THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 311 wn.r9 you as a Mason, as one who once esteemed you, ns a Man of honor who was ready to make reparation where it was due I called on you for an explination of your conduct, your answer has erased every vestage of the esteem the respect I once felt for you and left me with n9 other impression towards you but contempt, a contempt which can only be removed by an elucidation of the Misteries which now envelope you and an explination of the absurdities and inconsistencies of your conduct. at the same time repeating what I have here[to]fore said that when I am made sencible that I have injured you, I shall always be ready.to give any explination or satisfaction a Gentleman ought to give- • I want no more communications from you unless they explain your conduct J. Pilcher S. F . .AusTIN
. 3. MASONIC COlCl\II'ITEE TO AUSTIN
Saint Loues May 16 th 1817 Having perus'd the communications between Mr Pilcher and Mr Austin, We must request that those Gentlemen will suspend all further proceedings for, at least, four or five days- They will please say whether this request will be complied with- vVith esteem
T DouGL.\SS JERh CONNOR STEPHEN RECTOR
[Addressed:] Mr Stephen F Austin Present
4. RESOLUTION OF MASONIC LODGE
Resolved, l\fom. [sic] Con, That as the efforts of a voluntee.r commit- tee of this Lodge, as also of a Committee appointed at a special meet- ing called for the express pm·pose have proved ineffectual towards settling the unfortunate misunderstanding between Brothers Pilcher and Austin, that the vVorshipfull Master be authorised to appoint a Committee of three Masters Masons to watch the Hostile movements of said Brothers against each other. And in case they will not agree to submit sn,id misunderstanding to this Lodge the Committee so named be authoris'd and commanded to call the officers of Justice to their aid to arrest an net which this Lodge fears they contem- plate, equally abhorrent to Religious Masony and Law-Missouri Lodge St Louis May 31- 5817 by order of the lodge J. G. BRADY vV M P. T [Rubric]
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