We have lost our dignity as a nation. There was a time. as the Senator well knows. when no nation would dare place his foot on the neck of an American uniformed man. For example. in 1904. when Teddy Roosevelt was President. Raisuli. a Moroccan bandit. captured Tangier and seized several foreigners whom he held for ransom. Among the prisoners was Ion H. Perdicaris. a native of Greece. who had become a naturalized American citizen. Samuel R. Gummere. the American Consul at Tangier. demanded the release of Perdicaris. but the Sultan of Morocco. who apparently did not wish to offend Raisuli. delayed action by negotiations.
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