The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-18
DeV&lc-'a Tells TrVlfh
 h-)OalG His COun 1'y
 For AzneriCan P ODle
SAYS IRELAND WILL NEED PUBLIC OPIN- ION OF WORLD TO SUPPORT HER
 KNOWS RIGHT MINDED PEOPLE WILL GLADLY GIVE AID.

and humane. We are particularly de-
 sirous of furnishing you with a true
 state of our motives and objects, the
 better to enable you to judge of our
 conduct with accuracy, and deter
 mine the merits of the controversy
 with impartiaGty and precision.
 2. However incredible it may ap-
 pear. that, at this enlightened period
 the leaders of a nation. which in every
 age has s.crificcd hccatombs of her
 bravcs- patriots on the altar of lib
 yrty. should presume gravely to assert,
 and. by force of arms attempt to es-
 tablish an arbitrary away over the
 lives. liberties and property of their
 fellow subjects iu America. i- is. nev-
 Crthelcss a most dCplorable and in
 GisputabIo truth.
 English Genius Withdrew.
 8. These colonies have. from the
 time of their first settIe0-ent, for
 near two centuries, peaceab bly enjoyed those very rights. of which rhe Min
 istry have, for ten years past, endeav-
 orcd by fraud and by violence to de-
 prive them. At the conclusion of the last war, the genius of England and the spirit of wisdom. as is offended at the uugrI-oful treatment of their sons, witEC -ow from the British councils. auH left that nation % prey
 to race of minister with whom an cicnt English honesty and bcncvOIcnCe disdaincd 10 dwell. From. that period. jealousy. discomfort. oppression ana discord have ragged among all his ma i-sty's subjects. and filled every part of his duminious with distress and complaint.
 4. Not content with our purchasing Df rr I4r clothing and a thousand other arti- cles used by nearly three million peo- pie in this vast continent; not sat tSfied with amazing profits arising | from the monopoly of our trade, with out giving Us either time to breathe 1 af.er a long. glorious war, or the least credit for the blood and treasure we have expended in it; notwithstand- | ing the zeal we had manifested for the l service of our Sovereign and the war mest attachment to the constitution l of Britain and the people of Eng | land, a black and horrid design was | formed; to convert Us from freemen into slaves, from subjects into vas sals, and from friends into enemies. Heavy Taxes Imposed.
 3. Taxes, for the first time since l we landed on the American shores. were, without our consent, imposed upon us; an unconstitutionaI edict to l compel us 10 furnish neCessaries for ! a standing army. that we wished to | see disbauded, was issued; and the Legislature of New York suspended for refusing to comply with it. Our ancient and inestiula bIe right of trial by jury was. in many instances, abol- | ishedi and The common law of the i land made to give place to Admiral i ty Jurisdictions. Judges were render l ed, by the tenure of their turisdic- | ton, entirely dependent on the will l of a minister. New crimes were ar | bitrarily created. and new courts. un- | known Co the constitution, instituted 1 Wicked and insidiOus governors have i been set over us; and dutifuI petiti- | tiOus. for the removal of even no- | toriously infamous Governor Hutch | insOn, were branded with the appro- 1 brjOus appellation of scandaIOus and 1 dcfanatcry. Hardy attempts have | been made, under color of Parliamer- ! tary authority 10 seize Americans and | carry them To Great Britain to Dc ! tried for offences committed in tht ! colonies. Ancient charte- s have nc | longer remained sacred; that of tn, l Massachusetts Bay was violated, ana | ] mutilated and transformed. On pre-. | tense of punishing a violation of some 1 private property. committed by a few
 disguised individuals, the popuIou. | and flou-ishing town of Boston wal ] surrounded by fleets and armies; it.
 trade destroyed; its ports blocked up ! and thirty thousand citizens subjected tO all the miseries attending so sudder a convulsfon in their commercial me 1 tropolis. and to remove every obsta | cle to the rigorous execution of tn, i system of oppression. an act of Par
 iament was passed evidently caIcu
 lated to indemnify those who might
 in the prosecution of il, even ern bru,
 their hands in the blood of the in
 habitants.
 Respectfully Appealed.
 6. Though pressed by such an ac
 emulation Of undessryed injuries
 America still remembered her dutie
 to her sovereign. A congress. consist
 ing of deputies from twelve Unite,
 Colonies ssembled. They, in the mos
 respectful terms. laid their grievan
 ces at the foOt of the throne; and i'm plored his Majesty's interpretation il ] their behalf They also agreed to sus pend all trade with Great Britain ? ! Ireland and the West Indies; hopinl i by this peaceabIe mode of opposition to obtain that justice from the Britis ministry which had been so long sol ! iCited in vain. And here permit us { assure you, that it was with the ut most reluctance we could prevail up . ! on oursrelves to cease our com1nercia , connection with your island. You
 Parliament had done us TO wrone You had ever been friendly to th 8 rights of mankind; and we acknowl [ edge, with pleasure and gratitud, - that your nation has produced patriot 7 who have nobly distinguished them s selves in the cause of humanity an
 America. On the other hand, we wer
 not ignOran nt that the labor and mar
 ! ufacturers of Ireland like those ( 7 the silkTOrm, were of little momeT - to herself; out served only to giv - luxury to those who neither toile - nor spun. We perceived that if W 7 1 continued our commerce with vol T our agreement not to import frol a Britain would be fFuitiess, and wer - therefore, compelled to adopt 6 mes y sure, to which nothing but absoiut