Resolutions of the Orange Lodges of Clogher, Augher, Aughnacloy & Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1798
Extracted from the Belfast Newsletter, November 9, 1798
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
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We, the undersigned members of different Orange Lodges in the neighbourhood of Clogher, Augher, Ballygawley and Aughnacloy, having been informed that many irregularities have been committed in some Orange Societies in this district, and that a few members of the same have been guilty of acts of disorder, which may, if not suppressed, throw an odium on a loyal and well-intended institution, do unanimously enter into the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we will meet every month, for the purpose of receiving information against any Orange Man who may stand charged with improper conduct and should that the complaint appear to us to be well-founded, that we will deliver up the offender to the next Justice of the Peace, and at our expense carry on a prosecution against him.
Resolved, That though we have to lament the misbehaviour of a few, we shall applaud the conduct of the great body of Orange Men who may be charged and person against him. Should any attack be made on any person merely for his being an Orange Man, that we will at our expense carry on a prosecution
Resolved, That should it appear, upon proper enquiry, that any Master may privately admit into the secrets of the Orange Order any person of improper character, that we will apply to the District-Master to remove such Master , and report him unfit for ever acting in that capacity.
Resolved, That it be requested our District-Master may in each of our monthly meetings lay before us the names, with places of abode, of each person who may from time-to time be admitted as a member of any Orange Lodge within the district.
Resolved, That we will for the future alternately meet at the towns of Augher, Clogher, Aughnacloy and Ballygawley, and that next meeting shall be held at Augher on Friday, the 30th of November next, at the hour of twelve o’clock.
Ballygawley, 30th October, 1798
Signator Signator John CROSSLIE, D. M. James M. RICHARDSON Sir Wm. RICHARDSON, Bart. Wm. FALLS John C. MOUTRAY George HARRIS W. C. LINDSAY Robert THOMPSON Hugh NEVIN Wm. F. SPEER John STORY Samuel MAFFETT Stewart MULLIGAN Richard ARMSTRONG Robert PETTIGREW Hamilton HARVEY Edward MOORE Thomas ARMSTRONG R. G. GORGES Wm. WARNOCK
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