The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-06-30

-tary independent of, and superior to
the civil power.
He has combined, with others, to
subject US TO a jurisdiction foreign
to our constitution, and unacknOw-
lodged by our laws; giving his assent
to their acts Of pretended legislation
For quartering large bodies Of arm
ed troops among US:
For protecting them, by a mock
trial, from punishment for any muir
ders which they should commit on the
inhabitants OS these states:
For cutting on our trade with all
parts Of the world:
For imposing taxes on US without
our consent:
For depriving Us, in many cases, Of
the benefits Of trial by jury:
For abolishing the free system Of
English laws in a neighbOring PROV
ince, establishing therein an arbitrary
government and charging its bOun-
diaries, so as to render il at once an
example and ut instrument for intro
ducing the same absolute rule into
these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abOl-
ishing our most valuable laws, and
altering, fundamentally, the forms Of
governments:
For suspending our own legisla-
lures, and declaring themselves in
vested with power to legislate for US
in ali cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here
by declaring US out Of his protection,
and waging war against US.
He has plundered our seas. ravaged
our coasts, burnt our towns, and de-
stroyed the lives Of our people.
He is, at this time, transporting
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to complete the works Of death, desc
lation, and tyranny, already begun,
with circumstances Of cruelty and
perfdy scarcely paralleled in the most
barbarOus ages, and totally unworthy
the head Of a civilized nation
He has constrained our fellow
citizens, taken captive on the high
seas, to bear arms against their cOun-
| try, to become the executiOners Of
| their friends and brethren, or to fall
| themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic Insured
| tons amonst US, and has endeavOred
| to bring on the inhabitants OF our
/ frontiers, the merciless Indian say
| ages, whose known rule Of warfare is
an undistinguished destruction Of all
| ages, sexes. and conditions.
| In every stage Of these expressions
we have petitioned for redress in the
most humble terms: our repeated Pc
titiOns have been answered only by
repeated injury. A prince whose char
acter is thus marked by every act
which may define a tyrant, is unfit to
be the ruler Of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in at
| tentiOn to our British brethren. We
have warned them, from time tc
I time, Of attempts by their legislature
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ton over US. We have reminded
them of the circumstances Of our en-
igratiOn and settlement here. We
have appealed to Their native justice
and magnanimity, and we have con-
jured them, by the ties Of our com
mon kindred, to disavOw these US
urpatiOns, which would inevitably in
terrupt our connection s and CORE
Ispondence. They, too, have been deal
to the voice Of justice and cOnsangu-
Unity. We must, therefore, acQuiesct
in the necessity which denOunces Oul
separation, and hold them, as we hold
the rest OF mankind, enemies in war
in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representative.
Of the United States Of America, il
general congress assembled, appeal
ing to the Supreme Judge Of the
world for the rectitude Of our inten
tons, do, in the name, and by au.
thOrity Of the good people OF thes'
colonies, sOlemnly publish and de
clare, that these United States are
and of right ought to be, free and in
dependent states; that they are alb
solved from all allegiance to the Brit
ish crown, and that all political con
nection between them and the STATE
Of Great Britain is, and ought to be
totally dissolved; and that, as fre'
and independent states, they have ful
power TO levy war, conclude peace
contract alliances, establish com
merce, and to do all other acts and
things which independent states maI
Of right do. And for the support o.
this declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection Of Divine PrOvid
ence, we mutually pledge to eacT
other our lives, our fortunes, and Oul
sacred honor.
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