The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-27

I'D - eAe accompanying AddveeB ssrU the Non avohrd
Do 6eul beseby uniAs n an ssaoasssnu
v ~ called the League 81 Freedom, NJ HE town Of
- for the purpese aiding n carry ssld p,sn Into rfs1
4ns!on IN operate each vscr aud with Nh ON y
associations withh tae UnaNA States having tho IA a.
purpose n view and adopting ths same platform u pn
e>pee aud neAs sres.
Together with this general plan Of association,
the nannsr in which ia members intended 10
carry out its objects was drawn up for secret CIR
calsticn among lhosc whom il was hoped wonid
lend il assistance IN Me South. II reads As FOL
OyR PiAx Iskx ~ 5&
J. 10 make war (opcAly secretly as circumstances
ueiT absstsnot tor AS destruction, that easiy be
avuded, bat ~ convert ~ The lse ~ ne slaves II u
eannst be tue conv.r I'D, then xvise ~ aisu a,oa
Teach te slaves ~ their masters buildings, % KAT
their cattle and horses " oa destroy Ia rsns
utensils, u abandon labor ~ sred time aud hrvSt and
h crc% perrin Make slavery Improbable, NJ Ms VA,
2 10 make s,a,s lolders OBJECTS os aerisoa and con
tempt, b. fRein9 them Whenever thy shall Dc guilty "
Aogging tAeh saws
s. To rk general resurrection Until we Of N, Nor,h
60 .oaT asssians,o you IRE sure OF sacoess without
eur aid
T. 10 cultivate The friendship and sonhiisnoe az .sc
slaves, " consult It'll tLein " III ir rights and ate
reefs, and the n.ans % promoting tsm; ~ show your
interest," ~ Their welfare and Your readiness u assist them
iet th, IN know tint they have sympathy and WA
sHe h'n coliase cell ,sspsi and ap,oiIos And msk-
u tEen,--inniely Setter " 1--we by, t,iga
bs ahd friends, Than ~. INDECENT, arrogant, ssinsh
hca russs, dameerng robbers and tyrans who kep
both yourselves and the slaves IN subIre,ca, and hook
w.h cont NIT nIop an $40 1--we b. honest labor
To- chang. .our Irl''ics ms atuions soon ~ Pee
sble aud, IN Mo ne sn,me, giv. vcta ~
Stakeholder; pay To their government n
you either ,o-st or evSae them a.
so Ssrss 10 asS nor. II ~, claims r,o%m
mftary, patrol poiioe srvics, mob sIavehssing
.or,s, sas and shcrii 90 nothing, 10 sbsfi, fog ss
tanning sasef., sut every thing you safely and rghfuly
Cab pnb:,.ly and privately, for iss overthrow.
The document in question coutinues:
We unw,:ine take ths responsibility u advising
ssy general iss1rrectoD, or any taking u , until x
The ko nh 90 Gown Ia Jake Y, such numbers
psGse resiafn nnd easy Victory We thcreore advise
THAI fvf the present. confined SEIZURE
81 prolsy and the cAsteeneni 81 individual sl.venol
amt th. accompices; and that these things b.
only "a tar they can be done without TOO great danger
70 the neters
We specially advise the logeing individual slAvehold-
ers. 1hH case wher. the medical prncpls, that ~
cures Ike, Will certainly snccecd give the Shareholders
then, Of their own xhps Spare their lces ba
ueir backs The arrogance they have acquired by
,h~ u the lash upon others viii be sakcn
Of ihem ~hen The some sco1rge shall n applied ~ Them
selves. band Of ten twenty determines. negroes, we'll
asmec having their rendezvous the forests coming
upon the plantations By day night, SEEKING individual
shareholders, stripping them, and iogglng them seuny.
IN ts presence 81 their slaves, would abolish
s.avcry over large district
These hanas couhi aso do good work by kidnapping
ndvsira! ssvehoiderr taking them INTO the forest and
h0rnR II. as hostages for the good behaviour " the
whites remaining On the plantat,ons; compelling them
aso 10 execute deeds M emnncpaton and conveyances
their property 10 their slaves These
probably never aterward be successfully dKsvowed
the ground o' durcss especially after governments
favorable TO liberty should he esahishod), nasmuch
such woad be nothing than juetoe; aud
may an xn w n.ss Is vsa ss &. ,rs.. con
which conquered natcus make satisfaction injs
uce which cauesd the war
The bold resolute slaves should he encos
ragged 10 form themselves into bands bud forts M ths
orss and there collect arms stores horses every thing
that viii efabe them " sssiain themselves and carry on
tb' ir warfare uIon the Shareholders
Another important the part Of the slaves
VIII be IN isarm their masters, far that prcIica
bic, by seizrg and cOnceang their weapons whrnev YER
opportunity offers. They should kill all slave hunt
ing aoss and ie owners too, that should prove
Whenever the slaves on plantation are not powerful
Or courageous enough To resist they should encouraged
W o'seft, III body, temporarily, especially harvest
e 70 ss To cause the crops IN perish for Of hands
70 gather them
Many other ways will suggest themselves to yoo and
TIE Slaves BY which the STAY ehoders and
injured without causing Any general outbreak or she'd
ding OF blood.
The following extracts from letter from Mr..
Gerrit Smith, make manifest that the Oonspiratorr
fully comprehended the awful crimes and eaami
tie--eveD to the extent OF fire, and rape Abs
slauehtef"-that must result from the succe sssul
progress Of their undertaking. Under date, Peter
boro August 20, 1885," Mr. Smith writes ~ Mr.. John
Thomas, Of Syracuse, Chairman Of the Jerry Res
cuers, as follows:-
= Much is said and written against the breaking
oil human laws. Bu1tbey are entitled u obedience On
% far rs they Quo with those Divine laws which
hot be broken 1.-The law Of his Cod Daniels only
law No Trend OF God knows any other law. Apostles
answered said ave ought obey God rather than
men, so too, Whether II bs right IN the SIGHT of God To
tea'.en unto you more than unto Sod judge ye How
S. hreees ami wicked Is this defamation against tramplng
under font these human laws, that Laws.
The Invasion Of human rights by government
no more than sncn invasion by an individual, be
law. The invaders, be- they governments init
sduals, are ,he rebels and they who resis, them
the law abiding. = II is, perhaps too late "
brig slavery by peaceabe M aas-too late to
vote down Fer many years have feared and pub
Congress gu the Nebraska bill was strongly marked
with such tears These fears have grown bsief 81
ep.uched are the white people by slavery that there IA
virtue enough lett them put down. Ii do not
misntTpTet the words and the locks OF the intel
gent and noble u the black who fat IN my way they
have come to despair 81 the accomplishment vi tbs
work by The white people The feeling among the blacks
that they must deliver themselves, gains strength win
be vain ii s Inconsistent oppose the extension OF
slavery into thy free states while uphoidng the slave
states Governor Seward WIS right In saying that ID.
sstes must ultimately all be 70 freedom given
Up fOfsIayeTy.
No wohoer then, is il that this Of facts which
have sketcbed, Intelligent black the States aud
Canada should See no hope for their the practice
and policy OF white men. No wonder they broIgh
" the conclusion that them but Ia
God and instructions For recons, then We may
look any Year, any month, any day terrible remedy
for terrible wrong But Is must unless anticIat,
by repentance and the putting away Of the terrible
wrong.
II Will be said that these Instructions will be failures
tbat uley VIII be p. -~n. Yes, but will slavery
nevertheless be pun town BY them; for what portions
are there vi the sou thai vii cling slavery after two
Or three coisieraJ te insurrsc. shall hled the
whole south with ,'fre'1 An Il II entirely certain that
these ms -ot.ons ~, :, low D,onp,y and be.
tore they can usye s., s.i ~ WI te.egraphs and
raroH >. - .w' %. 500 swiftcs. nsurrectonss
Rem msr thatt ~ r+ ard ~i,.roais rendered
useless ana h'if. &ensmeor, to-, that my.
would he sla1 . ~; IL. nsnrgents would be busy ~
transporting n sr wives and daughters 10 places where
they wond be that fate which husbands
athess imagine for their wives and daughters
Input S4ut n.ru man