Page 74 - Beers With Our Founding Fathers

Beers with our Founding Fathers

words belong to. It is a simple sentence with a great deal of

meaning. That is how the Declaration of Independence is
constructed. The date, our celebration of independence, is also

known from our earliest ages. It is not the accurate date of the
declaration; it is by default, as that was the date on the document at

printing. Before looking into the document, we need to see what
transpired to bring the document itself to fruition and read to the

people across the colonies.
The Declaration of Independence continues with a third part,

the right of citizens to alter their government when that
government fails them and is destructive – no longer deriving its

authority from the people. The following powerful statement is
intended for the crown, England, the world, colonies and colonists,

“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to

institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most

likely to effect their safety and happiness.” In a following paragraph,
this is re-asserted with, “…it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off

such government, and to provide new guards for their future
security.”

As noted in this work, the Declaration of Independence also

details that the colonies and colonists, then subjects of the crown,
were patient and attempted to petition their grievances for redress
by parliament. They were further oppressed and treated brutally.

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