Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-04
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= CLARATION.
American dependence,
As Delivered in the Sta teI - ouse In
o tPhtadelPhisa, ON the 4th Of July,
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solve the political bands which have con-
: nected ithemHwith another and to assume.
among the powers of the earth, the separ-
h ateIand equal station to which the LAWS OF
Immature and offnature's God entitle them. q
lrt lrtdecentrespeet to the, opinions OF, mankind
requires that they should declare the causes
{ which impel them to the separation. 81
: T. We hold these truths to be self-evident,
, thai all men are created equal; that they
{ are endowed by their, Creator with certain
unalienable rights that among these, are
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Ihat, TO secure these rights GoyernlmenTs
/ are instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the gov
erned that, whenever any form OF Gov
, fernment becomes destructive Of these ends
tits the right of the people to alter or to
= abolish it, and to institute new Govern
ment, laying its foundation aon such prin-
: clples, and organizing its powers in such
r'Pform, as to them shall seem most likely to
! effect their safety and happiness. Pru-
a dence, indeed, will dictate that Govern
VI mentss long sesta blished, should not be
changed sfor1ight and transient causes !;
) and accordingly, ALI Experience hath shown,
b that mankln are more disposed to suffer-.
{ while evils are sufferables than to right
themselves by saabolishing the forms to
hthey are accustomed. But, when a
/ long train of abuses and usurpatiOns, pur-
ID suing invariably the same object, eyinces a,
4 design to reduce them under absolute des-,
potism, tits their right, it is their duty, to-
throw off such Government, and to pro-
4 vide new guards tor their future security.
/ Such has been the patient sufferance. of
these colonies, and such is now the neces =
sitY which, constrains them to alter their
former systems of Government. The his
| tory of the present king of Great Britain il
a history Of repeated injuries and ustirpa-
Etions; all havngsin direct object, thei es-H
tabhshment of ans absolute tyranny over
these States. To9proyes this, letlfacts be
submitted to a candidi world: 1fI odt gaq !
bfHe has refused his assent to laws the most
swholesome gand necessary for the public
good.q 4uT 7n .vri5a - rgf 3ulav /;
!. He has forbidden his Governors, to pass
laws of immediate and pressing Import
] ance, unless suspended in their, operation
j till his, assent. should be obtained and,
when so suspended, he has utterly neglect
/ ed to attend to them. = ~ -" j
He HAS refused to pass. other laws for the,
accommo odation of large districts of people,
unless those people would relinquish the,
| right of representation in the Legislature ::
a right inestimabIe to them, and Formidable
| TO tyrants only. SIS fhin !
b HE has called together Legislative bodies
I at places unusual, uncomfortable and dis
tant from the depository of their public
records for the sole purpose of fatiguing
them into compliance with his measures. Il
He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firm
ness, his inFasions on the rights of the,
people. 1i- .'-'- - "a
He has refused, for d Ion p time after such
Idissolutions, TO cause others to be elected
whereby the Legislative powers, incapable
OF ann1hilation, have returned to the peo-
liple at large for their. exercise; the State
remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all
the danger OF invasion from without, and
convulsions within. 60 7Hai s'aIa1oi I 97ij
He has endeavored ITO prevent the
population of these States; for that apur-
pose, obstructing! the laws for naturaiiza-
ton of foreigners; refusing to pass Others
to encourage their migration -hither, and
raising the conditions of new appropria7
tionss of lands. Il
He has obstructed the administration of
justieerby refusing his assent to laws for
tablishing Judiciary powers q = 4
He has made Judges dependent on his
will alone, for the tenure Of their Offices,
and the amount and payment of their
salaries. aEr 20 u
rHe ehas7erected multitudeof new office S.
and sent hither swarms of officers to farass
our people, and eat out their substance. "A
He has kept among us. in times of peace,
standing armies, without the consent of our
Legislature. qoo dsts = rs.i-s,-s efT "a
He has. affected to render the military
independent of and superior to, the civil
power. -- r,-s .. f.rs-., n. s,..r-,s -.,.,F l.
I ! He has combined, with others, to subject
US to a Jurisdiction foreign to our constitu-
ton, and unacknowledged by our laws
giving his assent to their acts of pretended
legislation: 80. -, - ~ =
For quartering large bodies Of armed
troops among us: 'sN
For protecting them, by a mock trial,
from punishment, for any murders which
they should commit on the Inhabitants of
these States: = I.EssT.l Hr 10 z1rE-0 l.
For cutting off our trade with all parts
of the world: ?. tat7 q r. 7s7vossi's1
For imposing taxes on us without our
consent: 7rs s7oGT sa-l -s :gG 7lf.sy r.
rFordepriving us. in many cases, of the
benefits of trial by jury: .a2' S2
For transporting us beyond seas to be
tried for pretended offenses:l u fspaf 2
20 For ab6lishing the tree system of English
laws in a neighboring province, establish
ing theirin an arbitrary Government, and
enlargipg its sboundaries, 30 as to render IL
atonce an example and fit instrument for
introducing the same absolute rule into
StheseIcoloniese W
- For taking away our charters, abolishing
our most valuable laws, and Altering,
fundamentally, the powers of our Govern
ments: "'-,- . i
4 For lsnspending our own Legislatures,
and declaring z themselves invested with
power to iegislate for us in all cases what
Isoever.
He has abdicate,l Government here, by
waging war against us. s5dt IA
|sGHe has plnndered ouryseas, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
Ilives,oto our people, asu az Ea7srqcs Sc "a ID
70 He is,yat this time, transporting large
armies of foreign mercenaTies to complete
the works 7Of death, :. deselationsz and
tyranny, already begun,with circumstances
of cruelty and sperfdy scarcely -paralleled
in the most barbarous ages, and totally un-
worthy the head of a civilized nation:
He has constrained our fellow-citizens
taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms
against their country, to become the exc
cutioners of their friends and brethren, or
to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic Instructions
amongst US, and has endeavored to bring
on-the- inhabitants -ot our frontiers, the
merciless Indian, savagess whose known
rule of warfare, is an undistinguished de-
struction, of all. ages, sexes, and condi-
lions.
/ In everySstage6 of these expressions, we
have lpetitioned 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 un-
fit to be the ruler OF q free people. -
Nor have we been wanting in attention
to our British brethren. We have warned
them, from time to time, of attempts made
by their Legislature to extend an unwar-
rdnLaDl6 JurlSulcClOn eOV0r7 US. we nave
reminded them OF the circumstances of our
emigration and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice andimag-
nanimity, and we have conjured them, by
the ties of our common kindred, to disa-
VOW these usurpations, which would in
evitably interrupt our connections and
correspondence. They, TOO, have been deaf
ftoythe voice OF Justice and lconsanguinity.
We must, therefore, acquiesce in the neces-
Esity, which denounces our separation, and
hold Them as we hOld fh r. REST of mankind