The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-16

su'lngiy, vlndctlvely and meanly refused 70 pup
llsh their line OF march or TO give any necessary
! Information the Mayor was not able to make
arrangements for the preservation OF the peace at
any known place. Those that now desire that ne
I should have Issued proclamation week In al.
vance may begin to see the possible reasons Tor not
Towards the beginning of this week It became
generally known that various societies were meet
ing for the purpose or joining issue with the orange
men on their own terms The latter were inviting q
hght and they appeared like,y TO get It, rhis was
not cheering news; Tne hgnt seemed inevitable.
Then the first thought OF The Mayor was not towards
the orangemen, not towards the o H,ibernlians,
classes, whose only opportunity - mob.
ana whose only desire Is destruction ana
I They number very many thousands. They would
! join any side or no SIDE. With an unarmed or poorly
armed militia and small police force New York Is
scratch New York. says Wendell Philips, and You
will find the Commune. On Monday afternoon the
OMnyemen had scratched New York; A riot was
inevitable. The TWO millions OF dollars owing
suddenly to double The hundred anu fifty thou:
sands OF year interest for the riot debt appeared
The s oransemen insistci on tarling out Pew few
ppss Suddenly Ss% Y Sswes for out pSSa e
ly.n Men whose constitution requires the
downfall OF religion aud the present abrdgment
hgious liberty Their only purpose was politics.
They wanted first to choose a DAY on which a Dutch
up light to prove they could that tie ish gov
ened New York. Tnis was very pretty for Mr.. Grant,
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very well Tor men VINO owned no property and had
no children In this cy but 1t was bad news for the
every 400 people. IL was very evident that the
! Commune was moving, and that the mob, like
in gold. The police were brave enough inc
rioters, from al sides. would have ouinumbered
platoon anu see him safe through New York" SO
men said. The Orangcmen counting the Canadians
$50 their leader says, and there is not half that
number OF poncemeL IN New York. "Give 'cm a
could induce them to defer the ,, parade. the
once IN forty years In this city Indeed, they
had threatened last year TO take an American holi
what danger they would put the city in. they did
not care. In the Supcrnendents onlc, there was
e Tuesday ov s Ss
morrow would bring the order was brought out and
the superintendent stop stopped "a tl ls,p parade .
liglous liberty ' The press was dissatisfied. II
called the act a surrender the press was blind.
! sided with the press For once the literary author
ity and the lowest class were In perfect unity Of
the howl Of the Commune and the nowi Of the
press In the face OF 1t all he surrendered" peace
@ saso s eH e NJ sssa that &e
Mayor Is without principles For once the Tribune
was right The Mayor could not See mat the cruel
ribbons round their necks, made him the godfather
Of religious liberty. He could not know that
leaty to the British Queen Onlctaly he was only
to Keep1t. The parade was to be stopped. For the
sake Or the sweet little grl IN ner grave clohes
his duty. Let 1t stand for what it Is worth.
New York city is ON crowded island, a triangle
means Of escape. AT tile lower angle commerce has
piled up its destrucible property. Along the Broa0
the lover Angle Give mob the east side and the
west. and property and lille are In terrible danger.
There are no London bridges, and innocent Barnaby
Mayor exercised MS duty; and on Tuesday night the
| Orangemcn breathed freely, the women and chill
! dren slept quietly, and men SAID there Will be no
New York state is larger and her powers arc
stronger. On Tuesday night the Governor issued q
! proclamation, and the Osangemen were permitted
10 parade IL they chose. At this moment they
body have have remained at home home II" The " re:
lIgious liberty o. o,r marching IN c, the IS state OF
Dill not command. lie took his place. with the ro-
llcc and the chief officer of one OF the states
proclamation of his superio. onicer Tue Governor
had his right. IL IS something to be thankful for
gous liberty to create rof. Some say nifty. some
say $50 hung on the scaris and paraded we
Tc and Wonder where the oransem cS were
Thanks to The lateness OF the permit little OF tile
Commune was h up 9es snere was tight ana for
by The troops Not IAN an 0r"ngeman was touched.
Happily the procession was not long. It is said
! that one regiment, after firing, could not reload
mad t. save his comrades from death Dy threatening
to brain Il militiaman Ii he did not stop firing. THIS
was 10 be expected The soldiers did as well as they
could. SAID witty reporter TO his companion. as
they stood IN store, and the soldiers leveed their
guns at the door. Drop they are doing their level
| Tho smoke is clearing away, and men are begin
ming to see that the precious lives OF men, women
and babies are gone. 1t Is hard TO reach the rioters.
! They lntrenchcd themselves behind the uncxpect-
ing innocent ones; Il was the innocent ones for
| whom Keso cared. But, echoed the men whose
wives anu children were safe IN Long Island and
! New Jersey,
--"somc one had blum dered."
Public sentiment in any exiyency or riot always is
divided upon the proper methods OF dealing with 1t.
II all parts OF The world were as pure rs the rural
in the city But New YORK has seen great many
riots from the OF the doctors Of the last century
to the one lnstigated from Long Branch in 1871.
treatment at various times arose It was found that
men OF even the same party could not always agree.
| A great many believe, as an invarIable rule, IN de-
privmg riot at ali hazards Of its cause. unless
there is greater evil on the other hand to be en-
cOuntered when the eXtir patton OF cause INJURIES
public security more than the riot itself
can. We remember that one or two OF the
march being protected at all sac:ificc as well as q
great many people who grew angry over the sacri.
fec OF public liberty, stated repeatedly in PRINT at
tie time OF The Aston place riot, that was the duly
OF the Mayor t. close the house and forbid the per-
the lessee. aud thereby protect the theatre and sur.
rounding property and innocent lives. Others said
/ tHlS WOulU DE Il surrender 10 the mop. The then
Mayor permitted the house 10 be opened. There
was nevertheless no audible performance, The
public was no more grati1ed than II the doors had
been closed. Much OF the building was burned. A
great deal OF other PROPERTY was destroyed. Many
sons and press who had advised the Mayor not TO
! sur ender, but 10 keep open the house. condemned
him for his want OF foresight In not closing 1t, and
| not allowing the excitement TO cool.
IT. on TINS 10Th OF July, the city authorities had
never said word about preventing the parade and
thereby, as was inevitable. hundreds OF innocent
lives had been lost and millions Of property de-
stroyed, the populace and the press would nave de-