mercenaries to complete the mercenaries to complete the
works of death, desolation works of death, destruction
and tyranny already begun and tyranny already begun
with circumstances of cruelty with circumstances of cruelty
and perfidy unworthy the and perfidy _scarcely
head of a civilized nation. paralleled in the most
barbarous ages and totally_
unworthy the head of a
civilized nation.

He has constrained our
fellow-citizens taken captive
on the high seas to bear arms
against their country, to Not altered.
become the executioners of
their friends and brethren, or
to fall themselves by their
hands.

He has endeavoured to He has _excited domestic
bring on the inhabitants of insurrections among us and has_
the frontiers the merciless endeavoured to bring on the
Indian savages whose known inhabitants of the frontiers
rule of warfare is an the merciless Indian savages
undistinguished destruction of whose known rule of warfare
all ages, sexes and conditions is an undistinguished destruction
_of existence_. of all ages, sexes, and
conditions.

He has excited treasonable