Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-07-20
nsaT.rseion of rndeDondence. .

was intended to be read at the Douglas Iele-
brations on the 4th inst:
When in the course of political events, it
becomes necessary for one people calling them
aalves Democrats, to dissolve the bonds which
have connected them with another people cali
ing themselves Democrats. and to assume for
themselves among the great parties Of the
Country, . position and an Importance to
which neither the requirments of society nor
common sense requires them. a respect for the
es.inion of the decent portion IF mankind re-
j auires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation.
ssv We hoId these tYashs TO be- self eptdeht--
That all Democrats are born free and equal
that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights, that among these
are Douglas, Squatter Sovereignty and the
pursuit of Offices. That to receive these
rights. Groceries and Saloons are established
among men, deriving their just profits from
the public-that whenever any form of Demo
eracy becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
and 10 establish netr form of Democracy, lay
lag its foundation on new principles. and or
ganizing its powers, subject only to the Consti-
futiou. Prudence, indeed would dictate that
parties long established should not be broken
ap for slight and transient caus.s-and consc-
qaently all experience hath shown that man
kind are prone to suffer well known intoicra-
BILE evils. rather than fly to others they know
not Of But when long course Of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same OBJ
iect, evinces design to place them under alb
solute despotism it is their right it is their
duty bo throw off such party, and to build
ap new one for themselves. Such has been
s the sufEeriugs of these boltcrs; and such is new
the necessity which constrains them TO alter
their former platform. The history of the
present President of this glorious Republic. is
ashistory of repeated insults, injuries and usur-
pations, ell having in direct object the estab-
lishnaent of an absolute tyranny over these
gtates and Territories. To prove this, let
So facts be submitted to candid world:
He has refused to assent to laws the mdst
wholesome and necessary for the public
good.
He has forbidden bis tools IN the Legislative
department, to pass laws of immediate and
pressing Importance:
He has refused to pass other laws for the ac-
commodation of whole Territory of people
unless those people would tolerate system oi
human Slavery, alike revolving TO their sense
Of Justice, and Incompatible with their polite
= al or social interests.
He has, through his Governors called to-
Rether Legislative bodies at places unusual
even at Lecompton, that he might the more
easily control their actions;
he has endeayored to prevent the popula-
;. ting of the Territories; for that purpose pro-
curing hortles of Border Rufians TO make in
to commit murders, arsons. robberies and 9th
err outrages unheard of in civilized countries:
: to overawe citizens ut the polls, and to carry
elections in favor of the usurpers who filed the
Offices, to the exclusion of the bona ie settlers;
aud who made laws anti Republican and anti
Democratic, and which were cruel and blood
thirsty in the extreme. He afterwards ap-
pointed these rufflans and marauders to places
ofhonor and trust, placing them in authority
over an outraged people.
He has obstructed the administration of
justice by refusing TO bring these men to trial.
He has made judges and governors depend
ent upon his will alone for the tenure of their
Offices.
He has affected to render the military indie
pendent of, and superior to the civil power in
Kansas.
He has combined with the Slave power to
subject US to its dictation.
He has quartered large bodies of troops III
Territories which, but for him, would have
= been peaceable and prosperous
He has waged war at marvellous expense
upon Polygamy, and has taken to bis embrace
her sister, Slavery.
He has by his example in Kansas, excited
domestic insurrection amongst us.
He has sought to extend his dominion over
Territory not belonging to him. at the expense
OF the people, and to their injury.
He has offered large sums of money for
lands SO crowded with negroes, as to afford nc
vesting place for industrious whites
He has violated every pledge, broken
every promise, and made himself generally odi-
ous.
.se He has falsifed the record upon which be
8 was elected, divided and destroyed his party
and has brought us to the verge of civil war
and disunion, and even now is leaeued with the
enemies OF free government for the overthrow
of the constitution.
He has made subserviency to the slave pow
er o test of Democracy, and he has deeapitated
many persons for daring TO disobey his mandates.
He has falsided records. bribed officers
6quan0eFeQ PUBIC I0nJS, corrupted DaliOt DON
es, and countenanced frauds.
He has appointed men to Office whom the
people have repudiated as unworthy, thus set
ting their will at defiance.
He has awared contracts to individuals. be-
cause of their devotion to him, and has paid
the funds devoted to the public services for OBJ
legations entirely personal.
He has prostituted his high office. degrad-
ed himself, disgraced his party, and DESTROYED
our political hopes.
He has repudiated the platform upon which
he was elected and the men who voted for
him. He has rewarded his enemies and pun
ished his friends
In every stage of these expressions we h ave
petitioned for redress in the most humble man.
ner, and subject always to the Constitution
and our petitions have been answered only By
greater injuries.
Nor have we been wanting in attentions to
our Democratic brethren. We have warned
them from time to time of the attempts by
their executive to extend unwarrantable
Jurisdiction over US; We have reminded them
of the promises under which the people elected
him to ofice-We have appealed to their ma
tive justice and magnanimity, and we have con-
iured them by the ties of our common party
to dissever these usurpations, which would in
evitably interrupt our connexion and cores
pondence-We have held up to them the apal-
ling spectacle of offices of high honor profit
and trust being filed by the Black Republi-
cans, but they have been deaf to the voice oi
consanguinity & of Justice We must, there
fore aequiesce in the necessity which denoun
ces our separation, and hold them, as we hold
the rest of factionists enemies in politics, in