Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-07-02

their substance,
He has Kept smcug US, in ttGes If
peace, standing armies, without the
con sent Of our Legislatures.
| He has affected to render the mill.
tnry independent of &c superior to the
civil power.
lie has combined with others to sub
Jet us to q Jurisdiction foreign 70 our
eonsii utien. AMI knovleGgsd by
oir laws giving l,is assent 10. their
acts ofpretended legislation
Forquartering large bodies OF arm.
ed troops amseg US;
For protecting tie a~sy mock tri-
al from punishment for anJ murders
which they should com NJ; on the liz
habitants OF these States
For cutting off our trade with all
parts ofthe world;
For imposing taxes on US without
our consent
For deriving US in many cases, of
the benefits Of trial by jury
FOR transporting US beyond seas to
De tried for pretended offences;
FOR abolisbing the FREE h5 ssem Of
English laws in nsigahoring Pro-
vince, establishing therein ~ arhitra-
ry government, asd enlargiDgi its boun-
darIes, so as to render il at once IN
example and fit instrument for iatro-
ducinS the same absolute rule into
these Colonies;
For taking away our charters, abol-
lshing our most valuable laws, and all
tering fundamentally the forms Of our
governments
For suspending our own Legisla-
lures, and declaring them,elyes inves-
tea with power to legislste for US in
Ell cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here,
by declaring US out Of his protection,
and waging war against us.
lie has plundered our seas, rayaged
our coasts, burnt our towns, aud de-
stroyed the lives of our people.
He isat this time, transporting large
armies of foreign mereenaries 10 COM
piete the works Of death. desolation &
tyranny, already begun with oireun-
stances of cruelty and perfidy, scarce
~ paralleled in the most barharous a.
ges, and totally unworthy the head Of
ciyitizsd nation.
| He has constrained our fellow -citi.
zens, taken captive on the high seas,
TO bear arms against their country, to
become the execationers of their
friends and brethren, or to fall them
seiyes BY their hands.
He has excited domestic insurree.
tons amongst US, aud has endeavored
| 20 bring Oh the iphsbitsBts af oErfrsu.
tiers, the merciiess Indian say ssas,
whose known rule Of warfare is an
nndistinguishaf destruction OF all ages.
sexes and conditions.
In every stage O: these oppre ss:ons
we have petitioned for redress. Ia tns
most humble terms our repeated De-
ndons have been answered only by re-.
peated injury. A prince, whose char
acter is thus marked by every act
which may define a tyrant, is unfit to
be the ruler of a free people.
| Nor have we been wanting in atten-
ton to our British brethren. We have
warned them from time to time. ofat-
tempts by their legislature to extend
an unwarrantablej jurisdiction over ne.
We have reminded them Of the CIR.
eumstances OF our emigration and set
Element here. We have appealed tn
their native justice and magnanimitv.
and we have conjured them by the ties
OF our common kindred, to disavow
these usurpaGons, which would ineyi.
tably interrupt our connections and
eorrespondence.--They, too, have been
deaf to the voice ofjustics and of con-
sanguinity. We must, therefore, &C.
qaiesee in the necessity which denouu.
COS our separation, and hold them. AZ
we hold the resi- Of mankind, enemies
al war; In peace, fries5s.
4 We, therefore, the Representatives
of ti,esUNfrED STATES OF A,
MERICA, In GENERAL CoV-
GhESS ASSEMBLED, appealing TO
The Supreme Judge OF the World for
The reetitude OF our intentions, do. in
the name, and by the authority OF the
good people of these Colonies. solemn.
ly publish ana declare, Thut these II.
nited Colonies are, and of ri,ht ought
to be FHE q IND I.N.DEPE END .TT,
STATES; That they are absoIyed
fromaii allegiance TO tho British Crozuu.
and that all political connection he
| tween them anu the State NJ G,y