The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-29

asssmblein the name, ,and revere theuem.
oryef George Washiugton, believing him
- y blessed by Almighty God, in rails.
ing ssia ias.iug tribats tS his memory,
che aaivorsai ifteedena, boil, civil and
religious, offhis country to The end of
time. Likewise do they reverence the
name of Abraham Lincoln, as one whom
the people ofthis country should forever
remember as the great liberator of assc.
ton of the human race.
The Orange Institution lays no claims
TO exclusive Professionalism of exclusive
loyalty, bu. 81 admits no one to member.
ship, whose, creed, is1 not Protestant
Without this requisite the greatest and
wsalthiess may seok,admission in Vain Vain.
That the candidate bshall be bell Believed V
to be incapable Of prosecuting or iuj
ring any person on account of his rcli.
gious opinions is'also necessary for ad,
mission into the Society. lsi1sa ''',''- '''
daThe whole Institution is one neigh
borhood, within which every Orangeman
is at home in the farthes. part Of the
world, aud which is the mechanism Of
Institution that whilo its operations ore
thus extended, its every movement is
alike felt aud answered in every part
1u short, the Orange Institution, like
a glorious morning luminary, is iutonded
to pour its refulgenoe not on one part
only of the eireumfers nee of the globe
but simultaneously on every portion,
equally enlightened.
The Society ignores politics. It has
13 Lodges in Now York, averaging
about 100 members each. There are
also besides large Lodge in Newburgh
and one in Petsdam, N. Y, four In
Pennsylvania, FIVE In New jersey, three
in Massachusetts, and one in Illinois
The orangemen, were joined in their
parade in New York on the 18th inst,
by about one thousand fye hundred
members of the American Protestant
Association, and by about one thousand
other sympathizers, SO they had alto
gether about Ave Thousand mon in line.
They expressed calm, determination
to parade, regardless of opposition. They
intended to GEEK no quarrel, though
they were prepared to repel one. The
Grand Master and other promiaent mem-y
bsTs ofthe Society had received many
threatening letters, prior to tho day
on which they had decided to parade,
warning them that if they did go it
would be at the periiiof their lives. =
The Roman Catholic Irish Societies,
chiefly the Ancient order Of .Hiberniaos
of tag City of New York and vicinity,
number about ten thousand men, of
whom all, it was believed, were prepar-
ing, previous to Wednesday the 18th, to
parade on that day for the purpose of
everawiny, il not of aasailing the
Orangemen. The Roman Catholics We
hemently declared that the Orangemen's
object was to insult their creed and their
manhood, and that they desired to wan
tonly revive. memories of cruel wrongs
and persecution suffered at the hands of
the Protestants in Ireland years ago.
They objeetea,s above all, to the com
iaiemoEae0niof the day in.which ireland
was finally crushed under the heel Of
British despotism
Now the Orangemen deemed them
selvesrfreo aud independent subjects of
the u United States Government, not lack
ing in allegiance and patriotism to Repub-
lican principles and Republican laws,
and felt that thay had right to celebrate
or commemorate any day that was dear to
their hosGms or their memory Hence
their cool and settled determination to
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