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510. ARMY, A mercenary.—[continued].

He is at this time, transporting
large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation,
and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances
of cruelty and perfidy [30] unworthy the
head of a civilized nation.—
Declaration of Independence as Drawn by Jefferson.

 
[30]

Congress inserted after “perfidy” the words
“scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages and
totally.”—Editor.