The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02
CRISP COUNTY PEOPLE ADOPT
RESOLUTIONS.

AGo UCOA uduS ny the D0QarCm emu
OF Justice, by and through Attorney
General Gregory, that Honf1 Thomas
e. Watson is guilty Of violating Sec
tion I'll of the Penal Code of the
United States, for that the publica-
lions of the Jeffersonian Publishing
Company, a corporation under the
laws of Georgia, Thomas e. Watson,
president, is making exposure in con-
nection with the Leo Frank case and
the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, was
in violation Of the postal laws of the
Government, as being obscene, lewd,
1ascivious and filthy; and,
Whereas, Attorney-General Greg
Dry, speaking for this great Govern
ment, has passed Judgment upon Mr..
Watson, declaring him guilty of an
offense against the Government,
without trial by court Or jury, there
by denying to him that God-given
right guaranteed under the Constitu-
ton, fair and impartial trial by
a court of competent Jurisdiction and
a jury of his fellow-countrymen,
within his own State; and,
Whereas, Mr.. Gregory, speaking
for the Government, declares that,
unless the courts Of Georgia, pre-
sided over by such able and honest
men as Judges Emory Speer, w. w.
Lambdin and William T. Newman,
and the jurors serving in these
courts, try and convict Mr.. Watson,
the Government will attempt to in
dict and wage a prosecution against
him in a. foreign State, taking him
away from his native State and into
a section Of the country among
strangers and those who are likely
his enemies and bitter foes; and,
Whereas, The Government has
now pending in the United States
Court at Augusta, Ca, a case against
Mr.. Watson, which has been twice
tried, having been ordered thrown
out of court by Judge Foster, and
having been tried by jury and a
mistrial resulting before Judge
Lambdin.
We, the people of Cordele and
Crisp County, in mass meeting as
sembled, approaching Mr. Watson as
Georgia's brilliant son, historian, au-
thor, orator, journalist and defender
of the rights of the common people
and demanding for him his consti-
tutional rights under the laws of the
country, fair trial before court and
jury, and that he be not adjudged
guilty without trial, or forced by the
strong arm Of this Government to
defend against a prosecution in a
State other than his native State of
Georgia.
Therefore, we most earnestly pro-
test against the proposed plan of the
Government to single out Mr.. Wat
son because he dared to defend the
courts and juries of Georgia and the
United States District and Supreme
Courts, standing for right, honor and
Justice, without fear Of destruction.
(a) We further protest against the
plan Of the Government and its at
tempt to prosecute citizen Of the
State Of Georgia in a foreign State
and to try him by his enemies in
section Of the country where the
Roman Catholics predominant.
CD We further protest and claim
that, to place upon the courts and
juriGs of the State OF Georgia the
st gina, that of being unfair and unfit
to give the Government fair and
impartial trial, as being without any
foundation of truth Whatsoever.
Georgia courts and juries are pos
sessed Of The manhood and honor to
deal fair and Just with every cause
and to defend every Just principle
and will dare to uphold the majesty
of the law, both State and Federal.