The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-19

REFUSAL To BURY ROMAN CATHOLIC SOL
DER, \ FREEMASON.
As very remarkable corolary on our
preceding article, and very striking COM
mentary on the recent denuncations, and
overt acts of Roman Catholic prelatcs
against our unoifcndng Order, we beg to
call the attention of our readers partc-
ularly to the following extract from the
Times military and naval intelligence of
February 5,h
"S1mc excitement has been caused in
Chatham Garrison by the refusal Of the
Rev. VI. Cutie, Roman Catholic Chaplin to
the Forces, to perform the burial service
over Armorer- Sergeant, j. \. Jolnstone.
of SD Regiment, a Roman Catholic Free
mason, who died in Fort Pitt Hospital The
deceased had been member of the Buck
ley Lodge of Freemasons. which met at the
Soldiers institute. \ resident Roman
Catholic priest also declined. us the Rev.
VI. Cutie was his senior. The Rev. MIR.
Phillips, Protestant clergyman, perform
ed the church service when the deceased
was inferred IN the military burial ground
respected, and hundreds of soldiers attend
ed the funeral"
Where then will this persecution of
Freemasons end? Though protected by
the laws of the country, peaccable and
loyal citizens, Roman Catholic Chaplain,
paid by the Government, actually refuses
to perform the Roman Catholic Burial SER
vice, over a gallant Roman Catholic sol
der, simply because he is Freemason.
TO say nothing of the evident illegally Of
the above proceeding, even according to
Roman Cotholic canon law, we have in this
act of he Rev. Mr.. Cutie, most painful
violation of the great Christian law of
kindness and brotherly love.
1t is not the first time Roman Catholic
clergy and prelates have refused to bury
Roman Catholic Freemasons. case oc-
cured at Gibraltar some years back, when
Bishop Hughes, though a very kindly man
himself, then the Roman Catholic Bishop
at Gibraltar, declined to allow extreme
JUNCTION to be administered to n Roman
Catholic unless he abjured Freemasonry,
and then after the poor mans death refused
to bury him.
DIR. Burrows, then the Resident Civil
Chaplain at Gibraltar, and p. G. NJ, read
the service over our brother, in the pres
cnce of thousands of spectators.
What COOL the Roman Catholic clergy
themselves by such unwisc proceedings,
we are altogether at Il loss to guess, but of
this they may rest assured, that such acts
are utterly repugnant to the true spirit OF
that religion they profess to believe in.
Matters however cannot be allowed to rest
here, and the attention of G.. NJ and the
Grand Lodge ought at once to be called. to
course of action on the part of the Ro-
man Catholic clergy, which is most suhyer-
sve of the rights of Freemasons as peace
able citizens of the country, most deroga-
tory to religion, and most unjustfable on
every ground of peace and federation, and
~ NV ENhNihi l'A'itHlN VI ilNllHNllNl ulI
humanity
Mr.. Cullr's refusal to bury Sergeant
tombstone is quite Unprecedented in thi,
country, and must be looked at in a most
serious light, as in itself most irrelgiou;
and unrighteous proceeding.
We feel quite certain that our Graut
Master and our Grand Lodge, will, ON q
proper representation from the Buckley
Lodge, take such steps rs will tend TO up,
hold the right of our Roman Catholic breth.
rem, as, be they ever so humble, they equal
ly claim our sympathy, and deserve GU
pport.-London F'eenasoA
MASONIC DRoNEs.
Candor compels us to make the shame
faced confession that there are by far too
many drones in the great Masonic hive
A Masonic Lodge is not the appropriate
theatre for the do-nothing and idler, 1t j
emphatieally a place where Masons NEE
to work, and to work nicely, harmonious,
and smoothly. AT its sessions, during it
intervals Of refreshment, We should sedu
lousy. whenever opportunity Offers, EN-
ploy ourselves in such manner as will lea,
TO the complete mastery of our desires ant
passions and our general improvement il
the science. The working bees should Sc
their heads together and devise some sur,
means by which to kill off the droues. ]