The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-07-05
prcLAnATIon on IHDEP ENDENcE.


United StateS Of Ameriea. m
WuGN. 10 the course OF human events.
it becomes necessary for one people 10
dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another. aud 10 as.
sumo, among the powers pfthe earth, The
seperate aud equal station 10 which The
laws of nature aud Of natures God emit
tie them. a decent respect TO the opinions
ofmankind requires that they should de.
clare the causes which impeI them to the
seperatioh.
We hold these truths to be selfevi.
dent, that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed oy their Great with
certain unaienable rights, that among
these are life, liberty. aud the pursuit of
happiness. That to secure these rights,
governments are Instituted among then.
deriving their just powers from the con-
sent of The governed; that whenever any
form Of government becomes destructive
of these ends, il is the right of the people
to alter Or 10 abolish il, aud 10 institute a
new government. laying its foundation on
such principles, aud organizing its pow
ere III such form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and hap,
IpiieaS. Pfddehce. Indeed, will dictate.
that governments long established should
not be changed for light and transient cai-
ses; and accordingly all experience hath
shown. that mankind are more disposed
to suffer; while evils are suferabIe, than
to right themselves by abolishing the
forms to which they are accustomed. But
when long train Of abuses and usurpa,
tions. pursuing Itaiiably the same OBJ
Iject, evinces design to reduce them un-
der absolute despdtism. it is their right;
it is their duty. to throw off such govern.
ment, and to provide new guards for their
future security. Such has been the pa.
lient suferance of these colonies; and
such is now the necessity which con.
strains them to alter their foriier system
of government. The history Of the pres
ent king of Great Britain is history ofre-
peated injuries and usurPalidnS, oil hav
ing in direct object the establishment of
an absolute tyranny over these states.
To prove this, let the facts be submitted
to candid world.
! He has refused his assent to laws the
most Wholesome and necessary for the
public goodj
He has forbidden his governors TO pass
laws Of immediate and pressing impor.
tance, unless suspended in their opera
tioh, till his assent should be dbtanedj
aud When SO suspended, he has utterly
eglected to attend To them. He has re-
fused III pass other laws for the accommu
dation OF large districts Of people. unless
those people would reinquish the right
of representation in the legislatdre-a
fright inestimable 10 them, aud formidable
to tyrants only;
He has called together legislative bod
les at places unusual uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository OF their pub
lie records, for the sole purpose of ia
tigning them into compliance with hi:
: measures;
He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly. for opposing, with manly
frmness, his invasions on the rights oflhe
peoplej
He has refused, for long time after
such dssnlutions, to cause others To be
elected; whereby the legislative powers
incapable of annihilarion, have returned
To the people at large, for their exercise
the state remaining, in the mean time, ex
pnseJ TO all the dangers ofinvasion from
without and commissions within;
He has eudeavored to prevent the pop
ulali0n Of these states for that purpose
obstructug the laws for naturalization Of
Foreigners, refusing to pass others III en-.
courage their migralionhither, and raising
The Condition of new appropriations Of
lands;
He has dHstrdcted the administration
of justice, by refusing his assent to law
for establishing judiciary powers;
; He has made judges dependent on hi
5 will alone, for the tenure of their Offices
, and the amount and payment Of their sala
, resj
He has erected multitude Of new of
fees, aud sent hlher swarms Of officers
= 10 haraSs our people, and eat out thei
substances;
He has kept among US, in times ofpeact
standing armies, without the consent .
our legislatures;
He has affected to render the miltar,
! independent of, and superior 10, the civi
. power ..l
He has combined with others to sub
ject us to jurisdiction foreign TO GU
constitution. and unacknowledged by ou
D laws, giving his assent to their acts q
] pretended legislation;
For quarteIing large bodies of arme'
troops among us;
For protecting them, by mock trial
from punishment for any murders whic
n they should commit on the inhabitants .
y these states;
Il For cutting off our trade with all part
of the world;
For imposing taxes on us without ou
consent;
J. For depriving US, in many cases, OF tn
d benefits Of trial by jury;
For transporting US beyond seas to b
tried for pretended offences;
l. For aboIishing the free system of Eng
"a lish laws in neghboring province, es
!. ,abIishiug therein an arbitrary govern
mens, aud erlargihg its boundaries, so
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