W. A. Stewart et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Harrison County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Petition
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG1-192
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-023-0017
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210872
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Citation
W. A. Stewart et al. to Beriah Magoffin, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-023-0017 (November 14, 2026).
To His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky:
WE the undersigned, citizens of Harrison County, protest against the Governor of the State calling a Convention, for the following reasons:
First: Because the Legislature is alone authorized by the Constitution to call a Convention, and the Governor has no power to do so; that a Convention which would be called by him would be illegal, revolutionary, and the principle if acquiesced in, will inevitably lead to anarchy and the destruction of Constitutional Liberty.
Second: It will unnecessarily lead to additional taxation.
W A Stewart
John Gossett
Darius Gossett
Wm. P. Holden
John Goodnight
William Holden
George Goodnight Seinor