52 THE tui:aty of Washington. 



bitration cstablislics tlic fact of tlic long tlenii'l of jus- 

 tice by Great Britain in this behalf, — a fact admitted 

 also by so prejudiced a person as Sir Alexander Cock- 

 burn, who speaks as ["in some sense" at least] "the 

 representative of (Jreat Britain." 



I confidently maintain, therefore, that neither the 

 British Government nor the people of Great Bi'itain 

 had any just cause, in the course of these transactions, 

 to find fault with the spirit, temper, or language either 

 of the Government or the Agent or Counsel of the 

 United States. To the contrary of this, it seems to 

 me that on our side alone is the good cause of com- 

 plaint in these respects. 



A'rriTUDE OK THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. 



As respects the deportment of the two G&venimenls 

 in this crisis, certain it is that the conduct of that of 

 Great Britain, in resting upon the American Case for 

 nearly seven weeks, and then abruptly breaking out, 

 in the Queen's sj)eech from the throne and in debate 

 in Parliament, Avitli objections to that Case, without 

 previous statement thereof in diplomatic communica- 

 tion, was uncourteous toAvard the United States. 



The dijdomatic discussion which ensued, beginning 

 with T^ord Granville's note of February 3, 1872, and 

 terminating Avitli the dispatch of ^Ir. Fish of April IG, 

 1872, may now be read, not with composure only, but 

 with sui)i'eme satisfaction, by any citizen of theUnited 

 States. The Secretary of State []SIr. Fish] demon- 

 sfrates to conviction the utter baselessness of the pre- 

 tension of the British Government that the so-called 



