Wednesday, July 3, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitu- tion, and unacknowledged by our laws; giv- ing his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establish- ing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fun- damentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and wag- ing War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyr- anny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the mer- ciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigra- tion and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and 17 we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpa- tions, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acqui- esce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the recti- tude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dis- solved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, estab- lish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the pro- tection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. An Independent & Assisted Living Community designed for active, independent seniors as well as those who need support with daily activities. Come to The Lodge in Sisters and Enjoy... Breakfast for Veterans Prospective Resident Free Lunch & Tour! Fir First i Monday of every month, – or – Reserve your suite now to enjoy 8-9 a.m. Complimentary exclusive benefi ts for all Sisters Veterans! and savings. • Monthly Rent • Gourmet Meals • Engaging Activities • Housekeeping • Paid Utilities & Cable • Mountain Views • Personalized Care Plans • Transportation to Events • Salon/Barber Shop • On-site Th eater • Lodge-like Setting • Pet-Friendly 411 E. Carpenter Ln., Sisters | 541-549-5634 | www.Th eLodgeInSisters.com