The bare statement of the condition in which the United States would be placed, after having surrendered the right to resort to privateers, in the event of war with a belligerent of naval supremacy will show that this Government could never listen to such a proposition.
Pierce emphasizes the importance of maintaining the right to use privateers in wartime for national security.
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