_Resolved,_ 9th. That if the Mormons carry out the threats they have made in regards to the lives of several of our citizens, we will, if failing to obtain speedy redress from the laws of the land, take summary and signal vengeance upon them as a people. _Resolved,_ 10th. That when the Government ceases to afford protection, the citizens of course fall back upon their original inherent right of self-defense. In pursuance of the 7th resolution, the following gentlemen were appointed to act as a central corresponding committee at Carthage--namely, Captain Robert F. Smith, Major T. J. Bartlet, Harmon T. Wilson, Frank A. Worrel, and Walter Bagby. On motion of Henry Stevens, it was ordered that committees, consisting of two persons, be appointed in each election precinct of this county, for the purpose of communicating with the central committee at Carthage; and that those two may add to their number at discretion. On motion of Daniel Beaver, it was made the duty of the person whose name stands first on the list of each committee to act as chairman; and that all communications from the other committees, or from any other sources shall be added. {8} The following gentlemen were then appointed by the chair as committees in the several precincts, to wit:-- _Green Plains_--Edson Whitney and Levi Williams. _Bear Creek_--William White and Andrew Moore. _Chili_--Stephen Owen and Arthur Morgan. _Augusta_--William D. Abernethy and Alexander Oliver. _Saint Mary's_--William Darnell and Daniel Beaver. _Fountain Green_--Thomas Geddis and S. H. Tyler. _La Harpe_--Jesse Gilmer and Charles Comstock. _Camp Creek_--James Graham and Thomas Harris. _Appanooce_--John McCanley and John R. Atherton. _Montebello_--Samuel Steel and Benjamin B. Gates. _Warsaw_--Thomas C. Sharp and Mark Aldrich. On motion of Levi Williams, Colonel Root, of McDonough county, was added to the central corresponding committee of Carthage. On motion of Henry Newton, Esq., _Resolved,_ That the central committee of correspondence act as a general committee of supervision; and, in case of a contingency occurring requiring aid, that they immediately call on the precinct committees and upon all others favorable to our cause to furnish such aid as the exigency of the case may require. On the motion of Charles C. Stevens, the following supplementary resolutions were unanimously adopted:--