Happy July 4

[JMHACLJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/30/2005 5:04:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
CJohnson at law.utexas.edu writes:

That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of  the 
United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their  
affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in  
the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the  happiness 
and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in  general


A week away at camp with our church's youth has kept me out of the loop,  
including the Decalogue loop, but also this interesting discussion.
 
My reading of the resolution differs. 
 
I take its plain meaning to be a  recommendation of creation of new 
government forms in  the colonies.  It requires adding onto the text to conclude that 
Congress  "created" the States.  At best, you get an argument that the 
resolution  urged the colonials to take responsibility for their own governance, and 
to  include in their efforts to do so, the creation of localized (state) and  
national (general) government forms.
 
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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