The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-14
TBS rTiurpa or Liberty and LAVA
Glorious Victory.


nation against the attempted surrender Of the
city to the mob was changed to public
congratulations with the publication Of the
Governors announcement that to the extent
| Of the military forces and defensive resources
at his command the Orange societies, II
necessary, would be protected In their parade.
Best of all, when put to tho test upon this
proclamation In behalf of the law and Of the
great principle of equal rights, the Governor
and the city authorities, proved themselves at
all points equal to the emergency and to all
possible combinations Of riotous men though
ten times in numbers greater than the CON-
binations routed aud dispersed.
| The browning result is the triumph Of
liberty aud law; and, all things considered, so
great a victory has seldom been so cheaply
purchased. How remarkable have been the
transitions Of the public feeling from day to day
since Monday last! On that day the good and
seasonabe advice Of Archbishop McCloskey
and his clergy Of this city on Sunday last to
| the Irish Catholics in reference to the Orange
| procession it was hoped would have good
effect upon even the most belligerent of the
Hibernian Order, particularly as those whole
some instructions were published in full in the
HERALD and substantially in all toe daily jour-
nails of the metropolis. But on Tuesday, with
the PRONUNCIATION of Order No. 81 from
police headquarters, and the indignant COM
ments of the public press thereon, cloud
Of disgrace cast its dark shadow over
our fair metropolis, and made gloomy the
countenance of every honest man. Wednes-
day came upon us-a beautiful SUM-
mer day-yet morally lurid and threat
ening from the ominous gatherings
and movements Of reckless desperadoes
bent upon mischief, while at the same time
every honest face had frightened from the
reading of the Governors manly proclamation.
On Thursday morning-the battle having
been fought and won for equal rights, the con-
stitution, liberty and law-the brightness of
the unclouded armament was fully reflected in
the honest faces Of our fellow itizens of all
nationalisies and creeds, races and classes,
Professionals and Catholics, natives and foreign
born, whites, yellows and blacks. The honor
of our city had been vindcated and the su-
premacy Of law and order here had been main
tanned.
The universal sense Of relief experienced is
refreshing to contemplate, for 1t appears to be
the general opinion that we have had an end
of such bold defiance to the principle Of equal
privileges for all and to governmental authc-
rity. Yes, the community breathes free again
since the issue has been made and right and
American freedom have been 80 well sus-
tanned. The bated breath of anxiety of Mon
day and Wednesday and the compressed lips of
indignation on Tuesday at the surrender to mob
dictation have given way to general satisfac-
ton. Though the cost has been great in
achieving the triumph Of American freedom,
equality and lawful authority over the
mob, the result will compensate that. The
shedding of blood is deplorable- particularly
the inevitable price of maintaining liberty
and equal justice In the community. Our
citizens hope now that the lesson of Wednes-
day will prevent the mob from repeating the
dangerous experiment they tried.
But, to use familiar expression, to be fore
the cause of this trouble and endeavor to re-
move it, or at least to be prepared to
prevent a recurrence Of the terrible scenes
of Wednesday. First, then, as the Or
ange societies have had conceded to them
the same privilege Of assembling and pa
rading az the Catholics and others have,
and have been protected in this by the strong
hand Of the government, even at the cost of
blood, considerable outlay of money by the
government and Of cost to our citizens In the
suspension Of business let them not be pulled
up by conceit, and imagine that they are spc-
cially favored The mass Of our commu-
nifty have no sympathy with them in
their old time and Old World quarrel
The American people care nothing for
King William, King James, the Battle of the
Boyne, or any Of tae factious quarrels of Ire
land or England. Indeed, they are heartily
sick of them. They think that these Euro
pean foreigners who come to America to be-
come citizens or to enjoy the protection Of our
government should leave their old prejudices
behind in Europe, and should either become
thoroughly Americanized or pay due respect
to the peace Of this country while residents
here. One class Of foreigners, whether natu-
rallied or not, ought not, from mere within or
prejudice, voluntarily and unnecessarily pro-
woke the passions Of other foreign born people.
For the sake of the country that affords them
protection they ought, If necessary, to give
up something-to yield portion Of their lib
erty-and to consider the prejudices Of
others. Defiance begets defiance. Let the
Orangemen remember that the strong hand of
our city and State governments was not ex-
tended to them because they are Orangemen
or Professionals. not because there WAS any