No aide-de-camp would be appointed commissioner; and the assumption of this exalted and exceptional character by this young officer shows at least his inexperience in diplomacy, if not his ambition to play a great part.
Sumner critiques the appointment of an aide-de-camp as a commissioner, suggesting inexperience and ambition.
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