The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-29


assemble in the name, and revere the mem
ory Of George Washington, believing him
% be blessed by Almighty God, in rails
ing ssa lasting tribute to his memory,
the univorsal freedom, both civil and
religious, of:this country to The end of
time. Likewise do they reverence the
name Of Abraham Lincoln, as one whom
the people ofthis country should forever
remember as the great liberator of a sec.
tion of the human race
/ The Orange Institution lays no claims
to exclusive Professionalism of exclusive
loyalty, but it admits no one to member.
ship. whose, creed, is not Protestant.
Without this requisite the greatest and
we1lthiest may seek admission in vain.
That the candidate shall be believed
to be incapable Of prosecuting or iuj
ring any person on account Of his rcli.
gious opinions is also necessary for ad-
mission into the Society.
The whole Institution is ono neigh
borhood, within which every Orangeman
is at home in the fur,hest part Of the
world, aud which is the mechanism of
Institution that whilo its operations ore
thus extended, its every movemen. is
alike felt and answered in every part.
1u short, the Orange Institution, like
a glorious morning luminary, is intended
to pour its refulgencc not on one part
only of the eircumfer nee of the globe
but simultaneously on every portion,
equally enlightened.
The Society ignores politics. It has
13 Lodges in New York, averaging
about 100 members each. There arc
also besides large Lodge in Newbargh
and one in Potsdam, N. T., four in
Pennsylvania, FIVE In New Jersey, three
in Massachusetts,, and one in Illinois.
The Orangemen were Joined in their
parade in New York on the 18th inst,
by about one thousand five hundred
members Of the American Protestapt
Association, aud by about one thousand
other sympathizers, so they had alto
gether about FIVE Thousand men in line.
They expressed calm determination
to parade, regardless of opposition. They
intended TO GEEK no quarrel, though
they we're prepared to repel one. The
Grand Master and other prominent IL en-
bers of the Society had received many
threatening letters, prior 70 the day
on which they had decided to parade,
warning them that if they did so it
would be at the peril of their lives.
The Roman Catholic Irish s. >ieties,
chiefly the A ncient order Of Hiberniaps
of the City of New York and vicinity,
number about ten thousand men, Of
whom all, it was believed, were prcpar-
ing, previous to "Wednesday the 18th, to
parade on that day for the purpose of
overawins, il not of aasailinB the
Orangemen. The Roman Catholics We
hemeutly declared that the Orangsmen'r
object was to insult their creed and their
manhood, aud that they desired to wan
tonly revive memories of cruel wrongs
and persecution suffered at the hands of
the Protestants i'll Ireland years ago.
They objected, above all, to the COM
memoraGcnof the day in Which Ireland
was finally crushed under the heel OF
British despotism.
Now the Orangcmcn dccmcd them
selves free aud independent subjects of
,he United States Government, not lack
ing in allegiance and patriotism to Rcpub-
lican principles and Republican laws,
and felt that thay had right to celebrate
or commemorate any day that was dear to
their hosoms or their memory. Hence
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