The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-14
HENRY HIATT, Prestde1
ELIZABETH NJ. F. DENTON, Sec'y.
APPEAL OF THE TWIN MOUND HARMONIC COL
IEGE ASSOCIATION.

APPEAL OF THE TWIN MOUND HARMONIC COL
LEGE ASSOCIATION.
To the Friends of a Neao and True Systeze or
Eduedtioa:-The foregoing documents, embrac-
ing our own Articles of Association, and alsothe
Articles into which we propose entering with
those who may consent to aid US, constitute the
basis of the appeal We have to make, IN behalf
of the College we wish to found. And those
whom we thus address, as the friends OF New
and True System of Education, we feel to be
already so in harmony with us, that the bare
reading of those documents Will suffice to brllg
them to a full and proper realization of ourvieTs
and aims. We shall then be spared the need OF
. statement of our enterprise, and almost OF al
argument to induce cooperation IN u.
For ourselves, and for the Great w est, and tor
all. in all parts who may wish to Come to US, We
seek to institute the means OF great and per-
feet Education. An Education which shall pre-
pare it's subjects for, and develop them into, the
True Life of q progressed and unf0lded human
ty; and which shall therefore be, in its training
as comprehensive as Llfes interests, as praeti-
cable as Lifes duties, and as perpetual as Lilies
destiny. An Education which shall be Harmon
ic: which shall cultivate the body, as wei as the
mind; teach health, equally with morals; and
ripen the whole being into strength, efficiency,
| usefulness and happiness. An Education which
| shall be open to all, and which shall bless all,
regardless of Nature, or distinctions and preju-
dices of men; which shall be as free to the cop
per hue of the West, or the dark skin of the
South, as the paler face of the East or North;
and which, in particular. shall place every W O.
| man b. the side of her equal brother, Man, and
| thus help atone for the long wrong done to her.
An Education which shall teach Science and n0G
| Sect; Facts and Laws, and.not Doctrines; Na-
| ture, and not q Creed; Truth, and not Authori-
/ Is; the life Present, and not the dead Past And
an Education of, ana into, Freedom; where no
mind shall be snaekled, no thought fettered, and
| no aspiration Tepressed; but the whole being
| shall be eself moved and spontaneous, and rounded
.ut to a full and perfect IndiYidualits. In one
word both for ourselves and others, we seek y
realize this entire Education we ehaye portrayed,
/ b. the only means that can ever posi- bly, bring
! it, the foundation of an Institution that shall
| be UniUersdl in its aimS-a College OF Nature-a
School of Science-a Gymnasium of Life.
Not upon considerations of selfish gain to
those aiding Us, must our appeal, IN benalf OF
help to establish such an Institution. be based.
| To organize and endOw such College, is work
| of the highest duty and philanthropy as it Is
also of the truest Reform; and, it is therefore,
most liberal charities of the friends of Progress
| throughout the country. We urge the claims OF
| the Institution we would create, upon all who
have outgrown the oLd systems OF taitn ana Edu
cation; and especially upon all such, who are
blessed with means todo what the heart prompts.
Others will aid in building up other Institu
| tions; who will aid In building up ours! Seeta-
| rians will contribute without stint to establish
| Institutions devoted to Sectarlanlsm; who will
contribute to establish one such Institution de-
voted to Freedom? Who will help, found and
endow one College in all this broad land, con-
secrated to Free Thought and Free Speech OIL
all subjects? Shall We not have at least one
such, among all these others, where Freedom Is
| cruei6ed? Shall Ref0rmers and EiberallstS be
less wise or less Jealous than Seetarians? Shall
they do less to propagate truth than others to
propagate error? VINO among them that have
means, will let slip this opportunity to strike a
blow that will tell so powerfully IN the right di,
rection, and eonduce so eminently to the spread
| of free principles, and the advancement of all
that they esteem Progress? Especially, what
friend Of Harmonic Education will step forward
to aid US? What friend of the Indian will help
found here College. where many an Indian OF
this red mans ancient home, and still further
spreading West, shall yet be taught! nat
friend of Woman will give here to offer equal
race and equal prize perchance Professors
chairs, and highest Academic hOnors that ever
graeed the brow OF, Of man-to nan o.. woman Fo Mha'
just wrested from its grasp, and on the confines
| of State soon to be redeemed from Its thrail
to throw wide open the doors of favored Seal
Of Science to those ii has so outlawed and op-
pressed, and thus welcome to balls of learning
the benighted graduates of its dark and ancient
schools? Who that have children to educate
will help here endow College where they may
be educatedf Who that wish to educate them
selves, viii first take stock in the College and
then come here and live on the five acres they
thereby secure, and thus enjoy ne dement's o. o.
the tree of their own planting! And who thai
| are able TO give, though not wishing TO come
here themselves, nor perhaps 20 send their chill
dren, Though their scholarships viii educate
any others they may wish TO serFe.) yet will help
promote an enterprise which shall bless thou
sands of their countrymen, and especially klndie
| a beacon star, which shall give light to all the
West? Are there not enough to be found. to
subscribe the fifty shares of q thousand dollars
eaeh) at once. so that the Institution may be
started immediately-noE, while the lands t.
he secured for its endowment, are low, and the
chosen spot is open for the emigration of those
who would wish to settle there, and the Society
| Is not formed in the region roand.aoout, and
10 form that societyI Are there not enough g.
insure this result, b. subscribing share apfce
and yet, are there not some, who, as they are
able so they viii be glad, to subscribe more than
tnas aIaOunt-tHo, five, or perhaps ten shares!
And are there not some who Will subscribe Aaif
| a share, two uniting their means, and counting
| as one,l and others, set, who viii dladte to the
! College. such still lesser sum as they may be
ableg The aid Of ali will be needed; and the
sooner that aid can be rendered. the better ii
viii befor our end.
The location of the College is all that could be
asked, Twin Mound, IN the county of Douglas
and Territory Of Kansas, so named from two
natural Mounds near each other, can hardly be
surpassed, either for beauty or healthiness, b.
any locality IN the W est, Add TO this It Is IN
the heart of rapidIs settling country, directly
sn great stage route, (soon. in all probability,
| 10 be superseded b. Railroad,i so that even as
apeounIary scheme. the College can scarcely fail
70 prove profitable investment
| We invite correspondence. touching the mat
1 ter of establishing the College. We wish tohear
/ from our friends IN all sections Of the eountry.
and to receive from them assurances Of whei
/ hey viii do. We snail also pc gisd 70 communi-
cate sny other particulars of our effort, to those
| who may desire to be further informed. Letters
addressed to the officers Of the Association,
should be directed President. or Secretary. fas
| the case MAJ be.1 z. u. II. z. a. Twin Mound,
/ Douglas COUNTY, Kansas Letters RAY aise be
addressed to WILLIAM DENTos, same p. o., or to
THOxAs II. FISH, Henry. Marshall Co.. ILL.,, both
Of whom are authorized 20 act as Agents Of the
Association And thus, with frm purpose aad
steadfast hope, We commit our enterprise into
the hands of those who are able to heag Is ca to
success By order Of the Association,
HENRY HAT T. President
/ IL RETI II 9 ne NlfflR