I challenge him to utter one word of doubt of the proposition which I now lay down, that Baez is maintained in power by the naval force of the United States, and that, being in power, we seek to negotiate with him that he may sell his country.
Sumner asserts that the U.S. is using military force to manipulate a foreign government for its own interests.
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