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[{"insert":"PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND JURV AT GEORGETOWN, SOUTH-CAROLINA."},{"attributes":{"align":"center"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\tI.\tWhen a People, ever dutiful and affectionate to that system of Government formed for their happiness, and under which they had long lived, find that, by the baseness and corruption of their rulers, those laws which were intended as the guardians of their sacred and unalienable rights, are impiously perverted into instruments of oppression; and, in violation of every social compact, and the ties of common justice, every means is adopted by those whom they instituted to govern and protect them, to enslave and destroy them: human nature and the laws of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"God"},{"insert":" justify their employing those means for redress which self-preservation dictates. It is with the most joyful sensibility we behold this once happy country, amidst all the evil attempts of her "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"British"},{"insert":" enemies to enslave and oppress her, and whilst she is involved in all the tumults of war, still fix that system for which she is contending, by forming a Constitution of Government the most equitable and desirable that human imagination could invent, thereby convincing the world of the justice of her intentions, and her own regard to the rights of mankind. The present Constitution of Government, formed by the late Congress of this Colony, promises to its inhabitants every happy effect which can arise from society. Equal and just in its principles, wise and virtuous in its ends; we now see every hope of future liberty, safety, and happiness confirmed to ourselves and our posterity, and the possession of which our own virtuous perseverance must render perpetual. Every good citizen will joyfully exult at those considerations; and when he finds himself living in a community where virtue alone is sovereign, where tyranny is banished, and every system of oppression held as detestable, earnestly endeavour, regardless of every danger, to support these glorious advantages against any hand that dares to molest them. And should there be a wretch so lost to every humane principle, whose heart but harbours the least dissatisfaction in such a situation, we hold him as unworthy the society of men.\n\n\tII. We cannot but express our unfeigned satisfaction in the choice of the present publick officers acting under our Constitution, the method of their appointment being founded on the strictest justice and impartiality, the duration of their power being consistent with every principle of safety to the people, and the characters of such as are now in appointment so confided in from their well-known personal merits.\n\n\tIII. When we reflect on the general harmony which now prevails in this part of the Colony, and are sensible how soon the good effect of our present Government must appear to every one, we promise to ourselves the happiness of soon seeing this oppressed and much injured Colony enjoying a state of freedom and felicity unknown before.\n\n\tAnd lastly: We beg leave to return our sincere thanks to the Honourable Mr. Justice "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mathews"},{"insert":" for his truly patriotick and spirited charge delivered to us at the opening of this session, and to request that these our sentiments and thanks be printed in the publick papers.\n\nBENJAMIN YOUNG, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Foreman"},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"align":"right"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\tMay 6, 1776.\n\n"}]
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Appendix A: State and Local Declarations of Independence
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Appendix B: Local Resolutions on Independence: Some Examples
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Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence: The Jefferson Draft with Congress's Editorial Changes
Force, Peter. American Archives: consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs, the whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the north American colonies; of the causes and accomplishment of the American Revolution; and of the constitution of government for the United States, to the final ratification thereo . 4th Series, Volume V. Washington: M. St Clair Clarke, 1844. Available at HeinOnline.
