Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-06-29
a Declaration By the Representatives. Of ne
UNITED SIXTIES OF AMERICA, IA

UNITED ST.iTES OF AMERICA, IA |
General Congress assembled.
When, IN the course of human events il be- |
comes necessary for one people 10 dissolve the po
litical bands which have connected them with ano
Their, and to assume among tie powers of The earth
the separate aud equal station 10 which the laws of
nature and of NATURES God CRuue them. a decent
respect To the opinions OF mankind requires that
they should declare the causes which mpgi them 10
! the separation
We hold these truths to be selfevdent, that all
men are created equal; that they are endowed by
their Creator with inherent andl certain nahanabe
rights; that among these are, HE, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness that 10 secure these rights,
governments are instituted among men, deriving
their Just powers .Iom the consent Of the governed;
that whenever any form OF government becomes de-
srucye Of these ends, il is the right of the peo-
pie TO alter or TO abolish it, and TO institute new 60
vernment, laying ITS foundation on such principles,
and organising its powers IN such FORM as To them
sLaI seem most likely 10 effect their safety and hap
pineSs. Prudence, indeed, vii dictate, that govern
mcnts long established should not be changed for
light and transient causes: and accordingly all cN.
perleuce bath sheWn, that mankind are more dis
posed 10 suffer Willie evils are sutrrabe, than TO
right themselves by aboIshlng the forms 10 which
thew are accustomed; but when a long train Of
abuses and usurpatoRs, [begun at distinguished
period, an ! pursuing invariably the same object
cynces design TO reduce them runder absolute
despotlsm,) il is their rgt-it is their duty-to
throw off such government and 10 pr. vide new
guards Tor their future security. Such has been the
patient suterance Of these colonies and such IS now
the necessity which constants them TO alter their
| FORMER systems Of government. The history OF the
present (tking OF Great Brilain) is a history OF re-
| peaed injuries and usurpations [among which APP
pears solitary fact to contradict the uniform te-
nor Of the rest butt all having IN direct object the
! establishment Of an absolute tyranny over these
States; to prove this, let facts BE- submitted 10
candid world, flor the truth Of which, pledge
faith yet unsuIIed by lalSehoodl.
He has refused his assent To laws, the most whole
some anl necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors 10 pass laws Of
immediate and pressing importance, Unless suspend
ed in their operation TIL his assent should be OBJ
tanned; and when 50 suspended he has utterly neg
Ieeied to attend to them
He has refused to pass other laws for the accom-
mediation of large districts of people, unless those
people would rclinquish the night OF representation
in the legislature, right neslmabe 10 them, and
! formidable 10 tyrants only.
! He has called together legislative bodies, al places
unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the dcpO-
STORY Of Their public records for the sole purpose of
! atguing them into compliance with his measures.
! lie has dissolved representative houece, repeated
/ ~. anu CUHuIUdlN w bppNoHS WIN many H'H'-
! ness his nvasions on the rights Of the people.
| He has refused, for long ftime after such dis
soutOn) 10 cause others TO be elected; whereby the
! legislative powers, capable Of humiliation, have
returned TO the people at large for their exercise
! the state remaining in the mean lime, exposed TO
all the dangers of invasion from without and con-
| vulsions within.
| He has endeavored to prevent The population OF
these States for that purpose obStructng the laws
/ 4 y,I,.Q
others to encourage their migration hllher, and ras-
ing the conditions of new appropriations Of lands.
| He has [suleredl (obstuced) the administration
of JUSTICE Totally TO cease in some Of these StaiesI
| (by) refusing his assent 10 laws Tor establishing Iu-
dietary powers.
He has made [ourl Judges dependant on his will
alone, for the tenure of their Offices, and Cthe) a.
mount (+and payment of their salaries.
He has erected multitude of new Offices, ny
sefassumed power,l and sent hher swarms OF OIL
Gcers TO harrass our peops and eat out their sub
| stance.
He has kept among US in times Of peace, standing
armies land ships Of warl (without the consent OF
our eglslatures).
He has affected to render the military indepcnd-
ent of and superior to, The civil power
He has combined with others 10 subject rs TO
jurisdiction foreign 10 constitutions, and unac-
knowledgcd by our laws; giving his assent to their
acts of pretended legislation.
For quarleTing large bodies Of armed troops a.
mong U.S.
For protecting Them by mock-ria from punish
ment for any murders which they should commit on
the inhabitants Of these States
For cutting off our trade with all parts Of the
world;
For imposing taxes on us without our consent;
For depriying us, 10 many cases, OF the benefits
Of trial by jury;
For transporting US beyond seas, to be tried for
pretended offences;
For abolishing the free system Of English laws IN
a neghborng province establishing therein an arbl-
trary government, and charging its boundaries, SO
as 10 render II at once example aud tt instrument
for Introducing the same absolute rule into these
| Estates (Colones)
For taking away our charters, (-abolshng our
most valuable laws and altering fundamentally lie
forms of our governments;
For suspendisg Our own legislatures and decIar-
ing themselves invested with power to egISlate for
us IN all cases whatsoever;
He has abdicaed governmental here, withdrawing
his governors, and declaring us out Of bis aIegi-
ance and protecion,l (by declaring US out Of Els
! protection and wagng war against ns.)
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts,
burnt our towns, and destroyed The lives Of our peo-
pie.
He is, at this time, transporting large armies Of
[Scoich and oherl foreign mercena'es 10 completes
the works OF death, dcsolaton, and tyranny already
begun, with circumstances Of cruelty and perfidy
scarcely paraleed in the most barbarous ages, and
totally unworthy the head Of a civilized nation.
He has excited domestic instruction among us,
and has endeayored to bring on the inhabitants OF
our frontiers, the mereiieSs Indian sayages, whose
known rule Of warfare s an undlstingusIed de-
structon of ali ages, sexes, and conditions .of e1-
istencel
HE has melted reasonable instructions Of our
elow-ezens, with the allurements 0! forfeiture and
and confscston Of our pmperiy,l
He has constrained others taken captive on the
high seas 10 bear arms against their country 10 be-
come the executioners OF their friends aud brethren,
or TO fall themselves by their own hands.