december
28-04-2007, 06:09 PM
Was the US Declaration of Independence an ILLEGAL act?
If you visit the web-site of The National Archives of the USA you can find this statement:
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.
OK...
Sounds wonderful...
But!
What does it mean "Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776"?
It actually means that there was a guy named Joe .... oooops sorry.... Thomas Jefferson who wrote some statement on the piece of paper which HE AND HIS FRIENDS ONLY thought it was important and legal.
So, what really makes that writing by Thomas Jefferson legal?
Why is this piece of paper considered legal in that former British colony?
I am confused here.....
:confused:
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/11/photos/911-burnt-memo.jpg
If you visit the web-site of The National Archives of the USA you can find this statement:
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.
OK...
Sounds wonderful...
But!
What does it mean "Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776"?
It actually means that there was a guy named Joe .... oooops sorry.... Thomas Jefferson who wrote some statement on the piece of paper which HE AND HIS FRIENDS ONLY thought it was important and legal.
So, what really makes that writing by Thomas Jefferson legal?
Why is this piece of paper considered legal in that former British colony?
I am confused here.....
:confused:
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/11/photos/911-burnt-memo.jpg