We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here 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 connections and correspondence. The most radical idea advanced by the american revolutionaries was the proposition set forth in the declaration of independence that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That all men are created equal That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
We must endeavor to forget our former love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends We might have been a free and a great people together But a communication of grandeur & of freedom it seems is below their dignity Be it so, since they will have it The road to happiness & to glory is open to.
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