The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-07-03
itsuts Of these states:

parts Of The world:
For imposing taxes on US without
our consent:
For deprivlng us, in 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 neighboriug province,
establishing therein an arbitrary govern
ment, and enlarging lie boundaries, go
as torender it at once an example and
fl instrument for introducing the same
absolute rule into these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abol-
ishing our most valuable laws, and alter
ing Fundamentally the forms Of our gov
ernments:
For suspending our own legislatures,
and declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for US in all cases
whatsoever.
He has abdcated government here,
by declaring US out OF his protection, &
waging war against US.
He is, at this time, transporting arge
armies of foreign mercenaries TO COM
plete. the works of death, desoIaton and
tyranny, already begun, with circum>
stances Of cruelty and peridy scarcely
paralleled in the most karbarous ages,
and totally unworthy the head of a civil
lied nation.
He has constrained our fellow-citi-
zens, taken captive on the high seas,
10 bear arms against their country, to
become the execulioners Of their friends
and brethren, or to fall themselves BY
their hands.
He mas excited domestic insurrec-
tions amongst US, and has endeavoured
to bring on the inhabitants of our from
tier, the merc'less Indian savages,
whose known rule of warfare is an un-
distinguished destruction OF all ages,
sexes. and condition.
'In every stage Of these expressions,
we have petitioned for redress, in the
most humble terms; our repeated peli-
tons have been answered only by re-
peated injury. A prince, whose charac-
ter is thus marked by every act which
may define tyrant, ls unfit 10 DO the
ruler Of a free people.
'Nor have we been wanting 10 atten.
tions to our British brethern. W.
have warned them, from time to time
of attempts by their Legislature TO extenc
an unwarrautable jurisdiction over US
We have reminded them Of the circum.
stances Of ou. emigration and settlement
here. We have appealed to their ma
tive justice and magnanimity, and W.
have conJured them, by the ties of ou
common kindred, to disavow these usur
pations, which would inevitably inter
'upt our connexions and correspondence
They, too, have been deaf to the vo ic,
Of justice and of consanguinity. W.
must, therefore, acquiesce in the neces'
sity which denounces our separation
and hold them, as we hold the rest o
mankind-enemies in war-in peace
friends.
I'VE, therefore, the representatives 0
The United States Of America, in gener
al Congress assembled, appealing 10 th
Sunreme Judge oflhe world for the rec
titude of our intentions, Do, in,the name
aud by authority of the good people Q
these colonies, solemniy publish an
declare, that these United Colonies are
and Of right, ought TO he, free and inde
pendent States: they are absolvet
from all allegiance to the British crown
and that oil political connexion betwee
them and the state Of Great Britain, i
and ought 10 be. totally dissolved; az
that, as free and independent Stale.
they have full power TO levy war, con
clude peace, contract alliances, estab
lish commerce, and 10 do all other act
and things which independent state
may ofrght do. And, for The suppol
of this declaration, with firm relisnc
: on the protection of Divine Providence
we mutually pledgeio each other, ou
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred hon
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