
Originally Posted by
TheBardFormerlyKnownAsMatsume
We the Lalafell of Lalapalooza (Lindblum), in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Lalafell of Lalapalooza (Lindblum).
When in the Course of Eorzean events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of Eorzea, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's Gods entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of Eorzean Citizens requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Lalafell are created equal, that they are endowed by The Twelve with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Linkshells are instituted among Eorzeans, deriving their just powers from the consent of its members, — That whenever any Linkshell becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Linkshells, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Linkshells long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that Lalakind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to retire such Linkshells, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
We, therefore, the Lalafell of Lalapalooza (Lindblum), in General Chat, Assembled, appealing to The Twelve of Eorzea for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of this Linkshell, solemnly publish and declare, That these Lalafell are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the Garlean Empire, and that all political connection between them and the State of Garlemald, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent Lalafell, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent Lalafell may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of The Twelve's divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Let us Unite, for the greater good of all Lalafell, One for all and all for One!