New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-17
APPEAL or THE KENTUCKY ExfLBs.


Is respectfully called to the following facts and eonsd
eTaioDs; 80
We, the undersigned, residents Of Bersa, Msdisoa
County, Ky on the 23d day OF Deeembsr, 1859, wsrs
waited upon by sxy.two Of the most wealthy and n-
1usDtsl citizens Of the county who informed os tnxt
they had been appointed by the people 70 remove as
from the State; and that If found within rs
borders at the expiration Of Ten days they saond szPel
| rs by force.
We were charged with the violation Of no law, but
told that the tpread Of Antislavery sentiments (which
we held endangered their institutions We were On
esged as farmers arsans, teachers, and nnin'siers
sntsin pg ourselves by own industry, two OF us
as ministers receiving partial support from the Amer
lean Missionary Association With no heated zeal for
any "i,m," but endeavoriDg quietly 70 promote tho
Gauge Of Christ We believed and did not hesitate 70
eelsre when the occasion demanded that Slavery was
moral and social evil, which IL the duty Of all
coed men to oppose. We get ourselves against the
pint of caste and labored TO suppress all feelings of
ostility between observation-disclosures and Shareholders,
etween slaves and masters. In all things we sought
wiedom from above, and aimed TO exercise thas wise
iecrelion which Ia especially needed by thoee who
hold unpopular opinions
BY the testimony Of Shareholders, many Of whom We
reckon among our personal friends and welLwisbers,
our preeenoe and abors had so changed that part cf
the county that il had become noted for the upright
conduct Of It's inhabitants, IL once had been for
horse racing spd ntemperance. We had founded
Literary Institution, which was receiving liberal
patronage from all classes.
The settlement at Berea was increasing in numbers
ard importance, when at the news Of the Harpers
Ferry foray, a wonderful panic seized the people Of
the county, which was increased by printed announce
ments that II had been discovered that an iDrecion
was coon TO break out in Kentucky, that a box OK
Shapes rifles, directed TO Of number, had
been intercepted, and by other declarations equally
fate until perfect torrent of rage was stirred up
against our community, already obnoxious because or
its influence in favor of freedom. Honorable mel,
many of them Shareholders and the Of the people
within few miles Of us, opposed this tide, but were
unable to diminish it's power. Finding themselves
unable to check the rage of infuriaed men, and that
there was no protection for us by law although We
were not charged with the infringement of a single
statute, they with perfect unanimity advised as to
retire for time, before the storm. Thinking 1t tho
part Of wsdom 10 yield to the united request OF our
friends, whose coupsels had the greater weight from
the fact that departure would be 70 their eeuniay
disadvantage and eaDng from various reliable sources
that rabble beyond the control Of the Committee
who waited upon us, were purposng 10 take the lives
of some Of us we remained, believed TO be orr
duty, though IN mid WINTER, TO leave the county.
and little ones homeless and separated from the people
with whom we hoped to live and die.
Under here circumstances, we feel constrained 70
address TO you few words We do NOT desre TO Sur
mn your anger against our prosecutors for feel
ldent that they know not what they do; nor 90 We
wish especially to ask your sympathies IN onr oena,
bat rather that you consider your duty Ms Cnrsana
and patriots to that multitude OF other persons who m
various ways are the victims OF the system OF Slavery.
There are still outspoken Anii-Slsvery men and
churches in the South like ourselves, unprotected by
law. They, well as Ourselves have IN vain sought
the protection Of magistrates and courts and are daily
liable 10 Punishment, the alternative TO DEATH
Thousands, if not millions, deprived Of the privi-
lege Of free speech the subject of Slavery, because
of that incubus which rests upon them by reason OF
the support given TO the system by the Church and
State. We ask yous fyou for freedom Of speech,
or Christ in the person OF his poor 10 remove this in
eubns which is fast becoming burden too heavy to
be borne.
1t is humiliaiing fact that even yet in the North
of the largest denominations of Christians are in
actual completely with this ~ stem of outrage and in
Justice. They give to the iniqgty position, and bid il
Godspeed, by ecclesiastical fellowship.
The same is true of many OF the benevolent asso-
Citations If all churches and associations would treat
slsvebolding they do other eross mmoralhes,
respectable men would cease to defend or practice tho
niquity. 1t would die of disgrace. Albert Barnes
has correctly said: Slavery could not live single
"day outside of the church, it not for the fact
" that il lives il the church."
Men vt the North, theq, have something TO do with
Slavery. They have long given character and support
to it by donations and associations. Let them bring
forth fruits meet for repentance by using every right
eous means for it's removal. Let no remain silent.
Christ is in bonds in the person Of his poor.
Men in the North as well as ia the South, cen use
another potent iustrumentality- political action.
Let them repeal every enactment that in any way
gives sanction or support TO the system Slavery Is not
natural tate of society. 1t lives only by statutory
protection. Let this protection be taken away and Il
falls.
Let the Federal Government he put into the hands
Of tried and true friends of freedom; then Federal
Offices in the South will be filled with men who will aid
the Of liberty and give facilities for the spread
of truth and the administration Of justice.
The prestige Of Government will be on the side of
freedom and The incubus of q Pro-Sayery Admnistra-
ton removed from thousands who are silent be-
cause they way of hope. These thousands Will
then speak out the true impulses Of their natures. Teer
mountain ANA svslanehts T rrsssd as ''e
This foIsseen fact but nereases desire to return
and pfSo1Ebe gospe of love 20 all, thu the people
mhy he saVsd from violence In all instances where
gospel Of love has been fally proclaimed slavery has
quietly passed away; but wherever this gospel haa
been rejected il has gone out In blood.
The call then is no. for protection for the eolofed man
alone That would be sufficient to enlist the zeal Of
all good men. But the call is that yon should as
to give protection TO white men also; men who have
gone there from Free States TO do good and 10 thou
sands of native citizens who desire protection in the
freedom Of speech and the full exercise Of their con-
scientiCus convictions.
If then the lovers Of righteousness North and South
shall at once do their duty enthusiastically and poiiti
caly lost privileges will be secured to u.s. freedom to
the slave security 70 the master and prosperity 70 all
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