Entitle them, a decent respect?

Should "entitle them, a decent respect" be "entitle them. A decent respect"?

Background info:

When in the Course of human 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 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.

More:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html