The Late Orange Riots

?ftÖCLAM.TIÖ3i Of -SOTËTCISTEXDEXT KELSÖ. OEFICE OF SüPEniNTESnrcXT lr roLICS"! Of the ClTÏ OF New Yor.K, l iOOIIulberiT Street, Usw Vouk, luly 10, 18Ï 1. J aKNKKAt oi:vT-:n nu 57". CóptSaih , -Prcáncf. The Süperinteffliont has been spplied to by the Gniml Mhintei tï le Orange Lodgfs in thtr Uivited H:t to give polkM) support to a. oelebration by a proccssion (tÉrough the principal strcots and nvenuea of the City of New York, on ther l?th instant), in honor of the batfle oí the Boyno; anJ tbc sarrender wivicK ii Uw; consequenter These sevorrel comna'ii;ov:iñvo víctorífí cm tlïosoil of Ireland by onc Enlisli king over anofher ooe, oearlj t caentariea ago, engendertdnstRrHal-aMbfoawMwhioii Ifiivo -descended froimgeuertion to genoriftion with iaoreasing aorimoBy, euad largebodies ofeitiiena partioipating in Eeélingg forui parta of our comiuuii ly. The ■ Su-)"ríiitml(!ii faten Iog;% sdvised tl.iii In' should mol aid anj oiaiuuiions tk.tt iiirtJvL-fends nmï anim igitiea belonging Bolely tr tho history of other countriea tha'n 'our ora, and whicfï expwience has proved to endanger the pub! . ho .ui 1 abroad. Th pïopesed celebrfttif, u i obviou to evovy one, bolongs to th Wt tameá els. "Lastreur, apoike-i8)BeealMdi iuv, aiv nucxpncteá public colebration of iflie finn-ijiTï event just named was aooompanicd iu tho streots with inexcusable and deplorable aflrays, by whioh tour oitisons lost their lives, despite the Lnterferenoe oL the pólice. This violeniic was a-pparwly nnprcmi'iiihitctl, and nsjdtedfceiif wlaat i be torjiiud sporrtaneon oxciteiweirt. Tl yèar,boirBver, tficprocessionhasbeen annouuct'd much in advance, and unusual árrangementa have been made toswell the nnmbex of participants by acecssions froui other parts of this State and trom Other States. J.t is givern out tttat arratea pTt-parauons tor tic fe nee have boen made by the ïncmBers of tliu rjarsdinff lodges. Indcccb. the appears to have been espocially organizedbeyond the magnitude of any pvceudinj ont', and ia emr phaiizwl with ranonneenioTits thxi apparently evince a detennination to resent, if not to avengo, the events wlrich atteuded lust year'8 celebration-; and some of its leaders have stated to the-Superindent thatthey oonñdeied a colusión inevitable. If tlús ueectless celebmtion shouM proTokc a. geaenil dEsttnfaoqoo it "woitM i'urnish the opportunity ilu-oys songht for by the luwloss and daugerous elassus of the comiuunity to particípate in it, and to carry cousequonces so far as to endanger the safety of persons and property. Kecent disturbances have boen an-ïiouneed from Groat Britain by cable depatcbes as incident to similar pofoKo demonstratioiis by tho Orange institutions in that country. And upem the closest survey the Superintendent is convinced that if the proposed pvocession forma or moves with its bannen and traditional tuusio auüd inany unthinking, rash and hotheaded spectators wlio are not in sympathy with thefoiiii;i feuds which the procession is intended to glorify, then the whole pólice (and perhaps much of tho military) force of the city might bc required to protect the procession, and largc sections of the city most needing watching would be left ongoarded. If any procession (or occupation of the Btreets by marching order) wero a matter of right, or could legally demand protcetion, then itshould, at all hazards, reeeive an escort and guard ; beoause the authoritios never should allow that which is a matter of right to the populace to be ever lawlessly overawed. But legal decisions have settled that occupition of the street by processions is a mere matter of usage or toleration, and is always subject to pólice regulation and supervisión. The surivnder of thoroughfares to large oreaaized bodies of men necewarily teres vrith the individual nghts ot hor citizens. and 1]i'i' (luis cnir'.'.T'"' """ "' ""-' language of tho ltiw, permissible tresspassers. Tlie toleratioii of processions bvtho citizens and authoritics is perhaps due to the fact that stroet meetings and parades ahvays represent soxno sentiment or ocoasion not at all calculated to provoke hot blood. ín every subjoct-mattcr for pólice discretionary permissies, the inconvenicnco of the fow ought to be surrendered to the widcst security tor tlm property and poreon of tho greatest nuiubcr of citr izciis. And al all times the pólice shoulc prevent ocoasions for disonJer r;ither thau wait to regúlate or Bnppressit. It tu very clear that ífany one individual ahonMQdertake by himseli'to produce au occasion of irritation and excitement toothers is the oommonity, he would not be, in such an aot, cntitled to polica protoction. And surely what muy not be doue by one individual ought not to be attempted by thc organizcd nmny, when tho aggiuvatiou would be so much the greater. Therefore you are ordercd (in confcrrm:ity to th private directions herewith promulguU'd, and wbich relate merely to details ,f discipline and arrangements for j)olice action not oxpediínt to be publiely anuouneed) to prevent the fonnation or progression of the public stroet procession for the 12th inst. alludod to, and of all processions under pretenso of target purposes. You will il.so on that day impartially keep uil streets eleared trom groups and assemblages of every class of citizens, whetheT syini);itliizing with or ngainst the procession, or whether they re lawlessly disposed or otherwise. You will also promptly arrest all persons of any description, who, in thc thoroughfares, use throittciiiiif or disorderly languago, inciting to bioacli oí' tho peacc, in contempt of tho State statutos upon that subject. James J. Kelso, Superintendent.