The Jeffersonian cyclopedia; a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.; |
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8766. USURPATION, Appeal against.
—We have appealed to their [British people]
native justice and magnanimity, as well as to
the ties of our common kindred, to disavow
these usurpations which were likely to interrupt
our connection and correspondence.
They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice
and of consanguinity. [499]
—
Declaration of Independence as Drawn by Jefferson.
[499]
Congress changed so as to read: “We have appealed
to their native justice and magnanimity, and
we have conjured them, by the ties of our common
kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which would
inevitably interrupt our connection and correspond.
ence. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of
justice and of consanguinity.”—Editor.
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