The Lincoln County herald., 1871-07-20
RELIGIOUS Liberty.

! 10 sn~ country whees seligious free
doa is one ~f che ssudanental principle,
or tse Severanensb the recent actions ol
lrs Irish Catholics in assailing a process
sion Of 0rangesnsN an New York, canno.
fsjl to DO deuou~oa0 by all good oitisens
aas tass suca brstosncss of feeling, such
disgracsfus aeuds, have no part 10 com
S'os With the great sruths and prinoiple
sauSH% Sy the Sasiop Of mankind for tie
guidance Of dhs Christian world, will not
30 denied sy the good and faithful of any
cAusch. Cssholsc o. Protestant.
The OrangemeG 40 an organization of
Irish Protes,aste, and the 18th inst,
which sss ssius selsbrared by them at
the MSe, gas the anniversary OF the
battle Of Boyne, chat occurred 10 1890,
and In which the Protcstants gained a
signal victory over tho Catholics. Since
then an animosity has existed between
them chat has caused the shedding of
olood on msuy occasions. Bus ia a
country like ours, shose laws extend On
equal projections 20 all, such feuds should
be promptly put down.
That the Orangemen have q right to
celebrate this or any other day, as we'll
as the Hibernian and other organized
bodies, is recognized by all, perhaps,
except few Irish Catholics who share
the auimosity eugendered nearly two
hundred years ago by defeat. and which
has been nursed through all the interven.
ing generations. They certainly have
this right under our existing laws, and
not only have they the right, but it is
the duty Of the authorities to protect
them in the exercise of it.
It was probably the neutrality-suspicious.
panderlug to the political influence
exercised by the mob-of Mayor Hall,
that suffered the recent riotous disgrace
in New York to attain even the propor-
tions it did. He certainly was not
prompt and decisive in his action. Had
he announced his intentions to quell all
riotous demonstrations, at whatever cost,
and that the Orangemen would be pro
tected by the city authorities and mill.
tary, the loss Of life would have been
less but instead Of this he tried to ap.
pease the mob faction by sending them
word that the procession had been pro
hibited, and by writing half pleading,
half threatening letter to the Chief Of the
Orangemen to forego the proposed cele.
bration. As Mayor of the metropolis of
America, his duty to sustain the su.
premacy Of the law was plain, and par,
amount to every other consideration.
Gov. Hoffman of New York, and Gov.
Randolph Of Now Jersey, took the right
and only stand that could be taken in the
premises, in declaring that the Orange.
men should be protected, and had Mayor
Hall conceded with the Governor all
would have been we'll The patriotic
course Of Gov. Hoffman has called down
upon his head the displeasure of the
Irish Catholics, and he has been publicly
condemned by the Irish Democratic
Union for allowing the parade, while 1t is
threatened he will never live to see
another Orange demonstration. Such
threats amount to little, and he can we'll
bear the i'll will OF a set of men who,
though claiming the name, are not Dem.
ocrats in principle, in the consciousness
Of having, performed his duty, for which
he has the thanks and tho approval of
the better class of his follow citizens.
It is with pleasure that we notice the
Catholic clergy advised against tho riot.
GUS move, and that it was urged by
fanatics who have neither the fear Of the
Church, God or the law before them.
There is but one way that such outrages
may be quslled, and that is by united
determination Of the churches, law abid.
ing citizens, and firm execution of the
the laws by tho authorities.