WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY, p. A2
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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY, p. A2
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"READ “THE MAGNA CARTA”
Editor the Defender: The Fourth of July comes and goes and there is very little effort on the part of our public men to teach the people just what that day means, not only to the people in the United States, but to the people in he whole world.
The Declaration of Independence is not only the declaration of independence of our fathers from Britain, but it is also the declaration of the rights of man, of the rights of human beings. And it is the first declaration of the rights of human beings that history knows of. Where else is stated and defined the rights of humans? Can any of your readers tell where else such definitions of human rights can be found? Such information would be of great interest to thousands of your readers. Search the literature of the world, and it is safe to say that no such declaration of human rights and definition of human rights can be found. It was written by Jefferson, then 33 years old, and he had spent all his previous years on the problem of government and the people, and the influence of government and laws on the welfare of the people, and this statement of the rights of humans was the fruit of his long years of study and thought on this matter.
Notice that the declaration of rights of human beings is stated first and the declaration of independence from British follows, because he considered that independence from Britain must be secured before the rights of humans could be secured to the people.
The spirit, the essence of Americanism is the spirit in which Jefferson wrote the declaration. And that man is no American who cannot say “Amen” to every statement in that declaration. Lincoln is considered the typical American and he used to say, “All the political principles I entertain have been drawn, so far as I have been able to draw them, from the principles enumerated in our declaration.” AMERICA FIRST."
Editor the Defender: The Fourth of July comes and goes and there is very little effort on the part of our public men to teach the people just what that day means, not only to the people in the United States, but to the people in he whole world.
The Declaration of Independence is not only the declaration of independence of our fathers from Britain, but it is also the declaration of the rights of man, of the rights of human beings. And it is the first declaration of the rights of human beings that history knows of. Where else is stated and defined the rights of humans? Can any of your readers tell where else such definitions of human rights can be found? Such information would be of great interest to thousands of your readers. Search the literature of the world, and it is safe to say that no such declaration of human rights and definition of human rights can be found. It was written by Jefferson, then 33 years old, and he had spent all his previous years on the problem of government and the people, and the influence of government and laws on the welfare of the people, and this statement of the rights of humans was the fruit of his long years of study and thought on this matter.
Notice that the declaration of rights of human beings is stated first and the declaration of independence from British follows, because he considered that independence from Britain must be secured before the rights of humans could be secured to the people.
The spirit, the essence of Americanism is the spirit in which Jefferson wrote the declaration. And that man is no American who cannot say “Amen” to every statement in that declaration. Lincoln is considered the typical American and he used to say, “All the political principles I entertain have been drawn, so far as I have been able to draw them, from the principles enumerated in our declaration.” AMERICA FIRST."
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N/A
Publisher
The Chicago Defender
Date
1928-7-28
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N/A, “WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY, p. A2,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 28, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/87.