s ▁ill ▁health , ▁they ▁returned ▁to ▁B irmingham ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁England , ▁he ▁brought ▁back ▁the ▁Independent ▁Order ▁of ▁Good ▁Tem pl ars ▁( IO GT ), ▁a ▁temper ance ▁organization ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁joined ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁The ▁first ▁English ▁l odge ▁was ▁called ▁Columbia ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁in ▁Mort on ' s ▁Chap el , ▁Cre go e ▁Street , ▁B irmingham , ▁founded ▁on ▁ 8 ▁September ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁He ▁became ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁Good ▁Tem pl ars , ▁though ▁sometimes ▁called ▁desp otic . ▁From ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁to ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁the ▁English ▁and ▁Irish ▁Good ▁Tem pl ars ▁were ▁in ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁Good ▁Tem pl ars ▁in ▁America , ▁as ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 5 ▁the ▁American ▁body ▁had ▁adopted ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁accepting ▁de ▁fact o ▁ra cial ▁seg reg ation ▁of ▁lod ges ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁South ▁after ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁re union ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁and ▁English ▁lod ges ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁Mal ins ▁comprom ised ▁by ▁accepting ▁seg reg ation , ▁but ▁Mal ins ▁and ▁the ▁Good ▁Tem pl ars ▁were ▁un comp rom ising ▁over ▁temper ance ▁and ▁regarded ▁as ▁extreme ▁in ▁England . ▁Mal ins ▁was ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Local ▁Option ▁votes ▁for ▁local ▁areas , ▁which ▁could ▁vote ▁to ▁go ▁" d ry ". ▁He ▁opposed