Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-07-04

| Wien in the course OF human events, Tt
become necessary for one people 90 dis
solve the political bands whirh have COT
Bectcd them with another and 10 assume
amessg ,he powers Of the Garth, the sepa-
EseC and equal station, to which tlsc laws of
nature and Of natures God entissc them, a
decent respect tO the opinions OF mankind
requires that they should declare the causes
which impci tl~o to the separation.
We hold thesctrllths to be selfcyxicnt-
that all men are created equal: ths. they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights; that among these are
life, liberty. and the pursuit of happiness:
that TO secure those rights govcrnme s<s
arc instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent Of the govern
ed; that whenever any form Of government
becomes destructive of these ends, il is
the right Ct The people to alter OF To- abolish
it, ays5 te institute new government, hay
ing its foundation on such principles, and
organizing its powers in such form, as
to-. them shall seem most likely to- effect
their safety ami happiness. PFwscrce, IN
decd will dictate that goveFnueNs bong
established, should not be changed for
| light AMI transient Causcs and according
" al experience hath shown that mankind
4 drC iiOft itSCts w s+flfCt hfHe CPffS arc
suffer~blc, than TO right themselves by
abolisbiRg the forms TO which they are
accustomed But when long t-ain Of
abuses and usurpatIorn, pursuing invariably
| tire @snr object eviDcts a design toreducc
their under absolute .scrpotism. it is their
right, il is their dlry, TO throw off such
government, and h provide new guards
| for their future security. such hrs beers
| the patient suffcrcnce of these colonies, and
such il new the necessity which cOnstrains
them to alter their former systems Of gov
eminent. The history of the present king
of Great Britain, is history Of repeated
injuries and usurpations. all having in direct
Obiert the establishments; of an absolute
| tyranny 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 for the
! public good.
lie has forbidden his governors to pass
laws of immediate andpressing importance
unless suspended E7 tlrir operation till his
assent shoull he obtained; and ~hen so
suspended. he has utterly neglected TO at
! tend 10 them. He has refused To pass
other laws for the accommodation of large
districts Of people. unless those people
would relinquisli the right of representation
in the lcgislsturc-a right estimable to them,
and formidable " tyrants only.
lie 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 fatigeFng
then, irso compliance with ms measures.
JIc las dissolved representative houses
| repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firm
ness, la, iRvasions on the rights OF the PEG
pie
lie has refused. ftf Tong time after such
| tliSsolutions. to- cause others to he elected;
whereby the legislative powers, incapable
q annihilation. have returned to the peo-
PIE mt large for their exercise; the State
remaining, in she mean time. exposed to
all the dangers of an invasion from without,
and commissions within.
I He has underworld 10 preveut tfc T-Tu-
lation of these States; for that purpose OBJ
| strrSctiny tire laws for NATURALIZATION of for
eigners; refusing 10 pass others To encour-
age their migration hhher, and raising the
tIsc conditions OF new appropriations of
] hnlA
lie has otstnctcd the administration of
Justice, by refusing his assent to- laws for
ysabsi-hing jutsicia'y powers.
lie has made judges dependent ON his
I
and the amount and payment of their sal
aries.
lie lras erecteys m,sysit o,tc 81 new OF
fees, and sent bithcr swarms of officers, ter
harrass our people and cat can their Sub
| stance.
He has kept among US, in times cSpeacc
standing armies, without the consent ef
our legislatures.
| He has affected to render Tive military
independent of, and superior to, tlc civil
power.
| lie has combined with others TO subject
us to jurisdiction foreign to our constitu-
ton, and unacknowledged by our laws
giving bis assent TO their acts Ofprctcndeet
legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us:
For protecting them, by mock trial,
from punishment from any murders which
they should commit on the inhabitants of
these States:
For cutting Of our trade with all parts of
| the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our
consent:
For depriviDg us, in many cases, of the
benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond the seas to I've
tried for pretended offences:
| For abolishing the free system of English
laws in neighboring province, establish
lug therein an arbitrary government, and
enlarging its boundaries, so as to render it
at once an example and fit instrument for
introducing the same absolute rule into these
| colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolish
ing most valuable laws, and altering. fund
amentally, the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures,
and declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for us in all cases what
| sOcver.
He has abdicated government here by
declaring us out Of his protection, and wa
ging war against US.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
lives of our people.
| He is at this time Transporting large
armies OF foreign mercenaries 10 complete
| the works OF death, dcsolatiOn and tyranny,
city aud perfidy scarcely paralleled in the
most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy
the head of civilized nation.
| He has constrained our fellow citizens.
taken captive on the high seas, TO bear
arms againit their country, to become the
executiOners OF their friends and brethren,
or to fall themselves by their hands.
lie has excited domestic instructions
amongst us, and has endeavored to bring
on the inhabitants of our frontiers the
merciless Indian savages, whose known
rule of warfare is an undistinguished des-
| truction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
In every stage of these expressions we
have petiiiOned for redress, in the most
humble terms: our repeated petitions have
been answered only by repeated injury.
A prince whose character Is thus marked
by every act which may define tyrant, is
unfit to be tlIefuler Of FIRE 2 people
Nor have Ne been wanting in attentions
to our British brethren We have warned
them from time to time, Of attempts by
| Their legislature 10 extend an unHarranta-