Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-30

connection, seriously assumes that the
present Masonic Order of the Temple.
as practiced in this country, is the SAM
as the old military Order of the Tenn.
pie, and that we are the continuation Of
that order! As a legend, from which
very impressive lessons are derived, this
assumption is proper; but to go outside
of the asylum and assert it as a histOri-
cal fact, requires a greater amount Of
assurance than we supposed any intelli-
gent Sir Knight possesses!
In his zeal to make up a case, or his
lack of knowledge upon the subject, he
makes assertions in direct conflict with
the facts. In 1861, Francken estab-
lished a body of the Scottish Rite in AL,
bany, IN whick the SANE ritual is non
used as tcds used By Fraacken more thaE
a hundred gears ago. He says, however
1T (the Scottish Rite was manufactured
in Charleston about 1903
Again he says The assertion that
any portion of the York Rite, from the
Entered Apprentice to the Order of the
Temple, is taken from such a modern
concern as the so-called A. and A. s
Rite, is really too preposterous to de.
mand intelligent discussion, and we viii
waste no time or space here to consider
it
And yet Sir. Knit. Alfred Creigh, o
Pennsylvania, has shown that the 'Ordel
of the Red Cross was taken bodily from
the Scottish Rite, by Webb, about 1903.
OF Sir Knit. Creigh's discussion, Sil
Knit. Gouley says: With Sir Knit
/ Creigh, we do not think that the degree
of Red Cross should ever have been at
tached to the Order of the Temple
"Sir Knit. Creigh shows that our pres
ent system of Orders of KnighthooC
was arranged by Webb and his associ
ates, and he therefore claims that the
present system should be discarded, anC
the English system, which, he says, i!
the more ancient and lineal descendan.
of the ancient military order, should b.
adopted. In this country, before Webb
time, there had been no governing anC
supreme body. Webb (as DR.. Creigl
says manufactured our ritual, arranged
the system, and organized a governing
body.
"The degrees of the Scottish Rite ex.
listed long ago, and in their consolida.
ton, and in the organization of a gov.
erning body, there was less of change
and invention than was used by Webb
and his associates in organizing oul
American system of knighthood.
But the origin of Sir Knit. Gouley's
troubles seems to be in the alleged dis.
covery that in the Scottish Rite some Of
the signs, words, etc, ETC., of the order;
of knighthood are also used. We con.
fess, after most earnest effort to view
this matter seriously, We are unable tC
do so. He does not pretend that they
are given as the signs, etc, Of The order,
Of kaighthood. The principle underly-
ing this objection Of there is any prin-
ciple) is that the words, etc, used in the
ceremonies, ETC., of the Order cannot
properly be used by Masons under any
other circumstances Sir Knit. GOuley
completely ignores the distinction be-
tween the general use of a word and the
peculiar Masonic use Of hat word. To
reveal a cOuntersign is n of the gravest
military ofenses but the use of the
word in ordinary conversation, Or in any
other way which does not indicate the
peculiar use made of it, we never knew
to be the violation of any law.
But he says that the knights of Ks-
dosh also claim to be Knights Templar,
and do not recognize the American
knights Templar as Templars. Does
the Master Mason MosonicuIty recognize
the Templar as a Mason? Does the
Master Mason have any Masonic knowl-
edge even that persons not MasOns may
not be and are not Templars? Of course
neither a Knight Templar nor a Knight
of Kadosh can NasOnicauy recognize
the other as being a Knight Templar, or
ever a Mason. And there is no more
inconsistency in the same person being a
Knight Templar and a Knight of Ka-
dOsh than there is in his being a Mason
of any other two degrees Or rites. He
holds hat there lisa mortal antagonism
between the two rites, and yet he in
dueed his grand c~ommandery TO pass Il
resolution, the effect of which was in
tended to be to limit the comforting of
the consistory degrees upon Knights
Templar only, and in the presence of
knights Templar only
But We can devote bat little further
space to this discussion. 1t is very re-
markable hat Sir Knit. Gouley has at
this late day discovered the evil tenden.
cies and designs of the Scottish Rite and
its enmity to Templar Masonry. The
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment
Of the U. S. is a thirty-third two
thirds Off not more) of his predecessor
we're; two-thirds of the officers and
of the Grand Encampment, at
is last session, were Masons of the Scot
.ish Rite. Thee. Commanders of Maine.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, etc.
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hi
lois, Wisconsin, and many other States. !
to the same rite. In Connecticut, |
very member of the rite is a Knight
The G. Commander of Penn
is at the head of the consistory,
nd is in the frequent habit of coaferriag
not communicating the degrees. Sir
Knit. Carter, the head of the consistory
f Connecticut, has often conferred these
egrees in the presence of clergymen
nd laymen. Sir Knit. Carson, of Ohio,
as conferred these degrees, probably,
lore frequently than any other person
! the United States. We might men
on many others, but we name these as
lustrations. None Of these hare ever
iscorered day Of the eUiIs Sir Knit. Gou-
y THINKS HE has and yet they have
cen as well acquainted with Templarism
he is, and more, infinitely more, with
lie Scottish Rite than he is, as he him
If substantially admits.
Our own Dunlap Uarum ct veae-
ibiIe nOmen,-the devoted Mason, the
knight, the true Christian in !
actice as well as by profession, was the :
cond officer of the Supreme Council at
e time of his death, and had often as {
'ted in comforting the degrees. His 4
ample and name are, to us in Maine, a
ticient answer to any charges that any I
In which he took a deep interest is j,
.tagonistic to Templarism or hostile to Y
or the Christian religion. p