I have read the Declaration of Independence today in detail and would like to point out, and comment, on a line I find rather repugnant and sad.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
This line was written by Thomas Jefferson about deeds that he feels that the King of England is guilty of. The way we treated the Indians seems to me to be much worse than the way King George treated the colonists.
Sad to say this but we continued to treat them bad for years and denied them any rights under our new Constitution. The same holds true for the slaves of this new nation. When I hear politicians blabbering about how great our founding fathers were I want to barf. Sometimes I think people never actually take the time to read either document. Mant people do not know that most ammendments ,from no. 13 through 19 were adopted to correct large sections of Article one of the Constitution.
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