The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-06-30
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Ito
In Congress July A. 1916 the Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America.

When in the course Of human ev-
ents. it becomes necessary for one
people TO dissolve the political bands
which have connected them WIKI an
other, and to assume, among the pow
ers Of the earth, the separate and
equal station to which the laws Of
nature and Of natures God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions
Of mankind requires that they should
declare he causes which impel them
TO the separation
We hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent: that all men are created esUaI;
that they are endowed by their Crea-
tor with certain unalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty, and
the pursuit Of happiness That to Sc
cure these rights governments are in
stituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent Of the
governed; that, whenever any form Of
government becomes destructive Of
these ends, it is the right Of the peo-
pie TO alter or to abolish it, nd to in
stitute new government, laying its
foundation on such principles, and or
ganizing its powers in such form, as
to them shall seem most likely to ef-
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ence, indeed, will dictate that govern
ments long established, should not be
changed for light and transient
causes; and, accordingly, all expert
ence hath shown, that mankind are
more disposed to suffer, while evils
are siderable, than to right them
selves by abOlishing the forms to
which they are accustomed. But
when a long train Of abuses and US
urpatiOns, pursuing invariably the
same object, evinces a design TO re
duce them under absolute despotism,
it is their right, it is their duty, to
throw of such government, and 20
provide new guards for their future
security. Such has been the patient
sUnerance Of these colonies; and such
/ is now the necessity which cOnstraius
them to alter their former systems Of
| government The history Of the pres
/ ent king Of Great Britain is history
| OF repeated injuries and usurpatiOns,
all having in direct object the estab-
| lishment Of an absolute tyranny over
I 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
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importance, unless suspended in their
operation till his assent should be
obtained; and, when so suspended, ne
has utterly neglected to attend tC
them.
He has refused to pass other laws
for the accommodation of large ois-
| tTicts Of people, unless those people
| would relinquish the right of repre-
sentation in the legislature, a right
inestimable to them, and formidable
to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual, uncomfort-
able, and distant from the depository
! Of their public records, for the sole
purpose Of fatiguing them into c. M
pliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative
houses repeatedly, for opposing, with
manly irmness, his invasiOns on the
rights Of the people
He has refused, for a long time af.
ter such dissOlutiOns, to cause OthsrE
to be elected; whereby the Legislative
powers, incapable Of annihilatior.
have returned to the people at large
for their exercise; the state remaining
in the meantime, exposed to all tn,
dangers Of invasion from without and
cOnvulsiOns within.
| ne mas GuuGdFOEEu 70 prevent the
population Of these states; for tina
purpose Obstructing the laws for nat
uralizatiOn Of foreigners; refusing Il
pass others to encourage their migra
ton hither, and raising the condition:
Of new appropriations Of lands.
He has INSTRUCTED the administra.
ton Of justice, by refusing his Assem-
to laws for establishing judiciar!
powers
He has made judges dependent OF
his will alone for the tenure Of theil
Offices, and the amount and paymen
Of their salaries
He has erected a multitude of new
Offices, and sent hither swarms Of Of
fcers to harass our people. and ca
out their substance
He has kept among US in times o,
peace, standing armies, without th'
consent Of our legislature
He has affected to render the mill