But here is strange and total oblivion of the fact, that, in every case of taking, whether the victim was American or not, whether two or two hundred were seized, there was an exercise of the very prerogative it condemned in Captain Wilkes, although he had an excuse beyond that of any British cruiser.
Sumner highlights the hypocrisy in the condemnation of Captain Wilkes while similar actions were taken by British cruisers.
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