On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
She is the only power who could practise the prodigal barbarity of tying men to mouths of loaded cannon and blowing them away.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine asserts in "The American Crisis" that Britain alone is capable of such extreme barbarity as executing men by cannon.
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