Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-13
ESTABLISHED 1910.


The bloody riot which yesterday
cost New York many lives and the
profits Of one days industry, besides
other expenses in damages to property
and preparations for the terrible event,
was the result Of feud that dates
back TO a period as early as the first
English and Scottish settlements in
ireland. At first, growing out Of the
natural sntipathy Of the Irish people
to foreign invasion and settlement,
it finally, after the struggle be-
tween William of Orange and his
father-in-law James II. assumed a
religious phase. Nearly all the
"mere Irish" as the phrase then was,
being Catholics and the descendants
OF the Scotch and English settlers Pro-
testants. Centuries of wrong, of rob-
berry, Of arson, murder, cOnfscatiOn
and exile had the effect of quickening
the hate Of a naturally intelligent and
impatient people for their foreign
tssk-masters, and when, after the bat
tie Of the BOyne they saw their best
and bravest driven forth to find death
in foreign service they were stung TO
madness. They rebelled, but only to
be put down by the armed troops of a
power hostile to them socially, pO-
litically and rellgiOusly. In the en-
counters that ensued rs a result Of
/ these rebelIions, theProtestant militia
pretty generally took part' indeed,
they were armed settlers, and as such
were regarded with more disfavOr by
the Irish than the regular troops. As
years rolled on the feud thus estsb-
lished, grew beyond any power to
con troll by the good and true men Of
Irel and, Of whom there have always
been many Of both religions, until
1875, when the Loyal Orange Insti.
tuition" was established, Ostensibly to
counteract the Catholic secret societies
known sas ''The Defenders" "Rib-
bonmen," and "Molly Maguires." I"
The members of these secret
societies were soon involved in
fierce hostility with each Otheri and
as nearly the whole country belonged
to one or the other OF the associations,
all the inhabitants were in some dis
tricts srrayed under opposite ban
neTs, and were always ready for
mutual conflict. The RibbOnmen
became the Catholic Association"
and they and the OrzDgemen,
in lS2S. in the North Of Ireland,
made violent demonstrations, and
shed esch others blood. In the fol-
lowing year the celebration by the
Orangemen Of the anniversary of the
Boyne, led to bloody conflicts in
several counties, iB which many were
killed and wounded on both sides.
The interpOsition Of the military alone
SUI Npressed the disturbances. In con-
seou, ,ence OF this, the order was sup
pressed in lS36, butwa again revived
in 1915, and is st-l maintained. 1t
Was introduced into British America
IN 1872. and in 1861 had 100 lodges
and about $50, 600 members. The sta
tistics Of the organization in the
United States have not been made
public. in the British Islands,
professions OF Orsngmen, are for
hidden, not 50 however, in
the colonies. The Orange excite
ment in Canada, in 1850, no doubt
fresh in the minds Of the readers Of
the APPEAL, is proof Of that. Last
wear, il will be remembered too, there
wss a serious row in New York on
the occasion Of the celebration Of the
day by the Orange lodges Of that
city. The present excitement and
riot is likely to give an inn
petus to the order which perpetu-
ates bigotry, as our dispatches inform
Us Of the formation Of an American
Protestant Association, which it is
proposed to extend to all parts Of the
This is the worst effect yet
produced by the most unfortunate
AMIR that has ever occurred in the
UDit,d States; unfortunate for those
who 81, tered by it, but most unfOrtu-
nate for those who are to come after
US and reap the fearful crops that are
certain to grow from the seeds o!
watered by human blood.