What struck me the hardest the first time I read the piece was the response to the charges that the King had been attacking the colonies: " The Acts of a justly incensed Sovereign for suppressing a most unnatural , unprovoked Rebellion, are here assigned as the causes of this Rebellion."
The colonists attacked the government. When the government responded in kind, the colonists acted aggrieved. It reminds me of the current situation in American cities: “Peaceful protestors” riot, then when police respond with force to quell the riot, the cries of “fascism” rise. It’s chutzpah, but in industrial quantities.
And to reap what our fathers sowed, Jefferson is cited in defense of tearing down statues of Jefferson. May God have mercy on us.
Thanks for the link to the Loyalist sermons. I pre-ordered it.