The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-22

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~ sb al have estAbln hed hsve ssen seaosned snos
ssvsssnsss win secure ~ fsnss rssoon 'he per-
So :Asd nc ps"op.ss Inst We public Of shs
s s:.s ss ~: ass sns
% Gost' within yesn at furshest-to detach the
government and hs s'1nry q sss from The ia's,sss,
slave properly asnihste the commercial oreo Of shs
ssveSolds,s and assny 10 accomplish me eEsassoa OF
ar n be objected that this scneme proposes
war, 90 oonfs 20 The fact does propose war
private war, indeed-ous nevertheless var, .has
h. thatin SsvoInnoss Of this nssurs necessary that
private individuals should take the first steps The tea
sosn the first gun ust be fred BY private persons be-
fore govsspment cen DO organized or the old one
~
"n NE American gcversnens, esse o. nasoua, wocsd
abolish havery We would leave the work ia heir nAois
T. force them TO do or 70 do ourselves to aeaAn's or
an any Of the nsrcsn people vii
tean us ~ork w De easy snd bootlsss one; for
slavery can live only in qu,si, and 10 ins sympathy OF
We vSs subscriSvrs, residents Of the town Of -, In
The county OF -, in the STATE Of behaving tn the
principles, and approving generally Of the measures
Mo. Or slavery and in the scc,np.uyios
addreas 10 non alavsbolders Of the South hereby
or Yrssdom in the OF for the purpose OF aoing
% carry plan into eject and We hereby severAy de-
u em0ofo
otbsr and with all other associations within the United
States having the purpose In vsw and adopting The
lame platform Of prirc'pes and measures"
Together with this general plan Of associAon the man
ner n Nh rh its members intended 70 carry out ~ OBJ
ssts was drssn up for secret circulation among hoes
hem whom WAS hoped would lend IL assistance N the
South. II reads - foIiows:-
"Our plan. then, ~
az 10 make war (openly or ssretiy, a. circumstances
nay dcsate) upoa the property OF the elAveholders ana
1hew abeiiofs-no for is destruction, that be
easily avoided, but to convert it 70 the use Of the
s1vss No eesrncuon Teach the slaves 70 burn their
sFs buidpys, TO Kill their cattle and horses, 70
esa destroy farming utensils to abandon labor in seed
VINE and harvest, and lot crops persh. Make slavery
Improbable In thh way II can be done In other.
"2 10 make shareholders objects Of deriaion and
tsnpt, BY hossDg them whenever they shall be guilty Of
aS 70 riak no general instruction until 70 Of the
North 90 70 assistance or you are sure Of success
a no cultvase the friendshp and confidence Of the
slaves 10 consult with them TO their rights and int
rests and the means OF promoting them 70 show your
hterst in their welfare, aad your readiness to assist
them; let them know that they nave your sympathy,
.sS make men men q s Sssr men % nss BY,
- asishb1s and friends than the ndolent arrogent
70" Keen both yourselves and the slaves in suboosou
and look with contempt upon al who 1--we ~ honest
6 10 change your political institutions soon - possible
aad in the meantime, give never vote 70 stakeholder
pay axes 70 their eovernmensK you can either resist
o. evsde Them Witnesses and jurors, give tes0ony
and NO verdics In support Of say savoholdng claims;
perform military, patrof or police service; mob slave
.'.eS ss,srx but shnS YOU sssy can, pub
holy ana prvately, for it. overthrow"
The document In question continues -
ave are willing 10 take the responsibility o. advising
any general nsurrecson, or any taking Of he until We,
q Inc North 10 down 70 lake part In It, In such numbers
sdv. " e, he prc.ens operons Se oounsi to the
DexuYe Of psoperty and the chaeseuent Of Individual
aAvshoders and theI aecomposs ana that these things
be dono only lar ~ they can be done without too great
ave specially adviss The oeging of individual slavshol
nsr ,. rs v 0ai' osrloy sucsssd GIVE eSs ,sVe
holders, then taste Of their own whips Spare their
hives, but not their backs The arrogance they have &C
CURED Of the lash upon otnera, VIII DO soon
taken cut Of Them, when the same sc,urgs shall DO sp
piled themselves. band OF ten or twenty determined
ssts, coming ou, upon Tie psutsons By day or night,
nez Individual siavehoIoers stripping them, and Hog
gs mem sousdy Ia the prsssnce Of their own slaves,
Thess bands could also do go,d work By Kidnapping
individual slAvehode taking them into the forest and
vniss: remaining on he plsas.Os; oo@pslins tns@
also 70 execute deeds Of emancipation, and
n. g. s
ocssully dsavowsd tn. ground Of duress, tsspscsy
after governments, favorable 70 liberty, should DO
:.s ass
sresd justice. Sach contracts would BE- ntrnscsy
valid the treatise By which conquered nations make
satissaciion for the injustice which caussd the war
'Ths more bold and rseouis slaves should be encour
ssed 70 form themselves INTO bsnds build forts Ia the
thss win epsbe them 70 sustain Themselves and carry
tbetr warfare against the elaveholders-
v Ss . Ss ann their Masters 20 far - that Is prscsos
biz b. sezing and couceAng their weapons wneaever
Opportunity oden they should aso Kill al slAvchunt
nc dogs, and The owners too h should prove neoef
aWhepevsr the saves on plantation ere nos power.
co, Or 70 Ssss n BODY especially a
harvest time 70 cause the crops 10 perish for want
Of hands TO gather them.
the saves by which the Shareholders can be annoyed
and injured without causing any general outbreak or
Thc mspesto then proceeds 10 give, NOT with estre
correctness psrs Of Of letters, and the whole OF
another Standing by themselves there nothing Ia those
ssd IN the light Of The foregoing exract from the mani
festo, - they necessarily must be, u my name n
sSs ps,tcpssson in the Hsrpcrs Ferry ousctes
be dcubtedf Moreover, this extract speaks
but truth, bow could II DO expected that ths
reason and MURDER why them WAS not, ~ the time Of
the ssung Of the manifesto, proceeded sganfs oy the
Sss s.sps And Why that AM not no thu: pro
cecaed asansp The only answer isbecarss the whole
public the South ~ vel As tie North have come learn
nas among all neaneai nskedest, and most atrocious
hes, y ID msuifesso has the pre- eminenoe.
Look d ~ meanness. ms only name II darea CONNECT
wssh this bloody and horrible associsoa ct who's exist
a. isw daSs wa sok end Insane; aad = my yesrs
were more than three eoose, was net believed that
eoulI i've many Wssks thea shsald, ny rsasoa
vouId Do reserved Bat ihs naaisso eyidssly failed
$1,000 mss oss Who sss odsssssiiossy ana re-
VeScusy absainsd f0r thirty ysass from innxicauns
SqpoEs, and fson tee and oodee-snd 70 whom =,
Secoo vss no less hateful than sach man 10 pri-
y,Eerd 10 ssy In tse hour Of his calamity Rejoice not
Against me- o niue eneuy; when fail, shall arise
vSee ~ n darhness ne LORD shsl be . light unto
ms.r Look II further evidence Of this unpnalelsd
nsassess. Ths grsas and pressing object o. fhe
msp,fetto vaAs 20 defeat the republican party ~
ths elscs,on 70 Aks .cc Ia Ven OF tselve days
Hencs represented me 10 be member o.
Iougsd 70 no party and that vAs entirely content 70
forerp for conscience sake both 10 tas state and IA tho
ohurcb all the ofoce donors and adv sntsges vhch IL
scnd on party membersh,p Agsin, alfhough knowing
me 10 be man Of peaoe instead Of var, OF moral sus
saon instead OF blood, nevsrthelesst ne John Brown
Was known 10 be my beloved friend 70 have
os,snsd loans and gs Of money from me whenever AZ.