The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902 Page: 248
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248 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
CITIZENS' MEETINGS.
[From the Corpus Christi Free Press.]
Last Monday night, April 29th, 1878, pursuant to call, a well
attended meeting of the citizens was held at Market Hall, to con-
sider the recent murderous raid from Mexico, and to make a proper
representation of the condition of affairs on this frontier to the
State and National authorities.
Mayor John M. Moore called the meeting to order, and stated its
objects, whereupon Judge Joseph Fitzsimmons was elected Presi-
dent; Mayor John M. Moore, Judge J. C. Russell, Capt. W. H.
Berry, Vice-Presidents; W. H. Maltby, Secretary.
Judge Russell was absent.
At the request of the President, Capt. John J. Dix addressed the
meeting, reciting briefly the condition of the frontier since 1834.
He was not favorably impressed with the efficiency of U. S. troops,
under existing orders governing their movements; had more faith
in one company of Texans, like Hall's men, than a regiment of reg-
ulars. He believed that in Indian warfare, a commanding officer
should be clothed with discretionery powers. He depicted atroci-
ties-the murder and mutilation of children and men indiscrimi-
nately-with much earnestness and feeling. Throughout, Capt.
Dix's remarks were comprehensive, to the point, and elicited
applause.
The meeting was also briefly and appropriately addressed by
Messrs. John Kellett, of Sta. Margarita, and Wm. DeRyee, of Cor-
pus Christi.
A motion was mads by Capt. Berry that a committee of five
be appointed to draft suitable resolutions, expressive of the sense
of the meeting, to be forwarded to the Governor of the State and
our Representatives in Congress.
Pending its adoption, Mr. Wm. Headen addressed the Chair upon
the importance of selecting a committee which would collate noth-
ing but in controvertible facts, that would have weight with the
Secretary of the State. He held Mexico responsible for these raids,
from the fact that she harbored and protected the cut-throats
engaged in them. He thought it important that the grand juries
and courts of the State should commence the work. The fact that
the Adjutant General of the State had reported over four thousand
refugees from justice, with many counties not heard from, sug-
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