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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Cooke was as much a major-general as any of the officers who placed their titles before their names , while they belonged only to the yeomanry or mihtia ; he received his rank in one of the States , and as such used it ; if he had intended to say , of the United States army , those words or letters would have followed his name or title , and not the State in which SnTlng ae Ain encil continuation of
HZ * , \ ° , *\ % F- ?• - P Was a the address ; these being established as facts , what became ofthe chargesnothing ; the Major-general came here , had been here before , visited lodges , gave liberall y to the charities , and was courted and petted ; but a change came over « the spirit of the dream , " and with much less cause , and equal ceremony , he was to be expelled from the English Craft Bound as he ( Bro . A . ) was by his obligation to protect his absent erring brother , it was much more his bounden dutv rn mnfwt „„» , „» , „„ , 1 °
believed innocent of any grave or serious offence . Bro . BEADEN would have sat quiet , as he had not intended to take any part in the discussion , but that his lodge , the Prince of Wales ' , had been alluded to particularly , and seeing two senior members present , he ™ - " -p . they would have replied . Bro . Cooke became a member of that lod ge in consequence of the supposition of his rank in the Amebutasnsuch Major-general existed had
W -TV , ° , a wrong man been introduced and there was a necessity for his being expelled . Bro . B . at considerable length repeated some of the former arguments . tK T \* e f ed the Grand Lod S > but was ve 'T indistinctly heard , the brethren manifesting considerable impatience to vote . Ihe GRAND MASTER would have been pleased if the first resolution had been persisted m , then the lod ges of which Bro . Cooke was a member could have expelled Inmand he would have had no riht to attend
, g «? £ ¦ » ge tb ~ 6 Sam u tbl " , as now P roPosed would thus have been earned into effect . It having been explained to the Grand Master that sKZS , l L maS 0 nlC , l V W 8 S inc ° ™ - * he conceded as much , and of cVJX P " ^ d-about-way for the lod ges to apply to the Board of General Purposes for them to apply to Grand Lodge to expel , when the same question was now before them .
tM . ™ v » i ND MA ?? . Present at former meetings , when this subject was under consideration , and he felt that a deception had been practised by Major-general Cooke having represented himself to be WI Inir * T Z , ° t ; eve ? - P atent hy which the G « nd Master had appointed him he was described as of the American army , and that document was and had been in Bro . Cooke ' s hands . He ( thei ) G M *) entertained no doubt of the offence , and as little what the result should be Bro . FOSTER WHITE to state that
proceeded great injustice was being s how rbni H , ° - GeDeral C ° > Wh 0 secards " e handed 4 to nf oTh * = l \ i DOt rnls . repreSented himself * but that it was the work of others , what he said he was , was what he was entitled to , and that F „ i ^ l W Ved Sat f actoriy t 0 'he Grand Secretary . He had visited England before , and stayed at the same hotel . If they had used but proper and common precautionthey would have found
, , as he ( Bro . W ) fiad found the same brother on a former occasion described as Dr hi ™ l ) T J aj ° r Ge " , eral ' and in either ca P acity he had opened nn ^ nr , f ^ * \ f - - to Ule relief of olhers > ^ had made princely let erfrom R n r \ ntleS of , . ° «»« - He ' had that day received a letter from Bro . Cooke , complaining of severe indisposition . He would read a few extracts from the major general ' s letter , showing that he was more sinned against than sinning . °
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Cooke was as much a major-general as any of the officers who placed their titles before their names , while they belonged only to the yeomanry or mihtia ; he received his rank in one of the States , and as such used it ; if he had intended to say , of the United States army , those words or letters would have followed his name or title , and not the State in which SnTlng ae Ain encil continuation of
HZ * , \ ° , *\ % F- ?• - P Was a the address ; these being established as facts , what became ofthe chargesnothing ; the Major-general came here , had been here before , visited lodges , gave liberall y to the charities , and was courted and petted ; but a change came over « the spirit of the dream , " and with much less cause , and equal ceremony , he was to be expelled from the English Craft Bound as he ( Bro . A . ) was by his obligation to protect his absent erring brother , it was much more his bounden dutv rn mnfwt „„» , „» , „„ , 1 °
believed innocent of any grave or serious offence . Bro . BEADEN would have sat quiet , as he had not intended to take any part in the discussion , but that his lodge , the Prince of Wales ' , had been alluded to particularly , and seeing two senior members present , he ™ - " -p . they would have replied . Bro . Cooke became a member of that lod ge in consequence of the supposition of his rank in the Amebutasnsuch Major-general existed had
W -TV , ° , a wrong man been introduced and there was a necessity for his being expelled . Bro . B . at considerable length repeated some of the former arguments . tK T \* e f ed the Grand Lod S > but was ve 'T indistinctly heard , the brethren manifesting considerable impatience to vote . Ihe GRAND MASTER would have been pleased if the first resolution had been persisted m , then the lod ges of which Bro . Cooke was a member could have expelled Inmand he would have had no riht to attend
, g «? £ ¦ » ge tb ~ 6 Sam u tbl " , as now P roPosed would thus have been earned into effect . It having been explained to the Grand Master that sKZS , l L maS 0 nlC , l V W 8 S inc ° ™ - * he conceded as much , and of cVJX P " ^ d-about-way for the lod ges to apply to the Board of General Purposes for them to apply to Grand Lodge to expel , when the same question was now before them .
tM . ™ v » i ND MA ?? . Present at former meetings , when this subject was under consideration , and he felt that a deception had been practised by Major-general Cooke having represented himself to be WI Inir * T Z , ° t ; eve ? - P atent hy which the G « nd Master had appointed him he was described as of the American army , and that document was and had been in Bro . Cooke ' s hands . He ( thei ) G M *) entertained no doubt of the offence , and as little what the result should be Bro . FOSTER WHITE to state that
proceeded great injustice was being s how rbni H , ° - GeDeral C ° > Wh 0 secards " e handed 4 to nf oTh * = l \ i DOt rnls . repreSented himself * but that it was the work of others , what he said he was , was what he was entitled to , and that F „ i ^ l W Ved Sat f actoriy t 0 'he Grand Secretary . He had visited England before , and stayed at the same hotel . If they had used but proper and common precautionthey would have found
, , as he ( Bro . W ) fiad found the same brother on a former occasion described as Dr hi ™ l ) T J aj ° r Ge " , eral ' and in either ca P acity he had opened nn ^ nr , f ^ * \ f - - to Ule relief of olhers > ^ had made princely let erfrom R n r \ ntleS of , . ° «»« - He ' had that day received a letter from Bro . Cooke , complaining of severe indisposition . He would read a few extracts from the major general ' s letter , showing that he was more sinned against than sinning . °