No longer able to pocket the doubloons of Spain, the usurper sought to pocket our eagles, and not content with muskets and a battery to be used against his indignant fellow-countrymen, obtained the Navy of the United States to maintain him in his treason.
Sumner condemns the actions of a usurper who seeks to exploit both Spanish and American resources.
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