Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-12
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE
The American Freemason.

The January, April and July num-
bers Of this Quarterly, published at Gin
cinnati, at two dollars per annum, have
been sent to Us, with the fraternal re-
CARDS of J Fletcher Brennan, Editor.
In the July number we find the fol-
lowing paragraph:
The truth IS that Pike found such a
lot Of rubbish as the language Of these
degrees when he became connected with
the A. 4. s. Rite in the South, that in
1856, he wrote, collected, compiled,
from every ancient and modern author
his fine library afforded, and had printed
an entirely new arrangement Of them,
and which, to give him due credit for
labor uncommon, and industry IN
known to Freemasons in such a cOnneC-
ton in America, are a monument TO his
name, and magazine from which Su5se-
qUszlt authors Of 4. 4. s. Rite
hare draJca on al libitUm, and without
acknowledgment Of aay kind 1rbatever. "
These italics are ours. The book spo-
ken Of was written in part, and in part
compiled by Us, as a draft of the Ritual
Of the degrees Of the Scottish Rite. from
4 TO b, that 1t might be used BY the Su-
preme Council in making a final revis-
ion. We printed one hundred copies. at
an expense Of ZOO, about half Of
which We sold, and gave away the rest.
Two copies, at $50 each we sold to
Rob Morris. They were never paid for,
aud Rr1wrnr, - % IL.
In the same number, under the cap
ton Half In6del Philosopy," the Ed
tor copies this paragraph from com
munieation in the Cincinnati Masonic
ReUie,C:
The writings Of Albert Pike echoed
from New York, have done Masonry
serious injury, and given color to the
charges Of anti Masons but the mem
bers Of the A. A Rite In the Northern
Jurisdiction disayow both the original
and las echo. The cold, heartless, half
infdel philosophy of these writings are no
more a fair exposition Of the sublime
precepts and pure moral influence of
Masonry Of either Rite, than they are
Of pure Christianity.
Bro. Brennan copies this libel with
out being just enough to contradict it
and in other articles attacks US ia such
q style that to send us afterwards his
a. fraternal regards Is a mockery.
He is a 320, having received the de-
grees in Kentucky from DR.. Albert q
Mackey.
1t would naturally be supposed that
he would not borrow orr writings with !
out acknowledgement. Yet he has made
pretty good use of the book we printed, /
and that without aay acknowledgement
whatever, or hint that what he copied |
was not written by himself
LIST. In No, l, the article entitled |
" Religious federation " at page 10. COW
ering nearly two quarto pages, is taken
from our book, and published as origi- |
nal. About one-half Of it is our own |
writing, and the residue borrowed from
other sources.
ID. In the same number, the article |
entitled Religious Revelations Of the |
World, and the Mission Of Freemasop-
~, atpage 10, covering two aud a half /
pages, is taken from the same book and
published as original The first two
thirds Of it were compiled by US the last
third Is our own writing
Sd. In the same number, the article I
entitled Atheisn-What is it?7 at
page p, covering nearly page and a |
half, is taken from the same book. as
are the short paragraphs on page 23.
These are ours. The long article was
chiefly compiled by US, with additions
and changes Of our own.
4th. In the same number, the article
entitled " The Legend Of the Third De-
gree in Masonry" at page 20, covering
more than page, is taken from the same
book. 1t was written by US. So were
the short paragraphs at page p.
The paragraph on Labor, on page
81, is taken from the same book. So is
that on the Uses Of Our Time, at page
46 1t is by Jeremy Taylor.
The whole contents Of page As are
from the same work. About half of it
was compiled by US, and half is our own
writing.
On page 81, april MOI the para
graph on the duty Of Judges and Jurors
was written By US. So was the para
graph on page 81, entitled " Masonry
should be true to her Original Mis-