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Show [5+] [53] bands which have connected them with another, and to allirme, among the powers of the earth, the {eparate " HE has routed to pats other laws for the accommow and equal ltation to which the laws of nature and of na- dation of large diltriéts of people, unlels thole people would relinquith the right of reprefentation in the le- ture's God entitle them, a decent relpeét to the opinions of mankind requires that they {hould declare the caufcs which impel them to the feparation. " WE hold thefe truths; to be felfvevident; that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by tluir Creator, with certain unalienable rights; that mien; theli: are life, liberty, and the purlirit of happinelimu- That to fecure thele rights, governments are in'lituted among men, deriving their jult powers from the Conltnt of the governed -, that whene 'er any form of government becomes dellructive of thefe ends, it is the right of the " HE has called together legillative bodies at places un- vifuttl, uncomfortable and dil'tant from the depolitory of their public records, for the {ole purpole of'fatiguing them into compliance with his mealilres. " HE has dillblved repi‘eleritzttive houfes repeatedly, for oppoling, with manly lirmnels, his invalions on the rights of the people. " HE has refuted for a long time, after fuch dillo- vernment, laying its foundation on loch principls, and lutions, to caulc others to be cleeted; whereby the le- gillative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned organizing its powers in liich form, as to them {hall it; :n molt likely to effect their lal‘ety and happincli. Prude ' to the people at large for their exercife; the {late re~ maining, in the mean time, extiofed to all the dangers of indeed, will dictate, that governments long tllah {hould not be Changed for light and tranfient caules; and invalion from without, and convulfions within. people to alter or to abolilh it, and to infiitute new go~ 105 ll/ IND/1 gillature ; a right inellimahle to then , and formidable to tyrants only. accordingly a l experience hath lhewn, that mankind are more darned to lather, while evils are l'utl‘crable, than to right themlelves by abolilhing the forms to which they at aceuitomed. But when a lons: train of abut"es and ulizr- pations, purfuing invariably the ame object, evinces a de- hgn to reduce them under abfolute dcl‘potilin, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw otl‘ {itch government, and to provide new guards for their future fecuritV. Such has been the patient {utterance of thefe colonies, and lireh is now the necellity which conflrains them to alter their former fyflems ol~ government. The hillory of the pre- terit king of Great-Britain is a hillory of repeated in)Lli'l‘JS and ufurpations, all having in direét object the ellabliflnnent of an abfolute tyranny over thcle ltates. To prove this, let facts be fuhmittcd to a candid world : " HE has refuted his allent to laws the molt wholefome and neeellary for the public good. ' "IIIE has forbidden his governors to pafs laws of irr- mediate and preHing importance, unlefs liulpended in their opreration till his allerlt lhould be obtained ; and when to impended, he has utterly 11;:gleéted to attend to them. " HE has endeavoured to prevent the population of thelie ltates , {or that purpole 'bfl‘rueting the laws for na- turalization of foreigners -, refilling t0 pals others to er- eourage their migrations hither, and railing the condi- i tions of new appropriations of lands." HE has obth‘uc'ted the adminil'tration of jullice, by refufinghis allent to laws for ellablilhing judiciary powers. " HE has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their lalzu'ies. " Hr: has ere-(fled a multitude of new offices, and. tent hither livarms of ollieers to harrafs our people, and eat out their fubl'tance. " HF. has kept among us, in times of peace, {landing armies, w.thout the content of our legillatures. " Ht: has allecoted to render the military independent of, and {uperior to the civil power. " He has combined with others to fubjeét us to a jurildielion foreign to our conflitution, and unacknow- ledged by our laws; giving his affent to their acts of pretended legiflation : " FOR quartering large bodies of armed troops among us : "He " FOR |