130 THE TUKATY UV WASIilXGTOX. 



vantages in llils ri'lation to wliicli it was entitled, 

 and AvlTu'li the Jiritisii (lOvernnuMit in fact enjoyed 

 by reason ot' the more loyal condnct of the other Ar- 

 bitrators. 



He disicnsses thejse vessels "with grea^, jjrolixity, so 

 as to till ISO pages folio letter-press, while the corre- 

 spondent opinions of all the other Arbitrators united 

 occupy only OG pages, the ditlerence being occasioned 

 partly by the inunber of letters and other papers in- 

 tei'jected into his (.)i)inions, and partly by the dill'use- 

 ness and looseness of his style and habit of thouiiht, 

 as coni])ared with theirs. 



The residue of Sir Alexander's document, consist- 

 ing of IIG Images, is devoted partly to the discussion 

 of the special questions, in all which ho is inordinate- 

 ly prolix, and partly to n genei'al outpouring of all 

 the bile whicli had been accumulating on his stom- 

 acli during the progress of the Arbitration. 



sill ALi:XANI)i:U COCKHUUX'S "REASONS." 



Let me dispose once for all of these "Keasons" and 

 their author, in order to arrive at subjects of more 

 importance and interest. The matter of the docu- 

 ment, and the consideration it has received in En- 

 gland, require that it should be examined and judged^ 

 from an American stand-point. 



Apart from the unjudicial violence and extrava- 

 gance of these " Keasons," it is remarkable how in- 

 consistent, how self- contradicting, how destitute of 

 logical continuity of thought, how false as reasoning, as 

 well as irrelevant, is most of the matter. 



