The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-15
BLOODY RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Between the Orangemen ana
Hibernians.
100 Killed and 500 wounded.

100 Killed and 500 wounded.
! The great city of New York was on
Wednesday last the scene of fearful
riot between Irish Catholics and the Irish
Protestants, the Hibernians and the
Orangemen. The 18th of July is the
anniversary of the battle of Boyne, and
the societies of the Orangemen, who are
Irish Protestants, resolved to celebrate
the day by public parade and procession
through the streets of the city. The
Hibernian societies, the Irish Catholics
threatened to suppress or oppose their
demonstration. The Mayor and Chief
of Police of New York City, apprehend.
ing the bloody result, issued a proclama-
ton forbidding the Orangemen from cele-
brating the day by public parade and
procession. The merchants of New
York City protested against the arbi-
trary and tyranical order of the Mayor
in using his authority in discrimina-
ting between the rights of one religious
and political organization to the preju-
dice of another, and pronouncing the
proclamation in opposition to the great
American doctrine of liberty to all and
demanding that equal rights and privi-
leges be granted to all alike. The state
of facts coming to the knowledge of
Gov. Hoffman, he caused the Mayors
proclamation to be revoked, and issued
the following:
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
"Having beeu only this day apprised,
while at the capital, of the actual condi-
ton of things with reference to the pro-
posed procession, aud having, il the be-
lief that my presence was needed, re-
paired hither Immediately, | do make
this proclamation
The order heretofore issued by the
police authorities. in reference to said
procession, having been duly revoked,
hereby give notice that any and all bod
les of men desiring to assemble and
march in peaceable procession in this city,
this the 18th inst, will be permitted TO
do so. They will be protected to the
fullest extent possible by the military
and police authorities. A military and
police escort will be furnished to any
body of men desiring it on application to
me at my headquarters, which will be at
the police headquarters in this city, at
any time during the day. l warn all
persons to abstain from interference with
any such assemblage or procession, ex-
cept by authority from me, and hereby
give notice that all the powers at my com
mand, civil and military, viii be used to
preserve the public peace, and to put
down at all hazards every attempt at
disturbance; and 1 call upon all citizens
of every race and religion to unite with
me and the local authorities In this de-
termination to preserve the peace and
honor of the city and State.
TSigned1 JOHN T. HOFFMAN.
The Orangemen being thus protected,
and their line of procession guarded by
5 or regiments of soldiers and fifteen
hundred policemen, resolved to continue
with their celebration. AS the march
progressed through the principal streets
it was attacked at several points by Hi
bernian mobs, which provoked a fire
from the soldiers and policemen. There
were several right sharp little engage
ments as the march progressed, resulting
in all some forty killed and 175 wound
ed. The morning of the 18th found the
city as quiet as usual.
This collision between the .Hibernians
and Orangemen is the result of the bit
ter ranking which has existed for centu-
ries between Irish Protestants aud Irish
Catholics.
The Society of Orangemen is Pro-
testant organization, and said by some
also to be political, that is opposed to
Republican institutions and sworn to the
support and maintenance of the British
monarchy so long as it remains Protes-
tant.
The Hibernians are Catholic Socie-
ty, organized to protect Irish Catholics
from the domination of the Orangemen,
and the two organizations have had many
bloody results in the old country.
The Battle of the Boyne, the day
which the Orangemen were celebrating
in New York, was fought in 1890, near
the Boyne river in Ireland, between Will
liam of Orange at the head of the com
bined forces of the Protestant Kingdoms
of Europe and King james at the head
of an army of Catholic French and Irish
men. The battle was a decisive one,
ending in the complete overthrow of