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Show iK0iaH.ATIO,. OF -.ISDEVEX- ". - : ; .. . iiisjfcK. . .T!(P,'."l)'.S(tStiln'eg fltcfcAijATips HIL Tii'(- inlntetjf 'JIW... ' "' ' ; " I fp thp tourift of 'liinhan tvaot?; ft I (tec6im( nece.'ivry 'for-jnnp' pfypltf to" vUisolv I tlip ptidwl'tiaiiu whfch haw coiinuctcd ttfeni with' another, ami fo-'auiiii anipiiff tlau ; pow'ers'.of tlia onrtU " the jwp.tiatp ami cpiht lftfloii to-which the laws of imturo nud of'-tia-' trirc,tbiil etUHt'l Ihcm,- a dwrit rraipcct to tlift'optutjms of nianliin.d rcqulr&i ttiat- they should declare tho causes which Impel lljoui to the separation. We hold thfcsc truths lo lHJelf evMent;"tlmt all nH-n.oro crcatHl ffpial; that they ate tn doweil ly their Creator Ith crta(n ana-IlenaWo ana-IlenaWo rights that a'nipn thesp we life, Ttherfy, and the porsuttof liappiar that, to pecure. UwwJ rights, povcmmfcntsf aw ihUtut-ed ihUtut-ed wnong nu-n!- drlrin their jt ,po'et from thccpnntof the gorcrucdj that, whenever when-ever any form of government become dHtruc iive of tiiwo ends, it 1 tho rhdit of tho peo-f peo-f plo to alter Or abolish .it, and to IrtHiUoic new ; .government, laying b foundation on such j i.riiiclplcsraii(l tr4Wng its powen lit rnch , rorin, as to thtia "hall kvjh most likely to heffect their safety ami liapphKM. l'rudence, tfuderd. will dictate that nvermntait lone jcntalillMrtd should not tHic(mi)geil forltghtantl jtmrilentcvuc,t; and, accordingly, all aiC!l, I nco hath thown that iiianUItid.nro ujixt dis posed tomiflqr, nhlk'Oflls aro iufferatile, tliap to rtght theuiselVe ly ahollihlug tlie:fornu to which they are accustomed, J)ut when n lorjf? train of aliunes and iwriiatlon, pursotriK In-variaplo In-variaplo the (Atnu ohjeet, evinces .n ilgfigu ii; -rctluec tiicirt umler' ahsoluttf ilOlH)tum. It H (heir light, ttf their dnty.-to throw off sUeh ffOTcrnment, and" to provido new guard for their, future Kcvuity. Suck lia. heva tho patient pa-tient sufferance of these rolonlcs, and iiel li now tho aitefly which conBtralua tlictn ,to alter their former syntcm of gorerniotnt, Tho history rihe present kbij; pf.fJrvat lhitafu i. tv hltoryf rcpeattd injurle and uurvtlo,nt, all having In direct oliject tho ettaMlah-trientof ettaMlah-trientof an absolnto tyiannr over these State. To provthI, Ut facta be submitted to.a n .did woddi-r ' lie has refused his jisient to lam the most wholowmanud ncreiwry for the puWcgeod. Ha has forhidden hla Borornori to pan laws of tmmediaic ud prowlng iroportanc, unlrtt tnfiieuded i .their operation till liU nnt kIiouIi be ubtained; nnd, when wj Btipfdcd, ho has utterly neglected to attend to them. lie has Tiued to rs other law for tho ftewtnmodatlon. i)f larRO district of people, un--lt3 tlioso opto wouhl rclinqulali the right of rvpr esentatlon in tho legislature a right fnea-' fnea-' tlmable to tbiru, and foruildablo to tj rants ' only. lie has called together IcgUlatlre bodies at places unUiual, imconifortalde, and distant from the repository of their public jocord, for thMolo-purposa of fatiguing them Into com- : pltauco nlih Ills measures. i lie has djwoltcd representative houses re- . twatedly for oprKius wtlli manly amines id Invasloue on the. right of th eopIe. lty 1 rcfn?edt for a long time after such i tllaulutlonu, to tau.'o others to ho electal; ; irhetuby tho legiilatlve power, incapablo of annihilation, have returned to the psople at . large ftr their oxercbe th Btata remaining. , In the ineantimu, ow.-d to all the datigsw of ' Invasion from without and convolsiona williiu, 1 jlu lias eodeavoltd to prevent the population of thcishialt--for that purpose olntructlng j the law for naturalization of foreigner, re-J re-J tmlits to iass otlieri to encomage theii nil- feraiiV.nJ.rJlh'Er,-adta$siug 'ilie. ttiditlim ( hew.apptWpiIatio4 UhimIhV ,: " , " . ih. :PtwiinctcilHhr u.hriisdsttnUoVt J inlkM tfcfastni UUriitj. twfra'wrf,.for,:f ,lAb l4dngJuiilclari,rMWcr9j ', . .r,;, Ho Inw rnadi) Judgv iliiimiiileni ' . 'JiU . Wilt' aloftn .for'.th' ttuufe'pf.-. their 'olllcti and"1 "thq amonnthndvnKi'itof.thefrIdaridf.'" ' It A IiA lereetcdA .multiludft, of rew ofrtces ftal fyi.hithcf .irariira..of vfllcvr 'to har oar pfopJeattd.fratout thlrsiitMitaltcV, . Ilo.ha kept arnojig Jtr,-lft' ti tries "of pcace, stipMilngvarmk,' wJthqatlip'VouSent-vtiirl .IcgUtamre? fv, ,', --x ' , -v ') Ifo;iiasiirtf'c(l;t!j,rn(l(:t; lio mllilaTy til-ihjicndeiU til-ihjicndeiU of,, and ftulwrlor t'o, "thevtivll power- " - Jlp hiM Fointilhed Uh others to suhjeetrns ;tp a Jurisdiction cirjreign faf nnifiid(uU6ir.' and unncUnoWledged by our laVn-givlrig -hij Vat rpWicjlrig largtr-loilTen of armiil. ti'dop' n'mongtldi! , -iyr-n 7!- ';. -' ' iFOr.ptolebtlng thim;dy a mock -frilal, frorri' punllim'chtl,,.fprciiy jiitirderaWhidh.thfiy (ihhnldl'ttfnniiU oittho'JnhabltahU-Plhose 'tivtesf",, ''tty-1 v-'i 'i-''.)" , 'For caftlnjs pff bur, tradbr with, nli' p.artV o ihtt w'ottili," ?,-;-. r- H'.,; a' " f For Jinposliig laxcVi'.tii'5ivUh'6nt ','ffui "consent; "con-sent; v ; - -j- ";. ... . ,lor Jdcpilvlitg. uijin-tiriitny' eWib-'rVf 'the 1benelUpf:irlaly;juty v,?",'- ;.. .' i'or tihrisfiiirtliig.iis'iMyondetMi.lho. JrU for.pretsndtd'tiffeHcesi V -" . : rXabpIlshifig tli&rep nbten?,pf JiniJlWi laws a ht'fihbpthig. prt;riricetlTci(taidi'hhi therein aniarblirarygtetrrriiiit,ahdpularKtnS Ju liouudarl'ci, 0 aa; lb r? ndqf. ' t.Sitohcf f an' ,amp!c3ihd. il i instriim ent for in triWiichig-.thc same absblmcrutp into theno cploniesf ' ".'fc". 1 .For.taUlng'..rawiy. our charjsrs,' alioM.ddng our .Tnoitivatuabla jaw's, anil ntleriiig,'funda. ; ruentaily,. the 'form oroufgoverhmehti!. i . For?!uip;ndirlgVoat ,)wh J-gilafurrivand .dcetatiiig.themt!jvc4ilnvested.'wllh power' ib IfSlilute fpr'jisln alt eases' 'whatiPev'ir"'. ?'' "tile hasalHUCatcd govcrnmctil hero hj'jieclar-liigu hj'jieclar-liigu out o(,.hisprolwtlon and najiiig war I against ,&,."- ' "' 4':" ' - i ' - ' " -:' He '--lia'";plu'nderodout:cas'('''ravftd, pur fcoasU.t burnt onritovynj, nndr.dMtroyedj the. Jim pf our people';-;, "! W ' J , - -r -' ' He U at lids time trasiwttlnJargenr'rul "of ftirfclgrr-m'crce'narlo lii.vxlm'plete .the' Voiks. ofpeatbi desolation,' and" tyranny, already bt-gun,. bt-gun,. with; vlitftirnstatiens crUelty "add- iier-idyscaiteclV; iier-idyscaiteclV; paralleled in. tho. most "barbarpm agefraVd totally unWorihy tho head nf a civi litt-d Ration, Ifc hftiTTorntrahicd our flowltf!rcni tok en capliva on tin high, -.sns,. Jp tear larrni against their country, to Jiccbmo the viwuj Jipnera of their fiicnd aajl hreUiTun, or to fall thimieives by their Jiande. Jlis'bas cxcitjctl domtttfc Iiiuirrectiaut among us, nn'd lias endeavored, to bring on lip hdwbi ttfnts of ur frotittera- the. iiiercilcwK Indian saVHges, wnosc Known nut ot waaavu is unj uiuJUtiiignUlwddcan-iictW of all egj, iiwsJ aitd'ctividllhibfe" " . ' 1 .in bvery tago- ottlicjenppraiidon, wej havb petitioned fPr rpjlrfiiW' la' Ih'o Most iminhl . ttaius.- Our 'repeated poHhm 'hav tweii . answered oii.lyyrcuMirtai injury- ,A prince, whosbl'iuactef i tfijis iri'arKcdKhy'.cycry act, . wlncli fnay deftuoft tyrant; ti ""unlit" io ;bo "the rulerof ri fieo people. - KbflwVp wo'beu waniing; in ,idtcn(lons to ourlfrltish bretlircrW Wis bavo uBnmrtheiri'; froni time tpflnib, of.nttempts,( by fheir fegi-lafuic, fegi-lafuic, to extend an 'uu'arraaiablo juriMilc tfonove'r.ti's, Wc liavp-.tewlndrd thebiof the clrcuniBtawccji of our emigration and- settle, ment iicr'0 "Ve havo-appcaled'io their natfro' Justice and liiniriianinitty-, and- wo- havo ;con--ured.ttnjm, lr thetic ;of oiir, wiuraon tln .dml, to disavow fheso uu'rp;i'tipus, wldch, would inevitably' Interrupt our calincxlnnsuild cprrepoiidvii"eo. -'i'hey, too, h'avo been- deaf, .to the. voice jnf juatlfc and of Fonsangnfnlty. We biust, Hitrfiryc, aopdesce hi" the necessity which denounces our ejiajratlonf and hold them, m We hol.t therest ofihankind, cneinje in war, Jnpttww, Mends. . : . AVoj tlVcreforc, the represcntaiiVi'$ of , (hp .Unll(!il Shitcii of America, fn envriil ClopWM-OKsembled; ClopWM-OKsembled; appealing 1i the Suprunc Jinlgo of the World for the Tcctlttidc f our Iutcnf(on, do, in tho.tmme, and by the aiitbority .of - Urc gopd pepl'lf of tliwii crjlonles, solcmly publish and detjaie that these United Colonies .'atfc. and pf rljsht ought to le( frco arid independent jitntcR; that they are absolved fruin all ftilo-glancp ftilo-glancp to the, liritish crown, and that ajl jiii-titlcat jiii-titlcat connexions lictiveuii thgm and tin?- jtate of (Jrcat ltrttahi Jf, and oiijtht lo ho, totally dlmol'ved; and that, a fro and 'Independent stated,' they liate full power to Jevy war, ron-chidoi'eacc, ron-chidoi'eacc, coiifracl-alllaiiccji, CKtablltJi co'in- wreo', nitd do all other acta and things wtuvU I .Independent ptat may of right do. And., for -the upKrt of this d.pciaratlon.Nvftb a. linn .re-1 llaace-on. the'proteclioii. of Ulv.hio J't ovidecot j we routually pledge; to each . other ; ohr Jlvv?, our forliines, and nr.acrd hohor- I 'le foregoing declaration was, by ofdcf 'o'fj (?onsfci. engrosei and jlgSitd by thd tollpw-. Ing mrniWrsi llonriiT Mnams, Jnips IlA.vcociCj, . 15k Aiim ltt-iui," , Ih.pait-oiVfjiains'i . ; B.Oiujb. Cuwe, Otivfcir WimirVr, . CAntHUtxTOx, ,hu Iouto.v, Josr.ni llewr, Cisai! )tonsi:V, . , 0r.oaOB WrtuB, Joust i'iw3 fiRiuKit Head, Tiro. M Kbai:, 1lii:uABt,Ilrimr 1r.E, Wt- lfaoreu, Tiiw, ilAVWAB,Jun., Wm. J'aca, - ' TnairAs liTNCif, Jun., l l.iotrowir Ij: Wm. KmP, " AuTHiitt 41inW.CTi, AmiAiiAM CtAnK, UtTTojr fiwuiMirr, I'natii' I,iV!ofoi;, I.VHA'H JUit, Wx. Wuii'iaa, KaNCit.riwi, OK. WAWOJf, SAM AllAMll, I,vV JI(mnn, JSnwAnn IttnixmJi!, flEOBIlB JtOM, JPIIM A OAM?, aROHOB Cf.Tur,n, JamV fiMiTir, .IliSUII lUllLSTT, HAMl. ll'fHW,ViVO, WW. WJU,UM MATTIIt.W.'TllilUKBW, ItlOHAHIl KroCKTOH, ?TIJ'llr,N ITMt-KIXtt, Jon.1 WiTnsrontni ''ttAclX 11i-kinws, Wiixiam Kn.rur, .IousJUut, Uotieu Siisiimas. Jawi Wiiwik, Oil AR I I J CrAUttOtt, of TlCOilAHtirONK Camdton; fipiaunTAVUdi, Thomas jsi-raissov, Tujiaa KnoS, Jun; . I!i;.sjaiii.' 1Iado,-, |