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The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], [by telegraph] (search)
[by telegraph] Meeting at Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Nov. 10. --A large meeting of citizens took place here to-night--Mayor Blodgett presiding. The Mayor stated that he had received information that two or three citizens had been invited to leave the city by unauthorized persons. The meeting was called to consider whether we should protect ourselves by the upholding of the laws and the preservation of order, or allow unauthorized persons to take the law into their own hands. A committee having been appointed to prepare business for the meeting, they reported a series of resolutions, declaring--1. That we live under a government of law and order, and it is the bounden duty of every citizen to see all rights respected, and wrongs speedily redressed, in the forms provided by law. 2. That the genius of our institutions forbids the punishment of citizens without a fair trial by jury. 3. That the assumption by individuals, however respectable, of any power of government, is