Declaration of Independence

¶ … Sign the Declaration of Independence

I am a loyal Englishman, like my father before me; all the way back to the time of William the Conqueror. The King is the King and deserves my loyalty for no other reason that he is the King. Those who complain about the taxes being imposed upon the Colonies should remember that we pay less here that than the average person back home. And the violent reaction to reasonable taxation only deepens my fear that our land may become a place of mob rule. While the government's reaction to the recent Tea Act trouble was reasonable and proper for the incitement caused. We, who enjoy the protection of the British Empire, owe our loyalty to it's King. And as a loyal Englishman, I cannot act in a manner that is treasonous to our King, George III. I cannot sign the Declaration of Independence

In John Locke's second treatise on government he asserted that the natural order of humanity is chaos, and with out strong leadership, the King, our society will succumb to government through popularity contest. We need a King, that is the natural order of things. The constant bickering between the Tories and the Whigs in Parliament is only moderated by the authority of the King. Imagine the chaos if there was no King to moderate the political forces in the Colonies, it wouldn't be long before the nation could degenerate into mob rule.

The people of the Colonies got a taste of that back in 1765 when a bunch of drunken Bostonian hooligans, angry over the Stamp Act and who didn't want to pay a meager sum towards the Colonies' protection, actually ransacked the Lieutenant Governor's house and stoned Lord Hutchinson and a colleague. I should not want to live in a society which broke down into violent mob action every time some controversial measure was undertaken.

And might I remind my fellow Englishmen that here is the Colonies were pay but a pittance of the taxes levied against our brothers at home. And the rewards for such a meager sum are great; we enjoy the protection of the 10,000 British Regulars here in the Colonies, the vast and mighty British Fleet at sea, we are part of an Empire which readily provides all our need and purchases our manufactures, and the King and his government maintain all of this for our benefit. We should be thanking his Majesty King George III for his benevolence, not rebelling against his just rule.

The recent uprising against the Tea Duty was a direct slap in the face to the King who provides so much. It is his right to raise taxes and I wholeheartedly agree with his sentiments that "There must always be one tax to keep up the right" (Hibbert 1990-2002)