Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-22
ELTON CITIZENS
Meet and Adopt Ringing Resolutions on the Situation-All for
 Law and Order.

Pursuant to s call to all law abiding citi- zeus of Elyton precinct, there assembled last evening at the Masonic building quite a large number of the citizens. Dr. R. w. Hawkins was called to the chair and stated the object of the meeting. Mr. F. M. Barnett was made secretary. The meeting was addressed by Major Hon. c. B. Powell. On motion a com mittee of seven was appointed on resolu- tions and reported as follows: Whereas, The perpetuity of our liberties, the stability of our free institutions and the very existence of organized society can only be preserved by the supremacy of law; and !, Whereas, 'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happin nesso are the natural rights of E every citizen, however humble, and are of such inestimable value as to be inalenable; and,
 Whereas, This county has suffered many acts of lawlessness, culn mating in shoot ing down in cold blood innocent citizens and that for no other reason than that they were exercising their constitutional and God-given rights; and, E Whereas, Snch atroCious crimes deserve the unqualified condemnation of all good citizens; now, therefore. be it
 Resolved, by the citizens of Elyton pre- cinct in mass meeting assembled, That we condemn the perpetrators of these crimes and trust that they may be brought to jns- tice.
 Resolved, That we recognize and will ever be ready to defend the right of any citizen without regard to race, color or previous condition to peaceably exercise all the rights guaranteed to him by the law of the land.
 Resolved, That we heartily approve of the wisdom of Gov. Thomas G. Jones in calling out the state troops and commend him for his sleeplese vigilance in the pro- lection of life and property . Resolved, That Sheriff George M. Mor- row also deserves the heartiest commenda- tipn for duty we'll and nobly performed. 2, Resolved, That we condemn those news- papers and public speakers that have en- couraged the lawless and indarned the minds of the ignorant by unwarranted and malicious attacks upon the motives of our honored governor. The spacious argu- ments used by those demagogues and would be moulders of public opinion that the calling out of troops was a reflection upon the law abiding citizens of Birming- ham and upon the law abiding spirit of the etrikers we denounce as contemptible; as well say that the sheriff and his deputies are a reflection upon the law abiding citizens of the county or that the policeman who patrols his beat in uniform and with club in his hand is reflection upon the law abiding citizens of the city. No one is disturbed by these officers except the law breaker. Be it further
 heSOlNeus Iudb We neFeDy LenUeT our services to the governor of the state and to the sheriff of Jefferson county to act in any capacity for the preservation and main tenance of law and order.
 That a committee of seven be appointed by the chair to furnish the sheriff of Jeffer- son county with the names of such citi- zens of Eyton precinct who will respond to his call to assist in the maintenance of law and order when the necessity for such call arises.
 JOHN A. MILNER,
 E. M. GLENN,
 D. R. WEAVER,
 A. EuBANK,
 J. r. MCLAUGHLIN,
 F. B. HAMILTON,
 FELIX E. BLACKBURN,
 Committee. The report of the committee was unani- m ouSlY adOntad.