For months the Navy of the United States was kept hovering on the coast, holding that insulted people in constant dread and anxiety, while President Grant was to them like a hawk sailing in the air, ready to swoop upon his prey.
Sumner describes the tension and fear experienced by the Black Republic due to U.S. naval presence.
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