Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-04
Orangc nnd Greon.

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of the cause OF the troubles, from the New
York Herald, may not be unintercsting:
| Orangemcn is connected in the public mind
with, William of Orange aud the battle of the
| BoyEe, zbnt tho elnin1 Of tho society to such
anticdity is disputed Irish Orangeisn, it is
claimed by many, is not yet one hundred
years old, and was organized, not in conneo-
tion with the battle of the Boync, but as a
federation of Irish Protestants to support
the authority of the British crown in ireland
towards the close of the last century, when
the spirit of the new born American republic
had found voice among the oppressed pco
pie OF Europe, aud caused them to look for.
ward to the day Of their liberation from for
eign oppression. Owngfsto the large num-
Der OF Irish Presbytcrians who took part in
the struggle for independence the sympathy
of the Northern or Protestant districts of
Ireland had been entirely enlisted on the side
Of American liberty, so that for the first time
sice the plantation of Ulster by King James
the people of the North and South found
themselves Of accord upon the
| GREAT PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN FREEDOM
Sympathy for liberty abroad soon beyat de-.
sire for independence at home, und US a re-
suit the organization known as Defenders, and
afterwards as the United Irshmen, were or.
ganlzed all through Ireland. combining men
of all creeds and classes, for the welfare of
their nltive land. So powerful did these us,
sociations become, and 80 great was their ili.
fuence in softcnng the hatrehs aud dcrision
that had for SO long time existed among
the Irish people, that the government became
seriously alarmed, and the higher gentry who
held their land from crown grants, resolved,
with tho approval Of the English aud Irish
governments, to organize a counter associa.
tion of men who could be depended on, un
der all circumstances, to be loyal to the En.
glis'' government In pursuance Of this re.
solve the Loyal Orange Association was form.
ed, based uptn-
UNsWENRlNu LOYALTY 10 THE ENGLISH
CROWN,
aud entirely composed Of the Protcstants of
the ,"true blue" stamp. In order to mark
tlsin auPariority and keep alive the memory
of the defeats ~hich they had in flictcd on
the Catholic population the anniver sarics Of
the b,ttlos Of the Bnync aud Aughrin:, were
loptcd as the fctc days OF the Orange AS
S"ci't:on, when, under the protection of En
g'l>h bayonrts they marched out with.druus
and flies still beating the Battle of the
Boyne,' aud deckcd with Orange ribbons in
honor Of tho Prince William who had saved
them from "woo'len shoes aud peas in their
brogues" ami other "hnrrors Of pnpery'
The result of these .parades on quick aud
sensitive people like the Irish can easily he
imagined. In districts where the Orange
men we're in the overwhelming majority
the celebr'tons p,ssei off peace ,b'y enough;
but IN tho districts whore the parties were
evenly balanced the battle Of the BDyne was
regularly fought over again each succeed ny
year, and sometimes these fights took consid
cradle proportions and resulted in
SEVERE Loss OF LIFE
After the cnIanci patton Of the Roman
Catholics these displays were confined to the
Northern parts Of Ireland, aud continued
without interference from tho Government
until few years ago, when the Catholics OF
Belfast resolved to suppress them by force
! Having appealed in vain to the Government
to lnterpoSe its authority, gun clubs were
formed and largo preparations made for
battle in the streets, when Mt the last mo.
nent, the Government proclaimed tho town
| in state of seigo and took possession of all
the arms that they could fnd. This action
had the effect OF cxaspcrating both parties,
and, though it deprived them of much of
the power tn in0ct injury, it increased the
resolution OF the one purity to have their usual
procession and Of the other to suppress it at all
hazarus. Troops we're poured into the town
| in anticipation of trouble, and the authori,
ties seemed prepared to deal sumlpnrily with
the law breakers. At Inst arrived the event
ful i2th of July, and the Orangenon issued
forth from the Sandy Row District, while the
Catholic party assembled in the Pound. The
Orangemen attempted to force passage, and
II regular battle was fought, in which arms
| Of oil descriptions, that had escaped the
search of the pooo, were freely used, Will,
fatal result. For three days tho town was
given up to the
HORRORS OF AN INTERNEcrNE STRIFE,
during which the rival parties wrecked the
houses, churches and schools of their oppo
nents, according as success smiled upon their
arms. At lcngth the public opinion of Eng
land forced the Irish Government to put an
end TO this disgracoful state of things, and
the English Government soon after passed an
Act of Parliament. entitled "The Party Pro
oession Act" which. made it
ILLEGAL FOR ANY BoDY OF MEH
to march in procession wearing pnrty colors
or playing purity tunes Among the tunes
prescribed by this Act of Parliament arc tho
old chants Of division, "Tho Boype Water"
"The Protestant Boys" and that expression
of exutorant loyalty, "Croppies Lie Down"
1t may DO necessary to state that HCroppy"
was name given to the Irish rebels and an.
piled generally TO the Irish Catholics. It
had its rise, in an order issued by the directo
ry Of the United Irishmen to their partisans