This outrage, insolently vindicated by the municipal claim of Great Britain to the services of her subjects, was enforced arrogantly and perpetually on the high seas, where Municipal Law is silent and International Law alone prevails.
Sumner critiques British claims over American citizens and the enforcement of such claims on the high seas.
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