I have been over every one of these cases; and I must say, as I read them I felt a new gratification in the power of my country, which made itself felt for the protection of its citizens in those distant places, and also a new sense of the comity of nations.
Sumner expresses his pride in the U.S. government's efforts to protect its citizens abroad.
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