The final part of this letter continues:
"In this Address we have discarded the complimentary stile of adulation & insincerity- it becomes Freemen when speaking to Freemen, to imploy the plain, manly unadorned Language of Independence.....September 23d 1785"
The individuals who signed this document that I have been able to find are: 1) John Coburn, 2) William Kennedy, 3) George Muter, 4) Samuel McDowell, and 5) Levi Todd.
This petition was sent to committee at the General Assembly of Virginia 14th November 1785.
This documentation taken from: Petitions of The Early Inhabitants of Kentucky To The General Assembly of Virginia 1769 to 1792, by James Rood Robertson, John P. Morton & Company, 1914. pp. 79 - 82.
Showing posts with label petition of separation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label petition of separation. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Sunday, December 13, 2015
An Act of Separation 1785 (5)
The words continue:
"Our application may exhibit a new spectacle, in the History & Politicks of Mankind- A Soverign Power; soley intent to bless its People agreeing to a dismemberment of its parts, in order to secure the Happiness of the whole- and we fondly flatter ourselves from motives not purely Local, it is to give Birth, to that catalogue of great events, which we pursuade ourselves, is to diffuse throughout the World. the inestimable blessings, which mankind may derive from the American Revolution.-"
Wow..."the inestimable blessings, which mankind may derive from the American Revolution" written and dated 23 Septerber 1785. Words that some would believe have come to pass.
Take from: Petitions of The Early Inhabitants of Kentucky To The General Assembly of Virginia 1769 to 1792, by James Rood Robertson, 1914.
"Our application may exhibit a new spectacle, in the History & Politicks of Mankind- A Soverign Power; soley intent to bless its People agreeing to a dismemberment of its parts, in order to secure the Happiness of the whole- and we fondly flatter ourselves from motives not purely Local, it is to give Birth, to that catalogue of great events, which we pursuade ourselves, is to diffuse throughout the World. the inestimable blessings, which mankind may derive from the American Revolution.-"
Wow..."the inestimable blessings, which mankind may derive from the American Revolution" written and dated 23 Septerber 1785. Words that some would believe have come to pass.
Take from: Petitions of The Early Inhabitants of Kentucky To The General Assembly of Virginia 1769 to 1792, by James Rood Robertson, 1914.
Friday, October 16, 2015
An Act of Separation 1785 (3)
The petition from the folks at Danville, KY continues from the last post:
"Tis not the ill directed or inconsiderate Zeal of a few, 'tis not that impatience of Power to which ambitious minds are prone, nor yet the baser consideration of Personal Interest, which influence the people of Kentucky; directed by superior motives, they are incapable of cherishing a wish unfounded in justice, and are now impelled by expanding evils, and irremediable grievances, universally seen, felt and acknowledged, to obey the irresistible dictates of self preservation, and seek for Happiness, by means honourable to themselves, honourable to you, and injurious to neither -"
More to come!
"Tis not the ill directed or inconsiderate Zeal of a few, 'tis not that impatience of Power to which ambitious minds are prone, nor yet the baser consideration of Personal Interest, which influence the people of Kentucky; directed by superior motives, they are incapable of cherishing a wish unfounded in justice, and are now impelled by expanding evils, and irremediable grievances, universally seen, felt and acknowledged, to obey the irresistible dictates of self preservation, and seek for Happiness, by means honourable to themselves, honourable to you, and injurious to neither -"
More to come!
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
An Act of Separation 1785 (2)
The petition of 1785 from Danville continues:
"To recite minutely the causes and reasoning, which directed, and will justify this Address, would we conceive be a matter of impropriety at this Juncture; It would be preposterous for us, to enter upon the support of facts and consequences, which we presume are incontestible; our sequestered situation, from the seat of Government, with the intervention of a mountainous desart of two hundred miles, always dangerous, and passable only at particular seasons, precludes every Idea of a connexion, on Republican principles; The Patriots who framed our Constitution Sensible of the impracticability of connecting permanently, in a free Government, the extensive Limits of the Commonwealth, most wisely made provision for the Act which we now Solicit-, To that Sacred Record we Appeal.-"
The spellings are typed as given. The last post begins this record.
"To recite minutely the causes and reasoning, which directed, and will justify this Address, would we conceive be a matter of impropriety at this Juncture; It would be preposterous for us, to enter upon the support of facts and consequences, which we presume are incontestible; our sequestered situation, from the seat of Government, with the intervention of a mountainous desart of two hundred miles, always dangerous, and passable only at particular seasons, precludes every Idea of a connexion, on Republican principles; The Patriots who framed our Constitution Sensible of the impracticability of connecting permanently, in a free Government, the extensive Limits of the Commonwealth, most wisely made provision for the Act which we now Solicit-, To that Sacred Record we Appeal.-"
The spellings are typed as given. The last post begins this record.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
An Act of Seperation 1785
August 8, 1785 was the third pre-state convention to be held in Danville. On the 23rd September, 1785 a petition was addressed :
"To The Honorable The General Assembly of Virginia".
It is a fairly lengthy petition, but since it presents the rationale for a separate state, I thought it would be of interest to give this document full coverage. The next several post will give the petition which of course was signed by Samuel McDowel, and Levi Todd [not Thomas Todd].
"The Subscribers resident, in the Counties of Jefferson, Fayette, Lincoln, and Nelson, composing the district of Kentucky, being chosen at free Elections, held in these Counties respectively, by the Freemen of the same, for the purpose of constituting a Convention to take into Consideration the General State of the District, and espressly to decide on the expediency of making application to your Honorable Body, for an Act of Seperation -: deeply impressed with the importance of the measure, and breathing the purest filial affection, - Beg leave to Address you on the momentous Occasion. -
The Settlers of this distant region, taught by the arrangements of Providence, and encouraged by the conditions of that Solemn Compact, for which they paid the price of Blood, to look forward to a Seperation, from the Eastern parts of the Commonwealth, have viewed the subject leisurely, at a distance and examined it with caution on its near approach; irreconcileable as has been their situation to a connexion with any Community beyond the Apulachian Mountains, other than the Federal Union Manifold as have been grievances flowing with their Population; They have patiently waited the hour of Address nor ever ventured to raise their voices in their own cause. Untill Youth quickening into manhood, had given them vigor and Stability. -"
Spellings are given as recorded in Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky, by James Robertson, starting p. 79 to p. 80. In 1785 there were four counties formed. Interesting reading it is. More to come.
"To The Honorable The General Assembly of Virginia".
It is a fairly lengthy petition, but since it presents the rationale for a separate state, I thought it would be of interest to give this document full coverage. The next several post will give the petition which of course was signed by Samuel McDowel, and Levi Todd [not Thomas Todd].
"The Subscribers resident, in the Counties of Jefferson, Fayette, Lincoln, and Nelson, composing the district of Kentucky, being chosen at free Elections, held in these Counties respectively, by the Freemen of the same, for the purpose of constituting a Convention to take into Consideration the General State of the District, and espressly to decide on the expediency of making application to your Honorable Body, for an Act of Seperation -: deeply impressed with the importance of the measure, and breathing the purest filial affection, - Beg leave to Address you on the momentous Occasion. -
The Settlers of this distant region, taught by the arrangements of Providence, and encouraged by the conditions of that Solemn Compact, for which they paid the price of Blood, to look forward to a Seperation, from the Eastern parts of the Commonwealth, have viewed the subject leisurely, at a distance and examined it with caution on its near approach; irreconcileable as has been their situation to a connexion with any Community beyond the Apulachian Mountains, other than the Federal Union Manifold as have been grievances flowing with their Population; They have patiently waited the hour of Address nor ever ventured to raise their voices in their own cause. Untill Youth quickening into manhood, had given them vigor and Stability. -"
Spellings are given as recorded in Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky, by James Robertson, starting p. 79 to p. 80. In 1785 there were four counties formed. Interesting reading it is. More to come.
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