The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-08-04

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public meeting, for the purpose o' sell
nrotec,ion against all persons who might |
/ ie found iuimical to our rights that IA to
say. thieves, robbers. murdcrer', &c
a.. The people seem TO be, aud no
doub, are, much concerned in the pres
.rvation Of their rights and freedom from
any moleststion by such pests OF society.
At the meeting an organization WAS
had with great unAnimity, which pro-
posed 10 aid the law in bringing soch
offenders TO Justice At Marshall We
have two Justices Of the Peace beat
Constable. a Sheriff and Mayor, be-
sides others ; and, in addition to these.
the organization constituted Chief OF
Police 10 strengthen the aid of the law "
proposed, and large number OF the
people constituted themselves into po'
lice for guarding the lives and property
of the people and also the organization
Of a Military company. ! belong to the
Police organization. | have no doubt
Of the propre,y Of all this nom, or ut
any other time Of emergency in aid oil
law. Now, one case. and the first one
under this effective union for selfpro,ec.
,nn A few days after this organlza'
ton ean happened 10 become apparent.
horse thief was caught in our very
midst r.,i,dble AorS A~f. IN the person
Of Robinson, given maine not known,
} and the stcaler Of more than one horse
according to his own showing. Robin.
son was caught IN the vicinity OF Mar
shall on the 3o,h July pas' Now let
n, see how III. law was aided by these
- III, knn
custody two or threc days without war
rant, as if the only object OF hls de'en'
tion was to exhibit him at varions points
as "A horse thief His keepers were not
to- blame for they could not discharge
him lie lad s'oien hos0 nsts,n firo mles
Of Marshall and n Har,,son eonny 7tms,
and they were doing their duty to de
tam him I'LL the law came Bot II seems
tina, the law with all i,s aids could not
come to their relief II is now the 3fd day
b of August and the 4th from the time OF
e the apprehension and custody OF said
. horse tni.f and | believe the law has
rot come vet But where IL the thief
. ropc7 Is the law stronger with these
u aids than without them
+. If The law had no other aid than hdci'
5 ity on the part OF its officers IN It's prop
cr execution this thief would now I've IN
the lsil at Marshall to answer tor his
y ,ransgrcssion committed within two
g miles of the prison But he ~ not IN
I iail , Where is h.
hear people speak Of the weakness
ot the law. They don't understand
y what they talk about. The weakness
Il of tue law The law is ample; full OF
life and energy 1t arrests offenders
snd suspected persons r,iA or 1Hdon'
II warrants and makes provisions tor al
a cases But lie officers What shall ",
"A say
" 4 vig,lan, police we nave, and il II
: now doing good service, and bids far t.
10 catch and bring cvocy offender t" TIN
N law. and the law II properly executed
q will ba sufficient without those aid
Is which intervene and bid defiance 4
a. law and ,rsrgross i
fl, SIR can Won ten vhrro that horse
4, ,hicf is and yhy Il IS TIA, ho is not u
iail IN Marshall 90 answer f'r bls crime
" How. sir. VS. ;..c Laws ( r'SaIa its '"rme
u. dignity and rcepccti
T. T.ese gaui.lpF. Il occu.s- - "a are
n "Ne'y tefp'c', pertinent AT -
+" We are no lawyer, and coi 1uenti,
are ~, prepared 70 ins'rpc, the o!icer'
, Il tine law relative To- their duics Bu
w. a. know what the public interest,
and the peace Of society demanded il
d this case aol what i demands in al
o other casos of Ike nature The par
r. lies who los, their property, ongh'. al
y good citizeus, to have had this man Rob
. inson regularly committed, and il they
failed to do 50. :, was the duty Of thu
ofliccrs If the law, 10 have attended I,
a the matter. aud to have instituted suci
a proceedings rs would have led 20 hi,
@ prosecution !. was \ matter Of notori
r ETY. that thief had been arrested, and
that among other things stolen in this
town and vicinity, was the horse Of q
y citizen OF this county. living within tive
miles of Marshall For several DAYS
this u ief was paraded about our streets
), We take It for granted that oar officers
,. were coguizant of to proceeding. and
|. If they were not cnnvcrsan' with all tho
II facts and reports connected with the
n affair, they were not ~ vigilant AZ they
e nnght to be, or IA the proper admins
tra,ion of the law requires 1t is fo,
$ them. aud not for us To say why there
was no action in the premises
n What has become of the thief? One
T. report stated that he had got away
. Another that he had been carried Il
). Shreveport, IN tie STATE Of louisiana
e friend informed us, ola Thursday, thai
he met three gentlemen that morning
i, about seven miles from town, with tho
- prisoner handcut.td, proceeding in the
d direction Of Shreveport.
p Now. we object 10 snch proceedings
/, as we have detailed for the reason, that
their inevitable tendency is to produce
contempt for the law, and to substitute
in It's stead anarchy and mob violence