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for the places they filled, Loth of them having served 

 in similar capacities in the foreign Department of 

 their respective Governments, and both having assist- 

 ed in the negotiation of the Treaty of Washington. 

 Their friendly personal relations M-ere advantageous 

 iu facilitatiuo; the movement of business before ilia 

 Arbitration. 



iVIr. Bancroft Davis deserves particular mention. 

 ■ Englishmen may criticise the American " Case," the 

 labor of preparing which devolved, chiefly on him; 

 but its indisputable merit should draw to him the 

 applause of every American. His literary accom- 

 pli.>^hments, his previous diplomatic experience, his 

 knowledge of men and things in J'hu'opc, uid his de- 

 voted and untiring attention to the ])ubllc interests, 

 were singularly useful to the United States. 



Of the persons or rpialities of the Counsel of the 

 United States, Mr. ^lorrison II. AVaite, ISlv. AVilliam 

 M. Evarts, and the writer of this exposition, it would 

 be unbecoming, as it is cpiite superiluous, here to 

 speak. 



In this relation, however, it is proper to call atten- 

 tion to two facts or incidents of national interest or 

 concernment. 



In the first place, to the honor of the President of 

 the United. States be it said, in the selection of Coun- 

 sel by him, as for instance in the invitation to i\Ir. B. 

 11. Curtis, considerations o'i party were not allo^ved to 

 exert controlling authority. 



Secondly, the Counsel themselves emulated the 

 catholic spirit of the- President in subordinating all 



