Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-07-16
@fpetie Meeess:
From the Charleston Courier.
The Declaration Of lndepen.
=. demce i'm Blank Verse.
A WELL KNOWN DOCUMENT SLIGHTLY
PARAPHRAsED.

A WELL KNOWN DOCUMENT SLIGHTLY
PARApHRAsED.
when, in their course, human events compel
One people to dissolve the social bands,
Thai linked them with another, and TO take
Among the powers of the Earth that station,
EQUAL, and separate, 10 which the laws
OF Nature aud Of Natures God, by right,
Entitle them-respect to the opinions
or fellow men call on them 10 declare
The causes, shich have rendered necessary
Such separation.
We, then, hold these truths
To be selfevident-l'h hat all mankind
Are equal aud endowed, by their Creator
With certain analienabe rights
That amongst these aie Lite. and Liberty,
And the Pursul, of Happiness-That men,
To make these rights available and safe,
Have Instituted Governments, deriving
Their lawful power from the free consent
Of those they govern-That whelfany form
OF Government is proved to be destructive
OF these their ends, il is the Peoples right
To alter, or abolish it, and found
A government anew, with principles
So laid for its foundation. and with powers
In such form organized, as shall to them
Seem most conducive to their happiness
And safety.
Prudence will, indeed, dictate
That long established Governments should not
Be changed for any light or transient cause;
And all experience, accordingly,
Hath shown that men are more dispose to suffer
So long us evils are endurable,
Than 10 assert their rights, and throw aside
Their customary forms. But, when abuses
4,,l IN n IapUthenpu
Pursue one object steadfastIy evncing
A firm design to bow them down beneath
Absolute dpspotsm, it is their right,
1t is their bounden duty to throw off
Such Government, aud 10 provide new guards
For their security i'll future.
Such
Has beenlhe patient sn1erance of these
Our Colonies, and such is now the need.
That forces them 10 change their present sys-
TENS
OF Governmaut. Great Britain's present King
Hath made his history the history
OF usurpatioiI, and OF injuries,
Often repeated, and directly tending
To the establishment Of Tyranny
Over these Slates-to prove this, le, the World
In candor listen 10 undOu6ted facts.
He has refused 10 give assent 10 laws,
Wholesome, and neediul Tor the public, good.
He has denied his Governors the power
To sanction laws Of pressing urgency,
Unless suspended in their operation,
IT'LL his assent should be Oblainedi and when
Suspeuded thus, he has failed wtully
To give them further thought. He has refused
To Sanction other laws. deemed advantageous
To districts thicltly peop&ed unless they,
Who dwelt therein, would basey throw away
Their risht,o Representatives right
Ines,ima5e io themselves and only
'To Tvra nts formidable. In the hope
To weary them into weak compliance
With his obnoxlo1s measures, he has sum-
Inoned
The Legislative Bodies TO assemble
AT places rcon, euient, aid unusual,
And whence lheil public records were remote.
He has re epeatedly dissolved the Houses
OF Representatives for interfering
With manly iirmneSs, when he has invaded
THE Pennies rights. Long time he has re-
fused,
After such dissolution, to convene
Others in lieu OF them: whereby, The powers
OF Legislation, since they might not be
Annihila,ed, have for exercise
Reeu forced upon the body Of the people;
Leaving meanwhile, the unprotected State
To dangers OF uvasions from without.
And inward anarchy. He has endeavoret !,
TO check the population oillIese States,
Thwarlins the laws Tor naturalization
or coreigne,s, Withholding his Assem-.
From o,her laws, that might encourge them
In immie rating hihcr, aud enhancing
The prlce of new ailutmenlS Of the soil.
He has obstru:ted The administration
or Justice, by his esto on the laws
Establishing judiciary rnwerS.
He has made Judges on his will alone
Deneodent for the tenure Of their office.
For the amount, and for The proper payment
t)f their emolumenls. He has erected
New offices in mutitudes, and sent
Swarss OF his officers TO liarrnss US,
And 10 eat out our substance: He has Kept
In times of peace among us, Standing armies,
Without the sanction Of our Legislatures.
uis aim has been TO place the military
Above the civil power, and beyond
I,s inst control. lie has combined with others
To make us subject to Jurisdiction,
In spirit foreign TO our Constitution,
And uoacknowledged by our laws; asserting
10 acts, tha. they have passed, with seInh'ancc
or lesisIa,ion-acts-For quartcring
Among us bodies Of armed troops-For shield
ing,
Bvamock triaI, these thoir instruments
From punishment for any murders done
On our nhab,ants-For cutting oft
0ur trade with every quarter Of the world
For luying on us taxes not approved
Nv our consen,-For Oft times robbinG US
or any benefit that NIGH attend
Trial BY jury-For transporting Us,
Bevond ihe seas, to answer Tor offences
Imnu,ed 10 us--For abullStlhs,
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