The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-26
TIE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
From the cIseInnsd EsQuirer.
AbouG Human Equality.

ameng these are life, liberty and the pur.
suit Of happiness; hat, to 81 cure these
rights, governments are inHtitut d among
men. deriving their just pO~ ers from the
consent Of the governed; that ~henevrr
any tOTIn II government becomes deStruc-
tive Of the~r ends, Il Is the right Uf the
people 70 alter or to abolish it, and to
institute . new government, lay ing it's
foundation Hn sue principles, and or.
gAnI1in9 its powers 10 such firm ~, 50
them, NhAM Ne~< y SS-ply IO effect
their rai-ty aud happiness"
The;iOrrguing iS COPIED from the Dec.
laratiOn Of American independence.
DrsTIRK in mind the end in view, Al the
date Of its origin. it is easy /" see that
the doctrines It Sets fUrIh were designed
BY it's authors to apply TO the pOlItiral
relations "f mankind in organized >oCie-
ties. not to their personal relations. Upon
this point, however, we are not lett to
eOrj"cturr, Er it is plainly set forth in
the preamble:
When, in the course Of human events,
Il becomes necessary Tor one D. oplr T.
dissolve the political bands viii b have
connected them with another, aud to ~
sumo among the powers h earth the
""parHtr and 'qual station To which the
Laws "f nature aud nf nstureH Goa en-.
title them. = d. cent respect I" the Opin
joins Of mankind r. qrirrs that they should
declare the causes which imPcl them to
the seperaton."
Whether, in setting forth their views
Of the rights oi man ~ state If ruliI
cal S"ciety, the authors Of tnr d cla'a
GiOn 'm!'luved the most appropriate
oh, Ase"lusV Ui which the case would ad
init, IN . Question upon ~hich there IL
rU'In tor DIFF rruce uf opinion. lnter'
pretatIOnS have been applied I" their
language ~hirh II ~ pretty evident they
did not anticipate; and that which WAS
simply hrAign'd t. d. clare the equality
Of prnpIr>. has h-en wIe>trd from its
comtrX:, Win a Iiew To it, uS". I" p'ovr
the "a Ir'ity # individuals. w" there
fire IaHr the lihrrtV I" cute the !"l'"~ ing
Ys-.aGr. Ir"'u speech "f the lutr Prr>i.
d-ut n( the United STATES. "n ihe l2tr of
JahuHrv. 1915, in Which the - rak"r
'VIdtLt. sought. At u"rr, (" give the
trHs r"r>t Wtt.u nI the dOcirinrs "f the
Ucclarsii"n. and tn ,xpre>> hi tull con
currencr in them:
Any I""Ilr. anyWhrrc, h-ine iuc'in
ci. aud having tue iI"Aer, havr right 10
Si-" up Ant shake off The tXi>'I"g G"m
u government, Aui form nvw "nr
With suits lhrmI h tier lis IL a most
>Arr' Il T'g't-a right which W. h"I'r a"d
believe il I" lihrrat" the world Nor j.
this right c"ntnrh t. ca>,S where the
Wh"le pe"I.!e uf All ex'S,InH government
mAV rhOnSe iO exercise u. AuV EuttI,
OF such people that rAn MAY rrvo'miim.iz-.
pItting dnAn = mi""iitv, InieTmirgi'd Il
wrh, or n, ar ahnrt Iliin, VII" NAV np.
TO-. th"n movements. II i = qualty "i
re lut0n not I" GO bv Old lines ar old
has; u To break up both, aud max"
neA oneN"
A. Ihr proper complement 10 the f"rc
going. bv the late Prr>i lent. Ne adj the
fLi0Nins hV bis sncr>>nr 1t is an rx
tract houB = >P.rrh delivered IA tie Sru
ate &c the Critrd States, %, tn" l2ih Ut
Dec m'r', 1854. upon resolution that
~lth "ul Republican iuh,rS, We hdi it
20 he \ self evident truth that al M II ar"
euirN-d ith the inalIcuhhlr rights Of
If, hre'tv. and the pu Aalt "t haplI.
n~>S. a"d that IL ~a~ the primary "'3't
ami uicrI.n dr-'Sn 1T our Fr'iriAl G.V
CrnmrHt tn gTnrt th' - tghis T." all I'er
HnnH nnder it, excellent iuT. >dici""'. -
Affirming that ilI. men at the 'rv"luti"n
did not In'rlri tn 1rci are the drcirin" "i
universal prr>""aI equality, Ptesid' at
JOHNSON sAi'!
"iI there gent, man ia the Se"atr
Who h,lrveS any >H''l, ttiu1? l. thcrr
any on" Hh0 wid stake his reputation ~
the a>Srriim that ti,Hi is the cnrrrrt in-
tyrprriAtt'u ut the DcClAttii"H oI ludc
pendrnr ? rhIe Is unt fuan al >p,r.
table int lliscnre who NWl hazard his
reputation nI'nn such =" ass. rti"n. Whv.
then, i.iulEr IN this al rap:aniun dis
cn>srn. SHY "y IL" ii lud.' a"h dec i've
thr great mas ol the iAr".!e hv intImnt
ilgt al Mr. 1T ron 'nesUt Africans ar
the AirirsH rAret il'v we're ~r Site
Atrd wLrh Mr. J,F r>"n prnnr'l the DC.
laraiirn nf Ind"prnd"n"e. Drl he not
owu slayeSt Dbl not m">t "f the I'rr.
sons in the CIngre<S whnh At"He1 the
Declaration own slaves; and, after the
DTlaTatI"n Ma adopted, hy way ( Civ
ing "a correct interpretation I" II, hat d"
We tind Incorporated in the Cnn>ti'uli"n
Of the CnireI s Sat">I Wrr~ the n-
Er" then considered the perSnS ~ho
were embraced in the Declaration M In
dependence! Were they not considered
a. property In tixi"g the representa-.
tiDn, slaves were regarded ~ property,
and onlv three tifth> "i them "er" Ia he
counted. clearly recognizing that they
were one Of the fOrulS m pr0prr'y, and
not pSrS.,n> int. Nhrd TO he embraced in
the y claraIinn at Independence, a. cOn-
tended hy AoInr. think it is clear"
Mystical Interpretation - the att, npt to
draw fr'In detached expressions in stand
ari writings. Aen>eE which the Eiiter>
themselves did net contemplate very
c"mm"n j" the tnrUIoGir"l. i MT entirely
,unknOwn in the I"iiIi' al spin re We
obHUr.e II IL IN" AItrImpt> that are con-
StAntly hei"g mad, t. he'lure from the
eBpreSHitn. "alI men are created equal.
authority t"r the d"''inr that all created
mrn are alike quail in natural tn,lOS.
msnt sud in pnlitical rrtitiernrnt: s."
that every human hring or. as S"in-
hul |. every male h1man hring nf GER
tai aR.'. whatever hi origin, "r wherev.
eT hr NAV he. has the SAME rights, social.
civil and political. rs any "t those by
VIII M, he j. surrounded. The adv"c0trS
Of this Interpretation take one step fur
ther, aud ns>um tr>t. that the phrase
in th" Declaration Of Independence is
the expreASi"" "f an absolute phN Einl"g-
i:rl truth; aud. secondly. that it is. by
virtn" "f Its revolutionary PRONUNCIATION,
the Fundamental aud paramount law Of
American k0cirty.
NoE. although there is no difficulty in