Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-06-30

J WHEN, in the course of human C
ven.s,it becomes necessary for one PEG
pie to dissolve tho political bands whicl
have connected them with another
: and 10 assume among the powers o
| the earth, the separate and equal sta
ton to which the laws of nature and
ofnature's God cnsi.lc them, decent
respect for the opinions of mankind
requires. that they should declare the
causes which impcl them to the scpara'
ton.
We hold these truths to be self evil
dent-ihat all men are created equal
that they arc endowed by their Crea-
tor with certain unalicnablc rights;
! that among these are life, liberty. and
the pursuit Of happiness. That, to Sc
cure these rights, governments are in
st,.utcd among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent Of the govern
cd; that whenever any form of govern
ment becomes destructive of these
ends, il is the right of the people to al
ter or TO abolish it, and to institute a
new governmenr, laying It's foundation
on such principles, and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness. Prudence, indeed,
will dictate, that governments long es-
tablishcd should no. be changed for
light and transient causes; and accord
ingly all experience hath shcwn, that
mankind are more disposed to suffer,
.iii evil, ere -,,lforevl,ls- @l..... 70 r: ght
themselves by abolishing the forms to-
which they arc accustomed. But when
long train of abuses and urpations,
pursuing invariably the same object,
evinc cs design to reduce them under
abzol tic despo.ism, it is their rights, il |
is their duty to throw off such govern
mem. and 10 provide new guards for
their future security. Suuh has been
the patient su1orance of these colonies;
and such is now the necessity which
constants them to alter their former
systems IF government. The history
Of the present King Of Great Britain is
a history Of repeated injuries and usur-
pation8, all having in direct objcct the
cs .abIishmans of an absolute tyranny
over these States. To prove this, let
facts be submitted TO candid world.
lie has refused his assent to laws,
the mos wholesome and necessary for
the public good.
lie has forbidden his governors to
pass laws of Immediate and pressing
Importance, unless suspended in thair
operation, ill his assem- should be OBJ
tanned; and, when so suspended, he
has utterly neglected 10 attend TO them.
TIE has refused to pass other laws
for The accommodation of large dis
t,icts of peopla, unless those people
would rclinquish the right of represen-
tation In the Legislature Ugh. iacs-
!imablo to them, and formidable TO
tyrln.s only.
lie has call.d together legislative
DO 1ics, at places unusual, uncomlorsa-
BE. and distant from the depository of
of their public records, for the sole pur-
pose OF fatiguing them into compliance
with his measures.
lie has dissolved Representative
Houses repeatedly, for opposing, with
manly frmncss, invasions on the rights
OF the peopla.
He has refused for long time after
such dissolu ions, to cause others to Be
cloct,d; whereby the legislative pow
ers, incapable Of annihilation, have re-
turned to the people at large, for their
exercise; the state remaining in the
mean time, exposed to all the danger
from without, and conyul-
sions within.
He has cndeavourcd to prevent the
population of these states; for that puT-
nose obstructing the laws for natur-
aIization Of foreigners: refusing TO pass
o9hcrs, to encourage their migration
hither, and raising the conditions of
n3w appropriation oflands.
81 has INSTRUCTED the administra-
lion Of inz.ice, by refusing his assent
10 laws, for establishing Judiciary pow
ers.
He has made Judges dependent on
bis will alone, for the tenure of their
Offices and thc amount and payment