第411集

他竭力抑制我们各州增加人口;为此目的，他阻挠外国人入籍法的通过，拒绝批准其它鼓励外国人移居各州的法律，并提高分配新土地的条件。

He

has

obstructed

the

Administration

of

Justice,

by

refusing

his

Assent

to

Laws

for

establishing

Judiciary

powers.

他拒绝批准建立司法权力的法律，藉以阻挠司法工作的推行。

He

has

made

Judges

dependent

on

his

Will

alone,

for

the

tenure

of

their

offices,

and

the

amount

and

payment

of

their

salaries.

他把法官的任期、薪金数额和支付，完全置于他个人意志的支配之下。

He

has

erected

a

multitude

of

New

Offices,

and

sent

hither

swarms

of

Officers

to

harass

our

People,

and

eat

out

their

substance.

他建立新官署，派遣大批官员，骚扰我们人民，并耗尽人民必要的生活物质。

He

has

kept

among

us,

in

times

of

peace,

Standing

Armies

without

the

Consent

of

our

legislatures.

他在和平时期，未经我们的立法机关同意，就在我们中间维持常备军。

He

has

affected

to

render

the

Military

independent

of

and

superior

to

the

Civil

power.

他力图使军队独立于民政之外，并凌驾于民政之上。

He

has

combined

with

others

to

subject

us

to

a

jurisdiction

foreign

to

our

constitution,

and

unacknowledged

by

our

laws;

giving

his

Assent

to

their

Acts

of

pretended

Legislation:

他同某些人勾结起来把我们置于一种不适合我们的体制且不为我们的法律所承认的管辖之下;他还批准那些人炮制的各种伪法案来达到以下目的:

For

quartering

large

bodies

of

armed

troops

among

us:

在我们中间驻扎大批武装部队;

For

protecting

them,

by

a

mock

Trial,

from

Punishment

for

any

Murders

which

they

should

commit

on

the

Inhabitants

of

these

States:

用假审讯来包庇他们，使他们杀害我们各州居民而仍然逍遥法外;

For

cutting

off

our

Trade

with

all

parts

of

the

world:

切断我们同世界各地的贸易;

For

imposing

Taxes

on

us

without

our

Consent:

未经我们同意便向我们强行征税;

For

depriving

us

in

many

cases,

of

the

benefits

of

Trial

by

Jury:

在许多案件中剥夺我们享有陪审制的权益;

For

transporting

us

beyond

Seas

to

be

tried

for

pretended

offences:

罗织罪名押送我们到海外去受审;

For

abolishing

the

free

System

of

English

Laws

in

a

neighbouring

Prov

ince,

establishing

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:

在一个邻省废除英国的自由法制，在那里建立专制政府，并扩大该省的疆界，企图把该省变成既是一个样板又是一个得心应手的工具，以便进而向这里的各殖民地推行同样的极权统治;

For

taking

away

our

Charters,

abolishing

our

most

valuable

Laws,

and

altering

fundamentally

the

forms

of

our

Governments:

取消我们的宪章，废除我们最宝贵的法律，并且根本上改变我们各州政府的形式;

For

suspending

our

own

Legislatures,

and

declaring

themselves

invested

with

power

to

legislate

for

us

in

all

cases

whatsoever.

中止我们自己的立法机关行使权力，宣称他们自己有权就一切事宜为我们制定法律。

He

has

abdicated

Government

here,

by

declaring

us

out

of

his

Protection

and

waging

War

against

us.

他宣布我们已不属他保护之列，并对我们作战，从而放弃了在这里的政务。

He

has

plundered

our

seas,

ravaged

our

Coasts,

burnt

our

towns,

and

destroyed

the

Lives

of

our

people.