The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-02

For Quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us;
For protecting them by a mock trial,
from punishment, for any murders
which they should commit on the in
habitants of these states;
For cutting OF 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 transporting us beyond the seas
to be tried for pretended offenses;
For abolishing the free system Of
English laws in neighboring prov
ince. establishing therein an arbitrary
government, and enlarging its boun-
daries, so as to render 1t at once an
example and fit instrument for intro
duc1ng the same absolute rule into
these colonies.
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, burned our towns. and de-
stroycd herltves OF our people.
He Is, at this time, transporting
large armies of foreign mercenaries
to complete the works Of death, DESC
lation and tyranny. already begun,
with circumstances of cruelty and per-
fdy scarcely paralleled IN the most
barbarous ages, and totally unworthy
the head of civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow-citi-
zens, taken captive on the high seas,
TO bear arms against their country, to
become the executioners of theiD
friends and brethren, or to fall them
selves by their haEds.
He has excited domestic insurrec-
tions among US, and has endeavored to
bring on the inhabitants of our from
tiers, the merciless Indian savages.
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 petit
tions have been answered only by re-
peated injury. A prince whose char
acter is thus marked by every act
which may define a tyrant. Is unfit to
be the ruler Of free people.
Nor have we been wanting In at
tention to our British brethren. We
have warned them from time to time
OF attempts made by their legislature
to extend an unwarrantable jurisdic-
tion over US. We have reminded them
of the circumstances Of our emigra-
ton and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice and
magnanimity, and we have conjured
them, by the ties OF our common kin
dred. to disavow these usurpations,
which would inevitably interrupt our
connection and correspondence. They,
too. have been deaf to the voice of jus
tice and consanguinity. We mast.
therefore. acquiesce in the necessity
which denounces our separation, and
hold them, rs we hold the rest of
mankind, enemies in war. IN peace,
friends.
We, therefore, the representatives
OF the United States OF America, in
general congress assembled, appeal
ing to the Supreme Judge of the world
for the rectitude of our intentions, do,
In the name and by the authority OF
the good people OF these colonies, sol
emnly publish and declare, That these
United Colonies are, and OF right
ought to be, free and Independent
states; that they are absolved from all
allegiance TO the British crown; and
that all political connection between
them and the state of Great Britain is,
and ought to be, totally dissolved:
and that, as free and Independent
states, they have full power to levy
war. conclude peace, contract alli-
ances, establish commerce, and to
do all other acts and thihgs which
independent states may OF right do
And. for the support of this declara-
tion, with firm reliance on the pro-
lection of Divine Providence. We mu-
tually pledge to each other. our lives,