The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-27

Opinions of the English Press on the 18th
of July Riots.

ance IN tins city
The London Times OF the 14th. says:-
TO realize what might have happened
In Ireland we nave only 10 look at what did happen
Ia New York. for 0rangeisn has teen sedulouslY
uropaeated 10y Ulster emigTants wherever they have
settled, and us intoerant srl. IS no less lntractl-
bile IN Canada and the united states than IL
app re- sDu the S' municipal authorizes 'U Of
New York were harasseu by the same
meet the emergency with equal Judgment or sue
The Cbiei or Police hastily issued q notice
prohibiting the Orange procession. This was re-
sented as an encr0achment on popular rights and
nluma'ely reversed by counter proclamation from
The Governor ordering the clvl ana military power
SSoSroiect tue orangenen: TINS change OF 'front.',
noWo.eI, was made too late. IN spite OF eXhorta-
Hons lIoSs their priests tue 'Nband'' mob attacked
'ie l 20 o anu conflict ensued III which ac-
cordIiS 70 one.9ccount, above sixty rioters were
ttIle1 alo toD " shaded by the police and soldiers
a aiones of the Or G c on s ss,a ~ have been
placed undet rms is twelye reglnents neiug
aole the disturbance was. NJ ms sad aifair
lesIants are not landlords nor the E6erlea ne rto.
tenants; dominant Chpvch has ever IN nnileI
cie1t walls like those OF Derry, or battle ieldsfe
mat of The Bovine, recall the memory OF anclei.
conflicts, and no ground or antagonism either
social or political, divides the one faction irom the
II, therefore, IRISH party fends are as impla
cable in America IN Ireland, and even more SAN
culinary. II concerns freshmen to ask themselves
whether irish nature IS not more responsible for
their origin than English insrule, especially rs his
tory attess tAels prevalence long before the Goa
quest.
The London Ddl'B Ne,rs expresses Itself as Toll
lows regarding the affair
This outbreak is one OF the most deadly on
record. In Europe we have had experience OF
sanHuinary street lighting; Milan, Warsaw, Berlin,
Vienna, taris, have oeen the scenes of prolonged
handto-hand contests; out the conflict has been
between the people, OF portion OF them. and the
HoVeihheht. for associations ol privatS cit!zens
who nave no quarrel VITA the authorities, to
turn cut and do battle with one another
In Inc open street unnl the killed and wounded
may be reckoneG oy hundreos is q new thing IN
the world. 1t mas taken place for the first Tune III
America Yet II Is Impossible TO reject without
some shame that II the LATHE was American IN It's
locality was European in character and origin.
II Oh clIe enCes that was thus brought
to arpltfamenJ 5000 miles from our shores. IL was
ali Ulster quarle ell, the venue OF which was changed
10 New York. hut what after all, the
quarrel? The answer tnat must he gwen
10 his question Is Illuminating. The parties
had literally nothing 10 fight tor but an
Old grudge 10 satisfy. Even ireland, where the
Orange anniversary has been faithfully celebrated
TINS week by processions the observance has be-
come uHIneanlng; but III America tnls transfer ana
prolongatou OF the outworn leuds OF The Old World
is wanton, ungratelu ana wicked. We cannot alb
solve either patty 10 these riots. The Orangenen
knew TO what risks they exposed the peace o. their
neighbors, whose hospitality sheltered them
ana unuer Whose government they lived. The
preparations winch Governor HOFFMAN found 1T
necessary 10 make would nave sufficiently en-
Iightened them as 70 their duty II they nad re-
garded the public peace more tLau the spirit OF
party. Tie people OF New TorA we're naturally
indisnant mai In mat city OF popular pvocessions
a Knot OF strangers shculd have power
1orDid any peaceful demonstration; but they would
have been well content hau me Uran-emen seen Mt
declare themselves satisfied WIFE the confidence
paced III them by the Governors proclamation OF
Tuesday night. what nave the American people
10 do Will the long catalogue OF exclusions, pro-
scnptIons DETERMINATIONS and prosecutions OF all
kinds that deface the history OF ireiandy Orange
men ana klbbonmen, Protestants and Catholics,
have in America reached a new SOL, where they
only 10 obey the laws ana i've induslriously IN
order TO realize as mucn prosperity as Is given 10
morIals IN this sublunary state. But IL Is the UNI
fortunate propensity OF d large class OF the Irish
people to dwell TOO much on the memory OF the
past, wnere they nave every inducement to lcoA
hopefully forward TO the futnre
The Manchester guardian of the same date has
lengthy article the subject from which extract
the following
The Americans and Germans OF New YORK. who
are far enough from sharing the oiGory ana inso-
lelce CT the irish Orangemen, seem 10 have con-
celved "A suspicion that the potent influence OF the
Insn Catholics the New \ orr municipality had
been abused III order 10 suppress that Iree manes-
tation of opinions even OF tue most outrageous
kind, which Americans are accustomed regard
Inc blrthr1ght OF every American citizen and
the glory OF The Union, least III North.
They did not care straw for the oranGemen or
their demonstration, but they did not choose that
any party procession should be deDarred rom
marching through streets only because II was,
doubt naturally enough, offensive and distdSteul
TO the Roman Catholic irish VINO are themselves
allowed 10 celebrate their festivals and annlyersa-
ries by professions of u like klnd. The consequence
appears TO nave been that Governor Holman re-
voked the Original. decision OF the New OK author-
ties, resolved that the orange procession should
be permitted 10 take place, and called out some
rec ents OF the city militia 10 AID the police III
REFRESHING any riot whica might arise il such
determination had been originally formed and
have followed, aud that the Roman Catholic IRISH
mob OF the city might have been restrained from
violence. Nor Is IL TO be disputed that native
Americans might not unnaturaly be unwilling that
any party procession however absurd OF exlfava-
CANT II might be, should be suppressed mercy IN
accordance with the VIII OF immigrant foreigners
and in spite OF the tolerance which the laws and
customs OF their country nave concurred IN allow
ing TO the pubic manifestation OF any ard ali poiti-
cal or religious iaitns. But whatever ground there
may possibly be 10 question the proprlely and eN-
pediency OF the original decision, there can, 1t
seems to us, he no douot that II should have been
maintained after IL mad once been announced. The
passions VI the Ordnpcnisls eueiies were neg ~
ened by the modification arising from loss OF the
triumph " hicii Jhey had confidently anticipated anu
possibly by the hope that intimidation might vet
the victory when they had noped 10 WIN.
The result Inat when the orange procession
assembled anu commenced IFS mar h on "Wednesday
afternoon, unGer the protection OF the militia ana
police, IL vas attacked al several Places 10y lIlsh
Catholics, anu me ponce ana ctllen sOdcry repeat
edly Hted upon the rioters, who appear 10 nave
freely used firearms, PROBABLY revopers, IN returD
More man sixty 81 the rioters were kllled. WhIle
some hundred ana nifty OF tlcm were wounded,
and SIX policemen and ten mitamen were killed,
though We are not tod now many were Wouuued.
IL a. one time feared mat t.s riDtlng might be-
continued through the night ana might lead 10 fur
ther blOodslcd: but, happily, these apprenensloDs
uniuinJed, ana 'tu midnight jhe city was
qlIetn a. We are informed by telegram OF yesJer-
days date. mus The 18Th OF July ended New
YORK. and ithe Oranzemen we're enabled there 10
reap such triumph as tneJ might rom tie slaughter
Of lDelr Toes ON the militia ana police aud from the
thought That many catholic widows and orphans
would lament the day whereon these sell-chOsen de-
Tenders Of Professionalism mad chosen u ming tncr
defiance INTO the faces OF tnelr ancient enemies.
II II % be hoped that this outbreak may not be
the forerunner VI religious discussions which may
curse New Ork and other American States
WIN the fate OF Ulster. But II IS impossible cOi
Ceal IOm ourselves That such outbrca Ks themselves
bcge. enmltles, when IN their turn give rise 10
1iesb outbreaks TIL at last the spirit OF mutual
hattad ana suspicion spreads throughout the whole
0f r1clet5. TIE IRISH Catholics ana Their descend.
ants form "A great ana growing proportion Of the
population OF New Ork ana several other Atlantic
States The naive American population Is tolerant
enough IN matters OF religion aud is lully disposed
90 allow them TO profess thclr own ain IN
hut n IN, 1qf p,. ,.OfI
glously ana politically II quarrel between
Ogangemen agd labbOnmeu shall be transferred i,y
irshuen beyond The Atlantic. IL may be That the
native population Will not always remain neutral
between The COmpatants ara " n does aKe a SIDE
rhat side VIII not be the CajnOhc Nor wlil
Americans, II tner passions snall be once ayOuse,,
bemuch more unwilling 10 deal sierny with Roman