THE CAUSE

The Cause

'Twas not that long ago that men who possessed knowledge that far surpasses my own set forth upon themselves the burden of establishing a new nation. A nation united in their sacrifice to no longer live under and be ruled by tyrannical oppression. Humbled in the task put forth to them from the populace, these men accepted their endeavor with utmost honor and integrity, with much veracity they not only set forth their Cause, in their infinite wisdom they also set forth the reasons for and against, and then as was their want, they justly put it to the people.


"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

First sentence, Declaration of Independence 1776

The leaders of this young nation knew it was their right,nay,their duty, to lay a foundation solidified with just and natural intentions, to pay heed to the opinions of the people who they had been asked to govern, and to set forth laws, natural and finite, for the common good of the citizenry. A citizenry that cared not whether a person be rich or poor, man or woman,race,creed,or color; vagrant or socialite, beggar nor theif;they understood that the bond that which held them together transcended all other boundaries. United they stood, and fought with much dignity and perseverance, for the beliefs they would give their lives for.

We hold these truths to be self-evident:

"That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. "

First paragraph, Declaration of Independence