Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-10-31
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Rome, Nov. 81, 1888, v. E.
To the Ill. and Puiss. Bro. Albert
Pike, 33rd Degree =. Sovereign
Grand Command: of the Supreme
Council of the 80 -. for the
Southern United States:
United States:
Illustrious and Venerable Brother:
Il venture to enclose to you a copy
of a circular which, in my character
of Grand Master, | have sent to all
the Lodges holding under the B -.
o -. of Italy to encourage them to
! Vatican, which is every day found
more in opposition to the progress Of
humanity.
For us Italians this struggle Is all
the more necessary, because the Pope
is the natural and uncomfortable en-
envy of our liberty and of u national
unity. To you, illustrious brother, it
will not be unknown that the clerical
party by its chief is busying itself
everywhere in the world TO under
mine progress and to restore Rome
to the Papacy. The claim is foolish
and ridiculous; but, nevertheless,
even the American bishops support it
and make public display Of their per-
feet accord with the Vatican. You
ought to propose in all the Lodges of
the United States an energetic pro-
test against it, and send it to me. You
are of so high authority that you will
be able with ease to effect this. In
pursuance of your initiative | am
sure that in the Lodges Of Europe an
identical movement will take place.
Thus the principle will have new con
firmation that the Freemasons are
consolidated everywhere in the world,
and to the demonstrations of the cler-
icalism of the world will be put in
opposition those of the Masonry of
the world. / pray you, illustrious and
dear brother, to open freely to me
your mind upon this grave argument,
and to receive my triple and fraternal
embrace.
ADRIANO LEMMI,
33rd Degree, Deleg. Sow. Grand
Commander.
Sites Gntlport mar:
Cor. =. of Washington,
Jan. 20, 1889.
To the Ill. -. and Most Puiss. -.
Bro. =. Adriano Lemmi, 33rd
Degree -. Delegate Grand Com
mander:
Very Dear Brother:-If / could have
given you any encouragement to hope
that | might be able to accomplish
the desires expressed in your much
priced letter of the 21st of November
last, | should have answered il imme-
diately upon receiving tit Is not
possible to induce our Masonry to
take united action or any action in
resistance against the Papacy.-lt
(the Roman Church) knows that
neither of our political factions, the
Democratic or the Republican, dares
to refuse Its demands or resist it's en-
croachnents, or to warn the people
of it's insidious influences, which are
necessarily making rotten the founda.
tons of our free government. Neither
faction feels that 1t can afford to lose
the Catholic vote, which continually
grows larger by immigration; and
neither will ever take any step that
may be likely to transfer that vote to
the other party. So Catholicism has
become a political power here.
ALBERT PIKE, 33rd Degree =.
Grand Commander.
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Der pplttiSfeu Saae. - or. 81