The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-07-06

it becomes necessary for one 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 natures God
entitled them, a decent respect to the
opinion Of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impeI
them to the separation
We hold these truths TO be self-evid-
ent: That all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienabIe rights; that
among these are life, liberty and pursuit
Of happiness; that to secure these rights
governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from
the consent Of the governed; that when
ever 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 foundation on such princi-
pies, and In organizing its powers in
such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their safety and hap
Piness. Prudence, indeed, viii dictate
that governments long established
should not be changed for light and
transient causes, and accordingly all
experience has shown that mankind
are more disposed to suffer while evils
are suffrable, than to right themselves
by abolishing the forms to which they
are accustomed. But when a long
train Of abuses and usurpatiOns, pur-
suing invariably the same object,
evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute despOtism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw of such govern
ment and to provide new guards for
their future security. Such has been
the patient sufferance Of these colonies,
and such is now the necessity which
cOnstrains them to alter their former
systems Of government. The history
Of the present king Of Great Britain is
q history Of repeated injuries and usur-
patiOns, all having In direct object the
establishment Of an absolute tyranny
over these states. To prove this, let
facts be submitted to a candid world:
He has refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the
public good
He has forbidden his governors to
pass laws Of immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended In their
operation till his assent should be OBJ
tanned; and, when so suspended, he has
utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for
the accommodation OF large districts
Of people unless these people would re-
inquish the right Of representation In
the legislature, a right inestimable to
them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual and uncom-
Portable, and distant from the deposit
DRY Of their public records, for the sole
purpose Of fatiguing them into com
pliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative
houses repeatedly for opposing with
any firmness his invasion on the rights
Of the people.
He has refused, for long time after
such dissOIutiOns, to cause others to be
elected, whereby the legislative powers,
incapable Of humiliation, have return
ed to the people at large for their ex-
ercise, the state remaining In the
meantime exposed TO all the danger Of
invasion from without and CONFUSION
within.
He has endeavOred 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 Of new appropriations Of land
He has DISTRACTED the administra-
ton Of justice by refusing his assent to
laws for establishing judiciary powers
He has made judges dependent on
his viii alone for the tenure Of their
offices and the amount and payment
Of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude Of new
Offices and sent hither swarms Of Of
feers to harass our people and eat out
their substance
He has kept among Us In times Of
peace standing armies without the con
sent Of our legislature
he has affected to render the mill
tary independent Of and superior to
the civil power
He has combined with others to sub