Had it not been for the danger it would have brought on the residue of our seamen, by exciting the cupidity of these rovers against them, our citizens now in Algiers would have been long ago redeemed, without regard to price.
Sumner argues that the potential danger to American seamen prevented the redemption of captives in Algiers.
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