The Dillon tribune., 1885-07-04
-a,.p.TIOy OF INDEPENDENCE.
.noprED JULY 4th. 1875.


,,,,,,, IN the course of human events, i
ne. necessary for one people to dis
Nv. the political bands which have con
"a them with another, and to assume
.,a the powers Of the earth the separate
A eoual station to which the Laws o
(,,ture and Of Natures God entitle them
,..,t respect to the opinions of man
ID requires that they should declare the
."ses which impel them to the separation
We We hold these truths to be self:evident'
:, Al, men are created equal; that they
= endowed by their Creator with certain
[,,,;enable Rights; that among these are
r., Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
fh., to secure these rights, Governments
|. instituted among Men, deriving their
:, movers from the consent of the gov.
ned: that whenever any form Of govern.
~, Incomes destructive Of these ends, it
The right of the people to alter or to
,osh Il. and to institute new government,
wing its foundation on such principles
n organizing its, powers in such form, as
!, them shall seem most likely to effect
heir safety and happiness. Prudence,
bdeed, will dictate that government long
.ablished should not be changed for light
Dd transient causes; and accordingly all
x,erience hath shown, that mankind are
hore disposed to suffer, while evils are suf-
rable, than TO right themselves BY abol-
hing the forms to which they are &C.
,sto,ned. Bu. when long train of abuses
nd usurpations, pursuing invariably the
pme object, evinces design to reduce
lem under absolute despotisn, it is their
ght it is their duty, to throw off such
oyernment, and to provide new guards
r their future security. Such mas been
he patient sufferance Of these Colonies;
Id such is now the necessity which con-
rains them to alter their former systems
Government. The history Of the pres.
1t King Of Great Britain is a history of
peated injuries and usurpations, all hav.
g ia direct object the establishment Of an
bsoute tyranny over these States. To
ove this, let facts be submitted to can.
world.
lie has refused his assent to laws, the
ost wholesome and necessary for the
ubic good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass
wof immediate and pressing Importance,
bless suspended in their operation till his
sent should be obtained; and when SO
spended, he has utterly neglected to at.
(nd to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the
Fcommodation of large districts of people,
pless those people would relinquish the
ght Of representation in the Legislature, a
ght inestimable to them and formidable
t!yrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies
places unusual, uncomfortable, and dis.
ut from the depository of their public
cords, for the sole purpose of fatiguing
EN- into compliance with his measures.
he has dissolved Representative Houses
9sasedly, for opposing with manly firm.
IS his invasions ON the rights of the peo.
ne has refused for long time, after
en dlssolutions, to cause others to be
fe'ea; whereby the legislative powers,
capable OF annihilation, have returned to
people at large for their exercise; the
4e remaining in the meantime exposed
al the dangers of invasion from without.
aconvulsions within.
tie has endeavored to prevent the pop.
'a0n OF these States; for that purpose OBJ.
ueang the laws of naturalization of for.
4s''' refusing to pass others to encour-
.Ae'r mlgrations hither, and raising the
,1.'ns OF new appropriations of lands.
.e mas obstructed the administration of
a.s' ' oy refusing his assent to laws for
a0NSa'ng judiciary powers.
mas made Judges dependent on his
s0ne' for the tenure of their Offices.
"e amount and payment of their SAL
aas erected a multitude of new Offices
s'' h'ther swarms Of officers to harass
ps0p'e' and eat out their substance.
,s;' ,aa' Kept among us, in times of peace,
as armies without the consent Of ,
.,.ns .a' aneeted to render the Military t
=. .A'e0t Of and superior to the Civil !
., ' ;"':s combined with others to subject G
~ a'''0'ction foreign to our constitu. ,