FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE,

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IN MASONIC CONVENTION,
GR. LODGE SALOON, BALTIMORE, MAY 16, 1843.)
Br. S. W. B. CARSEGY, of Missouri, presented the following, which was unanimously
adopted-

Resolved, That the interest of the Masonic Fraternity, and the good of mankind may be greatly promoted by the publication of a l'eriodical, devoted to FREEMASONRY. This Convention, therefore, eheerfully and earnestly recommend the "FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE," edited and published by Br. CHARLES W. MOORE, of Boston, Mass., as eminently useful and well deserving the generous patronage, support and study of the whole Fraternity. ALBERT CASE,

Extract from the minutes,

Sec'y National Masonic Con. No subscribers received for a less term than one year. And no order for the work, except from Agents, will be answered, unless accompanied by the amount of one year's subscripAll communications and letters must be addressed to the Editor; and, when not from Agents, must be post paid, or no attention will be given to them.

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HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA,

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EXPULSION AND RESTORATION OF MEMBERS. AN intelligent and valued correspondent in Mississippi, proposes the following inquiry:

"Can a subordinate Lodge reinstate an expelled Mason who has been expelled by that Lodge?"

We had supposed that in this country, there was no rule in Masonic Jurisprudence more positively settled, than that an expelled Mason cannot be reinstated by any other Lodge than that by which he was expelled, if that be in existence; or by the Grand Lodge, on appeal or petition. The only exception to this rule, which we can conceive to be admissible, is in a case where the expelled Brother has removed into the jurisdiction of another Grand Lodge, and by his subsequent life and conduct atoned for the misdemeanor which caused his expulsion. We suppose that, under such circumstances, he might, by special permission of the Grand Lodge of the State within whose jurisdiction he is living, be reinstated by the subordinate Lodge in or nearest to the place of his residence. We should prefer, however, even in such a case, that a representation should first be made to, and permission for his restoration obtained from, the Grand Lodge under whose authority he was expelled. We are not aware that there is any precedent for such a proceeding; but the door of mercy can never be irrevocably closed against a repentant Brother. To err is the common lot of all men. Forgiveness is the exercise of one of the finest attributes of humanity.

But this does not cover the whole ground of the inquiry proposed by our correspondent. Under the present organization of the Fraternity, G. Lodg es grant Charters to any competent number of Master Masons, authorizing them to assemble and make Masons; that is, to receive petitions and admit members, not necessarily of their own particular association, but of the whole Masonic Fraternity. The Lodges, so constituted, act under the