Now that all have gone of to their rest, and I am left to my own devices...
It is time, as I see it to make some sort of written statement which in itself needs no other supporting documentation to define its structure. In these days of strife and struggle, when man turns against brother, we must from time to time recompense the whistle blower. (Ha! I made a funny! It should have read, "pay the piper". I am too sleepy to correct at this time so I will leave it.)
Good friends, Ladies and GentleMUKs...
I give you The DeclarMUKtion of IndeMUKpendence.
"...When in the Course of MUKman MUKvents, it becomes MUKecessary for one MUK to MUKsolve the politimuk bands which have MUKnected them with MUKnother, and to assume among the powers of the MUK, the MUKparate and equal station to which the Laws of MUK and of Nature's MUK entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of MUK-kind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to MUK.
We hold these MUKS to be self-evident, that all MUKS are not created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unMUKable Rights, that among these are INFI, G-10 and the proprietary heat treat of Happiness. --That to secure these MUKS, GovernMUKS are instituted among MUKS, deriving their MUK powers from the consent of the governMUK, --That whenever any Form of GovernMUK becomes destructive of these MUKS, it is the Right of the MUKS to alter or to abolish it, and to institute MUKS, GovernMUKS, laying its MUKdation on such principles and MUKanizing its powers in MUK form, as to them shall seem MUK likely to effect their Safety and MUKiness. Prudence, indeed, will MUKtate that GovernMUK long established should not be changed for MUK and transient MUKS; and MUKordingly all MUKxperience hath shewn, that MUKkind are more MUKsposed to suffer, while evils are MUKerable, than to right MUKselves by MUKbolishing the MUKS to which they are MUKcustomed. But when a MUK train of abuses and MUKurpations, pursuing MUKvariably the same Object MUKvinces a design to reMUK them under absolute MUKspotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to MUK off such GovernMUK, and to provide new MUKS for their future MUKurity. MUK has been the patient MUKerance of these MUKonies; and such is now the necessiMUK which MUKstrains them to MUKter their former MUKstems of GovernMUK. The MUKstory of the present MUK of Great MUKtain [George III] is a MUKstory of repeated MUKuries and MUKsurpations, all having in direct MUKject the establishMUKS of an MUKsolute MUKyranny over these States. To MUK this, let MUKS be MUKmitted to a MUKdid world.
He has MUKfused his MUKsent to Laws, the most MUKsome and MUKecessary for the MUKblic good.
He has MUKbidden his GovernMUKs to pass Laws of MUKediate and pressing MUKportance, unless MUKspended in their MUKeration till hisMUKsent should be MUKtained; and when so MUKSspended, he has MUKtterly mukglected to muktend to them.
He has mukFused to MUK other Laws for the MUKommodation of large MUKstricts of people, MUKless those people would reMUKquish the right of MUKresentation in the MUKislature, a right inMUKTimable to them and MUKidable to tyrMUKs only.
He has MUKKED together MUKislative bodies at places unMUKual, unMUKfortable, and MUKstant from the deMUKsitory of their public MUKords, for the sole MUKpose of MUKtiguing them into MUKpliance with his MUKsures.
He has disMUKKSolved MUKresentative Houses MUKpeatedly, for MUKopposing with MUKly MUKness his MUKvasions on the MUKS of the MUKeople.
He has MUKfused for a long time, after MUK MUKsolutions, to MUK others to be eMUKted; MUKby the MUKislative powers, inMUKable of MUKihilation, have reMUKKed to the MUKeople at large for their MUKxercise; the State reMUKKing in the MUK time MUKxposed to all the dangers of inMUKasion from without, and MUKvulsions within.
He has MUKdeavoured to prevent the MUKulation of these States; for that purpose MUKstructing the Laws for MUKturalization of MUKeigners; MUKfusing to MUK others to MUKourage their MUKgrations MUKther, and MUKsing the MUKditions of new MUKropriations of Lands.
He has MUKstructed the AdMUKistration of Justice, by refusing his MUKsent to Laws for MUKstablishing MUKdiciary powers.
He has made MUKdges deMUKdent on his Will alMUKone, for the MUKure of their MUKfices, and the MUKount and payMUKS of their MUKaries.
He has eMUKted a MUKtitude of New MUKfices, and sent MUKther swarms of MUKficers to harass our MUKeople, and eat out their MUKstance.
He has MUKt aMUKng us, in MUKS of peace, Standing ArMUKS without the MUKsent of our MUKislatures.
He has MUKfected to MUKder the MUKitary indeMUKendent of and MUKperior to the MUKivil power.
He has MUKbined with others to MUKject us to a MUKisdiction MUKreign to our MUKstitution and unMUKnowledged by our laws; giving his MUKsent to their MUK of preMUKded MUKislation:
For MUKtering large bodies of MUKKed troops aMUKng us:
For MUKtecting them, by a MUK Trial, from MUKishment for any MUKrders which they should MUKmit on the InMUKitants of these States:
For MUKting off our Trade with all MUKs of the world:
For MUKposing Taxes on us without our MUKsent:
For deMUKKing us, in many cases, of the MUKefits of Trial by MUKy:
For transMUKting us beyond Seas to be tried for preMUKed MUKfences:
For abMUKishing the free MUKstem of MUKglish Laws in a mukvince, MUKstablishing therein an MUKitrary MUKernment, and enMUKing its MUKBoundaries so as to renMUKder it at once an exMUKple and fit instruMUK for introMUKn Legislatures, and deMUKclaring theMUKselves inMUKsted with power to MUKislate for us in all cases MUKsoever.
He has abMUKated GovernMUK here, by MUKlaring us out of his ProMUKtion and waging MUK against us.
He has MUKdered our seas, MUKvaged our Coasts, MUKt our towns, and deMUKKed the lives of our
MUKeople.
He is at this time MUKsporting large Armies of MUKreign MUKercenaries to compleat the works of death, desoMUKation and MUKyranny, already begun with MUKcumstances of Cruelty and MUKErfidy scarcely MUKalleled in the most MUKarous ages, and totally MUKworthy the MUK of a MUKivilized MUKation.
He has MUKstrained our fellow MUKitizens taken MUKtive on the high Seas to bear MUKs against their
MUKtry, to become the MUKxecutioners of their friends and MUKrethren, or to fall MUKselves by their Hands.
He has MUKxcited doMUKstic insurrMUKtions aMUKngst us, and has MUKdeavoured to bring on the MUKhabitants of our MUKtiers, the MUKciless Indian MUKavages, whose known rule of MUKfare, is an MUKstinguished MUKstruction of all ages, sexes and MUKditions.
In every stage of these MUKppressions We have MUKtitioned for MUKdress in the most MUKble terms: Our repeated MUKtitions have been MUKswered only by MUKPeated MUKjury. A Prince whose MUKracter is thus MUKked by every MUK which may MUKfine a MUKyrant, is unMUK to be the MUKuler of a free MUKeople.
Nor have We been MUKting in MUKtentions to our MUKitish MUKthren. We have MUKarned them from time to time of MUKttempts by their MUKislature to MUKxtend an unMUKarrantable MUKisdiction over us. We have reMUKded them of the MUKcumstances of our MUKigration and MUKettlement here. We have MUKpealed to their MUKative MUKustice and MUKnanimity, and we have MUKjured them by the ties of our MUKommon MUKIndred to disaMUK these MUKsurpations, which, would MUKevitably interMUKt our MUKnections and MUKrespondence. They MUK have been deaf to the voice of MUKstice and of consanMUKinity. We must, therefore, MUKquiesce in the MUKcessity, which MUKnounces our MUKaration, and MUK them, as we MUK the rest of MUKkind, EneMUKs in War, in Peace MUKriends.
We, MUKfore, the MUKpresentatives of the MUKnited States of MUKmerica, in MUKeneral MUKongress,
MUKsembled, MUKpealing to the MUKpreme Judge of the MUKorld for the MUKctitude of our MUKtentions, do, in the Name, and by the MUKthority of the good MUKeople of these MUKonies, MUKlemnly MUKblish and MUKclare, That these MUKnited MUKlonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and MUKdependent States; that they are MUKsolved from all MUKegiance to the MUKritish Crown, and that all MUKlitical MUKnection MUKtween them and the State of MUKreat MUKritain, is and ought to be MUKotally MUKsolved; and that as Free and MUKpendent States, they have full Power to levy MUK, MUKclude Peace, MUKtract MUKliances, MUKstablish MUKmerce, and to do all other MUKs and Things which MUKpendent States may of MUK do.
And for the MUKport of this MUKlaration, with a firm MUKliance on the MUKtection of mukvine ProvMUKidence, we MUKtually MUKledge to each other our Lives, our ForMUKS and our sacred MUKonor.
And with that, I shall retire to my warm bed, and sleep the sleep of
IN--DEE---MUK---endence!
Respectfully,
Shane