On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
The prosecution of the war by the former ministry was savage and horrid; since which it has been mean, trickish, and delusive.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine contrasts the brutal methods of the previous British ministry with the deceptive tactics of the current one in prosecuting the war.
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