The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-07-02
DECLARATION OF INDEPEN-
DENCE.

"WHEN, in the course of human events,
1t becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another, and to as
sumo, among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the
laws of nature and of natures God entitle
them, decent respect for the opinions OF
mankind, requires that they should de-
clare the causes which impel them TO the
separation.
I'VE hold these truths to be self evil
denl:-that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unallenable 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 con-
sent OF the governed; that, whenever any
form OF government becomes destructive
OF these ends, it is the right of the people
10 alter or to abolish it, and 10 institute
new government, laying its 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 govern
ments long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes;
and accordingly all experience hath
shown, that mankind are more disposed
to suffer, while evils are sufferabe, than
TO right themselves by abolshing the
forms to which they are accustomed
Bat, when a long train of abuses and H.
surpatlons, pursuing invariably the SAME
object, evlnces design to reduce them
under absolute despotism, it is their right,
1t is their duty to throw off such govern
ment, and to provide new guards for their
future security. Such has been the patient
sullerance OF these colonies: and such is
now the necessity which constrains them
to alter their former systems of govern
ment. The history of The present king Of
Great B'l ain. is history of repeated nju-
rleH ".d -p",, ms; all having N direct
object ."e adjustment of an absolute ty-
ranEy over these states To prove this,
lei facts be submitted To candid world.
"ile has refused his assent to laws, the
most wholesome and necessary for the
public good.
"He has forbidden his governors to
pass laws of immediate and pressing i'm
porlance, unless suspended in their opera
ton. TIL his assent should be obtained;
and, when SO suspended, he has utterly
neglected 10 attend to them. lie has re-
fused to pass other laws for the accommo-
dation of large districts of people, unless
those people would relinqush the right of
representation in the legislatures right
lnes'lmable 10 them, and formidable 10 ty-
rants only.
"He has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable,
and distant from the repository of their
public records, for the sole purpose OF ia
ugulng them INTO compliance with his
measures.
"lle has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firm
ness, his invasions OH the rights of the
people.
"lle has refused, for long time after
such dissolulions, to cause others TO be
elected; whereby, the legislative powers;
incapable of humiliation, have returned
to the people at large, for their exercise,
The state remaining, in The meantime, ex-
posed to all the dangers of invasion from
without, and commissions within.
"tIe has endeavored to prevent the po-
pulauon Of these states; for that purpose,
obs,rucling the laws for naturalization of
foreigners; refusing to pass others to en-
courage their migration hither, and raising
the condition of new appropriations of
lands
Gle has obstructed the administration
of justice, by refusing his assent to laws
for establishing judiciary powers.
ale has made judges dependent on his
will alone, for the tenure of their Offices,
and the amount and payment of their SAL
aries.
ale has erected multitude of new Off
ces, and sent hither swarms of officers, to
harass our people, and eat out our sub
stance.
Gle has kept among us, in times of
peace. standing armies, without the con-
sent of our legislatures.
ale has affected TO render the military
independent Of, and superior; to, the civil
power.
Gle has combined with others to sub
iect us to jurisdiction foreign to our con-
slilution, and unacknowledged by our
laws; giving his assent to their acts ofpre-
tended Legislation, for quartering large
bodies of armed troops among u.s. for
protecting them, by mock trial, from
punishment for any murders which they
should commit on the inhabitants of these
states. for cutting off our trade with all