Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-16

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that the thanks of the convention be presented to It's
author, and a copy requested for publication
Second Declaration of Independence
Whenin the course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve bonds, political
or ecclesiastical which have connected them with an
other, and to assume among the people of the earth,
the separate and equal station to which the laws of
God and nature not only entitle but mperitiyey call
them, decent respect for the opinions Of mankind,
requires declaration of the causes which impel them
to the separation.
We hold these truths to be selfcvden that all men
are created equal that they endowed by their Gre
aor with certain nalienabe rights that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness That
to secure these rights, governments are instituted
mong men, deriving their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed; that whenever any FORM adj
ministraton of government, becomes destructive Of
these ends it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish it, and to institute either new form or
administration Of government as the may require,
laying its foundations on such principles, and organ
ling its powers in such form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Prudence indeed will dictate, that that governments
or administrations long established, should not be
changed for light and transient causes, and according
ly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more
disposed to suffer while evils are sufcrablo than to
right themselves by abolishng the forms Or admins
trations to which they are accustomed, But when a
long train Of abuses and usupatons, pursuing nyarl
ably the object evinces design to reduce them
under absolute desposm it is their right, is their
duty to throw off such government administration
and to provide guards for their future security
Such has been the patient suferance of the great
orty Of the people Of these United States; and such
is now the necessity which constrans them to seek q
change in the administration Of the government
The history of the Slavocratic dynasty, is his tory
Of repeated injuries and usurpatons, all having di-
rect object not only the chaelzaton Of the sons of
Africa, but the establishment of absolute tyranny
over the free white people of these states. To prove
| this let facts be submitted TO candid world.
~ His Slayocratic Majesty out of the Is presidcn-
tial terms, including the present, has succeeded in
filling - with shareholders, and of the exceptions
was northern man with southern principles ~ OF
the vice presidents placed in the chair for the last
26 years, all have been shareholders ST his appoint
mcnt except one. And out of rs elected in the SEN
ate president pro TEN, GO were Of lis appointment
(3 Of the Is Secretaries of State who filled this Of
fee up to '45, 10 were Of his appointment, (4 He
has opsointcd from among his iayortes of the suvo-
cracv large majority of the officers of the army and
the navy (5 He has assumed to control the jundiary
Of the United States,by the appointment of majority
of its officers from among his fayortes. G) At his
pleasure, he has declared war and called on his Nor
them vassals to supply him with men and means, to
secure additional territory for the extension of his dark
domain. az To save himself from taxation on his
human chattcls, he has established tariff for revenue,
thus taxing to support his monstrosities, the poor
equally with nch,and socurngfrom bis Northern min
IONS most of the bones and snews of war; as well as
the principal support of his audacous government in
time of peace. (S) In a war with England, he wasted
in its prosecution &13I000000 and 3200,O00,OO0
were lost on sea and land, by merchants and farmers
thus Gripping the commorcil prosperity Of tho North,
and then without gaining what demanded made
peace, and then demanded National bank and high
tariff in order to compel his northern mnions to pay
the National debt And while prosecuting the war
he sent sayeholdng generals to the Northern bound
ary with orders to take the Canadas paper but tc
be sure and not do SO with powder and ball, lest the
North should acquire balance fpower by the add
ton of few free States to the Union l0) He has
intordcted the freedom of speech and the press, by
an audacious intercepton of what he might deem in
cendiary natter transmitted through the U. S. Mail
C0 lie has refused his assent to laws the most whole
some and necessary for the public good. Ql) lie has
affected to rcudera reckless mobocracy independent
of and superior to the civil power. (l2 He has seiz-
cd free citizens of the north and held them in duress
vile, and then utterly expelled from his SOIL agents
> scntby the people of the north, whose commission
was an appeal to the Judiciary of the U. s., in beha
of said seized and DISTINGUISHED citizens. Q3) He
has seized northern citizens for assisting the needy
feeding the hungry, clothing the Naked and helping
the weary traveller on his way of escape from degra
ding oppression (l4 lie has by intimidation, fatte
ry and bribes secured the patronage of the large ant
popular political and ecclesiastical organizations of the
country, in favor of his interests inducing potca
: demagogues bishops, D. DIS, and elders, either tc
defend and apologize for his oppressive and tyranca
administration, or obsequiously to hold their peace
ana duuOIltlLFCly ADVISE LneH .uOd6rQS wholly u
: refrain from this agtating subject.
We have petitionod for redress in the most respect
full terms, but our repeated petitions have been an
/ swered only by repeated injury. A prince whose
character is thus marked by every act which may de-
: fine tyrant, is unfit to be ruler of free people,
Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our south
ern brethren, We have warned them from time t.
time Of attempt Of their Legislature to extend an un
g warantablc Jurisdiction over us. We have appealed
to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have
conured them by the ties of our common kindred t.
dsayow these usurpatons, which would inevitably in
# terrupt our connexions and correspondence. The,
too have been deaf to the voice of Justice and con
+ sanguinity. We must therefore acquiesce nthe ne
cessity which denounces our separation from his gov
ernment and from all political or ecclesiastical asso
If Citations which sucCumb to the dictates of his Slave
IS cratic majesty, which may in any way, either b,
81 open defence and apology, or by studied silence ant
he implied federation, REASONABLY favor his unblushn
a. and long perpetuated usurpations