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at Ills command, — in a word, the whole force of the 

 Britisli Government at his Lack, in which to write 

 and print his Argument ; while it would have atlordcd 

 to tlic American Counsel less than, four weeks for the 

 same task, in which to prepare and pnut our Argu- 

 ment in both languages, with no libraries at hand, no 

 translators, no printers, thrown wholly on our per- 

 sonal resources away from home in the heart of Eu- 

 rope. 



The Counsel of the United States desired no rc- 

 arcrument of tlie cause. AVe found uotiruK' in the 

 British Argument which we had not anticipated and 

 disposed of to our own satisfaction. Not that we 

 feared reai'gument: on the contrary, we felt such com- 

 plete confidence in our rights as to l)e sure not to lose, 

 and to hope rather to gain, by further discussion. 

 Hence we did not desire nor seek reargument, al- 

 though perfectly ready for it if called upon in con- 

 formity with the Treaty. Our objections were to the 

 delay and to the departure from the conditions of the 

 Treaty. 



According to the explicit language of the Treaty, 

 " the decision of the Tribunal shall, if possilde, be 

 made within three months from the close of the ar- 

 guments on both sides;" and the prescribed day "for 

 the close of the artcnments on both sides" is the 15th 

 of June. Suppose that, by agreement of the two Gov- 

 ernments, — it could not be done by Counsel without 

 consent of their Governments, — "the close of the 

 argiuuents" had been postponed to the 31st of Au- 

 gust, as proposed by Sir Kouudell Palmer. In that 



