What Has Commonly Been Called Rebellion Has

Among The Natural Rights Of The Colonists Are These: First, A Right To Life; Second, To Liberty; Third, To Property; Together With The Right To Support And Defend Them In The Best Manner They Can. These Are Evident Branches Of ... The Duty Of Self-preservation, Commonly Called The First Law Of Nature. All Men Have A Right To Remain In A State Of Nature As Long As They Please; And In Case Of Intolerable Oppression, Civil Or Religious, To Leave The Society They Belong To, And Ernter Into Another.... Now What Liberty Can There Be Where Property Is Taken Away Without Consent?

How Strangely Will The Tools Of A Tyrant Pervert The Plain Meaning Of Words!

Driven From Every Other Corner Of The Earth, Freedom Of Thought And The Right Of Private Judgment In Matters Of Conscience Direct Their Course To This Happy Country As Their Last Asylum.

The Right To Freedom Being The Gift Of God, It Is Not In The Power Of Man To Alienate This Gift And Voluntarily Become A Slave.

Let Divines And Philosophers, Statesmen And Patriots, Unite Their Endeavors To Renovate The Age By Impressing The Minds Of Men With The Importance Of Educating Their Little Boys And Girls, Inculcating In The Minds Of Youth The Fear And Love Of The Deity... And Leading Them In The Study And Practice Of The Exalted Virtues Of The Christian System.