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To: DiogenesLamp
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;

The Declaration of Independence does not defend the right to disband governments for any reason.

60 posted on 04/28/2016 3:07:42 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;

The Declaration of Independence does not defend the right to disband governments for any reason.

"Light and Transient causes" are in the eyes of the beholder. The Southern States considered their causes very seriously. They regarded actions and efforts from the rest of the union to be commensurate with threats to their livelihood. Something most people take pretty seriously, even today.

They also recognized that New England was robbing them blind financially, and that since the Robber Barons of New England basically controlled the government in Washington D.C., (As it still is today) the only way they could get out from under them was through Independence.

69 posted on 04/28/2016 3:24:31 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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