Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-09

any such "goD1e" being played ara
ought to he ashamed Of having said so.
To what he says about the teachings
Of the Rite, we cannot properly reply.
The Ancient and Accepted Rite teaches
the existence Of GoD and tlie immortal
ity Of the soul and beyond that leaves
every Bro. free to form his own opin-
ions. It tells him what philosophy has
taught ia all ages, and lei.ves him to
Judge how much Of it Is truis; and there
are many men who are quite as good
Christians a. Bro'. sGOULAY, and who
have studied its teachings, l0ltich he has
not done, and understand them, which
be does not, whose opinion of them is
very different from his. In smother re-
spect he srrs. 1t does not propose any
=" political combinations" 1t teaches
political truth, in its general principles,
as it teaches other truths, morEl, philo-
sophieal and religious; and the Christian
and Hebrew stand together at its sltars,
unite in prayer there, and Interpret its
symbols, each for himself, se cording as
his faith requires. Bro. GoU LEY's real
apprehension is, that those vino receive
its degrees will value them more than
those Of which he Is the ehamI ion they
teach something and are not empty GER
emonies, reciting lessons know to every
school boy, or no lessons at all. That he
does not value them is perhaps his mis-
/ fortune.
We have reserved the great sst absur =
ity for the last The Editor OF the Free
mason offers to give fve copies of his
paper, for year, " for any bs other who
can prose that the leaders Of th said Rite
are not opposed TO the circ,ac stion Of the
Freenlaso1 wherever and whe never they
think its vindicalion of truth viii iniure
their sovereign prospects,
awe find by our lists tbs wherever
the agents of the A. and A. & Rite have
the most influence, there our circulation
is smallest, and that whereV er the true
Ancient Craft Masonry is m ost beloved
and practieed in, its sublime and pure
ritualism, there the FFeeBlGi on is q vel
come visitor, and is handed Fl ON brother
10 brother with the frsterna assurance
that it is their organ, which sends forth
no uncertain sound" e
The "leaders of the said Rite have
never troubled themselves shout "Th'
Freemason,U so far as we know. W.
have never spoken or written to each othe
about it. The attacks Of Bro. GOULEl
upon the Rite are not oIigi nal or novel
It has been used TO them for more year
than he has lived or is likely to live
They are precisely Of the nature Of th'
libeIs of Anti-Masonry in 1880 ant
, 1881, nuIy less worth re futing. w
think we can answer for nearly every
, one of the members of the Suprem
Council at Charleston, that it is not
matter Of the least importance to then
Z whether the FFeemasOR does or doe
not A." circulate One member, whom
( il scurrilously and indecently assaulte'
: with personal and uumasOnie abuse, ma
have some feeling against it. If he has
he has not made it known TO as. w
ourself. though one of "the leaders c
I the same Rite" have not put straw il
= the way Of the FfeemasoH ; for its libel
on the Rite and on the Supreme Counci
Z have not stirred in Us the least feeling c
: anger. and still less any feeling Of alarm
T. for the Rite. We only regret that on
+, who h as, as he admits, received the de
e grees, does not see that his course canno
much commend him to thinking Mason
: of anu Rite. We neither know nor car
2 where his circulation is largest or small
3 est. We have not lessened it, nor sough
to lessen it, and the attempt to eIllarg
that circulation byrepresenting his pspe
as prescribed, is not worthy OF Maso
D as in teligent as Bro. GoULEY. HI
e passion has got the better Of his reason
2 and he has embarked in a eontrovers
] that will win him no honor.