Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-11

issued an order, forbidding both the Or
ange procession and the target excursion,
of the Ancient Order of Hibernia. The
The parties comprising the target COM
panies, represent that portion of the
Irish Catholic element, which expresses
its determination to oppose the Orange
display.
Supt. Kelso, in his order, says that he
has been applied to by the Grand Master
of the Orange Lodges in the United States
to give police support to the celebration,
by procession through the principal
streets and avGnues of New York on the
18th inst, in honor of the Battle of the
Boyne, and the surrender which was its
consequence. These several commemo-
rations of victories won on the soil of
Ireland, by one English king over another
two centuries ago, eDgendered national
differences which have descended from
generation to generation with increasing
acrimony, and large bodies of citizens
participating in these feelings form part
of our community.
The Superintendent has been legally
advised he should not aid any street cele-
bTation that involves feuds and animosi-
ties belonging solely to the history of
other countries than ours, and which ex-
perience has proved to endsnger the pub
lie peace abroad and at home. 1t is given
out that an armed conspiration for de-
Tense has been made by the members of
the prrsding lodges; indeed it is an
nouneed. The procession appears to
have been specially organized beyond the
magnitude of any previous one, and is
emphasized with announcements that app
parently evince determination to resent
if not svenge the events which attended
last years celebration, and some of its
leaders have stated to the Superintendent
that they considered collision newt
able.
If this needless celebration should pro-
woke general disturbance, 1t would fur
nish the opportunity always sought by
the lawless and dangerous classes of the
community to participate and carry the
so far as to endanger the
srfety of persons and property.
Legal decisions have settled that the
occupation of the streets by procession is
a mere matter of usage, or federation,
and always subject to police regulation
and supervision. The surrender of thor
oughfares to large organized bodies of
men necessarily iDterferes with the indi-
Vidual rights of other citizens, and those
thus engaged are, in the eyes of the law,
permissably trespassers. The liberation
of procession by the citizens and au-
thorities is perhaps due to the fact that
street meetings and parades always rep
resent some sentiment or occasion not at
all calculated to provoke hot blood.
On every subject matter for police dis
cretionary permission, the inconvenience
of the few ought to be surrendered to the
widest security for the property and per-
son of the greatest number of citizens,
and at all times the police should prevent
occasions for disorder, rather than wait
to regulate or suppress it 1t is very
clear if any one individual should under
take by himself and produce an occasion
of irritation and excitement to others in
the community he would not be in such
an act entitled to police protection, and
surely what may not be done by an individ-
ual ought not be attempted by the organ
lied many, when the aggrayation would
be so much greater.
The order concludes by instructing the
police to dispense all bodies of men col
lectlng on Wednesday next for the pur-
pose of joining in target excursions and
professions.
Spelling for a Fight,
THIS evening before it was known that
Superintendent Kelso had issued the
above order, there were largely attended
meetings of the ancient order of Hiber-
means in this city, Brooklyn and Jersey
City. The delegates of the Irish socie-
ties held secret meetings in Hibernea
Hall in this city. A large crowd collect
ed outside, discussing the parade, and
swearing that they would break it up, no
matter what the Priests said. At the in
side meeting one member said there were
Is, 900 Irish volunteers fully armed and
ready to resist the Orange parade.