American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-07-01

F''e N"''sS .' y IS"'f'T' ~. - /
grsss assembled. ~ 80 !
When, in the course OF human events. |
il becomes necessary for one people to dis.
solve the political bands which have con-
nected them with another. aud 10 assume. |
among the powers Of the earth. the srpa-
rate aud equal station to which the laws
Of nature and Of nsiure's God enlitle them
descent respect TO the opinions Of man
Kind requires that they should declare
the causes which impcl them TO the seps
ration. [D'
re We hold these truths to be self evident.
that all men are created equal; thSt tlsry
are endowed BY their Creator with certain
lnalienable lights; that among these, are
life, liberty. aud the pursuit Of happiness.
That TO secure these rights, governments
are instituted among men, deriving their
Just powers from the consent Of the gqv-
erned. that. when any form Of government
becomes destructive ofthese ends. il is the
right OF the people to alter or abolish it,
and to institute new government, laying
its foundations on such principles and or.
ganizing its powers in such form, as to
them, shall seem most likely 10 affect their
! sa fety and happiness. Prudence, iedeed,
will dictate that governments long estab-
Ilished. should not .bs changed for light
and ,transcient causes; and according y. all
Experience bah shown that mankind are
more disposed TO suffer, while evils are
suffsrsble, than TO right themselves
| by aboiisbing the forms TO which they
aIe accustomed. But, when along train
Iofebuses and usurpAtions. pursuing inva.
riably the same object, evinces design
to redu.e them under absolute despotisn,
it is their right, il is 0ieir du'y, 10 throw
off such government, and to provide new
guards for their future security. Such
has been the patient suHerance of-these
colonies, and such is now the necessity
which constrails them TO alter their fo' m
er systems Of government. The history
Of the present king Of Great Britain is a
history oltepeated injuries and usurpations
all haYiEg in direct object, the establish
msht of an absolute tyranny over these
States Toprove this let fact, be submit
ted to candid world:
| He has refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the
public good. $40 u "a.
He has forbidden his governors to PISS
laws Of immediate AMI pressing import
ance, an'sss suspended 10 their operation
till his assent should b, obtained; and whe Z
so suspended. be has utterly neglected tC
attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws fo
the accommodation Of large districts o
people. unless those people should relin
quish the right of representation in th
: legislature, a right ineslimablc to them
o and formidable 10 tyrants only.
s He has called together legislative bodie
at places unusual. uncomfortable, and dis
tant from The depository of their publ
records. for the sole purpose Of iatiguin
g them into compliance with his measures
He has dissolved representative house
g repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firm
ness, his inyAsions on The rights Of th
people.
u lie has refused for long time afte
r such dissolutions, TO cause othelsto be c
n lecied, Whereby tie legislative powers, in
capable Of annihilation, have returned I
the people al large tor their exercise, th
State remaining. in the meantime, expo:
;! ed to all the danger OF invasion from witt
p out. and convulsions within.
n He has endeavored to prevent the pol
~ ulstion Of these States, for that purpose, oil
" siructing the laws for naturalization {
IL foreigners; refusing to PASS others TO o.
II courage their emig igra!ion hilher. anil raj:
Is ing the conditions Of new appropriations
n land.
He has obsruc'ed the administration
' Justice. by refusing his assent to Jaws f
as establishing judiciary powers.
t, He has made judges dependent on h
n. will alone, for the tenure Of their office
NJ and the amount and payment of their sd
;, aries.
IL H has erected multitude Of new OF
Ill ces, and sent bither swarms Of officers
ty harrass our people, and eat their substant
no He has kept among US in times OF pt &C
80 standing armies, without The consent
- our l. gislature.
" He has affected 10 render the mliIa
'at ind4 pendent of, aud superior TO the CT
wv p over.
ID He has combined with others, to suhjt
I ~. us to a jurisdiction foreign to our consli
'u' ton, and unacknowlerged by our Law
giving his assent to their acts Of pretend
legislation:
For quarteriug large bodies Of arm
- troops among us.
N. For protecting them, bya mock trial fr
- punishment. for any murders which Il
ter should commit on the inbabitance Of th
States. .5,
is For cu,tingof our trale with all parts
MI. the world.
70. For imposing tag on US without our c.
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er' Eor depriying US in many cases, of
in benefits OF trial by jury;
&C. For transporting US beyend seas to
.;se tried for pretended offences;
has For aboIshirg the free system Of Eng
in laws in neighboring province, es,Abli
Me-. ing therein an arbitrary government.
an. enlarging its boundries. so as to render
Ie- at once an example and ft instrument
was introducing the same absolute rule
,os. these colonies; r
ma, For taxing away our charters, aboli
riv- ing our most valuable laws. and alteri
ari Fundamentally. the powers of our cove