go THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



tliouglit in apt language, but without the tendency to 

 run into tlie path, of debate or exposition, whicli ap- 

 peared in tlie acts of some of liis colleagues of the 

 Tribunal of Arbitration. 



In comparing Mr. Sta3mpfli, with his deep-brown 

 complexion, his piercing dark eyes, his jet black hair, 

 his (piick but suppressed manner, and the Viscount 

 of Itajubii, Avith his fair com])lexion and his air of 

 gentleness and aflability, one, liaving no previous 

 knowledge of their respective origins, would certainly 

 attribute that of the former to tropical and passion- 

 ate America, and that of the latter to temperate and 

 calm-blooded Europe. 



snt ali:xanih:r cockburn. 



On the extremes of the Eoard, ]\Ir. Adams to the 

 right and Sir Alexander Cockburn to the left, sat 

 the American and British members of the Tribunal. 



Sir Alexander Cockburn represents a family of 

 some distinction, the Cock])urns of Langton. Ilis 

 father was British Minister in Colombia, and one of 

 his uncles was that Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 

 whose service iu American waters during our last 

 war with Great Britain has left some unpleasant 

 traces or memories in the United States. Ilis mother 

 seems to have been a French lady, being described 

 by Burke as " Yolande, dau. of Viscomtc de Vignier 

 of St. Domingo." lie was 1)orn in 1S02, called to 

 the bar in 1820, became distinguished as a barrister, 

 entered Parliament, and, after passing through tlic . 

 routine offices of Solicitor and Attorney General, waa 



