“The pretext upon which the Spanish invaded each of these provinces and proceeded to massacre the people and destroy their lands… was purely and simply that they were making good the claim of the Spanish Crown to the territories in question.… Whenever the natives did not drop everything and rush to recognize publicly the truth of the irrational and illogical claims that were made… they were dubbed outlaws and held to be in rebellion against His Majesty.… Everybody involved in the administration of the New World was blind to the simple truth enshrined in the first principles of law and
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