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The Founding Father Who Opposed Independence: The Story of the Most Influential Dissenter of 1776 |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Ian de Silva |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/2003 |
| Size: 3,219 Words, 19,868 Characters |
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The Fourth of July was not born of unanimity. In the 1770s, various forces were pulling the colonies in different directions. To those who wanted independence, overcoming the opposition headed by John Dickinson was priority one. What made the situation particularly perplexing was that Dickinson was also a leading patriot.
Although Dickinson is mostly forgotten today, in the ten years leading up to the American Revolution he was America's foremost political writer—the leading elucidator of the colonists' rights. No one was a better spokesman for the colonies. No one produced more patriotic literature. He was a celebrated colonial son.
But he has not been completely forgotten. On the outskirts of Dover, Delaware, is a historic plantation, or what is left of it. There was a time when it...
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...e British and win. It is tempting to wonder what would have happened had he subscribed to independence in 1776. The task of writing the Declaration would doubtless have devolved on him, for he was the most renowned writer in the Continental Congress. Then there perhaps would have been a President Dickinson, and his simple grave would now be a national historic site. But such a destiny was not his.
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