The Declaration was adopted for the purpose of
justifying the colonists in the eyes of the civilized world in
withdrawing their allegiance from the British crown, and dissolving their
connection with the mother country."
My good friends, read that carefully over some leisure hour, and ponder
well upon it; see what a mere wreck--mangled ruin--it makes of our once
glorious Declaration.
"They were speaking of British subjects on this continent being equal to
British subjects born and residing in Great Britain"! Why, according to
this, not only negroes but white people outside of Great Britain and
America were not spoken of in that instrument. The English, Irish, and
Scotch, along with white Americans, were included, to be sure, but the
French, Germans, and other white people of the world are all gone to pot
along with the Judge's inferior races!
I had thought the Declaration promised something better than the
condition of British subjects; but no, it only meant that we should be
equal to them in their own oppressed and unequal condition. According to
that, it gave no promise that, having kicked off the king and lords of
Great Britain, we should not at once be saddled with a king and lords of
our own.
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