The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
Declaration d Independe nce


When In the course of human
events It becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political sbondE
which have Connected them with an
other, and to assume among the pow
erS OF the earth the separate ana
equal station to which the laws o!
nature and OF natures God entitled
them. a decent respect to the optn-
ions of mankind requires tnat tneg
should declare the causes which haf
pei them to the separation
We hold these truth to be geif-evlt
dent; that all men are created eQuei !
that they are endowed by their .Crea-
! tor with certain unalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit Of happiness; tnat
to secure these rights. governments
are instituted among men, deriving
ftheir just powers from the consent OF
the governed; that. whenever any
form OF government becomes de-
structiye OF these ends, 1t is the right
of the people to alter,or abolish It,
and to institute new government,
laying its foundation on such prtn-
cipIes, and organizing its powers IN
such form. as to. them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and
happiness. Prudence. indeed. VIII
dictate that government long estao-
lished should not be changed for
light and transient causes; and. ac-
[cordingly, all experience hath shown
that mankind are more disposed to
suffer. while evils are sufeefab1e than
to right themselves by abolishtng the
forms to which they are accustomed:
But when a long train Of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the
same object, eyfnces a design to re-
duce them under. absolute despottsm,
lit is their right, 1t 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 necessity which constrains
them to alter their former systems
of government. The history OF the
present king of Great Britain Is a
history of repeated injuries and us
urpatfons, all having in direct object
the establishment of an absolute
tyranny over these states. To prove
this. let facts be submitted to can
did world.
He has refused his assent to laws
the most wholesome and necessary
for the public good: nar
He has forbidden his governors to
pass laws OF immediate and pressing
Importance. unless suspended in their
operation till his assent should be
obtained, and, when SO suspended, he
has utterly neglected to- attend to
them. -l tafi1'tr
He has refused to pass other laws
for the accommodation of large dis
tricts ofapeop1e, unless those people
would relinquish the right to 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 reposi-
tory 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. inyasions on the
rights. of the people,, r Z.
He has refused for q long time
after such disso1utions, to cause 9TH
ers to be elected; whereby the legis-
lative powers. incapable, of annihila-
ton, have returned to the people at
large for their exercise: the state. re-
maining, in, the meantime, exposed
to all the dangers of invasion from
without and, commissions Within
He has endeavored to prevent the
population of these states. for that
purpose obstructing the laws for ma.
uralization of foreigners; refusing to
pass others to encourage their mig
ration hither and raising the condi-
lions OF the new appropriation OF
lands.
He has obstructed the administra-
ton of Justice by refusing his assent
to laws for establishing judiciary
powers.
He has made judges dependent on
his will alone for the tenure of their
Offices and the amount and payment
of their salaries.
He has erected multitude Of new
offices, and sent hither swarms OF
officers to harass our people and eat
out their substance.
He has kept among US. In times OF
peace, standing armies, without the
consent OF our legislatures.
He has effected to render the mil
itary Independent Of. and superior
to, the civil power.
He has combined with others to
subject US to jurisdiction foreign to
our constitution and unacknowledged
by our laws, giving his assent to
their acts of pretended legislation
For quartering large bodies OF
armed troops among US;
For protecting them. by mock
trial. from punishment for any MUIR
1ers which they should commit on
the inhabitants of these states;
For cutting of our trade with all
parts of the world;
For imposing taxes on Us without
For depriving US. in many cases.
OF the benefits of trial by jury;
For transporting us beyond seas,
TWO THOUS