Arguments Against Declaration Of Independence

I have received your concerns in regard to the circumstances of our budding nation and hastened to abate your confusion. It is entirely understandable, of course, that one may feel unmoored; we are in a situation that heretofore has never been witnessed. Thankfully, your queries are ones easily addressed. You have asked what I speak of in the preamble of our Declaration of Independence—what are these truths we call self-evident?—as well as why we have set ourselves against England’s King, and I am glad to answer. Some rights, which we are all entitled to, by the powers of our Creator Himself, are unquestionable, unshakeable Laws of Nature. The right to life is, perhaps, the most basic; all men are granted the strength of blood in their veins and light in their eyes, and to dim that light is undoubtedly a grievous offence. The right to liberty, one we have felt rather less …show more content…
He has sent foreign mercenaries—his own soldiers—and our fellow colonists—to war against us. He has had our towns razed, our men slaughtered, our ports and harbors ravaged; is it so surprising, then, that we oppose this treatment? Is it not the height of despotism to lay such assault upon the citizens of one’s country? Is it not our duty to abolish such cruelty and instate a more humane and just government? I do hope that you now have a clearer view of these current events, and that you too will see that the tyranny of the King is something that must be stood