American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-04
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DECLARATION CT INDEPENDENCE.
IN CoNeREss, G'HrLAD., JULY 4, G77G.
When, in the course of human events, it De-
comes necessary fer one people TO dissolve the
political bands wE.ch have connected them with
another, and to assume, among The powers of
The earth, the separate and equal station to
which the laws OF nature and Of natures God
9ntlle them, Il decent respect fer the opinions
o. mankind requires that they should declare
The causes which impel them so the separation
We hold these truths to be selcevidcnt: That
all men are created equal and that they are en-
Gowed by their Creator with certain unalena-
ole 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 those
ends, it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish it, and to institute 2 new government
laying its foundation on such prncip pies, and or.
ganizIng It's powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely tc effect their safety and
happiness. Prudence indeed will dictate, that
governments long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes, and ac-
cordingly, all experience hath shown, that
mankind are more disposed to suffer while
evils gre suherable, thar to right themselves by
abo!ish;ng the forms to which they are accus-
toned. But when long train of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same OBJ
ject, evinces design, 20 reduce them under ab-
soute despotism, it is their right, it is their do
ty, tC throw off such government, and to pro-
vide new guards for their future security. Suck
has been the patient sutferance of these colo
strains them to alter their former system CT
government The history Of the present king
Of Great Britain, is history of repeated iniu-
ries and usurpations, all having in direct object
the establishment Of an absolute tyranny over
these states. To prove this, let facts be sub
United to candid world.
He 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 importance, unless
supended in their operation till his assent should
be obtained; and when so suspended, he has ut
terly neglected tic attend to them. He has re-
fused to pass other laws for the accommodation
of large districts CT people, unless those people
would relinquish the right of representation in
the legislature-e right inestimable to them,
and formidable tie tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at
The repository Of their public records, for the
sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance
with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses re-
peatedly, for opposing with manly Ermness, his
invasons on the rights of the people.
He has refused for long time after such
dissolutions, to cause Others to be elected;
whereby the Legislative powers, incapable ofan-
inhalation, have returned to the people at large
for their exercise, the state remaining in the
meantime exposed to all the dangers of nva-
sion from without, and commissions within.
He has endeapored to prevent the popula-
ton of these statee; for that purpose obs.ructng
the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refls-
ing to pass Others to encourage their migration
hither, and raising the conditions of new APP
preparations of lands
He has INSTRUCTED the administration of JUS
ice by refusing his assent to laws for establish
ing judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent upon his
will alone, for the tenure of their Offices, and
The amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices,
and sent hither ,swarms of officers, to harass
our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace,
standing armies, without the consent of our
legislatures.
He has affected to render the military indie
pendent of, and superior to the civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us
10 jurisdiction foreign to our constitution; and
unacknowledged by our laws; giving his as
sent to their acts of pretended legislation:
For Quarterng large bodies of armed troops
among us:
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 partc Of
che world:
For imposing taxes on us without our ccn-
sent
For deptiving us, in many cases, of the be-
netits Of trial by jury: I
For Transporting us beyond seas, to be tried
for pretended offences;
For aboshing the free system of English
laws in a neghboring province, establishing
therein an arbitrary government, and enlarg-
ING It's boundaries, so as to render it at once an
example and fit instrument for introducing the
same absolute rule in these colonies:
For taking away our charters, aboshing
our most valuable laws, and altering funda-
mentally the forms of our governments:
For suspendlng our own legislatures, and de-
claring themselves invested with power to lo-
gislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
lie has abdicated government here, by de-
claring us out of his protection and waging
war against us.
he has plundercd our seas. ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns and DESTROYED the lives
Of our people.
HoiS at tins time transporting large armies Of
foreign mercenares TO complete the work oil
death, desolaton and tyrrany, already begun