Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-30
The Assaults by Missouri Tenn
pIars on the A. and A, Rite
RRfuted.

From the New York Courier.l
The following calm, dignifed, aud en-
tirely Masonic extract, which We make
from the report Of the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence of the Grand
Commandery of Maine, is from the pen
of VI. L. Comp. Sir Knit. Josiah II.
Drummond, 330, and is in reply to i'll
timed and unfounded assaults which have
been made by NJ. f. Comp. Sir Knit.
Geo. Frank Gouley, G.. Commander of
Templars in Missouri, both in his official
capacity and in the columns of the Free
mason. That We have regretted the
course which one with so fair prospects
of Masonic distinction possessed pur-
sued, as did Sir Knit. GOuley, our col
umns have already given evidence of;
and we do not now hesitate to say that,
while the sentiments so well expressed
by so eminent a Freemason as Sir Knit.
Drummond will be found to be in entire
accord with all we have written on the
subject, less than two months will prove
them to be those of the knights Templar
of the United States, as they have been
and are now organized. We bespeak a
careful p~erusal
"MIssOURI.-Annual conclave OctO-
Der Z, 1867 four subordinates repre-
sented three charters granted revised
statutes adopted a form of drill pre-
scribed, and much local business trans
acted.
This grand body, during its recess
Of eighteen mon tbs, had been severely
afflicted. The cholera swept away in a
few days the C. Captain General, the G.
Recorder (the lamented 0'Sullivan), a
?. G.. Generalissimo, and the G. Stand
ard Bearer and afterwards a p. d. G.
Commander fell with his knightly armor
on. We unite with Missouri in her
lamentat ION. Her loss is a sad blow to
Order, wherever dispersed.
w e regret to find in the address of
the q. Commander an attack upon the
Scottish Rite. We more regret land the
reeret is mingled with the utmost sur
prise) the spirit displayed in the attack
and the manner in which the matter is
discussed. In a Masonic discussion
there should aerer be a strife for victory I
for UicIOTy's sake, or for the mere glory !
Or notoriety of the adrOoate. :
E" The discussion commenced in a con {
with Bro. Albert Pike, the G.. 6
of the Scottish Rite of the 7
.outhern jurisdiction. With that con- q
roversy we have nothing to do; in it we =
hall take no part. If G. Commander
iouley had confined himself to his al n
eyed improper designs of Bro. Pike, T
Of attacking the Rite ITSELF, We 0
hould have no occasion for remark. In y
lew of the relations Of the writer hereof .
0 the Scottish Rite, it is a matter of P
~elicacy for him to discuss this matter q
ut as his silence would be construed
ITO aequiesence. he cannot do otherwise 8
nan notice it in the same manner he 81
ould if he was not a Mason of the 81
Rite. VI
4" One of the grounds of his attack is al
lat the legends of the Scottish Rite are h
ot accurately and historically truel y
is argument in this respect reminds us Y
that of a poor, ignorant disbeliever al
the New Testament: The Parallels to
he, are not half of them t-ue &c
oh things never happened more than nj
If Of them are made up Of whole ca
9TH DC
" To make the matter more ridiculous, tn
possible, Sir Kat, Goulsy, in the same tn