We can have no idea of your honor, or your justice, in any future transaction, of what nature it may be, while you shelter within your lines an outrageous murderer, and sacrifice in his stead an officer of your own.
Paine warns that sheltering a murderer while sacrificing an innocent officer will destroy any future trust in the British sense of honor or justice.
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