Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-07-06
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
In Congress. July Z. i17o.
A Declaration by the Representative
OF the United States of America.
In Congress Assembled.

ptOIlt W uISCVANV hIe BDhtlGdl hlld
j. which have connected them with
b another. and to assume, among the
S powers Of the earth, the separate and
!. equal station to which the laws of
! uaiurc and of natures God entitle
T them, a decent respect 10 the
y oatnions ~ mankind requires that
: they should declare tie causes which
Z .mpel them t" the separation.
We hold these truths to be self
evident:-That all men are created
= equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain u~nalienable
} rights; that among these are life,
= liberty. and the pursuit Of hap
pIness. That, TO secure these rights,
governments are instituted among
= men. deriving their just powers from
the consent OF the governed; that,
whenever any form OF government
becomes destructive Of these ends, il
is the right Of the people to alter or
To abolish it, and TO institute a new
government. laying its foundations
on such principles. and organizing
its powers in such form, rs TO them
shall seem mos. likely to effect their
safety and happiness. Prudence,
indeed, will dictate that governments
long established should not be
changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all expert
ence hath shown that mankind are
more disposed 20 suffer while evils
are siderable, than 70 right them
selves by abOlishing the forms to
which they are accustomed. But
when a long train Of abuses and usur
pations. pursuing invariably the
same object, evInces Il design to re-
duce them under absolute d~espotism,
it Is their right, it is their duty. 10
throw off such government, and to
provide new guards for their future
security. Such has been the patient
su%fIerance Of these colonies; and
such is now the necessity which con-
strains them to alter their former
systems Of government. The history
Of the presen; KING OF Great Britain
Is a history Of repeated injuries and
usurpatious, all having in diret
object the establishment Of an abso.
. lutte tyranny over these states. To
: prove this. let facts be submitted to
candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws
the most wholesome and necessary
: for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors 10
pass laws OF Immediate and pressing
Importance, unless suspended in their
operation till his assent should bt
obtained: aud when SC suspended, It
has utterly neglected to attend t,
them.
lie has refused to pass other law
for the accommodation Of large dis
' tricts OF people. unless those peopl,
would relinquish the right Of repre-
s%entatiOn III the lrgislature-a righ
inestimablc to them, and foTmidabl,
to tyrants only.
y He has called together Legislative
bodies at places unusual, uncomfort
able, and distant from the depository
OF their public records, for the sol,
purpose Of fatiguing them into com
pliance with his measure.
= He has dissolved Representative,
houses repeatedly. for opposing Will
manly firmness, his Invasions on tn,
rights Of the people.
lie has refused. for q long time
after such dissoiutioDs. to cause
others TO he elected, whereby the leg
. ~islative powers, incapable OF annihila
ton, have returned to the people nj
large for their exercise; the State re
naming in the mean time, exposed
. to all the dangers of INVASION from
without, and commissions within.
lie has e~ndeavOred to prevent the
population Of these States; for thai
purpose obstIuc,ing the laws for the
naturalization OF foreigners; refusing
to pass others To encourage theil
migration hlther, and raising the
conditions Of new appropriations OF
, lands.
lle has Cbstructcd tho administra,
tion OF justice, by refusing his assent
to laws for establishing judiciary
powers.
lie has made judges dependent on
his will alone for the tenure OF theiI
|. offices, and the amount aud payment
, OF Their salaries.
He has erected Il multitude Of new
offices, and sent hither swarms Of
, officers to harass our people and eat
out their substance.
!, lie has kept among us in times OF
! peace, standing armies. without the
, consent OF our legislatures.
:, lie las affected Ia render the mill.
n tary independent Of, aud superior to,
the civil power.
He has combined with other RI 10
| subject liz To u jurisdiction foreign 10
our constit utioDs, and unackuow.
, lodged 10y our laws; giving h,R assoni
, to their acts Of pretended legislation:
For quar.erng large bodies OF
armed troops among tbs:
!, For protecting them. 10y n mock
, trial, from punishment Tor nny mur
ders which they should commit on