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Seward has been careful to exclude the assumption that the Rebels have belligerent rights on the ocean, and also the other assumption that the Florida was anything but a pirate.
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Sumner discusses the exclusion of certain assumptions regarding the status of the Florida and its classification as a pirate.
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