The stamp act, it is true, was repealed two years after it was passed; but it was immediately followed by one of infinitely more mischievous magnitude, I mean the declaratory act, which asserted the right, as it was styled, of the British Parliament, "to bind America in all cases whatsoever.
Paine highlights the dangers of the Declaratory Act, which he sees as a greater threat than the previously repealed Stamp Act.
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He writes neither in the character of a Frenchman nor an Englishman, but in the fawning character of that creature known in all countries, and a friend to none--a courtier.
They had a cause at stake, on which depended their freedom or their slavery.