He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

Él ha forzado a nuestros conciudadanos, tomados cautivos en alta mar, a llevar armas contra su país, para convertirlos en ejecutores de sus amigos y hermanos, o para hacerlos caer a ellos mismos por sus propias manos.