The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-07-22
Origin of the Orangemen.

The 18th Of July is the anniversary Of the
battle Of Boyne, which was fought near that
river, in Ireland, in 1890, between William the
third Of England (cal!ed William of Orangel
at the head OF q combined force of English,
German and allied detachments of almost
every Protestant Kingdom of Europe, and the
ex King James the Second, with an invading
army Of Frenchmcn and Jr shmen. The hat
tie was decisive one, ending in the COM
plete overthrow of James and his Catholic
supporters.
If tn ere was bad blood between the Prot
estant Irishmen and Catholic hishmen before
the battle Of the Boyne, the result of that
conflict served to intensity and fix more firm
" the pre- existing hatred of the parties for
one another. About q century later, secret
societies began to make themselves felt on
tho side OF the Catholic Irishmen, through
associations called the 1.-THE Defenders" or
"Ribbonmen." Ostensibly to counteract the
Catholic secret societies, the Orange organ
izstion was founded in the North of Ireland,
in 1905. The official designation of this body
is "The loyal Orange Institution It 10,
composed exclusively Of Protestants and its
professed objects are to support the reigning
King or Queen of Great Britain and ireland
and the succession to the thrnne in the pres.
. ent royal family SO long as it remains Pro.
testant. They associate also in honor of King
William the Third, Prince of Orange, whose
name they bear, Gas supporters of his glo,i-
Gus memory"
The organizati on has five degrees or orders
the highest being called the Scarlet Degree
Any member marrynga Catholic must be in
stantly expelled. 1t has its grand lodges,
county, district and subordinate lodges. After
the formation in 1875 of the Orange Associa-
ton, the two opposite societies, were soon in.
volved in fierce ostlity with each ether; and
as nearly the whole country belonged to one
or the other of the associations, all the in.
habtants were in some districts arrayed un
der opposite bann ers, and were always ready
| for mutual conflict. The law was powerles.
for their suppression because witnesses wer,
/ ;ntimdated, and jurymen sometimes refused
to convict culprits bel onging to their owl
| order. a
| The Ribbonmen became the Catholic Asso
I citation, and they adm the orangem.n, in 1922
IN the North Of Ireland, made violent demon
straticns, and shed each others blood. Il
the following year the celebration by tn
Orangemen of the anniversary of the Boyne
led TO bloody conflicts in several counties, il
which many ere killed and wounded on bot
sides. Parliamentary investigation was ha
in 1875 which led to the detection of The fac
that there were Orange lodges in thirty-fou
regiments OF the army. 1t was introduce
into British America in 1926, and in 1851
had l 200 lodges and about 100000 members
The statistics of the order in the Unite
had an organized existence in this countr
but a short time. A person signing himse
James W. Gauld, District Master" commit
nicates tho following TO the New York TT
bune:
The principles Of the order are purely Pro
estaut and benevolent. The obligation take
by the members requires allegiance to polit
cal creed, but, on the contrary, politics al
rigidly excluded from the lodge rooms. o,
4 Society is purely American in sentiment, g
the following extract from our Obligation
distinctly prove:
"And l further declare that l will suppo
, the laws of these United States SO long
they maintain civil and religious freedom; ar
that will, to the utmost of my power, ASST
the Chief Magistrate and civil authorities,
the lawful execution of their duties to mai
tain order and peace when called upon to
So"