We generally agreed that it was a false-pretended neutrality, and not a too hasty proclamation of neutrality, that gave us an unquestionable right to demand indemnity from Great Britain for the depredations of the Alabama and other English cruisers.
Sherman asserts that the perceived neutrality of Great Britain during the Civil War justified the demand for indemnity due to damages caused by British cruisers.
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