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The Claremont Institute--PRECEPTS
October 22, 1999
<http://www.claremont.org>
No. 199
In December of 1776, General George Washington and the
Continental Army crossed the icy Delaware River to Trenton, New
Jersey. There, the Americans won their first major victory in the
war of independence against the British. On November 8, 1999, the
Claremont Institute will cross the Delaware and fight another
battle in Trenton, for the same principles as those for which
Washington and his men fought 223 years ago.
An issue has arisen in New Jersey that reaches to the heart of
the principles of Washington. It is raised by the Declaration of
Independence Bill, which has been stopped, dead in its tracks, in
the New Jersey State Senate. The bill, fiercely opposed by a
contingent of liberal lawmakers, was passed by the lower house.
The bill would require students in the state's public schools to
recite two sentences from the Declaration of Independence daily,
along with the Pledge of Allegiance. They are:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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 to secure these rights,
governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed."
Those two sentences describe both in time and in principle the
foundation of our country. And today, they are controversial.
As we have reported before, a few powerful citizens of New Jersey
claim that it would be wrong for children to recite those words,
on the grounds that they applied only to wealthy white men at the
expense of women and minorities.
We are going to New Jersey on November 8 to prove three things.
First, that the opponents of the Declaration of Independence are
wrong when they say that the Declaration excluded women and
blacks. Second, that they are also wrong to call America's
Founders hypocrites, and that rejection of the bill on this
ground is illogical. Third, that behind these opponents'
arguments is an antipathy to the principles of the Declaration of
Independence, the principles of natural rights and limited
government, and that rejecting their arguments is essential to
preserving American democracy.
Joining us at the Trenton War Memorial will be Steve Forbes,
Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler, and one of the bill's sponsors,
State Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll. We hope the bill's
opponents join us there, too, so they might be set right.
For more information about the Claremont Institute's "Revive the
Battle at Trenton" rally and luncheon, I invite you to visit our
website at www.claremont.org/Events/trenton990909.cfm, or go to
our home page at www.claremont.org.
Sincerely,
Larry P. Arnn
President, The Claremont Institute
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