The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-07-08

colonies; and such i, now Tn. necessity
whit h consltaIaS them to alter their former
system OF GoHen'menr The history of,h.
pe'c"t kim OF Great rritain, is history OF
repeated Injuries and nsurpations; all hay
ing III direct object the establishment ofau
absolute tyranny over these States. To
! prove this. lei facts he subml ted to a caud
! d world
He has refused his asSe, to laws, th,,
most wAo,e 'onie AID necessary Tor the pub-
lie g,od.
Ole has forbidden his governors to pass
laws OF immediate aud pressing importance
unless suspended II their operation ill his
a$Sen, should be obaned and, when so sus
pended, he has utterly neg ecteI to attend
10 them. He las refused to pass other laws
l' the acconoda ion of large districts Of
people, unless those people would reliu
qui~h the right of r'preselra,o Oh in the Ieg
lsla'ure--a right ine>tm die to them, and
formidable 10 ,yranls only.
she has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable.
and distant from the repository of their
public records, for the sole purpose Of
fatlguing them into compliance with his
measures.
ale has dissolved representative hou-
SEES repeatedly, for opposing, with manly
llrmness, his invasions on the rights of
our people.
"He has refused, for long time after
such dlSsolutionS, to cause others to b.
rlected-whcreby, the Legislative pow
crs, incapable OF annlllation. have r..
turned TO the people at large, for their
eNrrc ST, the state remaining, in the
meantime, exposed TO all the dangers of
INVASION from without, and COMMISSIONS
within
"lle has endeavored to prevent the
population Of these s:ates for that pur-
pose, o5structlng the laws for naturaiza-
ton OF foreigners; refusing to pass others
to encourage their migration hlher, and
raising the condition Of new appropria-
tons OF lands.
''llc has obstructed the administration
ofjuSticc, by refusing his assent to laws
Tor establishing judiciary powers.
"llr has made Judges dependent on his
will alone, tor the tenure of their Offices,
and the amount and payment of their
salaries.
s'He has erected multitude of new
officers, and sent hither swarms of Off
GERS, to harass our people, and eat out
our substance
CHE has kept among us, IN times of
peace, standing armies, without the con-
sent Of our legislatures.
ole has affected to render the military
independent OF, and superior, to, the civ
il power.
"He has combined with others to sui,
ect us to jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution, and unacknowledged by our
laws: giving his assent to their acts of
pretended legislation, for quarerng larr.
bodies Of armed troops among us: for pro
tectins them, by mock trial, from pun
ishment Tor any murders which they
should commit on the inhabitants OF
these States, for cutting off our trade with
all parts OF the world: tor imposing taxes
on lis without our consent for depriy-
ing us, in mauy cases, of the benefits Of
trial by jury: for transporting us beyond
seas to be tried for pretended offences;
Tor abollshlng the free system of English
laws in a neighboring province. estab-
fishing therein an arbitrary government,
and cnIarging its boundaries, so as to
reader it at once an example and fit IN {.
strumcnt for introducing the same abso
lutte rule INTO these colonies; for taking
away our charters, aboishing our most
Valuable laws, and altering tundamen-
tally, the forms of our governments: for
s,lspending our own legislatures, and dc
claring themselves invested with power
to lcgislate for us in all cases whatso
ever.
ale has ahdicatcd government here,
by declaring us out Of his protect n,
and wa cing war against us.
ole has plund,rei our seas, ravaged
our coasts, burnt our towns, and e<troyed
the lives OF our people.
ale is at this time transporting large
armies of foreign mercenarics TO COM
plete the work OF death, desolation, and
tyranny, already begun with circumstan
ces of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely par
allelled in the most barbarous ages and
totally unworthy the head of a civilized
nation.
'sHc has constrained our fellow citi-
zens, taken captive on the high seas, to
become the cXecutioners of their friends
and brethren, or to fall themsel Ives by
their hands.
"IIc has excited domcSti instructions
,poprct ne and has pn1pa yOr,1 fl brine
on the inhabitants OF our frontiers, the
mercicss Indian savages, whose known
rule of warfare is an undistinguished
destruction of all ages, sexes and condi
tons.
In every stage of these expressions,
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