Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-07-01

ty which COnstralnS them 10 alter the 1or-
mer system of government. The history of
the present king Of Great Britain is his
tory Of repeated injuries and usurpations,
all having in direct object, the establish
ment of an absolute tyranny over these
states. To prove this, let facts Ue submitted
to candid world:
lie has refused lis assent to laws the
most wholesome And necessary for the pub
lie good
He las 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. lie has refused to pass other
laws for the accommodation of large dis.
tricts of people, rnluss these people would
rcinguish the right of representation IN the
legslature-a right inestfmable TO them,
and formidable to tyrants cnly.
He has called together legislative bodies
at places unusual uncomfortable, and dis
tant from the repository of their public re-
cords, for the sole purpose Of fatiguing them
into compliance with his measures
He has dissolved representative houses re-
peatcdly, for opposing, with manly firmness,
his invasions on the rights of the people.
We has refused, for a long time after such
dissoiutiuns, to causc utliers to be elected;
whereby the legislative powers, incapable
of annIiilation, have returned'to the peo.
pie at large for their exercise, the state re-
mining IN the meantime exposed TO all the
dangers Of invasion from without and con
yulsions Within '''s .''.
He has endGavorcd to prevent the popula-
tion of these states; for that purpose Oh
structing the laws FOR naturalization of for
cigners refusing to pass Others to encourage
their migration hithcr and raising the con
dihons OF new appropriations Of land.
lie has obstructed the administration Of
justice, by refusing bis 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 a multitude OF offices, and
sent hither smarms of officers, to hnrrass
our people, and cat out their substance
| He has kept among us in times of peace
standing armies, withoutthc consent Of our
/ legislatures. Ha.
! He has affected to render the military in
/ dependent Of, aud superior to the civil
power. .
He has combined with others to subject
US to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitu.
! tion and acknowledged 10y our laws; Civ.
| ing his assent to their acts of pretended
legislation a. h'.. i.. -
For quartcring large bodies OF aimed
I troops among US: To-.
/ For protecting them, by a mock trial
from punishment, for any murders which
they should commit on the inhabitants OF
| these states
For cutting off trade with all parts of the
! world: YHH. .. .r
For imposing taxes on us without our
consent It
For dcpriving us, in many cases of the
benefit OF trial 10y jury
For transporting us Hcyond scas, to be
tried for pretended offences
For abolshing the free system OF English
laws in ncighhoring province, establishing
therein an arbitrary government, ana en-
laraing its boundaries so rs to render II al
once an example and ~ Instrument for III
Producing the same absolute rule into thcst
colonies
For taking away our charter5, oh"lishius
our most valuable laws, and altering tunda
mentally, the forms of our government:
For suspendinc onr own legislatures am
declaring themselves invested with pnwc
to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever
He has abdicatrd government here b.
declaring us out oi his protection, and Wa
giEg war against us
He has plundcred our seas, rayaged ou
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed tn
lines OF our people.
He is ut this time transporting large AZ
mics of foreign mcrcenaries, to complete tn
works of death. desolation and tyranny al
ready begun, with circumstances of cruelt
and pcrfdy, scarcely paraleed in the mos
barbarous ages, and t,itally unworthy th
head of II civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizen:
taken captive on the high seas, to bear arm
against their country, to become the execu
TONERS of their friends and brethren, or
fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insuriection
against us, and has cndeayored 20 btiug o
the inhabitants of our frontiers, the mere
less Indian savagcs, whose known rule Q
warfare is an tndistmguished destruclio
Of all ages, scSts and conditions.
ii In every stage of these oppression, W
have petiiioptd for redress inthe most hun
ole terms !; our repeated petitions have bee
answered only by repeated injury.
A prince, whose character is thus marke
by every act which may define u tyrant,
unfit to be the ruler Of free people. .-.
Nor have we been wanting in attentio
2 to o1af british bIetlrcu. We have warne
ti0h from time to time of attempts by the
Legislature to extend an unrErsaFtat4e. j.
I risdictIou pyerus We have reminded the
! OF the circlmslpnces OF emigration and Sc
: tlement here, We have appealed TO the
c native justice and magnapimity and we la,
e conjpred them, by the ties Of our commc
: Kindred to disavow these rs urpaiions, whiC
t would inevitably interrupt our connexiol
5 and correspondence. They 100 have bee
b deaf to the voice Of justice and OF copsa
gutinity. We must therefore Acquiesce
/, the necessity which denounces our separ
y ton, and hold them as hold the rest of ma
n kind, enemies IN icar-ia Peace, friends
e ,r We, therefor, the representatives Of t
; United States Of America, in general co
: gress assmh!ed, appealing to the suprer
u Judge of the world, for the rectitaite OF q
/ intentions, do in the name and by the a
e thority, of the good people of these coloni
e solemny publish and declare that these U
! ted Colonies are, and of right ought To-
= free anG independant states; that they !
a absolyed from all allegiance to the Bril-
N crown, and that all political connexiou
y tween them and the state of Great Brita
c, is, and ought TO be, totally dissolyed, a