Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-02
IMPORTANT TO MAsoNs.
a Reply to the Circular from the Grand
Orient of San Francisco.

cient and Accepted Scottish Rite Of Free
masonry of the Southern jurisdiction of tn
United States, to Masons of Sacramento an(
vicinity. A careful examination Of the ar
tice in the paper with the original circular
reveals the fact that typographical error
which appear in two instances in the circular
in the initials of the name of high oficia
Of the Order, not a resident of this coast, ART
corrected in the paper. 1t is therefore be
lieved that corrected copy of the circular
was furnished to the paper for publication
else the proof-resder for the Oakland TiGett,
is well up in the timetable degrees.
We deprecste the necessity of giving pub
licity to Masonic affairs, and would gladly
have avoided newspaper controversy, but
when such imputstions as obtaining money
under false pretenses," and practising " 6
dangerous fraud, are thus publicly cast up L
persons who are acting in good faith. and who
have reliable statistics to substantiate and
justify their every word and act, justice de-
mands REPUTATION of such vituperativ5
denuncistions and vindication of the right.
The Supreme Council, Thirty. third Degree,
of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of TIE
United States, their Territories and depen'
denotes, under which the new organization IL
this city will be established, Is not, as this
would be red letter indicates, "fUuntsin
Ct Masonic fraud > it is a regular and legiti'
mate body, established in 1907, under patent
of powers from the Grand East Of France,
and has had an uninterrupted existence OF
over seventy years. It wss early recognized
by the prominent bodies of the Rite in
foreign countries, too Numerous to be men.
toned here, and which recognition has never
been Withdrawn. An organization under its
jurisdiction existed in San Francisco years
before the resuscitatiOn of the one under
which this dictatorisl documentis issued.
Henry L, Palmer, the Commander OF the
Northern Masonic jurisdiction whom. the
circuj8r recognizes, received his Scottish Rite
degrees under the L niJed States Council Ii
the degrees which he then received were " be.
gus how is it that they ars DOW considered
genuine.
We now tyrn our attention to the Southern
Masonic jurisdiction, under whose authority
the publishers of this circular affix to their sig
natures the figures "33, and who Grand
Commanders the illustrious Albert Pike. We
will give special attention to Mr.. Pixies ere.
dentials, to zee how regular they appear, and
draw a conclusion as to the solidity of the
foundation upon which he stands. We will
quote his own words, by giving an extract
from his address delivered before the Su.
preme Grand Council, Southern jurisdiction,
at its annual meeting in 1873. The italics
sre ours. He said proceedings 1873, page
l9l:
our old transactions to which [ am com.
PEELED to reply, that lre hare none. There
is not in the Secretarist. SO fsr as | can find
any minute Of any session from 1901 Ia 1860
no net Iuow rbCH / }raS elected mcHJey o.
2rbeH Grand C0Utm0HdT. TIE memory OF
the Secretsry. General Is the oalg means Of
proof Of the election Of aRg ajgaltu1u ol
member from 1902 to 1857" Alr Pixies claims
to legitimacy and regularity remind Us for
chilly OF Choate's description of 8 certain
piece OF land Bout ded OF the rth by s
blue Jay. on The south by flying cloud.
The Supreme Grand Council at Charleston
(Southern jurisdicti0u) at its inception gave
the Law Of the rite in the constitutions Of
Frederick the Second, King of Prussia, par
porting to have been drawn by him at q
special Convocation at Berlin, May l. 1856
This Albert Pike acknowledged in q
lecture before the Grand Lodge Of
Louisiana, February, 1888, in ese
words These constitutions CT 1856 be.
came the law of the Scottish Rite, because
they were accepted as such by all who be.
came members Of that Rite" A few words
as to the genuineness of these constitutions
The Grand National Mother Lodge of the
Three Globes, at Berlin, after Investigate
ing the alleged connection OF Frederick II
Of Prussia with these so called constitutions
issued its protocol, under date of December
10, 1861, from which we give the following
excerpts:
1.-The collection of these constitutions, etc
has the title Statutes and Regulations, in.
stitutes, laws and Grand Constitutions OF the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, com.
VIlad NIT fro-, nj bznfi1 -
for use of the Order, by Albert Pike Thirty.
third NJ. P. Sow. G.. Com. of Su-
preme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction
Of the United States.
" According to the contents Of these docu-
meuts Frederick the Great is said to have
revised, reorganized and increased from
twenty-five to thirty three degrees the sys-
tenn Of high degrees in q Supreme Council
held at Bsrli3, and which have often been the
subject Of critical examination il consequence
Of the doubts of their authenticity which
have always been uttered.
"kloss attends to this sutjsct 10 long
examination IA his History of Freemasonry
iu France (page 4G9), and stan ps the con
s.i-uti3ns and statutes Of the Ancient anc
Accepted Rite as The grand lie OF the Order.
" As harsh rs this judgment may appear al
tilst glance, the Directory of the Crane
Lodge If the Three Globes, after repeated
researches in the archives, cannot help sus
tanning IL, by declaring the constitutions en-
ureiy laise, because:
king Frederick the Great attended tc
Mas mic affairs for only seven ears from hi
initiation in 1888 to l744), and was never Gu
gagged in them afterwards"
1t is Therefore falsehood that Kin
Frederick the Great had convoked on the Isl
OF May, lle6, 10 his residence at Berlin, 6
Grand Council Tor regulating the high de-
grees. The documents kept IN the Craze
Nationsl Mother Lodge do rot Bhcw tht
slightest trace ct the above mentioned docu
ments or Of the existence OF q Grand Council
at Berlin.
he Grand lodge resolves to insert tai'
report OK the directory INTO The protocol anC
So to pIomulga'e II to oil the Lodges.
30 much iron T1e best authority
II the reader will take the trouble
70 consult Carlyie.s Frederick the Great,
and Dover Lie n Frederic H., will tiot
on page 252, vol. l. OF the former, and Dag'
80 vol. IL. Of the latter, that Frederick a
physlcal wrecs, was moved from Beria e
his Sans -Soucl palace April Il, lio6, where be
remained until he dled, Justtour months after
lie cCu'd not, therefore. nave been .. Berlin
with couVocation OF nigh Masons on May
lst foil 9wlrE, revising and signing documents
Thus yanlshes the haseiess fabric Of MI
Fixes ancient anu accepted authority, aud
wi h 1t the underplnnIng Of dictatoria
Ihlrty-thlrds VINO nave issued this document
from the High East Of San Francisco,
In Q few words, Albert Pike, Crane
Commander, etc, his authority trsc5ablt
to no earthly source, ersndilolusnt II
his RusOcrRCy, pToClalms himself THROUGH