Maybe it was a typo. They meant "merciless Republican savages." We all know about the hypocrisy employed in the Declaration of Independence and its implementation, but I was not aware of this shameful racist phrase being part of the document. truthout.org/articles/the...
The Anti-Indigenous Slur in the Declaration of Independence Speaks VolumesThe US Declaration of Independence frames Indigenous resistance as aggression and colonial violence as self-defense.truthout.org