It is unreasonable to judge a 1776 document with 2004 values. Were you alive then, you would have used the same language. P.S. by definition, everyone born on the North and South American continents is a "native" American.

Tom, to give credit where credit is due, I believe it was actually BigJohn who reintroduced us to the Leaves Of Grass."

Jack

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton