Evening star., 1934-05-10

Delawars, in October and BY Matthew Thor
WHEN, in the course Of human events, it
W becomes necessary for one people to dis
solve the political 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 nature and of ma
ture's God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the
separation.
We hold these truths to be selEevident; that
all men are created equal; that they are en-
dowed, by their Creator, with certain unaen-
able rights; that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit Of happiness. That to secure
these rights, governments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from the con-
sent Of the governed; that whenever any form
of government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right Of the people to alter or to
abolish it, and to institute new government,
laying its foundation on such principles, and
organizing its powers in such form as to them
shal! seem most likely to affect their safety and
happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that
governments long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes; and,
accordingly, all experience hath shewn that
mankind are more disposed to suffer while
evils are sufferable than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are aecus-
toned. But when long train Of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same OBJ
ject, evinces design 70 reduce them under abb
solute despotism, it is their right, it is their
duty, to throw of such government, and to
provide new guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient suferance Of these
colonies; and such is now the necessity which
constrains them to alter their former systems
ofgovernment. The history Of the present king
Of Great Britain is history Of repeated injur.
les and usurpations, all having in direct object
the establishment Of an absolute tyranny over
these states. To prove this let facts be submit.
ted to 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 operation, till his assent
should be obtained; and when so suspended, he
has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the
accommodation of large districts Of people,
unless those people would relinquish the right
Of representation in the legisature-a right
inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants
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 compll-
ance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses re-
peatedly, for opposing, with manly frmness,
his invasions on the rights Of the people.
He has refused, fora long time after such
dssolutions,! to cause others to be elected;
whereby the legislative powers, incapable of
annihilation, have returned to the people at
large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in
the mean time, exposed to all the dangers Of
invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the popula-
tion Of these states; for that purpose obstruct-
ing the laws for naturalization Of foreigners;
refusing to pass others to encourage their mi
grations hither, and raising the conditions Of
e new appropriations Of lands.
He has obstructed the administration Of JUS
tice, by refusing his assent to laws for estab-
fishing 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 affected to render. the military indie.
pendent Of, and superior to, the civil power.
He has combined with others to subject Us