they were established , certainly a competition , ancl thus deprive them of getting those persons to become initiated in their lodges But had the supporters cf that proposition thought that if we carried our competition to the colonies to lessen the number of
Scotch and Irish Masons , we might reasonabl y expect that the Scotch or Irish lodges would form or establish lodges here ; there was nothing to prevent them ; it was perfectly in character ; and those warranto ! lodges would be as good and as legal as many of our own , for Bro . Henderson and every other wel -read masonic lawyer must know that we had plenty rtS stl ™ al lod ? f > that every lodge above No . 329 was illegal , by the 29 th of George III ; we could not object to them , therefore ! upon the score of their illegalityWh
. y should we thus create an unkind feeling , and a system of hostility , not required for any great purpose they could compete , if competition was to be the order of the day , if we met them ; m time they could reduce the price , and then we should make further alterations to meet the desires of a few unthinking colonial Grant Masters ; first we abandoned the time , then the price woulcl be conceded , and when the retaliation took place on our own ground , we should see the great error we had committed . He reeretted to differ irom
some of the brethren , hut his conscience required him to warn Grand Lodge of the consequences of such innovations . Bro . SCARBOROUGH seconded the amendment , that so much of the minutes be not confirmed as shortened the time between the degrees ; if it was good for the colonies wh y was it not tried here ; surely England th / vW ! V ? f ex P e - \ m ?^ in as a " y the C 0 l 01 lies > because here they had no Scotch or Irish lodges to open further contests with ; when it was found to work well here it could be
extended to the colonies . If a captain of a ship arrived here and wished to be made a Mason , why 1 IS iT ? ° ^ , V , ™ e to do it in Madras or Jamaica ; smely all die ports in England had a right to ask for the same libert ^ that was conceded to those in our colonies . Wh y our own countrymen Order T / U the ? y . *^ destination before they entered the Ordeiif they could get it without enquirytrouble
, , , study , and even cheaper . The expediency of the measure ( it had been admiued to be only expediency ) appeared very questionable ; it was really only a money matter , to get the fees to flow this way , instead of allowing them to go to the Grand Lod ges of Scotland or Ireland ; he was surmised Z
* ee every landmark ol tne Urder destroyed before the shrine of revenue for into that it resolved itself . Discuss it as much as one pleased " put te tT ™ arp iT entS ° "e ^ U WaS Wh 0 l ! y and ^ lelv who sS get the money . He never could consent to deprive other masonic lodges Rrn iZT ' ^ , ° , l f eEt Chan S 6 ™ 0 UrS f 0 r SUch a P « 52 Bro . DOBIE reminded , them that no new law was being made but a privilege was asked to be given to the Prov . Grand Masters in the colo ! eXei ' CIS dlscreti
thonli ff , " ' » * . ° emergent occasions only ; he 3 nl 1 * [ - , eSI S P ° P ? sltlon > and would have the effect of or a ScL \ 1 7 S , ° V ° J Wn who WOuld not be made in an W * or a Scotch lodge , and could not attain their proper rank in an English w *?™™ SAad seen , the W 01 ' ki » S of the law as it now stood , and was prepared of his own knowledge to say the alteration was desirable
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Quarterly Communication.
every argument had tended to prove that they were a very small minority , but that that small minority might obtain some members who would otherwise join us ; m order to meet that we were asked to set up a sort of opposition where they were established , certainly a competition , ancl thus deprive them of getting those persons to become initiated in their lodges But had the supporters cf that proposition thought that if we carried our competition to the colonies to lessen the number of
Scotch and Irish Masons , we might reasonabl y expect that the Scotch or Irish lodges would form or establish lodges here ; there was nothing to prevent them ; it was perfectly in character ; and those warranto ! lodges would be as good and as legal as many of our own , for Bro . Henderson and every other wel -read masonic lawyer must know that we had plenty rtS stl ™ al lod ? f > that every lodge above No . 329 was illegal , by the 29 th of George III ; we could not object to them , therefore ! upon the score of their illegalityWh
. y should we thus create an unkind feeling , and a system of hostility , not required for any great purpose they could compete , if competition was to be the order of the day , if we met them ; m time they could reduce the price , and then we should make further alterations to meet the desires of a few unthinking colonial Grant Masters ; first we abandoned the time , then the price woulcl be conceded , and when the retaliation took place on our own ground , we should see the great error we had committed . He reeretted to differ irom
some of the brethren , hut his conscience required him to warn Grand Lodge of the consequences of such innovations . Bro . SCARBOROUGH seconded the amendment , that so much of the minutes be not confirmed as shortened the time between the degrees ; if it was good for the colonies wh y was it not tried here ; surely England th / vW ! V ? f ex P e - \ m ?^ in as a " y the C 0 l 01 lies > because here they had no Scotch or Irish lodges to open further contests with ; when it was found to work well here it could be
extended to the colonies . If a captain of a ship arrived here and wished to be made a Mason , why 1 IS iT ? ° ^ , V , ™ e to do it in Madras or Jamaica ; smely all die ports in England had a right to ask for the same libert ^ that was conceded to those in our colonies . Wh y our own countrymen Order T / U the ? y . *^ destination before they entered the Ordeiif they could get it without enquirytrouble
, , , study , and even cheaper . The expediency of the measure ( it had been admiued to be only expediency ) appeared very questionable ; it was really only a money matter , to get the fees to flow this way , instead of allowing them to go to the Grand Lod ges of Scotland or Ireland ; he was surmised Z
* ee every landmark ol tne Urder destroyed before the shrine of revenue for into that it resolved itself . Discuss it as much as one pleased " put te tT ™ arp iT entS ° "e ^ U WaS Wh 0 l ! y and ^ lelv who sS get the money . He never could consent to deprive other masonic lodges Rrn iZT ' ^ , ° , l f eEt Chan S 6 ™ 0 UrS f 0 r SUch a P « 52 Bro . DOBIE reminded , them that no new law was being made but a privilege was asked to be given to the Prov . Grand Masters in the colo ! eXei ' CIS dlscreti
thonli ff , " ' » * . ° emergent occasions only ; he 3 nl 1 * [ - , eSI S P ° P ? sltlon > and would have the effect of or a ScL \ 1 7 S , ° V ° J Wn who WOuld not be made in an W * or a Scotch lodge , and could not attain their proper rank in an English w *?™™ SAad seen , the W 01 ' ki » S of the law as it now stood , and was prepared of his own knowledge to say the alteration was desirable