The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-07-20
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ded in the village of Loughgall
county Armagh, September 21, 1905.
The immediate occasion of tho
crisis was series of outrages by
which Catholics were forcibly elected
from thoir houses and farms, IL or II
houses being sometimes, ACCORDING.
TO a disinterested witness, wrecked
ia o single night; terminating, Sep
ten: her, 1875, in an engagement, call
cd from the pl, GO where it occurred,
the Battle of g Diamond. Tho
association which nngan among the
ignorant peasantry soon worked it's
way upwards The general disaffcc-
tion towards Fr rglish ruie, which !.
that time pervs, ed Ireland, aud il
which the Ca holics, as q nature.
consequence OF their oppressed con
dition, largely participated, tending
much to i'd nifty in tho mind ot
i'rotestants tho cause of disloyalty
with that of popery; and the reb.::
lion Of 1868 inseparably combined
the religious with the political antip-
athies. In November of that year.
the Orange Society had already
reached tho dignity of Grand
Lodge of Ireland, with grand
master, grand secretary, and q
formal establishment in the metropc.
lis; and in the following years, tht'
organization extended over the
entire province of Ulster, and bad
its ramifications in all the centres OF
Professionalism in the other provinces
Of ireland. In 1903, it extended to
England. A grand lodge was found
ed at Manchester, from which war.
rants were issued for the entire king
dom. The seat Of the grand lodge
was transferred to London in 1921.
The subject more than once was
brought under the notice of parlia.
ment especially in 1913; and, in
consequence, the grand lodge of Ire
land was dissolved but its functions
in issuing warrants, &C., were dis,
charged vicariously through the
English lodge. The most memorable
crisis, however, in the history Of the
Orange Society was the election of II
royal duke (Cumberland) in 1927 as
grand master for England; and, on
the re-establishment of the Irisl,
grand lodge in 1928, as Imperial
grand master. The Catholic Relief
Act of the following year stirred up
all the slumboring antipathies CT
creed and race, and the Orange as.
sociation was propagated more Wig
orously than ever. Emmissaries
were sent out for the purpose ot
organizing lodges, not alone in
Wales and Scotland, but also in
Canada, in tho Mediterranean, and
in the other colouies. But tho
most formidable part of this jealous
propagandism was its introduction
into tho army. As early as 1924.
traces of this are discoverabie, and
in 1926. No fewer than 32 regiments
were proved to have received war
rants for the same purpose.
The organization of this strange
association was .aost complete and
most extensive. Subjects TO tho
central grand lodge, were three
asses--co1nty, district, and private
lodges leach of which corresponded,
and made returns and contributions
to it's own immediate superior, by
whom they wero transmitted to tho
grand lodge. Each lodge had a
master, deputy master, secretary,
and chaplain. The only
Of membership was, that
the party should be Protestant, and
18 years of age. The election OF
members was by ballot, and each
lodge also annually elected its own
officers and committee. The general
of tho association was
vested in the grand lodge, which,
consisted Of all the great dignitaries,
tho grand masters of counties, and
the members of another body called
the grand committee. The lodge
met twice each year, in May, and on
November 5-the day pregnant With
associations calculated to keep alive
the Protestant antipathies of tho
body. All tho dignitaries of the
society, as we'll rs it's various con-.
and executive bodies, were
subject to recollection. In 1886, the
numbered 20 grand
lodges, 80 district lodges, 1900 pri.
vate lodges, and from 100000 To
220, 900 members. The worst resul.
Of the Orange association was tho
constant incentive which it applied
to party aninosites and deeds OF
violence.
In the North os Ireland, the party
displays and professions were a per-
petuaily recurring source of disorder
and even of bloodshed; aud the fra
ternity which pervaded its members
was standing obstacle to the ad-
ministration of the law. 1t was
known or believed that an Orange
culprit was perfectly safo in tho
hands of an Orange jury; and nli
in the local administration.
of justice by magistrates was des
troyed. These facts, as well rs az
allegation which was publicly made,
of the existence OF q conspiracy to
alter the succession to the crown iH
favor of the Duke of Cumberland,
led to protracted parliamentary in
auiry in 1885; and the results of this
inquiry, as well as very shocking
outrage perpetrated soon afterwards
by an armed body OF Orangemen o.
account of a prcceseio. i irelano,
tended so muc. :, discredit the as
sociatiop, and t6, awaken the public
mind the weakness and tci- Of
such .ssooiations, that its respect
ability hos since gradually diminish
ed. So great was the popular dis
trust of the administrator of justice
in party questions, that for severs
wears the Lord Chancellor laid dow
d rule, by which no member eftho
Orange association w-s admitted To
the commission of the Eo .ce; and al
though the association still srbsists,
it is comparatively without influence
exoept among tic very lowest classes
in tho North of ireland. Ofthe col.
lon,al offshoots Of the Orange associ-
alton those of Canada have at alI
times been the most flourishiDg.-
The Canadian Orongemen, being
for the most, Irish euigrants carried
with them all the bitterness oftho do
nestle feuds with tho Catholics
Outrages directed against tho Cath