The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06

kiha' requires that hey should dec larp the
Causes Which ltGp"l them 10 .hr separation.
| "Ne hold these truths 10 he scli-eyi-
dent, that all men are created 4oua,
that they are endowed by their Creator
with Certain unacnabin rights: that,
among these, are LIFE, Liberty, and
the pursuit OF Happiness, That, to secure
these rights, governments are instituted
among mcn, deriving thetr last powers
from the consent Of the governed, that,
whenever any fern OF government be-
comes destructive OF these ends, it is the
right OF the people to alter OF to abolish
| II, and to institute new government,
laying Its foundation on such principles,
and organizing lis power in such toin,, az
to them shall seem most likely, to effect
their safety and happiness. Prudence IN
dee !. viii dictate, Thai governments long
est blShed should not be changed for light
id transient causes, and accordingly all
experience hath shown, that mankind are
more disposed to suffer, while evils are
siderable, than to right themselves by
4 OIL hing he forms 10 which they afe &C.
c0stomed. But when long train of
abuses and usurpations, pursuing lnvaria-
by the same object, eV,nCes de3Ign to
reduce them under absolute deSpotism it is
their right, it IS their duty to throw off
such government, and 10 provide new
g"ards Tor their future security Such has
been the patient sufirrance of these cYIU-
nrs and such is now the necessity which
conStralns them 10 a..,! their former sys.
tenn OF government. The history 0! the
present king CT Great Britain, Is 1t history
OF repeated injuries and usulpations, all
having IN direct object the establishment,
OF an absolute tyranny over these States.
To prove this, let iacts BE- submitted to
candid world.
ole has refused his assent to laws, the
most wholesome and necessary Tor The pub"
lie good.
"lle has forbidden his governors TO pasr
laws OF Immediate and pressing import
ance, unless suspended IN their opera ton,
till his assent should be obtained aud.
when so suspended, lie has U,terIy neglect-
ed to attend to them. lie hus refused to
pass other laws for the accommodation of
large districts Of people, unless those peo-
pie would rel'nquish the right OF repre-
sensation in the lcgI3alure-a right ines.
Unable 10 thrnl> and formidable to tyrants
only.
He has called together Legislative bod
les at places uuusuui, unc oniortubir, and
distant from the repository OF public re-
cords, for the sole purpose OF iltiguins
them INTO compliance with his measures.
''He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly, for Opposing with manly tirni-
N IS, his inyaslons on the rights OF our
people.
''Hshas refused, for long time after
such dissolutions, to cause others to b..
elected ,--whereby, the legislative pow
rrs, incapable OF annlhlation, have res
turned TO the people at large, for their
exercise, the state remaining, IN the mean
time, exposed to all the dangers of inva-
aiou from without, and Commissions with
N.
ole hasendcavorcd 10 prevent the pop
ulatlon OF these states; for that purpose,
obstruc'ns The laws for naturalization Of
foreigners, refusing to pass others 10 en-
courage their migration hlther. and rls-
ing the conditions OF new appropriations
Of lands.
"Ie has Distracted the administration
OF Justice, by refusing his assent to laws
lor establishing judiciary powers.
Gle has made judges dependent on his
VIII alone, tor the tenure of thcr Offices,
aud the amount and payment Of their
salaries.
ole has erected multitude OF new
Offices, and seat h'ther swarlns of officers,
TO harass, our people, and cal out our sub
stance.
He has kept among us, in tunes Of
peace, standing a'mles. without the con-
sent of our legislatures.
He hs, effected to. r.ndel the military
independent d, and superior, to, the civil
power.
'iic has combined with others TO sub
jet us to jurisdiction foreign to orr
constitution, and unacknowled1e by our
laws, giving his assent to their acts Of
pretended leg islatlon, for duar,ering la.ge
bodies OF armed troops among US; for bro
tecIlng them, by mock trial. from punish
ment Tor any mardera Which they should
on the Inhabitants If these States,
for cutting off our trade with ali parts of
the world: Tor imposing taxes on us with
out onl consent: tor depriving Us in many
cases, OF the b,.ne iu of ui"i - jay. -.
us beyond seas to DC tried
for pretended offences, for abolishing the
Zee system OF English laws ina neigh
boring province, establishing therein an
arbitrary government, and charging ts
so "a to render 1t at onc-au
an example and fit instrument tor intro
,,u.!A5 the same absolute raie iuto these
colonies, tot taking away our charters;
our most valuable laws, and
Altering lunAamsntalv, the forms u our