The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-07-04

Effort to Abolitionize kentucky.
we Aaye bclone as the New York ~.
al,i OF the l6thult Fronfit we take The
following circular which shows that Tie
Yankees Are leaving stone unturned.
toinnise the virus Of abolitionism into
Kentucky, as we'll as to Bring about
emancipation BY force Of Congressional
legislation
PmvATE HorEL, No. so wHirE 81.
New York, June 6, '62.
respected Sir: In April last scyeral
gentlemen, some Of them natives. and ali
of them for many years residents OF the
city OF Louisville in the State OF Ken.
lucky, resolved 70 speld their labor free.
aid their means to as great nm extent as
they could possibly afford, IN the estab-
lishnnent and publication Of a weekly
journal, to be exclusively devoted to adj
voratine the gradual emancipation Of the
100 600 slaves Of that state. under The
conditions embodied in the message Of
the President on the 9th Of last March,
and adopted by Congress Knowing how
little assistance they would receive from
the citizens OF Kentucky for such pur-
pose, but believing that the wealthy
blends of freedom il the free States
would aid them these gentlemen ap-
pointed the writer tone Of their nmnber1
to travel in the middle and western States
and solicit such subscriptions in and of
this purpose, as will enable them 10 dis
seminate 10000 copies of the Ksnt1ckg
Ereeman, weekly. Tor one year, among the
owners Of the 400, GOO slaves in Kentucky.
As n gentleman whose name has been
al -
every good work presented TO your notice.
the writer has been advised to approach
you, but knowing how difiicultit Is to OBJ
tain personal interview OF. sufficient du-
ration to enable him TO place his business
IN proper light before you, he adopts
this method of doing SO, in the feryent
trust that he does not do so in vain. In
Kentucky this journal is an absolute ne
cessity, as all information upon the rela-
tive value of the free and slave labor has
hiterto been persistenuy and methodi-
cally denied to the people, and even at
the present, though nominally support
ing the views of the administration, the
leading daily journal of the State most
carefully excludes from its columns all
reference and discussion of slavery as a
condition; advocating the Union, it is
true, but the Union as il ,cas, not the
Union regenerated and delivered from
the degradation of slavery as il ought 10
he, and as the only means of obtaining
permaaeacy, peace and prosperity for this
nation, 1T MUST he. And from the fact
that Kentucky did NOT, by the act of her
Legislature as nearly every other slave
State did, adopt the ultimatum of seces-
sion, when reconstruction of the govern
ments of these rebel States takes place
she will maintain, in fact. her original po-
sition, and thus be enabled to conserve
slavery, and WILL if no change be effected
in the minds of her people, without
doubt, do so longer than any other State
By SO much more, then, is there crying
necessity for the regular publication Of u
journal that, by prudent. kind, moderate,
Satisfactorily correct, and logically argu-
mentatiye articles, will appeal weekly to
the better natures of people, enlighten
the public mind andwiu it to embrace the
views of the government upon this sub
.ject Having been allowed the privilege
of doing so, the writer has the honor oil
referring you to the following gentlemen,
who, among others, prominently known
in this city, have already contributed OF
their means TO the object of this appeal
Hiram Barney, Esq, Collector of the port
of New York. John s. Cisco. Esq. AS
sistant Treasurer United States; w. NJ.
Evarts, ESQ., No 2 Hanover street; Ed
ward A. Stansbcrry, Esq, President Me-
tropolitan Insurance Company, l08BEoad-
way; Simeon Draper, Esq no. 36 Pine
street.
Relying upon receiving from you such
a response to this appeal as may be con
venient, in view of the many calls which
he doubts not, you are desired to meet,
and believing that scarcely any cause you
could assist would be more permanently
laudable than this. the writer, on behalf
of himself and colleagues in this self
imposed, and at present. thankless task,
with sentiments of the most profound
respect, begs to remain
Your most obedient servant,
j. +. BRENNAN,
Agent and corresponding Editor Of the
Kentucky Freeman.