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to the columns of your paper . You likewise admitted a letter signed "A Mason , " on which I beg to make a few observations . You know , Sir , that in the present advanced state of society , when the light of truth is " gene forth into all lands , and her word unto the ends of the world , " great names and great pretensions must succumb to stubborn facts and solid arguments . If your correspondent ( who contents
himself with mere abuse instead of criticism ) possess moral courage enough to come boldly forward , avowing his name and maintaining his allegations , the calumniated individual from whom he hides himself , is willing to confront him , though backed by the imposing names of Lord Durham , the Marquis of Salisbury , the Duke of Sussex , and His Gracious Majesty . Yes , Sir , I am ready not only to make , but to
prove my assertions , namely , that the History of Masonry is a tissue of falsehood , its pretensions absurd , and its ceremonies ridiculous , or expose my " profound ignorance and utter incapability of grasping such enlightened principles ; " but I shall ever avoid anonymous correspondence , having no inclination to combat with shadows , or " fight as one that beateth the air . " I am , Sir , yours , Ike . Ipswich , Nov . 4 . S . PIPER .
( A DVERTISEMENT . )—To the Editor ofthe Chelmsford Chronicle . —Sin , —Having observed in your columns a most illiberal and ungentlemanly attack on the " ' Lecture on Freemasonry , " which I delivered at Colchester last week , an attack which contains assertions as futile and baseless as they are libellous and malevolent , you will scarcely deny me the ] irivilege of a brief reply . Let me first observe , that you ought to have
suspended your judgment till I had finished my subject , and not have gratuitously assumed that I take my " ground on supposition , " when every statement has been backed by arguments to which no reply has been offered ; and secondly , that if you chose to adopt the above coarse language , less vituperative would have better become the gravity of a censor , than malicious imputations and degrading epithets , which so far from imparting strength to any cause , affects only the character of him that utters them . I am Sir , yours , & c . & c .
Ipswich . S . PIPER . To the Editor of the Colchester Gazette . —A lecture on Masonry delivered at the Mechanic ' s Institute in this town a fortnight since , and the letters which have subsequently appeared in reference to the subject , have given rise to the following observations , which , if you deem worthy a place in your columns , you are at liberty to insert .
Permit me " in limine" to observe , that I am not one of the initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , therefore my remarks have not been influenced by an irrational partiality for , or any connexion with , the craft .
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to the columns of your paper . You likewise admitted a letter signed "A Mason , " on which I beg to make a few observations . You know , Sir , that in the present advanced state of society , when the light of truth is " gene forth into all lands , and her word unto the ends of the world , " great names and great pretensions must succumb to stubborn facts and solid arguments . If your correspondent ( who contents
himself with mere abuse instead of criticism ) possess moral courage enough to come boldly forward , avowing his name and maintaining his allegations , the calumniated individual from whom he hides himself , is willing to confront him , though backed by the imposing names of Lord Durham , the Marquis of Salisbury , the Duke of Sussex , and His Gracious Majesty . Yes , Sir , I am ready not only to make , but to
prove my assertions , namely , that the History of Masonry is a tissue of falsehood , its pretensions absurd , and its ceremonies ridiculous , or expose my " profound ignorance and utter incapability of grasping such enlightened principles ; " but I shall ever avoid anonymous correspondence , having no inclination to combat with shadows , or " fight as one that beateth the air . " I am , Sir , yours , Ike . Ipswich , Nov . 4 . S . PIPER .
( A DVERTISEMENT . )—To the Editor ofthe Chelmsford Chronicle . —Sin , —Having observed in your columns a most illiberal and ungentlemanly attack on the " ' Lecture on Freemasonry , " which I delivered at Colchester last week , an attack which contains assertions as futile and baseless as they are libellous and malevolent , you will scarcely deny me the ] irivilege of a brief reply . Let me first observe , that you ought to have
suspended your judgment till I had finished my subject , and not have gratuitously assumed that I take my " ground on supposition , " when every statement has been backed by arguments to which no reply has been offered ; and secondly , that if you chose to adopt the above coarse language , less vituperative would have better become the gravity of a censor , than malicious imputations and degrading epithets , which so far from imparting strength to any cause , affects only the character of him that utters them . I am Sir , yours , & c . & c .
Ipswich . S . PIPER . To the Editor of the Colchester Gazette . —A lecture on Masonry delivered at the Mechanic ' s Institute in this town a fortnight since , and the letters which have subsequently appeared in reference to the subject , have given rise to the following observations , which , if you deem worthy a place in your columns , you are at liberty to insert .
Permit me " in limine" to observe , that I am not one of the initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , therefore my remarks have not been influenced by an irrational partiality for , or any connexion with , the craft .