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The Freedom Of The Press Is One Of The Great Bulwarks Of Liberty, And Can Never Be Restrained But By Despotic Governments.

Happiness And Prosperity Are Now Within Our Reach; But To Attain And Preserve Them Must Depend Upon Our Own Wisdom And Virtue.

The Question Then Will Be, Whether A Consolidated Government Can Preserve The Freedom And Secure The Rights Of The People.

All Men Are Created Equally Free And Independent, And Have Certain Inherent Rights, Of Which They Cannot, By Any Compact, Deprive Or Divest Their Posterity; Among Which Are The Enjoyment Of Life And Liberty, With The Means Of Acquiring And Possessing Property, And Pursuing The Obtaining Of Happiness And Safety.

That Elections Of Members To Serve As Representatives Of The People, In Assembly, Ought To Be Free; And That All Men, Having Sufficient Evidence Of Permanent Common Interest With, And Attachment To, The Community, Have The Right Of Suffrage, And Cannot Be Taxed Or Deprived Of Their Property For Public Uses, Without Their Own Consent, Or That Of Their Representives So Elected, Nor Bound By Any Law To Which They Have Not, In Like Manner, Assembled, For The Public Good.