The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-04
Declaration of independence.
In Congress, July 4, 1356.
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATIONS OF THE
THIRTEEN UNITED STATES or AMERICA

| When, i'm the course of human events
it becomes necessary for one people t,
dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another and to as
sumo, among the powers of earth, tn,
separate and equal station TO which tn,
laws of nature and natures God entitl'
them, decent respect 10 the opinions o
mankind requires, that they. should de
clare the causes which impei them TO the
separation. ne
We hold these truths tobe selfeyident
that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights; that among
these are life, liberty, and thepursuit OF
happiness That to secure tkpsn rights
governments are instituted a5nOng men
deriving their jnst powers trSm the con
sent of the governed; that W whepev"ra'Iy
form of government becomesalestructiv
of these ends. it is the right " the people
to alter or to abolish it, aud 4o institute
a New government. la, ing its Foundation
OH such principles, and organizing its
powers in snch form as toffiiim shall
seem most likely to effect fhair safety
and happiness. Prudence, hdeed, will
| dictate that governments loikg establish-
ed shonld not be changed for light and
transient causes; aud accordingly all en-
perience hath shown, that qlankind are
more disposed to suffer, wlFle evils are
sufferable, than to right themselves,
by abolishing the forms tn which they
are accustomed But When . long train
of abuses and us,lrpati0ns, pnrsning in
variably the same object, eyinces a de-
sign to reduce them under absolute des-
p0tism, it is their right. it istheir duty,
to throw off snch government, and t0pro-
vide new guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufftrance of
these colonies and such is,pow the ne
cessity which constrains them to alter
their former system of government The
history of the present king of Great
Britain is history of repeated injuries
and usurDations. all having i'm direct OBJ
ject the establishment of an absolute
tyranny over these states = TO prove
this, let facts be submitted to candid
world.
He has refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the
public good. q
He has forbidden his governors to pass
tance, unless suspended in their opera
ton, till his assent shOnld be obtained: {:
al d when so suspended he has utterly
neglected to attend to themy He has re-
fused to pass other laws fen the accom-
modation of large districts Of people, un-
less those people would relinquish the
right of representation in the legislature
"a right inestimable to them. and for
midable to tyrants only
He has called together legislative bod
les at places unusual. uncomfortable, and
distant from the repository of their pub-
lie records, for the sole purpose of ia
tiguing them into compliance with
his measures
Hehasdissolved Representative Honses
repeatedly, for opposing, with manly
firmness, his invasions on the rights of
the people.
He has refused, for la&G time after
ssifgcted; whereby the Legislative powers.
incapable of annihilation, have returned
to the people at large for their exercise,
the State remaining, in the meantime,
exposed to all the dangers of invasion
from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavOred to prevent the pop
ulation of these States for that purpose
obstructing the laws of naturalization OF
foreigners; refusing to pass others to en-
courage their migration hither, and rails
ing the conditions of new appropriations
of lands
He has obstructed the administration
ofjustice, by refusing his assent TO laws
for establishing judiciary powers
He has made judges dependent on his
will alone, for the tenure of their offices,
and the amount and payment OF their
salaries.
He has erected multitude of new
offices and sent hither swarms of officers,
to harass our people, and eat ont their
substance.
He has kept among us, in times OF
peace, standing armies, without the con
sent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the militia
independent of, and superior to. the ri' II
power
He has combined with others - sub
iect us to jurisdiction foreign to our
Constitution, and macknow lodged by
our laws; giving his assent (" their
acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies of troops
PnODg us
For protecting them by a mock rial,
from punishment for any murders which
they should commit on the inhabitants
of these States:
For cutting of onr trade with all parts
of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our
consent:
For depriying us, in many cases, OF the
benefits ola trial by jury:
For transporting ms beyond seas to be
tried for pretended otfeuses;
For abolishing the free system OF Eng
lish laws ina neighboring province, es-
tablishing therein an arbitrary govern
meat, and enlarging its boundaries, so as
t. render it az once an example and tit
instrument for introducing the same alb
solute rule into these colonies:
For taking away our charters. abolish-
ing our most valuable laws, and altering
fundamentally, the forms of our govern
ments:
For suspending our own legislatures,
aud declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for us in all cases
whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by
declaring us out of his protection. and
waging war against US.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged
our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroy
| ed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large
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