130 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



vantages in this relation to which it was entitled, 

 and which the British Government in fact enjoyed 

 by reason of the more loyal conduct of the other Ar 

 bitrators. 



He discusses these vessels with great prolixity, so 

 as to fill 180 pages folio letter-press, while the corre 

 spondent opinions of all the other Arbitrators united 

 occupy only 66 pages, the difference being occasioned 

 partly by the number of letters and other papers in 

 terjected into his opinions, and partly by the diffuse- 

 ness and looseness of his style and habit of thought, 

 as compared with theirs. 



The residue of Sir Alexander s document, consist 

 ing of 116 pages, is devoted partly to the discussion 

 of the special questions, in all which he is inordinate 

 ly prolix, and partly to a general outpouring of all 

 the bile which had been accumulating on his stom 

 ach during the progress of the Arbitration. 



SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN S &quot;REASONS.&quot; 



Let me dispose once for all of these &quot;Reasons&quot; and 

 their author, in order to arrive at subjects of more 

 importance and interest. The matter of the docu 

 ment, and the consideration it has received in En 

 gland, require that it should be examined and judged 

 from an American stand-point. 



Apart from the unjudicial violence and extrava 

 gance of these &quot; Reasons,&quot; it is remarkable how in 

 consistent, how self -contradicting, how destitute of 

 logical continuity of thought, how false as reasoning, as 

 well as irrelevant, is most of the matter. 



