The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-30
OraDseisn ON Its Native SeiI-whas May
BE Expected from Ifs Transplantation.

As long as the public mind is excited 1t can
be reasoned with only in crude way II will
not listen to the cool logic of facts. Riots ara
always more or less unfavorable to reflection,
and that Orange riots form no exception to the
rule will be soon acknowledged, even where
their peculiar characteristics are least under
stood.
But it is now time to admit that the late
specimen we have had here was trifing
affair after all. We do not mean that the
shedding of 80 much innocent blood was q
trife, for it was grave and deplorable calam-
ity. 1t is the Orange part of the work we
regard as trifling. We are, however, quite
willing to remember that the number OF
Orangemen who took part in the procession
was comparatively small.
The bravest band of soldiers that ever fought
is apt to De mild and orderly in presence Of an
enemy fifty times its number. Besides, it
should be borne in mind that the Orange So
ciety is yet but of tender age in America. II
otherwise, it is stunted plant; the American
soil is not favorable to its growth. Be this as
1t may, we think we can satisfy all who are
willing to be convinced by undeniable facts.
that whether the comparative mildness of the
Orange Society in the streets of New York on
and gentleness Of youth or from the character
istic sedateness and prudence of premature
age, it were well for the peace of the country
that it would be weaker rather than stronger
this time twelvemonth
Now, let not American Professionals who have
not studied Orangeism be too hasty in arriving
at conclusions. We do not prefer Ribbonmen to
Orangemen; nor do we prefer Catholics to
Professionals, as such, any more than we prefer
our neighbors to ourselves. The truth is that
all the religion either party has is not worth
mentioning, nor is the patriotism of either Of
a more genuine type.
1t is only with the Orangemen we have to
do, however, on the present occasion. Our
readers are aware that none were more in
favor of allowing them to march and protect
ing them from attack than we. At the same
time we were quite aware that the greatest
statesmen had again and again prevented
them from marching where they had a much
better right to do so than in New York Not
only have they been prevented in Ireland, but
laws have been enacted by the British Par
Lament completely disbanding the Orange
Society throughout the empire as dangerous
to the public peace. And what are called the
anti Orange acts have ever been regarded by
the friends of Ireland as evidence of an honest
wish on the part of the British government to
treat Protestants and Catholics alike. In
other words, those acts are universally adj
mitted by all impartial men who understand
them to have been dictated by the same spirit
Of ''fair play" which has granted Catholic
emancipation and disendowed the Irish
Church.
1t is needless to inform those acquainted
with the history of Orangeism that it would
have been utterly impossible to have prevented
annual battles and bloodshed on an extern
sive scale in most of the counties Of Ulster.
had not those restrictive laws been enacted to
enable the local authorities to call out the
troops on the 18th of July and other Orange
anniversaries for the protection of life and
property. However much wings, tories and
radicals have differed on almost all other sub
jects, they have generally concurred, within
the last twenty years, in the opinion that there
could be no peace in Ulster if the Orangemen
were allowed to march about in armed bodies
displaying emblems so offensive to their Roman
Catholic neighbors and playing such tunes "a
''Croppies Lie Down." ITO He'll with the
Pope" 1.-The Pope in the Pillory aud the
Devil Throwing Priests at Him." &c.
II should be remembered that those who
had once belonged to the Orange Society them
selves for political purposes found it neces-
sary to take an active part in the enactment
of those anti -Orange laws. This is true, for
example, of the late Sir Robert Peel. Even
Lord Castlereagh once admitted in the House
Of Lords that it would disgrace any govern
ment to encourage, directly or indirectly, q
system at once so absurd and dangerous as
Orangeism. As to the Irshmen to whom
Ireland can be said to owe anything, whether
they be Protestant or Catholic, not one of
them has ever been found in the ranks
of Orangeism. On the contrary, all have
opposed the system, denouncing it as worse
calamity than an annual visitation of the
plague In its most malignant form. Grattan,
Burke, Sheridan, Swift, Smith O'Brien and
Plunket were all Professionals, but all were as
uncompromisngly opposed to Orangeism as
OConnell himself, who was Catholic.
or all the msfortunes of Ireland there is noe
one that makes the national Muse shed more
briny tear than the same sentiment which
caused the death of 30 many in our streets
only few days SINCE Thus, one of Moore's
most pathetic lyrics is that in which he repre-
sents the Genius of Erin as weeping ON the
banks of the Boyne, having seen Discord drop
his loaded culver in the tide:-
But vain her wish, her weeping vain,
AZ time too well had taught her;
Each year the flend returns again