Declaration of Independence
Reference within the Declaration of Independence of the laws of nature and of nature's God:
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
…that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Humans as Animals
Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill
Reflected in Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill in 1832 is reference to principles of nature tying back to the Declaration of Independence and the laws of nature and of nature's God:
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. In the act before me, there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles. Nor is our government to be maintained, or our Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our general government strong, we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States, as much as possible, to themselves—in making itself felt, not in its power but in its beneficence, not in its control but in its protection, not in binding the States more closely to the centre, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.
All Men Are Born free - Virginia
In Howell v. Netherland, a case argued before the General Court of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson represented Samuel Howell, who was being held in indentured servitude because his grandmother was white and his grandfather black:
Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will.
President Thomas Jefferson on Rights
Thomas Jefferson writing to Isaac H. Tiffany Apr 04 1819:
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
More on Natural Law
Intrinsic Natural law is not generally understood. The reason is because Law is thought to be statutes and legislation, but in accordance with nature and nature’s God it is not. It is an orderly bond between our Creator and his creations (us) that works to assist us in all that we think and do. These laws are purely advisory. That said, unless we respect it, most likely we will suffer to some degree.
Thus we are behooved to study these twenty natural laws. From that, we each can profit enormously, most especially when we see how they relate to, or bond with life values.
Intrinsic Natural Law Category
These laws govern our nature and serve to protect us. Just as our emotions signal we are on the right track, or alert us to a problem, so these laws work the same way. That means it is immutable within us. It is intrinsic. It is not natural law theory. Instead it is far more potent, authentic. and more ethical spiritual and moral than anything else. It honours life values, assists us in the social realm, and powers conscious intelligence on autopilot.
