The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-04
EVENT OF THE CENTURY
,ao snte Papers thnt ShouId he READ
by Every American.

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li.,oIyc the political bands which have
.onneated them with another and to
o..umc among the powers of the earth
,hc,eparate and equal station to which
,Ie laws of nature and of natures God
snttIe them, II decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impcl
them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-eyi.
lpnt, that all men are created equal;
a that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights; that
among these, are life, liberty and the pur-
II nit of happiness, That, to secure these
tghts governments are instituted
among men, deriving their
Inst powers from the consent
n d the governed; that, whenever
II any form Of government become
n .structive of these ends
N is the right of the people
n Dalter or abolish it, and to institute a
n new government laying its foundation
H a such principles, and organizing its
u overs in such form, as to
h hem shall seem most likely
u 9cifact their safety and happiness.
II Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
n mcmments long estSSE,kr l6Sf S&la
II oi be changed for H. VA '"o, ns,e -@snt
aascsi and, accordingTud W%ayolnence
II bath shown, that mans c$pe'' more
n opposed to suffer, while evlwe suffer
A bc, than to right themscly& by abol-
n shmg the forms to which they are ac-
Gtomed But, when a long train of
buses and usurpations, pursuing inya-
a ably the same object, eyinccs II design
II produce them under absolute despot- |
i'm, it is their right, it is their duty to
throw off such government, and to pro-
vide new guards for their future security |
4 Such has been the patient suffering of |
these colonies, and such is now the !
necessity which constrains them to alter
their former systems Of government |
The history of the present King of
Great Britain is history of repeated |
injury and usurpations, all having in
direct object the establishment of an
lbsolute 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 and pressing
Importance, unless suspended in their
operation till his assent should be oh.
hined; and, when so suspended he has
utterly neglected to attend to them,
He has refused to pass other
laws for the accommodation of
.Oflarge districts Of people unless those
people would relinQuish the right of re-
Presentation in the Legislature; Alright
.inestimable to them, and formidable to
.EUnts only.
He has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual, uncomIora-
Die, and distant from the depository of
their public records, for the sole puI-
pose of tatiguing them into compliance
with his measures.
Iiohas dissolved representative houses
Repeatedly, for opposing with manly
.fmncss, his inyasions ON the rights Of
lhe people.
He has refused, for a long time after
such dissolutons, to cause others to be
elected; whereby the legislative powers
Incapable of humiliation, have returned
10 the people at large for their eXcr
.cse; the State remaining, in the mean
time exposed to all the dangers of inya-
sion from without, and commissions
within.
He has endeayored to prevent the
population of these States; for that
purpose, obstructing the laws of natu-
|aliMtion of foreigners; refusing to pass
others encouraging their migrations
hher and raising the conditions OF
new preparations OF lands.
lie has INSTRUCTED the administra-
ton Of Justice, by refusing his assent to
laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent ON
hb will alone for the tenure of their OF,
ices and the amount and payment OF
their salaries.
Il He has erected multitude of new
Offices, and sent hither swarms OF oili-
GERS to harrass our people, and eat out
their substance.
4 He has kept among us, in times oil
peace, standing armies, without the con-
4 ent Of our legislature
A He has affected to render the military
dependent OF and superior to, the
Nil power.
II lie has colbined, with others, to sub
ect us to jurisdiction foreign to our
institution, and unacknowledged by
w laws, giving his assent to their acts
n pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies OF armed
roops among us:
n For protecting them, by a mock trial
rom punishment for any murders
Which they should commit on the IN
4 abitants of these States:
For cutting OIL our trade with all parts
II IT the world:
n For imposing taxes on us without ON
OnSent:
. For dcpriving us, in many cases, O
the benefits of trial by jury
n For transporting usbeyond seas, to o'
Hled for pretended offences;
For abolishing the free system o
English laws in u neighboring province
h establishing therein an arbitrary gov
eminent, and charging its bound"rle,
M so as to render it at once an eNampI
and fit instrument for introducing tn
same absolute rule into these colonies;
For taking away our charters, o6oI
Shng our most valuable laws, and a
'enng, fundamentally, the powers OF OIL
eovemment
For suspcnding our own leslsIatur
and declaring themselves invested wit
powers to legislote for us in all cast
Whatever
n lie has abdcated government her
W declaring us ont of his protcctio
onu wNging war against us.
tie has plundcred our seas, rayas,
our coasts, burnt our towns, ana q
NI0,yed the lives of our people,
lie is, at this time transporting lar
armies of foreign mercenaries, to col
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