Bayard who was, I think, inspired by a patriotic and praiseworthy desire to establish more friendly relations with Great Britain, seemed to me to give away the whole American case, and to have been bamboozled by Joseph Chamberlain at every point.
Hoar criticizes Bayard for compromising American interests in his dealings with Great Britain.
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