The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-24
MASS MEETING.


House at Lake Charles on Tues
day, May %, 1877, for the pnr-
pose of expressing the public
sentiment of this parish with re-
gard to recent reports, circulated
by the public press, that violent
resistance had been, and was
likely to be, offered in this parish,
to the execution of the civil pro-
cess Of the u. s. Circuit Court in
New Orleans, in the mutter of the
representation, by deputy q. S.
Marsllals, of pine logs in Calca-
sieu.
The meeting was organized by
the appointment of VIM. NJ.
Perkins as Chairman, and of Julien
Richard as secretary. The Chair
man stated the object of the
meeting, and after brief addresses
by Henry j. Labatt, Esq, of
Galveston, and Geo. Fl. Wells and
e. A. Perkins, Esqs., of Calcasien,
on motion the Chairman was re-
quested to appoint committee of
five, TO draft resolutions express
sive Of public sentiment here with
regard to said public reports. The
Chairman appointed. HI such COM
mittee, Geo. III. Wells, J. ".
Bryan, Eli A Perkins, e j. L, ops
M. d., and j. G. Leblen.
The committee retired, and,
returning, presented the following
preamble and resolutions which,
on motion, were unanimously
Whereas. public press dispatches
have recently appeared in the New Or
leans papers. reporting that there bias
been, and is likely to be, violent 10.
sis.aace to the seqnestration by U. S. |
deputy marsbals of quantity of pine
logs IN Caicasieu parish, under a writ |
issued by the U. Il. Circuit Court liz
New Orleans and
Whereas, such reports have already
led TO the sending uf marshals armed |
posse. from New Orleans to C,llcasieu,
and have indnced the Governor vi the
5tste to telegraph to some of our prin-
;iEal citizens an exhort;ition to offer no
to said innrshal's posse /; and
Whereas, snch reports are well csalcn-
ated to injnrs our parish abroad, and
o cause grave anxiety to the chief ex-
'cutise Of onr State therefore, bv the
OF Calcasleu parrish. 10 public ,
BASS meeting assembled, be it
Resolved, 4 at, after the most care.
nj inquiry, we can find no foundation 4
whatever for said public reports, except
bat three citizens of onr parish nave
Ised harsh language towards one of the
eputy marsbals and two persons acting i
s keepers Of some Of the logs seized.
Resolved, That it would he an ont.
age Oh the people of Calcasieu, always
nown as law-abiding people. to hold
hem responsible for the acts of u,,ly
|lree of their fe low citizens
Resolved, That though the writ of
in this instance was
obtained. and has been ar
itrarily and illegally executed, the ,
eople OF Calcasien are not only deter
llned to respect the authority of the I
onrt from which it issued. and of the
Ulcers charged, or in any way con
erned, with its execution, bnt they !
ledge the honor of Ca casien that those I
Ulcers can nave NJ any moment they |,
'ay choose to call for it. any assistance
'om our citizens in the discharge of i {
ieir ofiicia flnty in this matter, which
lose officers have the legal right to re-
nire.
kesolved, That the people of Calca.
gu will always feel y personal pride In
'sisting Governor Nichols to keep his @
nh|ic and solemn pledge that the :,
aace of Louisiana shall be sacredIy
On motion, Resolved, That the Lake Il
Larles Echo he requested to publish :
10 proceedings of this meeting, and
le New Orleans and Galveston papere h
9 requested to copy the same. !.
There being no further bnsiness be =
re the meeting. on motion, the SAME q
|jonrned sine die. \
WIN. M. PERKINS, !"
Attest: Chairman. L
JULIEN RIcHARD, Secretary. "A
A horrible story comes to us s.
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