But I can well understand that a Secretary conceding belligerent rights to Rebel Slavery so easily, and then so easily permitting its ships to sally forth for piracy, would be very indifferent to the tone of what he wrote.
Sumner expresses his disdain for a Secretary's leniency towards Rebel Slavery and its implications for piracy.
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