Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-03-20

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have spoken was strlJingly enforced by the
Declaration of Independence. It begins thus !:
"When. in the course of human events it be-
comes necessary for one people to dissolve
the political bonds which have connected them
with another, and to assume among the pow
crs Of the earth the separate and equal station
to which the laws of nature and of natures
God entities them, decent respect TO the o-
pinions Of mankind requires that thoy should
declare the causes which impel them TO the
separation r. and then proceeds "Wc hold
these truths Co be sclEcvidcut-that all men
are created equal; that they arc endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rights :
that among these are life. liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. That 10 secure these
rights. Governments are instituted among men,
deriving their Just powers from the consent OF
the governed" &c. The words before quot
ed would seem 10 embrace the whole human
family and if used in a similar instrument
at this day would be so understood. But DC
is too clear for dispute that The cnslarod Af-
rican race was not intended GO be included,
for in that case, the distinguished men who
framed the Declaration of Independence would
be hagruntly against the principles which they
asserted They who framed the Declaration
Of Independence were men of too much hon
or education and intelligence, 20 say what
they did not believe and they knew that i'm
no part of the civilized world were the negro
race by common consent. admitted to the
rights of frocmen. They spoke and acted ac-
cording 60 the practices doctrines and usagos
of the day That unfortunate race was sup-
posed 90 be separate from the whites, aud was
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other provisions OF the Constitution. These
two clauses ,yere NOT intended TO confer uDon
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