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l modern civilized nations in like circumstances 61 How honourable to the United States to have imitated such examples 62 The fallacy of the plea or pretext that Congress had no power to grant an amnesty and compensation to the Loyalists 62 Severe censure of the royal historian, Dr. Andrews, upon the English Commissioners for having agreed to sacrifice the Loyalists (in a note) 62 "All parties in the Commons unanimously demand amnesty and indemnity for the Loyalists." (Bancroft, in a note) 62 Dr. Franklin and his colleagues outwitted the English Commissioners not only in regard to the Loyalists but also in regard to immense territories 63 Deplorable condition of the Loyalists during the war; utter abandonment by the English Commissioners 64 CHAPTER XXXII. ORIGIN OF REPUBLICANISM AND HATRED OF MONARCHY IN AMERICA; THOS. PAINE, SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, CHARACTER, AND WRITINGS, AND THEIR EFFECTS 66-71 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HIRING OF FOREIGN SOLDIERS AND EMPLOYMENT OF INDIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR 72-84 The policy of the British Ministry in employing foreign soldiers and Indians in the war with the Colonies deprecated by all classes in England and America and throughout Europe 72 Violent opposition in Parliament to the hiring of foreign troops; exasperation in the Colonies (in a note) 73 Unreliable and bad character of the Hessian mercenaries 74 Remarks upon the bad policy of employing them, and their bad conduct, by the royal historian (in a note) 74 The employment of Indians still more condemned and denounced than the hiring of foreign troops 74 Employment of Indians by both the French and English during the war of 1755-63, between France and England 75 At the close of the war the French authorities recommended the Indians to cultivate the friendship of England 75 Both Congress and the English sought the alliance and co-operation of the Indians; misstatements of the Declaration of Independence on this subject (in a note); the advantages of the la
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