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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