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Masonic Intelligence.
and unwarrantable attack on the character aud conduct of the M . W . Grand Master , as the head of the Craft , subversive of all Masonic subordination and government , ancl most injurious to the interests of Masonry .
" That the offence of writing and sending such a letter is greatl y aggravated by the publicity given to it , ancl by the deliberate falsehoods by which the attack on the character and conduct of the M . W . Grand Master are attempted to be supported in it .
" That the publication of the proceedings of the Grand and other Lodges in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review of the 30 th June , 1840 , and of the other proceedings detailed in it , is a gross violation of the Constitutions of Masonry ,
greatly aggravated by the open avowal of a determination to continue to act in direct opposition to the Masonic law . " That the W . Brother , Robert Thomas Crueefix , isguilty of offences against the Laws ancl
Constitutions of Masonry , in the particulars above referred to , of so flagrant a nature , as to call on the Board of General Purposes to make this Special Report to the Grand Lodge , as the case in the judgment of the Board of General Purposes requires
the expulsion of the W . Brother Robert Thomas Crueefix , from the Order by the Grand Lodge , to which body all this is humbl y submitted . ( Signed ) " WILLIAM HARRISON , G . R . President . " Freemasons' Hall , 25 Jul y , 1840 . "
another profusion of words ; wilful untruth , wilful falsehood , & c . & c , now change into a scandalous and unwarrantable attack , & c .: verily , the writer is on the railroad of abuse ; however , he is but young in his vocation . Falsehood againwith a change
, in the adjective . The Board is evidently driven to extremes b y indulging in these expressions ; the dignity of , and a respect for , the office of the Grand Master should have taught it better . Mere repetition .
EXPULSION is humbly submitted Kind and charitable Board ! Is the Board aware that it has assumed to recommend to Grand Lodge that which it has not the power to do ? For " expulsion from the Order , " Messieurs of the Board should
, you have recommended " expulsion from the English Craft . " Be it known , Osophisters ! that the Craft extends over the whole world , and is not limited to the awful fiat of Brother and his compeers in opinion . *
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Masonic Intelligence.
and unwarrantable attack on the character aud conduct of the M . W . Grand Master , as the head of the Craft , subversive of all Masonic subordination and government , ancl most injurious to the interests of Masonry .
" That the offence of writing and sending such a letter is greatl y aggravated by the publicity given to it , ancl by the deliberate falsehoods by which the attack on the character and conduct of the M . W . Grand Master are attempted to be supported in it .
" That the publication of the proceedings of the Grand and other Lodges in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review of the 30 th June , 1840 , and of the other proceedings detailed in it , is a gross violation of the Constitutions of Masonry ,
greatly aggravated by the open avowal of a determination to continue to act in direct opposition to the Masonic law . " That the W . Brother , Robert Thomas Crueefix , isguilty of offences against the Laws ancl
Constitutions of Masonry , in the particulars above referred to , of so flagrant a nature , as to call on the Board of General Purposes to make this Special Report to the Grand Lodge , as the case in the judgment of the Board of General Purposes requires
the expulsion of the W . Brother Robert Thomas Crueefix , from the Order by the Grand Lodge , to which body all this is humbl y submitted . ( Signed ) " WILLIAM HARRISON , G . R . President . " Freemasons' Hall , 25 Jul y , 1840 . "
another profusion of words ; wilful untruth , wilful falsehood , & c . & c , now change into a scandalous and unwarrantable attack , & c .: verily , the writer is on the railroad of abuse ; however , he is but young in his vocation . Falsehood againwith a change
, in the adjective . The Board is evidently driven to extremes b y indulging in these expressions ; the dignity of , and a respect for , the office of the Grand Master should have taught it better . Mere repetition .
EXPULSION is humbly submitted Kind and charitable Board ! Is the Board aware that it has assumed to recommend to Grand Lodge that which it has not the power to do ? For " expulsion from the Order , " Messieurs of the Board should
, you have recommended " expulsion from the English Craft . " Be it known , Osophisters ! that the Craft extends over the whole world , and is not limited to the awful fiat of Brother and his compeers in opinion . *