Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-07-19
THE NEW YORK TRoUBLEs.--THE ORANGE
MEN AND THE CATHOLICS,

In view of the trouble anticipated to-day
between the Orangemen of New York and
the Irish Catholics, notice of the matters
Indifference between them might be appro-
pirate. THE Orangemen," is the name
by which a secret political society COM
posed of Protestant Irishmen Is now
known, but the designation was formerly
The Loyal Orange Institution" No one
but Protestant is admitted to member
ship in its ranks, and in Ireland where
the society was first organized, loyalty to
the Bri fish crown was one of its principle
tenets. The name "Orangemen" is in
honor Of King William i'll, Prince of
Orange. Members are admitted by ballot
under the strictest surveillance from the
lodges. No one who does not profess a
belief In the Holy Trinity can be member,
and IL one Of their members marries q
Catholic he is forthwith expelled. Their
meetings are all opened, or were formerly,
with prayer and reading the scriptures.
The Institution was founded in the north
OF Ireland In the year 17S5, for the avowed
purpose OF counteracting the influence OF
Roman Catholicism or Roman Catholic
secret associations called 1.-THE defenders
or ribbon men,"
AS the peasantry of tho country were
nearly all Identified with one or the other
of these societies, bitter feeling epranp
up between them, and whenever they met
on public occasions in any considerable
numbers, insults were offered. and numer-
Gus and bloody conflicts were the result.
The laws of the country were powerless to
prevent these conflicts, and the peace of
society was constantly disturbed. A dead
ly hatred sprang up between the factions,
which was sharpened and intensified by
each succeeding conflict, until the feelings
fathers 70 the children, and it has been
kept up for well nigh century. 1t is not
confined to Ireland by any means, but has
followed emigration into this country and |
into British America, where it manifests |
itself, just rs it does in the Old World |
whenever any considerable numbers of the |
two factions are thrown together in any
thing like conspicuous way. The insti- |
tuition in British America numbers over
100, 900 members
Last year, it will be remembered that |
trouble grew out of the Orangemen,s eel. |
ebration in New York of the battle of |
Boyne, on the 18th day of July, and it |
is with the utmost difficulty that !
an outbreak will be prevented to-day.
They attach great importance to this cele-
bration, it being in honor of decisive vic
tory gained in 1890 by William Ill, King
Of England, at the head of an army COM
posed of English, Dutch and allied detach-
nents of almost every Protestant kingdom
IN Europe, over James H., with an invad-
ng army OF French and Irish refugees
They have always observed the day as a
holiday, and propose to celebrate it in New
ork to-day with grand procession. The
irish Catholics seem determined that thew
hall not thus celebrate it, and unless the
of the city and State interfere,
We fear that bloodshed will be the result
While the right of the Orangemen to pa
ade the streets is not and cannot be ques-
Toned, except by Catholics, the latter have
control of the municipal government in
New York, and unless they choose to do
20, no steps will be taken TO protect the
Orangemen in the exercise of their rights.