The Republican journal., 1871-07-20
The Orauoemen's Riot.

Poii''Po oohio PelSoHS Sullty vi I'LL Ill
territorial breach of the peace, and certain
| ~ OF many innocent spectators, has sent a
| thrill of horror through the country. The
remote causes of that unhappy affair are
SO little understood, that historical sum-
mary of the origin and purposes of the
association that paraded on the occasion
is appropriate.
| "Thc Loyal Orange institution is a
secret political society of the British en-
pire. 1t is bound 10y secret oaths, and
members are known to each other by signs
and passwords. None but Protestants are
| received into the order, and its protested
objects are to support and defend the
reigning king or queen of Great Britain,
the Protestant religion, the union of Great
Britain and Ireland, and the royal family
of England. Any member marrying a
| Catholic is at once expelled. The associa-
! ton takes its name from William Third,
Prince Of Orange, whose contest for politi-
cal and religious supremacy in Ireland
ended at the Battle of the Boyne, July
18th, 1890, by the defeat of James Second,
and the slaughter of his Catholic parti-
zans. The Orangemen were assisted by
a combined force made up of detachments
| from almost every Protestant Kingdom in
Europe. The Orangemen have always
| been aggressive, turbulent and lawless,
| so much so that, Notwithstanding theil
! avoWed devotion to " British loyalty
their parades are now forbidden by law in
the United Kingdom. In Canada, where
| the Institution flourishes, the Prince OF
Wales during his visit of 1860, persis-
tently refused to recognize it.
| The population of the city of New York
is largely made up OF Irishmen. by birth
or descent. These men have fled from
| the hardships and expressions OF gov
eminent that they detest, the outragcs OF
| which upon their ancestors and themselves
are u bitter and burning memory. Cast
ing off allegiance to the Queen of Eng
land, they have ioyfully taken the oath OF
| naturalization to this country. During
the late war, while the British govern
ment was sending abroad its Alabamas
and Shenandoahs, and supplying the
! South with arms, the Catholic Irishmen
| swelled the ranks of the Union armies,
and now lie by thousands in Southern
graves. BY the very terms Of their oath
| bound association, Orangemen must re-
main forever loyal to the government OF
| England, and can take naturalization from
no other. They must be always the sup
| porter of those who Cypress the Irish.
Was it to be expected, under these cir
cumstances, and with these facts, that the
Irshmen of New York were to view I'M
moved the parade of their old time oppres-
sors and the enemies of republican gov
eminent upon the soil of their asylum
Were they to doff caps and bow to the
piti!ul handful of the representatives OF
British monarchy. as they crept by COVER
ing between double lines of military
We say this, no. in vindcation but in
palliation of those whose blood boiled al
the sight Theoretically, any body OF
men, while preserving the public peace,
have the right TO associate and parade
without hindrance. But if in the future
we are to take measures to prevent the
transfer to this country of the political and
religious quarrels of the old world, the
manner Of doing it may become an i'm
portant question. And in considering the
means to that end, shall we give the place
| Of honor 10 our traditional enemies. and
friends? With questions of religion as q
nation we have nothing to do The broad
principle Of universal liberation alone OBJ
tains. Each and all are free to worship
and proselyte, so long as the rights of
each other and the public peace are re-
spected. With questions of politics and
ourselves. When a "Loyal Orange In
stitntiono demands the right to parade
through the streets of an American city
with arms and banners, and protected by
armed men. it must do it as the specially
sworn upholders of the British throne
aristOcracy and government, as well as
government policy-as a society alien to
our soil and hostile to our institutions.
The adopted citizens of this country who
lonl- wifi, NO
cast their lot with rs for all time-thev
and their children. The British throne
and lis oath-bound supporters are abhor-
red by them, as they should be by all citi-
zens of this country, native or adopted.
We have obligations to them which aliens
cannot share. The duty of allegiance and
the right of protection are reciprocal Is
it stretch of the executive power to for
bill the Offering to citizens of conspicuous
alien enemies? Was it such as n measure
precautionary to the preservation of the
imperilled public peace? We would not
care to look upon the heaps of corpses
that encountered those streets, Of men in
prime of life, the innocent spectators, the
women and the little children, the pave
ment red with their life blood, and reflect
that an act of ours had permitted the
slaughter. Let those exult who can, the
future will read the history of that day by
different light.
The letter of Charles p kimball, Esq,
accepting the Democratic nomination for
Governor Of Maine, is 4 manly, straight
forward and patriotic document, speaking
plainly and intelligently on the great
questions involved in the canvass, and
taking strong position with regard to
the important reforms which the Democ-
racy has in hand This letter should be
in the hands Of every laborlng man in the
State, and should also be read by all who
have the interests of the special industries
of Maine at heart That State has been