Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-04


plete the works of death, desolation and
Tyranny already begun, with circum-
stances of cruelty and per6dy scarcely
paralleled in the most barbarous ages,
and totally unworthy the head of civ
ilized nation. oylH ~ ...
He has constrained our fellow-citi-
zens, taken captive ON the high seas, to
bear arms against their country, to be-
come the executioners of their friends
and brethren, or to fall themselves by
their hands. 10. .- .... r. ..e
He has excited domestic insurrec-
tions amongst us, and has endeavored
to bring on the inhabitants of our 'front.'
iers the merciless Indian savages, whose
known rule of warfare is an undistin-
guished destruction Of all ages, sexes
and conditions. l....74
In every stage of these expressions,
we have petitioned for redress, in the
most humble terms; our repeated peti-
tions have been answered only by re-
peated injury. A prince, whose char
acter is thus marked by every act which
may define tyrant, is unfit to be ruler
of free people.
Nor have We been wanting in atten-
ton to our British brethren. We have
warned them, from time to time, of at
tempts made by their Legislature to ex-
tend unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
We have reminded them of the circum-
stances of our emigration and settle
ment hele. We have appealed to their
native justice and magnanimity, and we
have conjured them, by the ties of our
common kindred, to disavow these usur-
pations, which would inevitably inter-
rupt our connection and correspondence.
They, too, have been deaf to the voice of
justice and consanguinity. We must,
therefore, acquiesce in the necessity,
which denounces our separation, and
hold them, as we hold the rest of man.
kind, enemies in war--in peace, friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of
the United States of America, in Gen
eral Congress assembled, appealing to
the Supreme Judge Of the World for
the rectitude of our Intentions, do, in
the name and by the good people of
these colonies, solemnly publish and
declare, That these United Colonies are
and of right ought to be, FREE AND IN
DEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved
from all allegiance to the British crown,
and that all political connection between
them and the State of Great Britain, is,
and ought to be, totally dissolved; and
that, as Free and Independent States,
they have full power to levy war, con-
clude peace, contract alliances, establish
commerce, and to do. al other acts and
things which Independent States may
of right do. And, for the support of this
Declaration, which a firm reliance on
the protection of Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge to each other, our lives,
our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
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PApER-HANGNa MAcH1NE.--R. H. Min
er has invented and patented machine
for paper hanging, which is described
as follows: A box is made of tin, suf-
fciently long to receive . roll of paper,
and of q depth and breadth sufficient
to contain the paste roller and the de-
sired quantity of paste, the case being
nearly square. The paste roller revolves
on pivots in the ends Of the case. The
paper, which is dropped into the case,
rests on an inclined hinged flap, and
bears on the paste roller. Before the
paper is placed in the case metal rod
is inserted in the centre, to give the pa
per additional weight to keep it steady
and in place. An adjustable head bears
against the end Of the roll Of paper, to
prevent longitudinal motion. Thepaste
roller revolves in the paste; the friction
against the paper being sufficient to
cause it to revolve when the paper is
drawn out. A pressure roller, which
may be covered with felt, receives the
face side Of the paper. The paper is
placed in the case, and its end is placed
in the bent. In hanging, the machine
is raised to near the ceiling by means
of handle, and pressed against the wall.
The paper releases itself from the hooks,
and, as the machinsis brought down,
the roller presses the paper to the wall.
The machine is used for papering over
head, and for putting on strips of bor-
dering in similar manner. By this
invention the tedious operations Of un-
rolling, cutting up the paper, and spread