The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-22

rounded the Qrangemen WITH a military
guard ButltSis urged against the former M m
That practically it encouraged lawiessness
and against the latter that it2did snotpre
vent bloody uprising.
f In fact nothing has been settled. The
procession was failure Instead OF the
misrepresentation expected from the lodges
of New York and New Jersey, only hun
dred or so assembled. There was. "a panic
among the troops, some Of whom fired into
each other. 1t is admitted that the colone
of the largest regiment employed on the oc'
casion disappeared from thefeld long before
the close OF the conflict; Notwithstanding
the official precautions and military demon.
strations, many lives were lost. And the
Orange insignia and banners were hidden
away, after the procession, for fear OF new
emeutes. None, We think, will dispute the
truth OF these statements. =
And now the question. Is, what shall be
done hereafter? Some argue tbat the fight
must be renewed next year. The Orange
men claim the right to. celebrate their ami.
yersary. Their opponents resolve that the
Battle OF the Boyne shall not be commemo-
rated. Thus there is prospect OF another
ard bloodier collision. And the community
who have no special interest in this feud,
which has been .perpetuated for two hun
dred years, and belongs to another country,
are in danger OF being convulsed by it every
year. They seem to be. powerless. They
cannot deny the Orangemen. q common pri,
vilege whitehall societies are accustomed to
claim. They cannot repress the fiery out
bursts of "the boys in green" How shall
liberty be guarded, and yet annual riots be
prevented2 Here is the problem which
neither the mayor Of the great metropolis
nor the Governor of the Empire State have
yet been able to solve.
The telegram to which we referred in the
beginning Of this article suggests the mode
OF its solution. The dispatch was badly
worded.. It's meaning seemed to be that no
professions except those ofthe military and
those in honor Of the dead should be permit
ted to take possession Of the streets OF the
city. The rule is sensible and Of very great
importance. It will meet the exigency in
New York. 1t viii not be liable to the odiuti
Of political or religious discrimination. And
it will abate crying public nuisance.
According to the present custom aproces-
sion OF any sort claims the privilege efblock-
ing up the public highways, interfering with
theright Of passage, interrupting Industrial
and commercial facilities, and inaaming the
passions OF the community by partisan out
cries and offensive banners and illumins-
tions. And to the citizen who has no in
terest In. the matter whatever, or who feels
himself personally hindered or outraged,
there is mo- resort. We are not deciding
upon the relative claims Of the Orange or the
Green, or of any other orders or societies.
But we think it will be generally admitted
that the right Of assemblage does. not In
volve the right Of procession, and that the
right of the public to the use Of the thorough
fares ought not to be interfered with except
in cases distinctly specified by the law ofthe
land. The adoption Of this principle will
prevent the riot anticipated by New Workers
in July next. =.