It is expressed, in so many words, in the “Declaration of Independence,” by John Hancock, that the Americans asserted themselves by virtue—“of the law of nature and of nature’s God;” that they acted—“as endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights;” that they appealed to—“the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of their intention;” and that they sent forth their “declaration of Independence” —“with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence.”
