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Show c Let the Children Heftd ,nd Remember the I Immortal Document J When, In tho courae of human Hints, It become, neeenary for ono people to dlnsolva Ihs polltlral bands wc(r tevo connected them with another, an-other, and to asiilmo, among lh powcrtof tlio earth, the separate and equal nation to which tho lawa of nature and iatUro's ''Hid entitle them, a decent retpect to the opinions of mankind retires that Uiey ahould declare the cauaea which Impel them to Ihe aeparajon. We huld thraa trutha to bs self-evils,, (int all men sro created equal; that they are endowed by tholr Creator u), ,,,rtRin unalienable rlr.li; that among theae, ara llfo, liberty and the Pumlt of hnpplneaH. That, to aerure tneee rights, governmeuta are lnslltute.UIUOU(! ,,, deriving their Just powers pow-ers from the consent of the governed; in, whenever any form of government govern-ment bocomca destructive of these euili.n i, )u0 r)Kni ( (n0 p(Mple to alter or to Bhollnh It, and to Institute new g.vernmeut, lnylng Ita foundation on aurh principles, and organising Its powertln nueb form, as to them shall seem moat likely lo effect their safety and hajpineaa. Prudence. Indeed, will dictate dic-tate that governments long established ftould not bo charged for lUht and transient causae; and, accordingly, all Bperltnre hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffor, while evlliaro eufferable, thun to'riKhl thorn-selves thorn-selves by abolishing the forma to whle) they Ire acruntomed. Hut, when B long train of abusea and usurpations, nrmilng Invariably the aamo objoct, evlncea a design lo reduce thorn under ihnoiutn rterpoilmn. It is their right, It Is their duty, to throw oft such gorerna,,,, am , provblu new guards for tlelr future security. Such haa been tlapnth nt ufferanee of lliexu colonies, and auch Is now the necessity which cnairnina them to alter their former systems of government The history of Ihe pu nctit King of (Irent 111" .In Is a history of repeated Injuries and usuraitiujiii, all having, lu direct object, tha establishment of an absolute tyrant; over thuiu Mute. To provo this, lot facts be submitted to B candid world: Ho haa rofuaeil hla assent to laws tl nioxt wlmlcKOmo and neccsrary for the public good. ' '. He has forbidden hla governors to fast laws of Innncdla'.j ami pressing Importance, uuleas sunpvndcd In tbclr operation till Ms aoxctit should be obtained; and, when ao auspendod, he hu utterly neglected to attend to them. He lias refused to pass other lawa for the accommodation of Inrgo districts dis-tricts of people, unlets those people would rollnr.ulsu the right of representation representa-tion In tho legislature; a right InostlmaUla to them, and formidable to tyrants only. . He baa called togethor legislative bodies at places ununuul, uncomfortable, uncomfort-able, and distant from the depository of their public recordH, for the solu pur- poso Of fatiguing them Into compliance with his measures. Ho has dissolved representative houses rcix-utcdly for opposing, with manly firmnuss, his Invasions on the rlrhti uf tho people. He lias, refused for B long time after lurh devolutions to rauso others to be elected; v. hereby tho legislative powers, Incapable ot umilhllntlon, have returned re-turned to tho people nt largo for their eicrdie; the slate remaining, In the mean tlmo, exposed to all the dangora ot Invanlun from without, and convulsions convul-sions within. i . ; He baa endeavored to prevent the population of theno slates; for that pnrpoiq obstructing the laws for naturullutlon of forulKticra; refining to pass olhora to oncuurage thulr mlBrationa hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He baa, obatrucled the administration of Justice by refualng hla assent to lawa for establishing Judiciary powers. He baa made Judgoa dependent oa bli will alone for tbe tenure ot their offlcea. and the amount and payment et their salaries. He baa erected a multitude of new in en, and aent hither swarms ot officers of-ficers to harass our people and ti out uiolr substance Be baa kept among us, In timet of peace, staudlng armies, without tbe consent of our legislature. Ho haa affected to render the miliary Independent of, and superior to, the civil power. , He haa combined, with others (that Is, with the lorda and commons ol Britain) to subject us to a Jurlsdtcuai foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged unac-knowledged by our lawa; giving blsusenl to thelf acta of prulendod legislation. . For quartering large bodies of arced troops among us; For protecting tbeni, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders Which they should commit on tho ItiUMtanta of these, atates; For cutting Lff our trado with all parts ot the world; For Imposing tuxes on us without our consuut; For depriving us. In n.any cases, of the benefits of trial by Jury; For transporting ua beyond seas to bo tried for pretended oRcnaos; For BbollHhlng the free system ot English lawa In a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary forerument, end enlarging Us boundarlea ao aa to render It at onto an eiampll and Ut Instrument tor Introducing the aame absolute rule into these colunles; For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamentally, the forms of our government; For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring thcnisolvea Invested with power lo lenli-lnto for us In H csoe whatsoever. Ho baa abdicated government br by declaring us out of bis protection, and waging war against us. Ho hue plundered our seas, rsvaied our coasts, burnt our towna, and destroyed de-stroyed the Uvea of our people. Ho Is, at thla tlmo, transportlnl large Brmloa ot foreign mercenaries to completo the works of dcalu, desolation and tyranny, alroody bogun, with clrcumatancea of cruelty and porflly scarcely paralleled In the most barboroua ages, and totally unworthy the bead of clvllliod nation. He naa constrained our fellow cltlzeni, taken captive on tbe high seas, to bear arms against tholr country, to become the execuUoncr of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by Uiolr handa. He haa excited domestic lusurrectlone amongst ua, and haa endeavored to bring on the Inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian aavagaea, whose known rule of warfare la an undistinguished destruction of all ages, aexea and conditions. In every aUgo of these oppression, we have petitioned for redress. In tbe moat humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated Injury. A Prince, woo" character la thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, Is unfit t Uie ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting l aUuutlona to our British brethren. We have warned them, from llw to ' attompta by their legislature to extend au unwarrantable Jurl.dlcllou over ua. We have reminded them of the circumstances ot our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native Justice and masnaolPilty. and we have conjured them, by the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which would Inevitably In-evitably interrupt our conuecll. ns and correspondence. They, too. have been deaf to tbe voice of justice aud of consanguinity. We mt. therefore, ac cu'esco In the necessity which denounces our aeparation. aud hold them, aa we hold the rest of mankind, enrole In war, In peace, friend.. We therefore U.o rcpreseut.tl'W of the United States of America, In General Conor.se assembled, sppe.il". to the Supreme Judgu of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, da. In the name, and by the authority of in. good people ut these colonics, iotoa,n, publish and declare, that those United Colonic, are, and of right oBlibt to be, Free and Ind.p.nd.nt Stat..; that they are absolved from .11 "'f the Hr.tlsh crown, and that all Botiucal cnnectlou between them .uu the ,tte of Great Ur.talu I., and ought to be totally dissolved: w "L " F'M nd """dent t.., they have li vy war conclude foace, contract alllunces, establish corn-full corn-full power o . y o wd lhlp8 wj)lo)i ,ndcpendent 8uei moy Qf ""hTdo And for tho uirport pfcU.,iclrnl)on, with a firm reliance on right o. n , Providene, we uiutuully pledge to ouch other our th. protection ot D.v n. P Urea, our fortunes, aud our .acre |