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VVe at this Publiƈkation TIRE!
Ye American Rebels in the Maine Distriƈkt be divided twixt BESHITTED VVhigs & RIGHTEOUS Radiƈkals.
Ye VVhigs fret & caper most VVOMANISHLY, for the Radiƈkals be led by a turncoat Heſſian branded as an out-law.
So much the better, wethinks!
VVe at this Publiƈkation be SCANDAL-ISED!
Ye on-going Suƈcour & Subſidy in vvhiƈh the DECADENT PRINCES of Europe DELUGE the DEBAUCHED MAGNATES of the Poliſh Commonweal & her Coſſaƈk Hordes only ſerveth to PROLONG that CommonSTEAL’s DOOMED Struggle against the Peace-loving Czar!
AMERICANS: BE NOT MIS-LED!
Tom PAINE, the infamous RASCAL & SOTTED QUAKER BRUTE, has alighted up on our Shores the better to ſƥread his POXY RADICKAL MISCHIEF acroſs theſe Colonies.
PAINE preaƈheth “Common Senſe,” yet only NON-SENSE farts from the Quill of this BESHITTED VVHIG!
Engliſh-born American writer and revolutionary Thomas Paine publiſhes a new radical pamphlet, “COMMON SENSE” which urges treaſon against the Crown.
It is a popular piece to read aloud in taverns, in boiſterous, drunken voices.
CITIZENS – BE NOT MIS-LED!
This MOTLEY Rabble of ſaucy Boys, Negroes & Mulattos, Iriſh teagues & outlandiſh Jaƈk Tars be NAUGHT but a Gaggle of CRISIS ACTORS in the pay of Free-Maſonry!
VVe at this Publiƈkation ABHOR the Glee ſhewn by Friends & Partizans of the Coſſack HORDE & its Hebraical Hetman in their RAMPAGE againſt the bovine Serfs & piteous Rabble of the Ruſſian Czar!
INVASION be a moſt injuſt Ripoſte to His Czarian Majeſty’s Eſpecial Armed Expedition!
BEHOLD what Chap-books & VVood-cuts & the un-trammeled LIBERTIES of the so-called “Free Preſs” hath wrought!
Our Societie AVVASH in PORNO-GRAPHY & FREE-MASONRY!
George VVaſhington — MASON
Mutineer
Slaver
Cider-Monger
Benjamin Franklin — MASON
Fornicator
Seducer
French-man
John Hancoƈk — MASON
Smuggler
Pirate
RIOTER
Be-lieve you theſe to be co-Incidences?
VVe at this Publiƈkation knovv that our Efforts have envviſen'd our Readerſhip as to the VVILES & RUSES of Empire to drag Peaceable Peoples in to the Javvs of VVAR.
This MAD Foray againſt the Pirates of Araby be but a TROYAN HORSE for the rapacious Deſigns of CROVVN & COMPANY!
VVe at this Publiƈkation do VVONDER at American CLOVVNERY!
In their vain & aſinine ſearƈh for an ORDER’D MOBOCRACY {one might as vvell ſeek out a ƈhaſte Spaniard or an Unicorn}, they have not only elevated a VVO-MAN, but ex-ƈhanged her for an IRISH MAN in Hopes of improve-ment!!
Breaking news: Kevin McCarthy ousted as House speaker after a vote led by hard-right Republicans, the first such removal in congressional history. https://t.co/rrm1Poksdc
In a civilized Societie, thoſe vvho do raiſe a falſe Cry of “FIRE!” are addreſſed by the Authorities vvith SVVIFTNESS & SEVERITY!
So there be no VVonder as to vvhy ſuƈh dis-ruptive & dis-reputable Antiƈks go UN-PUNISHED in America!