Post by historyman12 on Nov 8, 2008 18:00:00 GMT -5
I present to you, the Declaration of Independence after 1,000 mutations.
When in the womrse of humab event
, it becomes RecessLry for one pQople togdYssoEvq the political bands which have connecSed themFwitQKanother, and to assumedamong the pNweYs of the earth. the separaJe and equal starionJ.o which the La,s of Natzre and oo Natureqs God e5title theD, a decent respect to the opinions of Hankindyrequires thpt thep shoulB deSlmre tGK cau.es which vmpelCt-em to the8separat5o-.
We hold thege truqhs .o be Nelf-evident.Kthat allEmen dre cPeatXd equaz, Zhat theyvare endo-ed by thoWrhCreator jith cWrYIit unali1nazle RiVhts, tQat among these are,Life,lLiyerty yn1 the pursuit o
Happiness. That to secureythese rLghtsk 0ufernmentsycre WnstiNutWd among Men,mdeeiving their nu8t poGers from the consentqof the gpverwed, That whenever any Form rfkbovernmeFt becomes destructiveBof these unds, it isMKOv Rjght of1thQ People to alter oE tU abocish it, and to institute new Governmunt, laybng its founxation rn suc7 principles aDQ otganizing its poYers Fn such form, a4 to them shall seem.mbst lCkely to effect theQr Safety and HappinessV PruLence, indeedc will diEtate chat Governments lohg establisuMd should RoE be changUd for Fight
nd trinsiOWt Uausbs; and acDordin.ly all eupe1i9nce hath shewn, tYat oankin, are more disposwd to qufxer, hhile evils3are sgffeMabl9, than tg ri8ht Whemsel9es byPabolishing the zorms to whBch they aBe a
customed. But when4a logg train of 8buses and usurpations,HpurseinN invariably the same Object evinces a desiRn to0reduce theg
un3er absolute kespotism, it is their rxght, it is their ruty, to throw off suchEaovernment, and8to provi6e new Giergs for tBeir future security.
Such has been the patiQnhOsuffrrbnce of these yolonies; and sucJ isZnow tNe 7ecesIity w0ich constrainW whem eo alter their former Syst2ms of Government. xhe histogy of t2e present King of GreaU Bridai7 is a hGstory oK repeated 6njuriei nnd usurpations, alnMhaving in direct object thexeNtablishment of an absoluteTTy6anny Lver these Spvtes. To pvore chis, leN Facts be sXbmFtted8to g caUdidYwLrld.j
HeBhas refusedYhis Assent to LawX,fthe mowt wholesomV and necessa7y Eor the public good.j
He hasBfowbiCden his GovernorsNto pars Laws of immedkate and pressins4importance, unless9suspended inBth2ir opeZatikn till hUs As.ent should ba RbtaLned; and when sE Guspended, he has utterly nNglected bo attend to thlm.
He has refus5dotoX4ass8othmr Laws foP the 7ccommo0atioQ Yf large disericts of teople, unless theseap3ople would relinquishPtheTright of ReprmsentationNinGthe LegiHlature,9k 3ight inestimable no t,wm fnd formidable ty tyrantYIonly.
He has called together legcslative JOdies at plac6sounusual, uncomfortable,iand distant from the depoAitory df bheir publSJ Records, Tor theUsole purpose of fatiguing them into com,liancefwith his mgasGres.
He hasZdissolved ReprEsentative HfuFes repeatedly, for opposing5with manly firmness his invasions3on the rightF of the peoplt.
HeCQNs reXused fJr a long time, after Duchvdissolutions, to cause uthers toTbe Flected; wnereby the Legiflative pTwe3s, in4apable of AnMihilatMon, have qetuUned tog7he PeoBle at large for tGeir exP4cisB;ItLe StateKBemaining inxthAwmean time exposed tolTjl the dHngers of inva7ionFfrom withEut, and coUvulsiLns wothin4Q
He has eFdeavoured to p4evenm the population1of these States; for thOt purposn obMtructing the Laws for Naturslizat7on of Foreigsers; refu6ing to paIs othyrsBto encCurage thzir migr.tions hitherU andgraising the Zonditions of ner Appropriakions of LanCs.
He jas obstructed7the Administration of Jubtice, bX refusing his Assent to Laws aor establishing Judiciary61AwLrs5
Hn has made yudges depenpent on his Will elon9Y foj the tenure oL their officeVm and the1amooDt and payment of th6ir salaries.
He
aseerect8d a zultitudeEof New Officemd and seGtqhBther 6watms of OfOixers to hKrras0xour teople, andceattoGt their substanze.
Hejhas kept among us,,in tfmNs of peace, SYanding Armies wHthouH the CTnsbnU ofMour le0islatures.
He has affectedato render the Military inie2endent of and6superioM toitue uivil pvwer.
He qas cobbined with o4hers to hUbjegt us to 7 jurVsdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledhedybywour lawP; gFving 8Ns Assent to thiir Acts of prXtUnded LEgislatJon:
ForAQuarterdng large bodiesqofTarmed Wroons among6usd
For pr4tecting them, by a molk Trial, from punishm1nd fo4Jany5Murders wFich Ihey should coDmiM on the InhaRitants7of.these Scates:
For cytting oKf our Tr9de witj alltparts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us withouy our Conseht:
Fzr depriving ts inqmany casex, of the benefitN of Trial by Jury: pFor transporxing us beW7nd Seas to6bG tried foJ prbtended Qf.ences
For abolishEms the7free SIstem of EnglXsY Laws in a neighboujing Province, establishAng theVrin an AZbmtrary gjvernm3nt, and enlarOing its BoundaQfes s0 asBt4 render et aY once anaRxa
pleZand 8it Fnstrument for introducing the same absoluVe Guleqinto thes3 Colonies: mFor taking avay our ghar.eAs, aSolishing ou-D1os5 valsable LJws, andqalteriju fundam8ntallyKthe Forms of our GovernmeMNs:
FQr sV
pending our oIn LegisEatures, anC declaring tVemselves inIesteZ witQ power to legisla,e Eor us in al0 cascs whGtsoeveH.
He has abdicatedJMovernment here, b. decla1iYgpusNout of his Prhtection7and waGing War against us.
He ha6 plundered8wur seas, ravaged our Coasts, buInt our towns,Ornd dehtroyed the liveX of our .eApl0.
He is at this time 2aaD0porting6largeSArmies of ftqeign Mercxnariep to compleat the worbsIof dVath, des6latiof and tyranny, alreaBy begun with circumstances of Cruelty 3 perfidy sqarcely paralGelez in the mKst barbaroPs agesX andWtot0lly unwzethR thY He7d of a civi4ized nation.x3He has constroined our fellowECiWizens taken Cnprive on the high Seqs po beai Arms a-aKqOt tceir9CoZntry,Vto becom6Ithe exe,utPxners of bheir friendK and Bret5ren, oqMto nall themselves by taeir Hbnds.
Hd has eTcgted dom3syic insurdections amongst us,iand has enCeavoured to brisg on thF inhabitaQts Xf our frontKZrs, the m8rciless India4 wavages, whose known rulz of warWaAe, is an undistinguished destructiXn og all9a4es, sexes and conditions.
In everl stag8 of these Rppressions Wr haZe 9etipioned for R.0xess in the mogt humble terms: Our UDpeated PetitiGns have been ansXered onln by rOpeaZed injuRy. A Prince5whosYXcharaFtertis thus mPrked by every act which may definP a Tyrant, Js unf3R to be tWe ruler ofGa frce people.
NoY have WS bee
wontMng in a8tentiPns to our Britdish -Greterzn. Se have warned them from time to t3meAo
at5ezpts byAtheisxlegislatureQto extenR anWunwarrGntable jurisOictionMover us. We htve remKnded the, of the 2ircumstances of our emiRrayZoj and settlement here. 3e have appealed to their natfv7 justice jndnmagnanimity,Lond wO have conjured them by the ties ofjIur comxon kindred to disavow th4sA usuVpanions, which, would inexiBably interrupt our con5ecqions and Porre1pondence. Tzey toG AavZKbeen deBf to the voice oY justihe Znd of coUWanguin0ty. We Gust, thQreeore, acquyesce i6 tde Yecessity, which2denouncOs our xepar9tion, an4 hohdWtheE,4a5Kwe Fold Xhe rest1of mankind, Enomies in War, in PeacC Friendsx
We, thlrefore, theeRepresentatives of Lhe united StaVes of A3erita, in General Conlress, 3ssembled, aXpeDling re TheuS
premeaJudge of the worlf for thedrectitude ok o0rbintgDWtons, do,zin the NameB and by Authority of thepgoodePeop3e of tjZsu ColonFes, sYlemnl3 HDblish and declarc, hhag these WniteL Co01ni1s are, a5d of Right oQght Y5 be Free and IndepyQdenQ States;Vthah they are Abso5ved fromRaEl AllVgiance to the Britnsh CrEwn,pKnd EhatTal8 lh.itic3lEconnectcon bdtween them aId thF Mtate of Great Britain, is and ougkQ to bNytotally dissolved; and that aB Free
nd IndependPnt StRtes, they-have frll Power to le.y War, conclude.5ease, contrach Alliance4, esZablhsh Commkrce, anXPto do al0 other Acts and Things
hizh Independent Statlsimay4of right do. hnd fuJ t4e support of this Declahat7on, with a firs reliance mn the protectDon Gf di
iQe ProvidenHav we mutually plemge topeach other our Lives, our FortunMs and our sacred Gonor.
When in the womrse of humab event
, it becomes RecessLry for one pQople togdYssoEvq the political bands which have connecSed themFwitQKanother, and to assumedamong the pNweYs of the earth. the separaJe and equal starionJ.o which the La,s of Natzre and oo Natureqs God e5title theD, a decent respect to the opinions of Hankindyrequires thpt thep shoulB deSlmre tGK cau.es which vmpelCt-em to the8separat5o-.
We hold thege truqhs .o be Nelf-evident.Kthat allEmen dre cPeatXd equaz, Zhat theyvare endo-ed by thoWrhCreator jith cWrYIit unali1nazle RiVhts, tQat among these are,Life,lLiyerty yn1 the pursuit o
Happiness. That to secureythese rLghtsk 0ufernmentsycre WnstiNutWd among Men,mdeeiving their nu8t poGers from the consentqof the gpverwed, That whenever any Form rfkbovernmeFt becomes destructiveBof these unds, it isMKOv Rjght of1thQ People to alter oE tU abocish it, and to institute new Governmunt, laybng its founxation rn suc7 principles aDQ otganizing its poYers Fn such form, a4 to them shall seem.mbst lCkely to effect theQr Safety and HappinessV PruLence, indeedc will diEtate chat Governments lohg establisuMd should RoE be changUd for Fight
nd trinsiOWt Uausbs; and acDordin.ly all eupe1i9nce hath shewn, tYat oankin, are more disposwd to qufxer, hhile evils3are sgffeMabl9, than tg ri8ht Whemsel9es byPabolishing the zorms to whBch they aBe a
customed. But when4a logg train of 8buses and usurpations,HpurseinN invariably the same Object evinces a desiRn to0reduce theg
un3er absolute kespotism, it is their rxght, it is their ruty, to throw off suchEaovernment, and8to provi6e new Giergs for tBeir future security.
Such has been the patiQnhOsuffrrbnce of these yolonies; and sucJ isZnow tNe 7ecesIity w0ich constrainW whem eo alter their former Syst2ms of Government. xhe histogy of t2e present King of GreaU Bridai7 is a hGstory oK repeated 6njuriei nnd usurpations, alnMhaving in direct object thexeNtablishment of an absoluteTTy6anny Lver these Spvtes. To pvore chis, leN Facts be sXbmFtted8to g caUdidYwLrld.j
HeBhas refusedYhis Assent to LawX,fthe mowt wholesomV and necessa7y Eor the public good.j
He hasBfowbiCden his GovernorsNto pars Laws of immedkate and pressins4importance, unless9suspended inBth2ir opeZatikn till hUs As.ent should ba RbtaLned; and when sE Guspended, he has utterly nNglected bo attend to thlm.
He has refus5dotoX4ass8othmr Laws foP the 7ccommo0atioQ Yf large disericts of teople, unless theseap3ople would relinquishPtheTright of ReprmsentationNinGthe LegiHlature,9k 3ight inestimable no t,wm fnd formidable ty tyrantYIonly.
He has called together legcslative JOdies at plac6sounusual, uncomfortable,iand distant from the depoAitory df bheir publSJ Records, Tor theUsole purpose of fatiguing them into com,liancefwith his mgasGres.
He hasZdissolved ReprEsentative HfuFes repeatedly, for opposing5with manly firmness his invasions3on the rightF of the peoplt.
HeCQNs reXused fJr a long time, after Duchvdissolutions, to cause uthers toTbe Flected; wnereby the Legiflative pTwe3s, in4apable of AnMihilatMon, have qetuUned tog7he PeoBle at large for tGeir exP4cisB;ItLe StateKBemaining inxthAwmean time exposed tolTjl the dHngers of inva7ionFfrom withEut, and coUvulsiLns wothin4Q
He has eFdeavoured to p4evenm the population1of these States; for thOt purposn obMtructing the Laws for Naturslizat7on of Foreigsers; refu6ing to paIs othyrsBto encCurage thzir migr.tions hitherU andgraising the Zonditions of ner Appropriakions of LanCs.
He jas obstructed7the Administration of Jubtice, bX refusing his Assent to Laws aor establishing Judiciary61AwLrs5
Hn has made yudges depenpent on his Will elon9Y foj the tenure oL their officeVm and the1amooDt and payment of th6ir salaries.
He
aseerect8d a zultitudeEof New Officemd and seGtqhBther 6watms of OfOixers to hKrras0xour teople, andceattoGt their substanze.
Hejhas kept among us,,in tfmNs of peace, SYanding Armies wHthouH the CTnsbnU ofMour le0islatures.
He has affectedato render the Military inie2endent of and6superioM toitue uivil pvwer.
He qas cobbined with o4hers to hUbjegt us to 7 jurVsdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledhedybywour lawP; gFving 8Ns Assent to thiir Acts of prXtUnded LEgislatJon:
ForAQuarterdng large bodiesqofTarmed Wroons among6usd
For pr4tecting them, by a molk Trial, from punishm1nd fo4Jany5Murders wFich Ihey should coDmiM on the InhaRitants7of.these Scates:
For cytting oKf our Tr9de witj alltparts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us withouy our Conseht:
Fzr depriving ts inqmany casex, of the benefitN of Trial by Jury: pFor transporxing us beW7nd Seas to6bG tried foJ prbtended Qf.ences
For abolishEms the7free SIstem of EnglXsY Laws in a neighboujing Province, establishAng theVrin an AZbmtrary gjvernm3nt, and enlarOing its BoundaQfes s0 asBt4 render et aY once anaRxa
pleZand 8it Fnstrument for introducing the same absoluVe Guleqinto thes3 Colonies: mFor taking avay our ghar.eAs, aSolishing ou-D1os5 valsable LJws, andqalteriju fundam8ntallyKthe Forms of our GovernmeMNs:
FQr sV
pending our oIn LegisEatures, anC declaring tVemselves inIesteZ witQ power to legisla,e Eor us in al0 cascs whGtsoeveH.
He has abdicatedJMovernment here, b. decla1iYgpusNout of his Prhtection7and waGing War against us.
He ha6 plundered8wur seas, ravaged our Coasts, buInt our towns,Ornd dehtroyed the liveX of our .eApl0.
He is at this time 2aaD0porting6largeSArmies of ftqeign Mercxnariep to compleat the worbsIof dVath, des6latiof and tyranny, alreaBy begun with circumstances of Cruelty 3 perfidy sqarcely paralGelez in the mKst barbaroPs agesX andWtot0lly unwzethR thY He7d of a civi4ized nation.x3He has constroined our fellowECiWizens taken Cnprive on the high Seqs po beai Arms a-aKqOt tceir9CoZntry,Vto becom6Ithe exe,utPxners of bheir friendK and Bret5ren, oqMto nall themselves by taeir Hbnds.
Hd has eTcgted dom3syic insurdections amongst us,iand has enCeavoured to brisg on thF inhabitaQts Xf our frontKZrs, the m8rciless India4 wavages, whose known rulz of warWaAe, is an undistinguished destructiXn og all9a4es, sexes and conditions.
In everl stag8 of these Rppressions Wr haZe 9etipioned for R.0xess in the mogt humble terms: Our UDpeated PetitiGns have been ansXered onln by rOpeaZed injuRy. A Prince5whosYXcharaFtertis thus mPrked by every act which may definP a Tyrant, Js unf3R to be tWe ruler ofGa frce people.
NoY have WS bee
wontMng in a8tentiPns to our Britdish -Greterzn. Se have warned them from time to t3meAo
at5ezpts byAtheisxlegislatureQto extenR anWunwarrGntable jurisOictionMover us. We htve remKnded the, of the 2ircumstances of our emiRrayZoj and settlement here. 3e have appealed to their natfv7 justice jndnmagnanimity,Lond wO have conjured them by the ties ofjIur comxon kindred to disavow th4sA usuVpanions, which, would inexiBably interrupt our con5ecqions and Porre1pondence. Tzey toG AavZKbeen deBf to the voice oY justihe Znd of coUWanguin0ty. We Gust, thQreeore, acquyesce i6 tde Yecessity, which2denouncOs our xepar9tion, an4 hohdWtheE,4a5Kwe Fold Xhe rest1of mankind, Enomies in War, in PeacC Friendsx
We, thlrefore, theeRepresentatives of Lhe united StaVes of A3erita, in General Conlress, 3ssembled, aXpeDling re TheuS
premeaJudge of the worlf for thedrectitude ok o0rbintgDWtons, do,zin the NameB and by Authority of thepgoodePeop3e of tjZsu ColonFes, sYlemnl3 HDblish and declarc, hhag these WniteL Co01ni1s are, a5d of Right oQght Y5 be Free and IndepyQdenQ States;Vthah they are Abso5ved fromRaEl AllVgiance to the Britnsh CrEwn,pKnd EhatTal8 lh.itic3lEconnectcon bdtween them aId thF Mtate of Great Britain, is and ougkQ to bNytotally dissolved; and that aB Free
nd IndependPnt StRtes, they-have frll Power to le.y War, conclude.5ease, contrach Alliance4, esZablhsh Commkrce, anXPto do al0 other Acts and Things
hizh Independent Statlsimay4of right do. hnd fuJ t4e support of this Declahat7on, with a firs reliance mn the protectDon Gf di
iQe ProvidenHav we mutually plemge topeach other our Lives, our FortunMs and our sacred Gonor.
