Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-06
MASON.
A Mass Meeting on Fence-Cutting-Glit.
tering Gcneraliti,s.

special TO the oaseti..
Mason, January > A largcand en-
thu-iastic mass NEE ing WAS held to-
day by the citizens of Mason county
for the purpose of eX resin. their
views on the fence-cutting trouble,
now existing in the state, and serve
us an indication of ~ lie opinion.
The meeting was called 10 order AT
u. M, the Hon. Gavin Paxton being
appointed chairman and VIM. Led
man secretary. l ne object of the meet
ing being stated in u speech 10y the
/ chairman, the audience were addressed
] by Mal,r Rauk, Honorable j.
/ ID. Budges and Others The main bur
/ zen of the spec ches was against herd
/ law, and that the present penal law be
executed 10 its fullest extent. After
! the subject WAS fully discussed the fol-
! lowing resolutions were presented aud
( unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the right to hold property
in spveralty is the Key of the arch "'
iviized government s, without WI ic :
scnoo! houses and churches and 9th
TEMPLES OF civilization would becou'
dens for bats aud owls, Will.
the war whoop of the barbaiii n
would take the place OF the steam
whistle and church hells; and
Whereas, sacred regiri for the
laws of the land is tne only legiiiniat'
means OF securing individual rights If
persru aud property now
Therefore, be il resolved, first, hat
we have learned with painful app,-
hension of the many erievuus wlouts
perpetrated within The last few we. X
in some of the counties of Texas, 10y
those claiming to ACT in the interest
of Justice between the So
called pasturenit on the one
hand, and the so-caled stockmen
on the other. aud while we conSrnta-
late ourselves on the fact that IN Ma
son county we have thus far escaped
all trouble of the kind, we b'lieve GU
, lepi,l ture s0on 10 r--assemble wo"lO
do wisely to enact some special statu-
tory provision which wOuli clearly
define the liYhis of every lndiNiduii
or company of individuals haVinA
land in larger or smaller quantities
!; within any Enclosure, whc her used
for farming or stock growing or bIih,
: or To- p iie tdequ ,ts means for ht
rigid enforcement Of those rights
for while or the one hand We have II,
sympathy with that other species
lawlt ssngss known rs ience-CutNnG
we nave TO Sympathy with THAI spe
cies of lawessntss Oh the ether han'
= which refuses to give to The Sch"o
8 fund of Texas, or 10 amy inoiTidua
owners, rich or poor, the fullest hehf
Ii fit of legal rights within any giveI
. Enclosure.
Q Resolved, second, that We know q
o no more equitable and pracilcaol
r plan for our outside stocl
e growers TO adopt than tina
e of gracefully yielding 10 Ia
n great inevitable demand of civilization
hy providing pastures for such slocI
as they may find it desirable or profit
able to Keep, for although tue car "
/ civilization, often and easily checke
e il never goes backward. Capital an,
:, population are rapidly increasing al
n over the known world and therefor
e the probability is that land viii neve
be cheaper or pastures more easil!
+, procured than nj the pres mt time
d Resolved, third, that Il copy of theS
e proceedings he furnished our COUNT
q and other papers.
Upon the adoption Of the above, th'
meeting adjor rntd. No fears are Al
u pretended for tins county 20 far.
J, A protracted meeting OF Tue Mis-
" sionary Baptists commenced to-nlZh'
~ coi7ducted uy Revs. 5. >. Douglass an
-" Miller
" The weather is still cold and bu;
: mess dull,