Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-04

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When. Il he course e human
eTenss. i becomes aecaEy Tor one
pe0pia % dissolve Ne political bands
mhfck haxe connected them win
snother. and 70 assume. amoag The
powers a. he earth. The separate and
eozaI sfation 20 which the laHs Of
nssaFe and a1d of natures God en-
title them. decent respect 70 khe
opini0ns Of mankind requires that
they should declare The causes which
lapel hen 20 fhe separation
We hold these truths % BE
SELF evident That Al men are Gre
ated free and equal; that they ars en-
dowed b tkeir Creator with certain
ans Isna5le xighls. thas among these
ara life, liberty. sad the pursuit Of
happiness, that. 70 secuFethese rights.
governments ere Instituted among
men. deriving their Just powers from
she consent Of the g0Ferneds thai.
whenever any form of government
becomes destructive Of those ends,
Is + The fighl Of the people q alter
Or 10 abolish Il, and o institute 3
new government. laying It's founda
lion On such principles. sad organ
ixing its powers II such form, e %
them shall seem most likely % effect
their safety and happiness. pru-
dence. indeed, viii dictate thai gov
ernmenls long established should not
Be changed for light and transient
causes. and. accordingly hath shown
that mankind are more disposed %
suffer, while evils are snfferahle. than
70 right themselves By ab0lishing the
forms 10 which they are accustomed.
Bot when Z long train Of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the
same object, eFinces 9 design TO re-
duce them under absolute despotism.
il IS their right. It Is their duty. to
throw of such government. and to
provide new guards for their future
security. Such has been the patient
sufierance Of these colonies, and
such Is now the necessity which con-
strains them TO alter their former sys-
TEN Of government. Tie history OF
the present King Of Great Britain Is
a history Of repeated injuries and
usuFpaffOns, al having 10 direct OBJ
ieci the establishment Of an absolute
tyranny over these States. To prove
this. lei facts be submitted 10 q can
did world
He has refused bis assent to laws
the most wholesome and necessary
for the public good
He has forbidden bis Governors 10
pass laws of immediate and pressing
Importance, unless suspended 10
their operation, till his assent should
be obtained and, when 30 suspended,
be has utterly neglected TO attend to
them.
He has refused to pass othar laws
for the accommodation Of large dis
tricts of people, unless those people
would relinqaish the right Of repre-
sentation ia the Legislature right
ineslimable 70 them. and formidable
10 tyrants only.
He has called together legislative
bodies ct places unusual, nncOm-
Portable, and distant from the de-
positoFy of their public records, for
the sole purpose OF fatiguing them
into compliance with bis measures.
He has dissolved representative
houses repeatedly for opposing. with
manly firmness. his invasions on the
rights Of the people.
He has refused, for long time af.
ter such dissolutions, to cause others
to be elected; whereby the legislative
powers, incapable Of humiliation,
have returned to the people a. large
for their exercise--the State remain-
ing, in the meantime. exposed TO all
the dangers OF invasion from with.
out, and commissions within.
lie has endeavored to prevent the
population OF these Staies-for that
purpose obstrucsing the laws of nat
uralization Of foreigners, refusing 70
pass others 10 encourage their immi-
grafton hither. and raising the con-
dilions Of new appropriations Of
lands.
He has obssructed the adminlstTa.
ton Of justice, by refusing his assent
TO laws for establishing judiciary
powers.
He has made judges dependent on
bis will alone for the tenure of their
Offices. and the amount and payment
Of their salaries
lie has erected q multitude Of new
Offices. and sent hither swarms Of
officers to harrass our people, and
eat out their substance.
lie has kept among Us, In times Of
peace, standing armies. without the
consent OF our legislatures.
He has affected to render the mill
tary independent Of, and superior 70.
the civil power.
He has combined with others 10
subject as to 8 jurisdiction foreign TO
our constitution, and unackn0w.
lodged by our laws-giving his assent
to their acts Of pretended legislation
For quartering large bodies OF
troops among as.
For protecting them, By a mock
trial, from punishment for any muir
ders which they should commit on
the Inhabitants Of these States.
For cutting OF our trade with al
parts Of the world.
For imposing taxes on rs without
our consent.
For depriving us, IL many cases,
Of the benefits Of trial by jury.
For transporting Us beyond seas
TO be tried for pretended Offences.
For aboiishing the free system Of
English laws 10 3 neighboring prov.
lpce. establishing therein 40 sFhl
tFaFy government, and enlaFging il
boundaries, 50 IS to render It At ones
an example and Eit instrument for In
sFodacing the same absolute rule IN
to these colonies.
For taking away our charters,
abolishing orr most valuable laws
and altering, fundamentally, the
forms Of our governments
For suspcnding our own iegisla,
lures. and declaring themselves in.
vested with power 70 legislAte for us
IN al cases whatsoever.
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