Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-16
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sole purpose of fatguing them into connl;ancs
with his measures.
lie has dissolved representative bousos ,sroa,.
ed'y' tor opposing, with manly irmness, his
lnTaslons on the rights of the people.
le mas refused, for long time after such
dissolutions TO cause 9th srs to be elected where
by the legislative powers, incapable of apnihiIa.
fi'n have returned to the people at large for their
exercise the State remaining, in the mean time.
exposed to all the danger of invasion from with
ont, and convoisions within.
lie has endeayored 10 prevent the population
Eoi 'hese States; for that purpose, obsructng
ihe laws for naturalization of foreigners refusing
topass others toeucnursee ts,sir migration hither.
and raising the conditions of new appropriations
of lands
lie has obsruced the administration Of ;ustice
by refusing his assent to laws es.abIisb;no i,d;-
cary powers.
lie has made judges dependent on his will
alone tor the tenure of their Offices, and the
amount and payment of thei. salaries.
lie has erected a multitude ol new oAices
| '''''N' '"tl'I!S "a UlilCcf5 TO NdrlsS
people and eat out their substance,
lie has kept among us, in times of peace,
standing armies, without the consent of orr leo
isattire
lie has affected to render the military ;pdo.
pendent of, and superior to the civil power.
lie has combined, with others to subject US to
a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and un-
acAno"l lodged by our laws giving his assent TO
their acts of pretended legislation:
For quarteriog large bodies of troops among
us:
For protecting them by a moc!; trial, from pun
lahmeht, for any murders which they should
commit on the inhabitants Of these States
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the
wer,d
For imposing taxes on US without our con-
sent
For depriviug US, in many cases, of the b9nc-
fit Of trial by jury:
For transporting US beyond seas to be tried
for pretended offerces:
For abo'ishing the free system of Eaelish
avs in neighboring province, establishing
therein an arbitrary government. ami enlarging
its boundaries, so as to render it at once an ex-
amp e and fit instrument for introducing the same
absolute rule into these colonies
For taking away our charters, abolishing our
most valuable laws, aud altering, fundamentally,
the powers of our governments:
For saspendng or own legislatures, and de.
clarng themselves invested with power to legs-
late for US in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicaiel government here, by declar-
ing out Of his protection, and waging var
against us.
lie has plunderel our seas, rayaged our Goa sis,
burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our
people
lis, at this time, transporting large armies
Of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of
DEATH desolalion, and tyranny, already begun,
with circumstances of cruelty and perfdy scarce
paralleed in the most barbarous ages, and totally
- unworthy the head of civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellnw-citzen taken
caplves On the high seas, to bear arms against
= their country, to become the executioners of their
friends and brethren or to fall themselves by
e- their hands.
he lie has excited domestic instructions amongst
h US, and has endeaytred to bring on the inhabi-
he tauts of frontiers the merciess Indian saw
he ages, whose known rule of warfare is an undis-
m, tnguished destruction, of all ages, sexes and
re- conditions.
nat In every stage Of these expressions, we have
an petitloned for redress, in the most humble terms
our repeated petitions have been answered only
by repeated injury. A prince, whose character
" is thus marked by every act that may define a
gu lyrant is unfit to be the ruler Of free people.
-, Nor have we been wanting III our attention tt
=. our British brethren We have warned them
,, from time to time, of attempts made by thei
Legislature to extend an anwarrantable jussdo
~. ton over u.s. We have reminded them of thu
H., circumstances of our emgalion and scttemen
>. here. We have appealed to their native justice
-. and magnanimv, and we have conjured them
:. by the ties of our common kindred, 10 dlsavov
80 these usurpations, which would inevitably inter
~, rupt our connections and correspondence. They
~ 100, nave Uo6h G6dl 10 tnc VOICE vi lus'ice
M eunsanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesc
49, in the necessity, which denouces our separation
,o aud hold them, as we hold the rest Of manklnt
ob, enemies in war, in peace friends.
hcy We, therefore, The representatives of the Tn
I'm. ted States of America, in General Congress a
lme semb'ed, appealing to the Supreme Judge of Il
der World for the rectude of our intentions, do,
heir the name and by the authority of the good pc
pro- pie of these colonies, solemny publish and d
uch care that these United States are, and of rig
lies. ought to be Free and Independent States, tn
aims hey are absolvcd from all allegiance to the Br
ent. sh crown, and that all political connection b
tain tween them and the state of Great Britain, !
ons. and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that,
of free and independent States, they have full pow
rove 10 levy war, conclude peace, contract alliance
rid establish commerce. and to do all other acts al
$500. things which independent States may of rig
do. And for the support of this declarato
with firm reliance on the protection of Divl
Providence, we mutually pledge to each othe
80 our lives. our fortunes, and our sacred honor
has
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a.. took two of them to make shadow, has be