W. H. Applegate et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-023-0093

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Petition

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG1-327 to MG1-327C

Place of Creation

Lewisburg, Logan County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1861-03-29

W. H. Applegate et al. to Beriah Magoffin, n.d., Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862, MG1-327 to MG1-327C, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-023-0093, (accessed October 7, 2024).

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To His Excellency B -- Magoffin:
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

WE, the undersigned, citizens and legal voters of the Commonweath of Kentucky, in view of the fact that the present General Assembly was elected nearly two years ago, and neither does, nor can fairly represent the opinions of the people with regard to the questions at present agitating the public mind, upon which questions the opinions of the people must have been formed since the election of their present representatives, respectfully represent unto your Excellency that by the Constitution established by our representatives, and ratified by us, it is explicitly declared that it is one of the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government, "that the people have at all times an unalienable, and indefeasible right to alter, reform and abolish, their government in such manner as they think proper, -- that this inalienable right does not in any degree depend for its existence on the will of the legislative, or other departments of the government; that although the Legislative as well as other departments of the Government ought at all times to submit to the fairly and explicitly declared will of the people, yet their consent is never necessary to confer validity or legality upon the action of the people, that on the contrary, it is eminently proper that in imminent and extraordinary exigencies the measures to be adopted should originate directly with and eminate directly from the people themselves -- and that the proper agent in effectuating the will of the people is the Chief Executive officer of the Government.

Therefore, as citizens and legal voters, we respectfully present to your Excellency this Petition, and whensoever the same shall appear to be the expression of the people in the State, we require you to recognize it as the expression of the will of the sovereign people of the Commonwealth; and therefore we authorize and direct you to issue writs of election for members of a Convention, to meet at the Capitol in Frankfort on some day to be fixed by you, as soon as conveniently may be -- the voters in each district entitled to elect a representative in the lower branch of the next General Assembly, to elect one member in order and to the end that the people of Kentucky may, but their representatives, meet and consult together upon the condition of the Commonwealth, and adopt such measures as may be by them deemed necessary for the assertion, maintenance, and protection of their rights, interests, and honor.

NAMES.
W. H. Applegate
J W West
B, F, Williams
J. F. P. Lemon
W. S. Elgin
George Jeffers
Orlando Hensley
H. W,, Chiles
James Jenkins
M H Barlow
W. D. Craig
W, D. Laus
A. Seaskind.
J. D. Roland
C. H. Daviess
C. W. Stoner
Wm T Lee
[...] S Williams
Geo. W. Downing

NAMES.
James A. Hewitt
W H Jarvis
John L Smarr
Jno M. Lyle
Jackson Terry
John W. Hancok
Ed Luccas
John Hardy
J. E. Applegate
John. F. Payne
S N Green
Hudson, George
T. W. Kelly
W T Merryman
W^m D. Caywood
J, L, Lemon
H, Clay Shelton
T. J. Carr
Randal Dickson

NAMES.
John H Hatis
<< Citizens of Lewisburg >

Names.
Charles Ferd
W^m. H. Horn
R. F. Arnett
A. Bards
A Holland
W^m E Stout
James Smith
W^m Mc.Meekins
Ja^s B. Hamlin
W^m Hart
J. D. Thomas
James Anderson
W, H, Batterton
George Cleaveland
H B Horn
R O Smith
J.. W. Hill
J Shuff
J H Cannon
P Skinner
W T Juett
P Graham
Bush. Wash
Capt W. Johnson
F M Cannons
C. P. ~~Johnson~~ Anderson
Henry Hammond
Ja^s Griffith
Jas K Houston
John Young
Samuel Barkly
F. G. Barkley
James Eula
James Wells
W^m, Henry
Samuel Sharon
Jacob Price
Joseph M Ewing
C, N, Allen

Names
J J P Flournoy
Jno M Glinn
B T Shropshire
Chas L. Offutt
Isiah Offutt
Jas. H. Juett
W^m Burgess
Lewis Bitner
John Proctar
George W Drenan
George W, Offutt
E F Cantrill
G E Cantrill
Bat T Thompson
James W Samuell
Tho^s F. Otwell
Frank.. Sherritt
T, J, Burns
James O. Bays
W D Crockett
J, T, Heldreth
J. N. Wolfe
M Polk
D B Crumbaugh
John A Dett
John R Ewing
J. W, Juett
Franklin Payne
James Y Kelly
James,, S,, Proctor
John Hall
John E Holding
James Holding
C, J, Ward
Robert Barkley
J, W, [...]
J, W, Banhell
James C. Jarvis
William I Core
David Barkley
J, M, Barkley

John N P Wash
J J Rogers
W H Reed
Thomas Powell
Jas G Burgess
William A Rogers
J G W Rogers
J W Rogers
G, R, Martin
F Rogers
A Marshall
W B Rogers
P k Rogers
Thomas Giles
Joseph Vance
Jesse Todd
John F Cantrill sn
J F Cantrill Jun
Joseph Cantrill
James W Cantrill
James Rerk
Thos P Johnson
John F. Warrene

Geo, E Cantrill
John F Cantrill
Charles Kelly
James Cantrill
Rowan Snell
G. W. Whitton
~~[...]~~
Josph Wells
Charles N Hamon
Samuel Hanna
James Ba^i^lley
William Wells
James Heran

Hon W. S. Darnaly will please present this to the govenor

Convention

Petition for
Files Mar 29 1861

To His Excellency B Magoffin,
[...]of Kentucky
[...] voters

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