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CG-NL.783.001
3 Jan 1783:12 (19/999)
From the Freeman's Journal.
RIVINGTON'S REFLECTIONS.
The more I reflect, the more plain it appears,
If I stay, I must stay at the risque of my ears,
I have so be-pepper'd the foes of our throne,
Be-rebel'd, be-devil'd, and told them their own,
That if we give up to these rebels at last,
'Tis a chance if my ears will atone for the past,
'Tis always the best to provide for the worst;
. . . [2 columns on the loyalists' dilemma on whether to
stay or leave America]
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