Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-02

On motion. eommittha was aRRsintsd 10
wait On the GOveFneg, with q pssiton from
thOao whe6O TiRhta had. been thus trhmPied up
on.
The following is 6 copy of the Petition pre-
sented to Gov. Magofin, stating the facts touch.
ing their good and loyal citizenship, and asking
for that protection which every government
worthy of the name grants to its citizens
To his FEeelisaey, the GOUsTRor Of fhe State
Of Kentucky: We tbs undersigned, loyal 6iti
Lens and residents Of the State of Kentucky,
county Of Madison, do respectfully call your
attention to the following facts:
/. We have come from various parts Of this
aud sdjoinipg STATES to this county with the in.
tention of making it our permanent residence;
have purchased for ourselves homes; have sup
ported ourselves and families by honest indus
try, and eneeayored 10 promote the interests Of
religion and educ ltion.
. II is prinOipis with US, to "submit to eV-
cry ordinance Of man i0T the Lords sake; unto
Governors, Hs unto them that are sent ty him
for the punishment Of evildoers, and the praiee
of them that do well" and in accordance with
this principle we have been obedisnt in all re-
spects 10 the laws of this State.
g. Within few weeks past evil and false
reports have been put into circulation, i'm
putting TO us motives words, purposes and
conduct, calculated to inhame the public
mind, which imputationsareu utterly false and
groundless. These imputations we have pub
licly denied, and offered every facility for the
fullest investigation, which We have earnest
ly but vainly sought.
4. On Friday, the 23d inst, company Of
sixty-tWo men, claiming to have been ap-
pointed by meeting Of the citizens Of cur
county, without any shadow Of legal authori-
ty and IN violation Of the Constitution and
laws Of this State, and Of the United States,
called at cur respective residences and places
Of business, and notified us to leave the coun-
| ty and State, and to be without the county in
ten days, and handed us the accompanying
document, in which you will see that unless
the said order be promptly complied with,
that there is expressed fixed determination
to remove us by force.
In view of these facts, which we can sub
stantiate by the fullest evidence We respect
fully pray that you, in the exercise Of the
powers vested in you by the Constitution,
and made your duty to use, do protect us in
our rights as loyal citizens Of the common
J. A. RoGERs, JOHN Smith,
JOHN g. HANSON, 7. E. HAYES,
JAS. S. DAvIL, G. W. PARKER,
JoHy F. BoUGHToN, W. F. Tony,
SwNGLEHuRsr LIFE, Z. W. GRFFN,
7. D. REED.
The Democratic, pro-slavery Governor, rsceiv-
ed the bearers Of the Petition, Nessrs. Reed and
Hayes, courteousy, but deeply sympathizing with
the mob Regulators, be advised them for the sake
ofpreserving the peace Of the State, to leave it,
He said it was not in his power TO aold them any
protection, SO deeply was the public mind moved
by events in Virginia. yet he did condescend to
promis them security while taking their depar-
lure and that their property should be protected.
Thus the Governor Of a Sovereign State yielded
to the "higher law" ofprO-slavery zealots, and the
proscribedImeu being conscientiously opposed 70
taking arms meekly submitted to their hard fate
and were driven from their homes in mid winter,
though some OF their slave-holding neighbOrs vol
unteered to defend them to the last. What hu-
initiating record of the nature and intOerant dis
position Of the Slave Power does the opening year
present to the American People
The Commercial says:
The exiles seem in good spirits. They do not
ildulge even in unkind words about those who
VidGd in opinion as TO their course in the future.
They all hope TO 60 back TO Old Kentucky, aud
live labor and die on her soil, Some fear they
cannot go back, and think of looking out for EN-
plOyment 10 the free StHtes; and they have vague
ideas If appealing for protection in their rights
and immunitIes as citizens TO the Federal Govern.
ment.