On the record
The history of French spoliations on our commerce is a gloomy chapter, where a friendly power, assuming the name of Republic, shows itself fitful, passionate, and unjust.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The history of French spoliations on our commerce is a gloomy chapter, where a friendly power, assuming the name of…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner describes the troubling history of French actions against American commerce, portraying France as inconsistent and unjust.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Other voices in this conversation
