The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-06-28

pcacc, standing armies without tic
lconccnt Of our Legislatures.
iIo has affected to roDdor tho mill
tary inlipend0nt Of, and superior 10
tho civil powor.
Hc has combined with others to
subject us to u jurisdiction foreign
to our constitution, and aclinowlodg
ell by our lawss giving.his assent to
their acts OF pretended legislation.
For qulrtoring largo bodies Of
armed troops among 10
! For protecting tAom, by mock
trial, From puniahmcnt for any mar
dorg wAi'h tAoy would commit Oh
the inhabitants Of theao Stl:cs.
For eating or trado with 1ll
parts Of tho world:
For imposing taxos on ~ without
our consent.
For dcpriving ua, in many cases,
Of the benefit Of trial by jury.
For transporting 10 beyond seas
70 be triod for pretended Offences.
Tor abolishing tho FREQ systom Of
English laws in uoighboring Prov
inco, establishing therein Nh arbitrary
government, aud orlarging its bouu-
darics 80 az to rcnlor il ~ once an
oxamplo and fit instrument for i'm
troducinS tho samo absolute ralo in4
to these colonies
For taking away our charters, a.
bolishing our most valuable laws,
and altering fundamentally, tho
forms OF our government
For suspendiug our legislatures
and declaring themselves invested
with power TO lcgislaLe for us in all
cases whatsoever.
Ho has abdicatcd government
hero, by declaring us out Of his pro
tection, and waging war against US.
Ho has plundered our seas, rayag.
od our coasts, burnt our towns. and
destroyed tho lives of our people.
llo il ut this time transporting
largo armies Of foreign mercenarics,
to complete tho works Of death, do
ISOLATION and tyranny already begun,
with circumstances OF cruelty and
pcrfiy, scarcely paralle!ei in the
most barborous ages AMI totally IN .
worthy tho head of Of a civilized na-
ton.
lia has constrained orr fellow cit.
izens, taken captive On the Lirh s.c8.
10 bear arms G.Giu.t tnoir country.
to bocono tho OK ,aliouo, 5i choir
friouds anI brcthror, cr to ia.i them
selves by thcir La1lJ.
!Ie L.s Cle.tol domestic in.urroc-
li:71, n5oinst o., aud .!aa cudpaYogcI
10 bring on tho .anabi.Ip,5 o. on.
frontiers, Tho 'uJrci!-,s indian .,g,~
So, w"aso known ru,a o! warfare is
NJ unt!StiuguisAol destruction u al
agos, soEcg Gat c""',,,luos.
In eycry stag, Of these opprcs-
aions NO hGyo potitiouol for redress
i'll tho most humble torm3, our rer
Ipeatod petitions Lggo been answer
cd only by repeated injury.
\ prince whose character IL thus
marked BY every act which may do
fine tyrant, is unit to bo rulor OF
u free pooplo.
Nor hayo we been wanting in at-
|tontiOn to our British brethren. We
have warned them, from timo to
time, of attempts by their legislation
to cxtond an unwargantablo iurisdic,
ton over US. NYo hayo reminded
thom Of tho circum3.ancos Of onie
grafton and settlement horo. We
have appealed to their native Justice
and magEauimity, and We have con-
Ijurod thom 10y tho ties Of usurpa.
tions, which would inevitably intor-
rupt our connections and correspou
donce. They too have boon deaf t.
! the vcice Of justice and of consanguin
ity. We must therefore acquiesco
in the necessity which announces
our separation, and hold them as We
hold the rest Of man kind, enemies
tt 'rdr--tn peace, ,tri6Atis.
We, therefore, the Representatives
OF the United States Of America, il
general Congress assembled, appeal.
ing to the Supreme Judge OF the
world for the rectitudo of our intcn-
tions, do in the namo and by the au,
thority of the good pooplo of those
colonies, solemnly publish and de-
clare that these United Colonies are,
and OF right ought to bo, FREQ and
Independent States that they are
absolyod from all allegiance TO th,
British crown, and that all politica
connection between them aud the
State of Great Britain, is, and ought
to be, totally dissolved and that, ~
FREQ and independent States, they
have full power to levy war, con,
clude peace, contract alliances, es.
tablish commerce, and to do all 9th
or acts and things which independ
ont States may of right do. And
for tho support of this declaration
5 with firm reliance on the protec,
tion OF Divine Providence, We lnutu'
ally Pledge to each other OUR LIVES
OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR
> JOHN HANCOCK.
/ Nt,c Hampshire, George Taylor,
Josiah Bartlett, James Wilson,
William whipplc. George Ross.
Matthew Thornton, DtlgGpc.
MASSACHUSETTS Bay. Caesar Rodney,
samuel Adams, George Read,
/ John Adams, TkOmas Mkeau.
+ Robert Treat Paine, M1ryllai
alhridge Gerry. Samuel Chase,
Rhode kS!GRd william Paea.
stephen Hopkins, Thomas Stone,
William Ellery. Charles Carroll, Q
], OMeciicM CaErolllon,