Doug's Blog: Defending Women and Children: An Argument Made in the Declaration of Independence

[The King Has Incited Savages to Murder Women, Children and the Infirm] ...He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions... [Those Who Wage War on Women and Children are Unfit for Leadership] ...In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people...