The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
TIE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
IN CONGRESS, JULY !, 176.
Declaration by the Representatives of the United States Of America
In Congress Assembled.

In Congress Assembled.
When, in the course o. human eyents, it becomes necessary for one people
to assume, among the powers Of the earth, the separate and equal station to I
to the opinions Of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which !
" We 5 hold at t5sss truths g5 t to be c 5956 : af5 that ess all men 5,@ are created lt sq}9a; that
among m6 9Th these @G are l fs liberty, and and de @p pursuit 16H Of happiness qq%a%'T That aS1 To- secure am !
es from the Consent Of the governed; that Whenever any form Of government ]
abolish it. and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such !
REGSP to ef Ta fRe s%9 safety a" and Bf 6appin m su4 p T2d@ ss H 2 d iosI VIII THIa dictate ets 4 that
causes; and, accordingly, ali experience hath shown, that mankind are nor
aboGsbing the forms to which they are acc1stemed. But when a long train
de- Ges n01s to- reduce eda es thdm %nder pa absdase ag4@ao9 ife is St their o 2gbt, it ' i5 their a
S@3 Such has been the patient sufeerence Of these Colonies, and such is
now nov the necessity St bG which co o9n ta dsst then mt to al alter e Their Rrf former e systems stems, Of
repeated injuries and usGrpatiOns, all having in direct object the establishment
Of al absolute b tyranny over these States. To prove this let facts De submitted
i He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary
2 He has forbidden his governors o p@sla laws Of immediate and pressing
ni pol + nee u mess 90 spence spence IN b mg Egs e op4aIo ne a aIaG ms 4 as s4te5 9do t +b DE ."
u+ o. n N las od REUSED eat 10 pas fboso oI 1ednE IaW wod lIT r the aGcG" inc am6+ &c o. large large
entaton in the legislature; a right inetfmable to them, and formidable to
4. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uneomfort-
able, nc d d fstan61 IRON fb Ie in depo omD}an @a [rb b RgO me, fecqros' 1Of the sole
maf q H M ba m Tsfn ms m fTa o 1n 4 time ante o, .5 @e d Rs9P9 o cause others
to be elected whereby the legislative powers, incapable If annldlaton. have
the meantime, exposed to ali the dangers Of invasion from without, and con
4 He has sndsayo red to prevent the population NJ Of t these States; S for that
pass others to encourage their migration hther, and sahdng the conditions Of
y 5 R He has Distracted the administration of justice, by refusing his assent
g. He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their
10 He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hher swarms Of
"T H. He 81 has a1 kept ar among 5@T u.s. IN times o. Of peace, standing armies, without the
p. He has affected to render the military Independent of, and superior to,
10. He has combined with others to subject US to a jurisdiction foreign to
our constitution, and acknowledged by cur laws; giving his assent to their
4: For qaarteTne iarge bodies Of armed troops among as:
i i. & En- Ss s 55a Of Of <5 % 5 "a t.. With @45 Fl pants parts. Il IL World: ~~
IS: For depr5ng US, in many cases, Of the benefits ef $50 of tta1d by jury joEs
20 For aboihing the free system of English laws in a neghboring prov
ince, establishing therein IN arbitrary government. and charging its bound
aries, sc as to render it a. once a example and fit instrument for introducing
the same absolute rule into these colonies:
at ei For f5 5ndin g aT1y 0 fPe ' fo@n. Of a oT go2s@ 1g %o:' Fa''a0is NJ anu
p For suspendng our oWn Legiaa6adesz af @eclanng tnemSeNe invested
%. He has abdcated government here, by declaring US out Of his protection
"a H has pundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt u towns, and
25 He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign nnrcenaries
c, c3e S@9tsnc s of E cruelty and peIfdy scarcely pa1aieIed in the most 6arbarous
ages, and totally Unworthy unworthy tn the head ia a eHln 4eGe na csnt.va on HIGH seas 10
bear arms against their country, to be- become tS@r the ben GSecuo0nefS OF theF fEehas
ss. He has excited domestic instructions amongst us, and has endeavored
whose known rule of warfare is an undstingmshed estr1cton OF al ages
In every stage Of these expressions we have petidoned for redress in the
most humble terms; or repeated petitions petitions ave n De4 %5 Wv eyry 9@ ast % %ybicb
may define a tyrant, is unfit t. be the ruler o a free befI people PFeaun W. hove
warned them, from time to time If at Ta PTS by rd thGra Ggt STAT re = o. eS cfm@m IN
stances Of om emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their ma
. comm 1oI" kindred. % dsavow these usurpatons, which would inevitably inter
rqpt our connection and n GqrresP 70 nmsf t aey,o ore H aeoui Heee f n the ne necessity
which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest Of man
We We Therefore, the repTesentatyes of Of the sm United States Sta a Of An SdaG in 4o4 g sBe
recttude Of or intentions i do in 6 the name sd and det by the r5 aath fbets Gn ihe e
p geGp'e a Gf t aed Sf piSt o3ghe to be, free anu and Independent ha dent States; that they
are absdved from all allegiance ICE to St the 81 Bf Gsat B PsMni r aa s ed' a na P% to be
totally dissolved; and that a free and independent ndGd1cG stafe+ +sbT fGy NAVE re e1 1H
and to dc all other acts and things which hs f m initiates States IN may ~ of n Tigat do
Of Divine Providence, W mutually pledge to EACH ether 1 u IV gs our 5STfuhes'
and or sacred honor. JUN ANOoOh
was the first dgner from Massachusetts. He wrote a large bold hand 50 King
George III eoId read it without without sP $ PfDeston The coi SgeeT MENTIONED 5TG@ Gg last 5S week
abraham Clark.