In returning to China the fund in question and its accretions, the United States will relieve themselves of an embarrassing trust, while they render unto the distant Cæsar what is his own, and set an example by which republican institutions will be elevated.
Sumner believes returning the fund to China will relieve the U.S. of a moral burden and set a positive example for republican values.
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