From that fraction of their case we may, however, form some opinion on the extent to which freemen, who would be a scandal to their English ancestry, unless liberty was as dear as life, must have writhed under our practice of impressment.
Sumner speculates on the suffering of freemen under the practice of impressment, reflecting on their desire for liberty.
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