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Article CORRESPONDENCE. ← Page 9 of 9 Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONs' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Correspondence.
they fail to excite notice , still the attempt cannot , it is believed , be regarded as unworthy . I am , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours , ELIS .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONs' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
Quebec , Canada , May lith , 1 S 53 . Mr DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I HAVE perused in your number for April , with much pleasure , your observations relative to the " Independence Movement " on the part of the P . G . Lodge of Canada West . The proposition did not originate in the good motive represented , but owing to an antagonism
existing between certain Grand . Officers and Lodges . If the G . L . of England were to listen to the request , a strong protest would be entered against any extension to this portion of the Province . I have no hesitation in declaring that , shoidd the prestige of " Old England" be taken from us , membership with the Craft here would cease to be desirable . The G . L . of England has been exceedingly liberal , ancl the pretext
of "delay as regards communication" is humbug . The fees are very low indeed payable to England ; but the ruinously high rates fixed by the Prov . G . L . itself have diffused a very general feeling of dissatisfaction , and very naturally so . Perhaps you are not aware that , instead of the British N . A . colonies being charged according to the Book of Constitutions , they are assessed in the terms of a most liberal Resolution of Grand Lodge , dated the 7 th of June , 1826 , still iu force , and a copy of Avhich I send . * I think , after perusing it , you Avill agree Avith me ,
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Correspondence.
they fail to excite notice , still the attempt cannot , it is believed , be regarded as unworthy . I am , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours , ELIS .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONs' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
Quebec , Canada , May lith , 1 S 53 . Mr DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I HAVE perused in your number for April , with much pleasure , your observations relative to the " Independence Movement " on the part of the P . G . Lodge of Canada West . The proposition did not originate in the good motive represented , but owing to an antagonism
existing between certain Grand . Officers and Lodges . If the G . L . of England were to listen to the request , a strong protest would be entered against any extension to this portion of the Province . I have no hesitation in declaring that , shoidd the prestige of " Old England" be taken from us , membership with the Craft here would cease to be desirable . The G . L . of England has been exceedingly liberal , ancl the pretext
of "delay as regards communication" is humbug . The fees are very low indeed payable to England ; but the ruinously high rates fixed by the Prov . G . L . itself have diffused a very general feeling of dissatisfaction , and very naturally so . Perhaps you are not aware that , instead of the British N . A . colonies being charged according to the Book of Constitutions , they are assessed in the terms of a most liberal Resolution of Grand Lodge , dated the 7 th of June , 1826 , still iu force , and a copy of Avhich I send . * I think , after perusing it , you Avill agree Avith me ,