Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-07-03
DECLARATION
~IA-DEPESDE.vCE OF TIE
USITED ST.aTES,
July 4Tn, l776.

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I.A-DEPEIDE.FCE OF TIE
UNITED ST.fTES,
JULY 4rn, l776.
When in the course Of human events,
it becomes necessary for the people to
dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another, and to
assume, among the powers Of the
earth, the separate and equal station
to which the laws Of nature and of ma
lures Col entitle them a decent re-
spect to the opinions Of mankind re.
quires that they should declare the
causes which impel them TO the sepa-
ration.
We hold these truths to be sclf-evi-
dent, that all men are created equal
that they are endowed ny their Ufsa-
tor with certain unalienablc rights
that among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. That, to Sc
cure these rights, governments are in
stituted among men, deriving their
Just powers IRON tho consent oil the
governed that whenever any form of
government becomes destructive OF
these ends it is the right of the people
to alter or abolish it, and to institute
a new government, laying its founda-
tons on such principles, and organic
ing its powers in such TORN, as to them
shall seem most hkely to erect their
safety ana happiness Prudence, IN
deed, VIII dictate n governments
long established should not be changed
for light and transient causes and, &c
cordlngly, all experience hath shown
that mankind are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are s~ulierabie, than
TO right themselves oy aoohshlhg the
forms TO which they arc accustomed.
But, when a long tram oil abuses INC
usurpatlons, pursuing invariably the
same OBJECT, evlnces a design 10 reduce
them under absolute despotlsm, II is
their right, 1t IS their duty I throw
of such government, and to provide
new guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufierance
oil these colonies, D such Is now the
necessity which constrains them to
alter their former systems OF govern
ment' The history OF the present
King OF Great Britain is a history OF
repeated injuries and usurpations, all
having, in direct object the establish
ment of an absolute tyranny over
these States. To prove this, let facts
be submitted 10 a candid world
lie has refused his assent to laws
the most wholesome and necessary for
the public good.
lie has forbidden bis Governors to
pass laws OF immediate and pressing
Importance, unless suspended J n their
operations TIL his assent should DO OBJ
tanned and when so suspended he has
utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused TO pass other laws
fol the accommodation OF large dis
tricts Of people, unless those people
would rellnquish the right OF represen-
tation IN the legislature q right ines
Unable to them, and formidable to
tyrants only.
lie has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual, uncomforta-
bic and distant from the repository OF
their public records, for the sole pur-
pose OF fatigueing them into compii-
ance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly, for opposing, with manly
firmness, his invasions on the rights
of the people.
He has refused, for a long time after
such ~dlssolutions, TO cause others TO be
elected whereby the legislative pow
ers, incapable OF humiliation, have re-
turned TO the people at large for their
exercise the State remaining, 10 the
meantime, exposed to all the dangers
Of invasions from without, and convul-
sions within.
He has c~ndeavored to prevent the
population Of these States for that
purpose obstructing the laws for the
naturalization OF foreigners refusing
TO pass others to encourage their mi
grafton hither, and raising the condi.
tons CT new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administra-
ton Of Justice, by refusing his assent
to laws for establishing judiciary pow.
crs.
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