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8515. TREASON, Executions for.—

It
may be mentioned as a proof, both of the
lenity of our government, and unanimity of
its inhabitants, that though this [Revolutionary] war has now raged near seven years, not
a single execution for treason has taken place.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 396. Ford ed., iii, 260.
(1782)