The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-27

to that privilege. Thoy are true 10 tntF
traditions: they never lose decent opportunity
Of getting piouay. gonously and immortaiiy
drunk Tor The honor Of pranEeism and the
profit OF the powers that he In ireland. Their
celebrations iu lands beyond tho sea wore up
to the oli-tifne standard, but how they man
aged In this boue-dry 81 0hara like United states
and most parts of Canada, to curse the Pope,
ana a. rolauutc tho "papists" 10 the place that
C,rou,,,cU coupled win Connaught. and TO sing
the DoxoIogy without the assistance and force
Uf jameson and BushmiL Is out Of the sphere
OF our comprehension. In the daily papers we
frequently soe irish Names signed to letters de-
nounciug sclf-dctormiuation for Ireland and,
after reading many 81 them, We have come To
the conclusion that most Of ihom are written ~
the rons ana daughters Of those VINO were re-
Bponsiblc for the Hoffman massacre In New
York on july -. ls7L when parts OF Eighih
Avenue. 27th street and 2ith street were bathed
In the blood of irish Catholic men ana women.
on July 10, the day following the orangemcn
riot. the Now York Tribune said In part: In
tho hospital long rows Of cots presented n series
OF mauglcd and bleeding bodies. some shivering
IN tho agonios of death The miserable victims
wtro held down upon tables while the oxcruciat-
ing work u operating was performed An aged
lady, dressed In deep mourning sat by rude
coffin containing the body OF her eldest son, a
vendor ~ kindlinE wood pursuing his daily
avocation, shot In the breast and fell from the
seat Of his wagon dead At the 18th precinct
station thirteen dead bodies were found In the
hall among them a little girl, her arms folded
and on her face a grllsh smile. At 26th street
and Eighth Avenue about o'clock, five bodies
lay on the sidewalk and ono In the gutter. Near
27th street three bodies lay the head u one
rddled with fully dozen bullets. A. 2Gjh
street the blood absolutely running down
the gutter. a crimson stream"
Such the result OF an Orange society cele-
bration forty nine years ago In New York Most
Of those that participated in 1t have passed
away. but we are inclined to think that the man
who writes In your barometer OF Public opinion
must be one of the dccendants OF those whose
insults to the Catholics OF Now York brought
about the Hoffman massacre, are behind some
Of the nti-Catholic and anu-Irish TRADES that
appear too often In the New York Timog. Let
us look into the history Of this viperous sociery
which for the past one hundred and twenty-five
years has been curse TO Ireland and which
has boen disloyal at all times and everywhere
even 10 England. william III won the battle
OF the Boyne In 1890. The Orange society did
not come into existence until 1895 During that
century the dreadful penal laws against Cath
olics gradually relaxed, and Ireland was
beginning to hold up hcr head In l7S2 the
Irish parliament Gas such did exits in ireland
at that tme) obtained n measure OF freedom
ana emancipation for Catholics, the charter OF
civil and religious liberty was In prospect. But
II Catholics became emancpated they would be-
come entitled 90 own property, and In order to
prevent this the greedy landowners OF Ulster
tand they were intruders for the most parp
tomentod brlgan dage against the poor and
homeless Catholic peasantry. ono OF these
crowds Of miscrennts" the protestant his
torian Kircu, called them, were known
Peep % Day Boys" because they carried
their cowardly work In the dark. They were
the founders OF the Orange society. Wapolc,
another Protestant historian, says they were
composed OF the lowest and most brutal OF the
peasantry and 80 far was religious defense from
being their objective, that historian, Killen,
states; "rhey were ignorant Of the spirit OF
this gospel as II they had mover heard the namo
OF "A saviour Nor their motive loyalty,
for Beresford the magnatc OF Dublin Castle.
wrote to the secretary OF state; Loyalty Is ap-
parent everywhere except in the province of
Ulster" The Orange society was founded
n crime. There the United lrishmen, who were
striving for Irish freedom. at this period
| cuded Catholics from membership OF their 30
| cety. J. II. Green. a noted historian explicitly
states that the founders OF Orangeism threat
| encd TO revolt from the crown II Pitt emanci-
pated the Catholics but their real motive, Wal
pole says was to expel from the country the
Catholics, and TO occupy their holdings"
("kingdom OF Ireland" p AID. Hypocriti-
cal In its religion. sordid in its aims and
ignorant In It's membership. the orange society
characteristics. The birthday OF the orange so
ccty was september 81, 1875. on that day the
peep o. Day" boys attacked a number of Cath
olics at Diamond I'm, in Armagh tin the pro-
vince OF Ulster) and murdered nearly so Of
them. Tho Battle OF the Diamond" Orange
orators call n: but we may Judge Of the kind
of battle" 1t was, when We learn that not
Peep q Day" was killed, and there is no men
tion OF any wounded. The Massacre OF the Dia-
mond it might be called and that was the opin-
| ion OF Under Secretary DIR, Drummond, who dis
missed Col. Werner from the mRgistracy in 1897
for toasting the Battle of the Diamond" and
reprmanded the commemorauon OF "a lawless
! and most dsgraceful conflict" on this blood
stained field the name OF Peep o, Day boys
| was changed to Orangemen. for the purpose
says Piowden, "of tAkng off the stigma OF de-
| hnqucncy." Thus. like many other criminals,
| they strove TO cloak their crime by assuming
| an alias. Such Is tho history OF this blood
| stained orange society and we hopo the readers
| OF your valuable paper will consider his opin-
ions given in Barometer OF opinion column and
| signed AN orangemau."
! i. J. DUFFY.
! Coninsvuc. Okla. Sept. 12.
Editors Note; SO great in numbers have been
! thee contributions to barometer in reply to
"Orhugcmen' that the editor is compelled to
| conclude the series with Mr.. Duffey's extended
remarks. All sides have had their day in press
4 and not in court and feel sure one will
! feel aggricVed by our decision, II would be uu-
/ fair to others seeking TO present views varl-
Gus subjects to continue the Irish discussion
started by the "OrauCcman." II Is the editor $
! wish that the Barometer be varied IN subject
| and used by large numbers. Broyity Is OF cap
| ital importance. The purpose Of the depart
: ment is To afford many an opportunity to eN-
epress their opinion without too much OF an
| attempt to prove it.