El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-04
Y TIEN, in the course of human
. events 1t becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the noIit-


one people to dissolve the polit-
ical 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 ma
ture and Of natures God entitle them, a
decent respect for the opinions of man
kind requires that they should declare
the causes which impel them to the
separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent: that all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness; that to Eecure
these rights, governments are insti-
tuted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent Of the gov
erned; that whenever, any form of gov
eminent becomes destructive of these
ends, II IS the right Of the people 10
alter or abolish it. and to institute a
new government laying its foundation
on such principles, and organic
ing its powers in such form as
to them shall seem most likely to
erect their safety and happiness. Pru-
dence, indeed, will dictate that govern
ments long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes,
and, accordingly, all experience hath
shown that mankind are more disposed
to suffer, while evils are sIltfSra bic,
than to right themselves by abolishlnS
toned. But when a long train of abuses
ana usurpationS, pursuing invariably
the same effect, eTinceS design to re-
duce under absolute deSpOtlSm, 1t Is
their right, it Is their duty, to throw
off such government and to provide
new guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient Sufferance OF
these colonies; and such is now the ne
cesSity which cOnStrains them to alter
their formal system Of government.
The history of the present king or
Great Britain is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpatiOns, all having in
direct object the establishment of an
absolute tyranny over these states. To
prove this, let facts he 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
operations 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 dis
tricts Of people, unless those people
would relinquish the right of represen-
tation in the legiSlature-a right ines
Unable to them, and formidable to ty-
rants only.
He has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual uncomfortable
and distant from the depository Of their
public records, for the sole purpose OF
fatiguing them into compliance with
his 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 after
such dissOlutiOns, TO cause others to be
elected, whereby the legislative powers,
incapable of humiliation, have returned
else the state remaining in the mean
time, exposed to all the danger OF in
Yasion from without and commissions
within.
He has endeavored to prevent the
population of these states; for that
purpose obstructing the laws for natur-
alization of foreigners, refusing to pass
others TO encourage their migration
hither and raising the condition OF new
appropriations of lands
He has INSTRUCTED the administration
of justice, by refusing his assent to
laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges depend on his
will alone for the tenure of their Of
fices and the amount and payment OF
their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new
offices, and sent hitler swarms of Of
ficers to harass our people and eat out
their substance.
He has kept among us, in time of
peace, standing armies, without the
Of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the mill
tary Independent of and superior to the
civil power.