The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-12

| The Orange Observation-Disclosures of Gov.
ernor Honman-Rcvscaiion OF shs Order
| Of the Superintendent of Police.
| night, and at late hour issued a pro-
clamation, which we publish this morn
| ing, revoking the order of the Superin-
| tendent of Police, and guaranteeing
the protection of the civil and military authori-
ties to the Orangemen if they choose to parade
| to-day. The proclamation was the result
of an earnest elaboration between the
Governor and other officials, and in its gene
eral bearing shows the ruling quality of the
City Recorder of 1868. 1t is indeed noble
recapture Of the lost city prestige
perfect Winchester victory over the
mob law and anarchy that threatened
to pillage our camps. The proclamation states
that any and all bodies of men desiring to
assemble and IN ,rch in peaceable procession
in this city to-day will be protected to the full
est extent possible by the military and police
author ties. The Governor himself will make
his headquarters at Police Headquarters dur
ing the day as Commander in Chief of the
Army of the State, ready to grant military
protection to all who request, it and
prepared with all the powers of his
august Office to enforce peace and secure pro-
lection to all peaceable citizens. 81 give
notice, says he, ''that all the powers at my
command, civil and military, will be used to
put down at all hazards every attempt at dis
turbance."
These words have the ring of the true mettle
in them. They redeem the city from the dis
graceful stain that the surrender to the
mob had cast upon it. They remind
our peace-loving citizens of the Re.
corder who punished rioters in 1868,
and they are quite likely to remind the would
be rioters of to-day of how their prototypes
of that time were used and how unshrinkingly
they were quelled.
We may now be assured of peace to-day.
The public sentiment so strongly and indig-
nantly expressed through the city newspa-
pers has secured an honorable peace instead
of the mere incrustation of peace that the
surrender promised. The city is again in the
hands of the friends of law and order, and
in exceedingly strong and willing hands at
that. The militia is ready, under arms the
police is fully instructed; the appliances
of the police electric telegraph, bring
the whole ctys breadth within reach
Of the one ruling arm at Police
Headquarters, and all are at the Governors
bidding. Everything promises serene and
peaceful day, and if the Orangemen choose to
parade there seems to be no reasonable doubt
that they will parade undisturbed.
| But they have achieved, in the events occur
ring during these past two days and ending
with the Governors proclamation, a
triumph which they will run the risk
| of foregoing if they march at all.
1t is understood that they have decided not to
parade, and if they hold to this decision double
victory will perch upon their banners. They
have shown by their ready submission TO the
inconsiderate order of the Superintendent of
Police that they respect and obey the lawful
| authorities of the land, even when the orders
of the authorities are oppressive and of
doubtful legality. They have shown,
therefore, that they have truer regard for
| the good name of the city in which they live
| than their foes seem to have, and that, al
though they are denounced as alien enemies
Of the republic, they are more considerable of
the peace and quiet of that republic than the
rash and blatant people who denounce them
Now let them complete their victory by declin-
ing to appear in procession to-day. Let
them voluntarily renounce the idea of cele-
brating an anniversary that seems to
be so fraught with harsh memories to
the Irish population, and thus put the
capsheaf upon the good record which
they have made all through this business
Let them forget the Battle of the Boyne and
blend the orange and the green hereafter.
not as it was blended among the opposing
| hosts at Aughrim, but as it was blended at
the last St. Patricks Day procession in this
city-as a token of renewed harmony and
unity among the sons of Erin.