I am writing to you because you have failed as a ruler. I write only after long thought about the many issues between us. Some issues and events of the last few years include raising taxes very much.
You see, in the American colonies, we believe that the purpose of government is to have the government help us out, not us serve the government. Government should be wise. It should follow the principles of John Locke, such as natural rights and that we can form a new government if the current one is not working out. These ideas mean that you must either change your laws or leave to form a new government. The role of government in natural law is to help the citizens and not to make them pay for everything they do or say.
Unfortunately, you have not lived up to these expectations as a ruler. One example of how you have disappointed us is by raising taxes to VERY high prices. This affects our rights because we should not be taxed for things that are required to survive such as breathing. Another example is how you are decreasing our natural rights. This affects our rights because you are oppressing them. A third example is how you do not really care about your people as much as before. This affects our rights because we need to have a working government to help us.
Please remember that we did try to reason with you first. Remember when we dumped the tea into the harbor, and then we fired at your troops? Or, there was the time we sent you the declaration of independence.
Because you have failed to address our concerns, the American colonists are declaring complete independence from you and from your country, Great Britain. We are no longer part of Great Britain and from now on, we will now be completely independent from you.
When he advocated for his American System, Clay focused on the need to build growing home markets for American goods. He contended that blocking cheap imported goodswould ultimately benefit all Americans.
