The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-07-04
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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1880.
DECLARATION Of INDEPENDENCE.
In CONGRESS-, July 4, ]

In CONGRESS-, July 4, l776
.rhe Ijnanimo Gus Declaration Of the
rbir,een united States of America.
WHEN, in the course of human events, it
.comes necessary for one people to dissolve
.hs nolitical bands which have connected them
rb another, and to assume among the pow
~ Of the earth, the separate and equal sta
IN, 10 which the laws Of nature and of ma
,,,ss God entitle them, a decent respect to
,be opinions of mankind requires that they
,hopld declare Che causes which impel them to
the separation.
We hold these truths to be sclf-evident-
,hatal men are created equal; that they are
endowed, by their Creator, with certain I'M
alicnable rights that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to
secure these rights, governments are instituted
among men, deriving their just powers from
the consent Of the governed that whenever
any form Of government becomes destructive
Of these ends, it is the right of the people to
alter or to abolish it, and to institute q new
government, laying its foundation on such
principles, and organizing its powers, in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to ef-
feet their safety and happiness Prudence, in
deed. will dictate, that governments long es-
tsblished, should not be changed for light and
tansien, causes; and, accordingly, all cxpe-
rerce hath shown that mankind are more dis
posed 10 suffer, while evils are sufferable, than
.orght themselves by abolishing the forms to
which they are accustomed. But when long
train Of abuses and usurpations, pursuing in
yariably the same object, cvinces a design to
reduce them under absolute dcspotism, it is
their right, it is their duty to throw Of such
government and to provide new guards for
their future security. Such has been the pa
tent sufferance of these colonies and such is
now the necessity which constrains them to
alter their former systems of government.
The history of the present king of Great Britain
is a history of repeated injuries and usurpa-
tons all having in direct object the estab.
ishnent of an absolute tyranny over these
states. To prove this, let facts be submitted
sa candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the mos,
wholesome and necessary for the public good
He has forbidden his governors TO pass laws
ofinmsdate and pressing Importance, unless
suspended in their operation till his assent
should be obtained; and when so suspended he
has utterly neglected to attend to them
He has refused to pass other laws, for the
accommodation of large districts OF people, IN
less those people would relinquish the right OF
representation in the legislature right in
estimable to them, and formidable to tyrants
only.
He has called together legislative bodies,
places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant
IRON the depository of their public records,
l'r the sole purpose of fatiguing them into
compliance with his measures.
de has dissolved representative houses, re-
peatedly. for opposing with manly 6rmncss his
h'asons on the rights of the people.
lie has refused, fer a long time after such
whereby the legislative powers, incapabie of
nnikiation, have returned to the people at
a'se, Tor their exercise; the state remaining,
the mean time, exposed to all the danger of
n'aslon from without, and commissions within.
ne mas endeayorcd to prevent the popula-
Won Of these states for that purpose obstruct-
'as the laws for naturalization of FOREIGNERS
Hlaslng to pass others TO encourage their mi
s's''0n hitler, and raising the conditions of
aeW appropriations of lands
ne has INSTRUCTED the administration Of ius.
WV ny refusing his assent to laws, for estab
SUNG judiciary powers.
- mas made Judges dependant on his will
''le ler the tenure Of their Offices. and the
'I : and payment of their salaries.
- mas erected multitude Of new offices,
= ''n' nlther swarms of officers, to harass
- people, and eat out their substance.
80. I, nas kept among us, in times Of peace,
I.. 4a'ns armies, without the consent Of our
sgislatare. : -
A. Vas affected to render the military i'm
Hs 1S'n' o., and superior to, the civil power.
4. aes combined with others to subject us
- !u'lsdlction, foreign to our constitution,
~. acknowledged by our laws giving his
s 'ne'r acts Of pretended legislation.
.non! ausiserlng large bodies of armed troops
ppn;.h p.0'seting them, BY mock trial, from
,b,rlS I''.sA' lot any murders which they
IT,. nmit on the inhabitants Of these
sas world: - '.auo Win al parts q
.as imposing taxes on US without our con-
Y 9 ''ial by jury. s''' : - 'sAs'
tied T. sn'po'ting us.beyond the seas, 10 be
''F Pretended offence.