The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-07-05
SPIRIT OF THE FATHERS
IL Y 8
DElCI-AR- ALTON
INDEPENDENCE.

gress Assembled. Passed Thursday
July 4th, I7T6.
When, in the course of human events, il
betsnes necessary for one people to dis
solyethe political bands which have CON
nected them with another, and to assume
among the powers OF the earth the separate
and equal station to which the laws OF nature
and nt natures God, cRtitie item, a decent
respect to the opinions OF mankind requires,
that they should declare the causes which
impe them TO the sepaYati0n.
We hold these truths to he seleevident:
that all men are created equal; that they are
endowed by their Creator, with certain un-
alienable rights; that among these, are life,
liberty, and the pursuit OF happiness. That,
to secure these rights governments are in
sttuted among men, deriving, their Just
powers from the consent of the governed
that, whenever any form Of government
becomes destructive Of these GUas, it is the
right of the people to alter or t6abolish it.
and to lnStltate new government laying
its foundations on such principles, and or
ganlzlng its power in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness.
ernnlents, long established, should not be
accordiuylv. all experience hath shown tL.t
mankind are more disposed to suffer. while
evils are sutferablp, than TO right themselves
bv aboliShinG the forms tn which thpv aro
! accustomed Rut whom n lonr train of
abuses and usurnations n,,rs,,ing invariably
the same object. evinces design To reduce
them under absolute despotiSm.st is their
rilbt Il is their dntv to throw of' ench
government, and to provide how guards for
| their future security. Such has been the
patient sufferance of these colonies; and
such is now the necessity which constrains
| them to alter their former systems of pov.
crnmcnt.
The history of the present king Of Great
| Britain is history of 'repaatnd Injuries and
usurpations, all having. in direct object. the
| establishment Of an absolute tvrannv over
| these states. To prove this let facts be
submitted to a candid world
He has refused his assent to laws the most
| Wholesome and necessary to the public GOOD.
| He has forbidden his governors to pass
| laws of immediate and pressing Importance,
unless suspended in their operation till his
assent should be obtained; and. when so
| SUSPENDED, he has utterly neglected to at
tend to them. II"
| lie has refused to pass other laws for the
accommodation of large districts of neople.
unless those pcopIe would rclnduish the
right of representation in the legislature;
right nestimable to them. and formidable
! to tyrants only.
lie has ca}led topcther lerislative bodies
| at places unusual. uncomfortable, and dis
tant from the depository Of their pallic re-
| cords. for the sole purpose of fatiguinc
! thcm into c0mrIiance with his measures
lie has dissolved representative houses
rcpeatedN, for opposing, with manly frm.
ness, his invasions ON the rights of the peo-
! ple.
lie has refused, for a long time, after such
| dissoIutions to cause others to be elected:
whereby the legislative powers Incapable
of annihiIatinn, have returned to the people
| at large for their exercise the state remain,
ing, in the meantime, exp posed to all the
! dangers from invasion from without, and
commissions within.
| He has cndeavored to prevent the ponu-
lation of these states: for that purpose. OBJ
Structng the laws for natm aization of for
cignc's; refusing to pass others to euconr-
ace their migration hithcr, and riSng the
conditions ofnew appropriations of lands.
He has obstructcl the administration of
Justice by refusing his assent to laws for
establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges deDendem on his
will alone, for the tenure Of their offices,
and the amount and pavment of their sala
rics
He has erected a multitude of new offices.
and sent hither swarms of officers to ha-
rass our peoplc and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in time of peace,
standing armies. without the consent of our
Legislatures,
He has affected to ler the military
indcpendent Of and superior to, tn civil
power. .a.t
He has combined with Others, to subject
us to a imiglction foreign to our constjtu-
tion, and unacknowlcdged bv our laws: Civ
ing his assent to their pretended acts of
legislation:
For ouartcring large bodies of armed
troops among us:
For protecting them. hv mock trial.
from nunishment for anv murders which
thew should commit ON the inhabitants of
these states,
For cuttiuo off our trade with all parts of
the world
For imposing taxes on us, without our
consent,
For deriving us. in MANY cases, of the
b ncfts of trial bv Jury:
For TRANSPORTING us bcyond seas. to be
tried for pretended offences:
For abolishjnp the free system of English
laws in a ueirhborine province. establishing
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