The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-01-28

.sibly Holly's statements were put. Sec
ond, we never attempted to impose upon
the masonic community, by publishing Fun
dansental Principles Of Latermasomic
Cmsity as American Masonic Law. If
the masonic community know masonic law,
they would know that this treatise was
merely proposed system, which might be
rejected or adopted by the reader as he
pleased, be he hierophant, or neophyte,
teacher or taught. And, third, as we have
put neither the masonic community, Holly,
nor ourself, in any false position, we have
nothing to correct or retract.
But it is evident Bro. Barry was so much
impressed with the truth and genuiness of
the Fundamental Principles of Interma-
sonic Comfy" that, true to his education,
he was only dissatisfied with himself when
he found that the author was not an EN-
pyrical white man, but an educated black
man. A Georgian Deputy Grand Master
is not represented as he should be by the
manifestation of such spirit. The Grand
Master of Georgia says that Masonry is
universal-that it can be found in every
corner of the earth, and everywhere the
same-the only unaltered thing that has
survived the wreck of matter and the crush
Of words.'- Vide his address, delivered in
1852. If this be true, we can but presume
that j. Theo. Holly has sinned only in
writing ideas not correspondent with this
statement, and we have sinned only in
printing them. Unfortunately for the pre-
valence of the one-idea principle, that day
has not yet arrived when all men shall
think alike.
For the edifcation of Bro. Barry, as we'll
as that of all whom it may concern, we
would state, we have been informed by a
reliable brother, that J. Theo Holly is a
Freemason, regularly made in Haytian
lodge, chartered by and worked under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge Orient
of Hayti. That this Grand Orient is re-
cognized by the Grand Orient of France
was shown by the reception and recognition
of its delegate at Paris in the Universal
Masonic Congress of 1855. America had
delegates there, representing Anglo-Amer-
lean or the York Rite of the United States,
and those delegates were both, as it hap
pened, from Slave States, to wit: Bro.
Park B. Cummings, of the District of
Columbia, and Bro. Dinwiddie B. Phillips,
of Virginia. If these brethren were con-
tent to stand in the Universal Masonic
Congress with delegate from Hayti, may
we not hope that Bro. Barry can read j.
Theo Holly's treatise without having his
sense of propriety alarmed upon learning
that he has been entertained and interest
ed, if not instructed, by the production Of
one who possibly has worked in the same
lodge with that Haytian delegate?
The Grand Lodges of America, both
North and South, recognize the Grand
Lodge of England, and, under that pro.
vision of her Constitution, which simply
demands that men shall be free-mot free
BoRN-to entltle them to the benefit of ma,
sonic initiation, the Grand Lodge of Eng
land recognizes, and has constituted lodges
of Freemasons in the British West Indies
and British Guiana, composed principally
of native and enfranchised Creoles. We
do not see why the recognition should stot
here. Perhaps our Masonic Universalists
can tell But as it is not our business to
reconcile differences which have 80 fixed a
root in American society, we will not dis
cuss this branch of the subject, but dismiss
it with but one sentence, viz: We do be-
lieve that the same reason that prevents
the white man freely associating in Amer
lea outside the masonic lodge with the black
man, will always prevent the former asso.
ciating with or recognizing the latter inside
of it; and we do not believe there is any
other reason worthy of the name-Dr.
Oliver and his Abraham and Sarah, Hagar
and Ishmael story to the contrary, notwith-
standing.
AS to Bro. Lawrence's comments in re-
sponse to Bro. Barry, they afford little
worthy of notice, save the fact that his
knowledge of Masonic Rites appears to be
alarmingly scant, and he glories in it. He
admits that the Eclectic Rite is new to
him. Doubtless it is, as is also all the other
European rites, such as the Rite of Fessler,
the Scotch Philosophic Rite, the Rite of
Heredom, the Ancient Reformed Rite, the
Rite of Misraim, the Scotch Primitive Rite,
Schroeder's Rite, the Swedish Rite, the
Rite of Zinnendorf, the Rite of the Tenn
pie, and last, but quite in point-as by it
j. Theo. Holly's right to be a Freemason,
if that is an important question in this con-
nection, must be recognized Haytian
Rite, of which the Grand Orient of Hayti
is the acknowledged head, and which is the
nearest approach to the Anglo-American
Rite, in its degrees and work, of any of
those we have named. 1t does not become
Bro. Lawrence to exhibit such meretricious
ignorance AS the conductor of masonic
periodical, he is expected to know better,
and we believe he does know better
The caption of Bro. Smiths exhumed ar
ticle, we may believe, was intended to be
very witty; but as there is not one word in
the article itself about what is now, or was
at any time, known as the Ancient and
Accepted Rite of 33 degrees, we must con-
clude that it was published by Bro. Smith
for nothing more at the time than a gratui-
t,us fling at that rite by one who knows
nothing about it, and who possibly, like
Bro. Lawrence, did not care to know.'
That ]. Theo. Holly might at one time
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