ALABAMA CLAIMH. lljO 



Tribunal, or i)rliited for the iiitbnnatiou of Agents 

 and Counsel, as a resolution of the Tribunal, adopted 

 oil liis own motion, rc(juircd, — lie presents this Argu- 

 ment as his "Keasons . . . for dissenting from the 

 Deeision of the Ti'ibunal of Arbitration." The title 

 of the document is a false pretense^ as we shall con- 

 clusively show in due time: the act was a dishonor- 

 able imposition on the. Tribunal, and on hoth Gov- 

 ernments, Great Britain us nmch as the United 

 States. 



\\\ ])</uit of fact, the document filed by Sir Alexan- 

 der was in lai'ge ]iart of such a character that, if it 

 liad been oU'enid ibr filing at any i)roper time, and 

 with o})portunity to persons concerned to become ac- 

 quainted with its contents, it must [as declared by 

 the Secretary of State of the United States in liis dis- 

 patch to the American Agent of October "12, 1872] 

 have been tho plain duty of the American Agent 

 to obji'ct to its rece])tion, and of the Tril)unal to I'e- 

 fuse it, as calculrtted and designed to weaken tlie ju>t 

 authoi'ity of the Arbid'ators, as insidting to the United 

 States in the tenor of much of its C(Uitents, and as in- 

 jurious to (treat liritain by its tendency to i-aise \\\) 

 obstacles to the acceptance of tjjo Award, and to pro- 

 duce aliemitioii between the two Governments. 



The document consisted, in part, of the opinions of 

 Sir Alexander Cockbiu'n on the several vessels, co])ies 

 of which he ought to liavo delivei-ed in ])i'int to the 

 Agent and Counsel of the United States, in conform- 

 ity M'ith his own resolution, but which he failed to 

 do, thus depriving the American Government of ad- 



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