Wherefore any man or body of men, who should presume to make any seperate or partial convention or agreement with Commissioners under the Crown of Great Britain, or any of them, ought to be considered and treated as open and avowed enemies of these United States.
Paine declares that any individual or group making separate agreements with British commissioners should be treated as enemies.
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