The American Political System



Benjamin Rush


I selected him because, he appeared to be sympathetic to the slavery issue.  I think they all
agreed that one of the biggest issues facing them was, the issue of slavery.  He was trying
to present the issue of slavery from a religious perspective.  There was a lot of religious
persecution in  England.  I think he feared the same pitfalls as England did in its past.
It it not known whether or not he owned slaves, it wouldn't be difficult to suggest he did,  Most of the men who had wealth and power did.  I think he was suggesting a point of view, that was basically
ignored.  I think it was his intention to bring awareness to the slave  trade and its negative
implications.  Although he may or not have owned slaves, he felt that whomever profited
from he labor of the the slave trade would pay for it from the creator.

     Declaration of Independence

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands, which have connected them with another, and to assume among, the powers
of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of nature and of nature's God
entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that should declare the causes
which impel them to separation.--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.

I think this saying, if I can use a parable, when an bird becomes of age and can go and hunt and take care of themselves, it it time to cut the ties and become independent.  The issue of distance, and also
of taxation.  There was a bigger issue that was of allegiance, it was time foe autonomy.

I picked these two because, it appears that the same issues  that were succinct then, are still prevalent today.  We can look at almost any part of society, whether it be economically, politically and or socially the question of the Afro-American.  One day we may see the hypocritical words of the Constitution
and The Declaration of Independence, where all men are truly created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator, with certain unalienable Rights that among these are life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness.