Show 70 IA I 1 1 hn 8 1 IE T A 11 ak tl 9 7 1 le if I 1 oi 4 a 41 1 V asa S P v v a r 6 14 sf I 1 att v 2 A 4 4 f C t if 1 S N 4 k INN ta i ka 0 IP I 1 ye X am 1 I t ca J 1 az 1 V V 1 I 1 it F 1 I 1 i k I 1 I 1 11 t 5 I 1 I 1 V 1 0 ii I 1 J A ale lit M R 1 01 A V aj V 4 tr f 0 seek WA awty W t w THE lib declaration 0 independence wis w the grandest grin deat docu 1 mant ever ennel by litimo hum in hand 1110 original loati j Is still pro served in the gov eminent arc archives lilves it NN a a it h I 1 r s t on oil llero rp it 1 13 guirle I 1 night i in I 1 11 da is the mot mo t sacred relic ot of our infancy is i it ration ra tion it hi his b en litel ani ant re printed as it should be hytry merl cm can klow it by heart lvery ivory foreigner to our shor chorea es should him elf with 11 I 1 before enter ing upon the of 0 citizenship yet it Is s avi ta to siy say that it 11 1 13 nut lit I 1 arta nil I 1 much no wadas I 1 itty ears ngo ago the leading of the declaration was nas i pirt the part of every m pry lence day celebration ot of late we decades the custom has dle disappeared almost entirely it ought to be ren revived IN ell no celebration ot of tho the day shout I 1 pass without ua its being red rea re d and without its history being ro toll the immortal document was drafted I 1 by thom thomia is jefferson amended slightly bv lila ills colleagues collen gues of the committee cOmmIt tep of the continental contreas Con greAS and portel re I 1 and adopted on july 4 1 1776 on june ath of that year Ill ItI chirl henry lee ice of 0 virgi virgl la oberd in ili the name of 0 his a resolution in congress tint that taso th su unite I 1 colonies I 1 are ire an ani I 1 ot of right ought to be arte au and inde independent states thie this resolution wis seconded by john adams of massachusetts the debate upon aich began on tha following day an ail I 1 continued t two 0 days on july 2 I 1 ee a resolution was colled up ill and delegates from twelve colonica colon lis cs neu I 1 ork not voting unanimously declared tint that chete united colonies eol onles are and of right ought to be ties and independent states but ac the tile declaration was not reported and adopted until july ath the of independence was fiket on tint that day lay the docu document mem which had been relegate atel 1 to a committee tor for preparation lu Is aa as follow follos N hen ian in the course of human c m enta it becomes beco necessary necess iry for one people to discolo dis solo the political bands malih halh liao haie conti I 1 them within ith another other ani an I 1 to assume amol amoia 9 the powers of the earth the st larate ant equal station to aich the laws of nature ail ani I 1 of ili ture tuce a god entitles them a decent respect to the loni if it m mankind requires tl 11 at the I 1 declare thi crucs cal lles antl el of them to the tann 11 a hoi hot I 1 these truths to bo be self ovi evi ayi L S V f im 1 of OID D STI STin I 1 r dent deit that all iren ire are felted equal that they are tire endowed b their creator certain rights thit that among these anre life ind and the pursuit 0 of ii thit that to secure thee these rights are ansti ruled anion anions nien men their just potters from froin the onet of the go arned tt tut any form of 0 government becomes ot of thesie these ends it Is the right cf t tho the people to alter and abolish it and to institute a rie government go ern ment labing la ing its foundation on euch such principles and organizing its power powers in euch such form as to them 1 fern team 1 to etick their safet gil V P I 1 4 0 ol 01 4 14 1 i I 1 jet i lf ti e 41 r 14 all ani I 1 happiness Prud prudence cuce indeed u will ill adli ate thit that goern governments ments long fished shout I 1 not be changed tor for an ani I 1 transient caties cati es an ani I 1 accordingly all lith lath alion shown that man kind are more disposed to suffer stiffer while avils ere are sufferable than to right them themselves seles by abolishing the forris to which the ire I 1 dut but when nhen a long train ot of abit abbea es ind and usurpations pursuing the gino sarie object ellit ellitch cs i desire to raulo them anler ibo lute tiei let otisa it 14 their right it Is I 1 their dut lilt to threw off auch such boern merit nn ail I 1 to pro proult I 1 it new guards tor for their future security such has been the patient flatten t suffer ant t ot of these ant an I 1 such Is now tho necessity which cons trallis them their to alter their former estros of government the file history of the present I king ing of great britain arlt aln Is a record of repe atel injuries ln urles nud asur lations all it acing in direct object the eat of an absolute tyranny over oer thee these states to prole proe this let facto fact be submitted to a candid world orld ho ile has refused his assent to liwa las the most w holesome and necess try for the I 1 root good he ile has forbid len ten his 1 governors go vernora to piss laws of immediate and pressing importance unless sits pen led in their operation till hia his aksent should bo ile obtained and when han so sus sits pendell hn has utterly neglected to attend to them he ile has to pass other law lais for the accommodation of large districts of people unless those people would relinquish the of representation in the i t right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only he ile has exilea together leRla litlo boiled bollei at pla lulli sital ind and distant froin front the depository of their public r fe or ie for tho the sole of fatiguing rig them into compliance with his meas lures ile hii hit houes for or opi opposing osing with ith mani 1 his lin till alons i on oil the of the people he lie haa refined refused for or a 1 long time after such dissolutions to anti e others to bp be Nhe whereby reby the golieri poli eri incapable incan ible of bio returned return rd to to the tile people it large fv fr their exerile the stile remaining in the Ine intine espos expos 1 to ill the dangers of invasion from without ant au I 1 within he ile haa has nop i ore I 1 to 1 rt pat the pop tili tion of til so se statts i for thit that purl ise ob st the Us for of foreigner era refilling refusing to piss pass p iss other 4 to their hither lid and bilsing the candi condition tion of tic new eions ot of landi he ile lua has the of Ji justice stice 1 refusing hn dissent to liati fir fr 0 ju loers ito his imio jul juices es dependent on his ills will aill alone the tenure of th ir 1 and the mount amount ind and the pi p intent of their sil arle he lie his create I 1 a of new offices and sent hither firms of officers to harais hir ns our people ani ant cit eat out their gubi tince ince he lie has kept among us ili in times of peace stin st in ling ermle 1 without tho the coal co kent tent of pf mr ur le tila he lie his h ia affected affect cil to reeder ree der tho tile military independent of and superior to the clil power he lie bas combine I 1 with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and edge edg I 1 by our olur laws gl riling ing bis hit assent to their act acts of pretended pretend cil legislation for quartering large bodies of armed troops ue u for or protect nit ritz them by jy a mock trial thoin punishment for my any m which hah they should corn com mit on thu the of 0 these otate for cutting off oui oili trade with al all par it of a the world for imposing taxes on L our consent tor for depriving us ili in fit many casca of the bei her allta of trial b bv j ir fo to trin transporting sporting its 3 beyond SPAS seas to be kripl fir fr pre pretend tenI 1 d I offenses for ibo abolishing lishing tb thi fi flee ee s stem of 0 ng fish ims in lit i a neighboring province estabel hing th rein in an irli tary ov ci ciment finni ent an I 1 enlarging its boun boundaries darles so is 14 to render it at once in ample X and fit instrument for introducing Intro ducin tin t t tame u rule into th ie se colo colonies for t liking inay our chietera chir tera abolish ing our oil r most N valuable iva I 1 in 9 an ani I 1 alter ing fundamentally thu the forms of our governments for suspending our own on und declaring them with ith power to legislate for tir us in all isei cases c whatsoever hato eNer he lie laa las ab dilated hero here by declaring us its out of lili protection ant an caging against in ili he lie hia has plundered our seas ra igel our coasts burnt our towns in I 1 ds troed the lives of 0 our people he lie la Is at this time unsporting transporting largo large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of deith death basola tion and tyranny already begun with witt circumstances of cruell ant in I 1 perfidy sc ircel arcel in the most 1 bir bar barous barons ages ant 1 l tot totally illy unworthy the hen lien I 1 of i ell civilized he ile ina ills con strained our fellow fello citizen iken taken t cip alo on the high seas to loir fear arms against thel country t become the executioner of their fri trends ads and brethren at 01 to tall fall them themselves cles b hands HP ile ini has alteo inbar erections ions imoni amont us ind and hie has n leanored lea ored to 1 li ins ing on the inh of our frontiers the indian whose aioge clims known n rulo title of u wartime Is in in distinguished destruction of all ies aes 1 sexes I aes and con in e ever er of thesa these oppressions we a llao petitioned tor for la in the must humble ti auns tuns tras ja 0 if c il 11 r r P bv SULK our repeated have llave IPPI heel answered ont b tere re atel prince u hoc ho c character chir acter Is thus hus t in d by ever act velch mav donne i 1 tyrant Is to be the ruler t a tree free pe pie dle nor or have hae we been in atton attentions to our british brethren N e hii hive e w arnea them front time to bitne of attempts b their legislature to ext ell n I 1 I 1 an tian over us e ba bave e reminded them of the c r mi tin of our emigration and bettle ment here c hive bile appealed appeal pd to their native Jit clintice ettice and magnanimity ani ant we no hive injured them by the 11 tio nt of our common kindred to dasio disavow th se usurpations which noad interrupt our connection connections and corres inin lene the too hive been deat deaf t the wee of justice ant an 1 bensan il tilty NN e must therefore icile acile s ce in the d UP iti es our aaion in I 1 hold them vo mo ha hill I 1 abc lh reat rest of mankind ene i ey es in ili aar ar in pi pt ice tee frienda friends e therefore ther efort tim the f th the e united ivatts of i america in au cn anres res assembled I 1 t I 1 tle Su judge ot of the norad for or if 11 rectitude tUdd of our Intent loni lom do in if f name binl in I 1 by the authority of the od keople of these thee colonies sol finly 1 ind deel ire thit that these i itald cal onlia an are and of right ought be free and in lepen lent states that fiey are ab from front all allex iame the british cron crown an ani I 1 that all I 1 10 0 bial ill aa connection between them and ute late of greit re it I 1 and ought 1 botill elis diio alicd lid ind that is in I 1 indel end nt 81 tho have I 1 to le N i ir r conclude luni Lon luda clude ui tit tract establish est esti blish I 1 n ci I 1 ind do CIO ill all ollar acta acts ind N velch tit ell in le I 1 eident baates bt itea may t 1 d I and fur for the support of t it alth i t firm c ti th t ai 0 of 1 I vine ine 0 mutually mutu all pl fl to t nh other our let e aur fortunes in ml I 1 our backed 1 in r JOHN II 11 1 I of congress Con gresa and DIt Late front |