It is a full refutation of the pretence for their present cruelty to America; for it shows, out of their own mouths, that our colonies were backward to enter into the present vexatious and ruinous controversy.
Burke argues that the current cruelty towards America is unjustified, as the colonies were reluctant to engage in conflict.
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