132 Tin: TUEATV OF WASHINGTON. 



seat oil llu; lU-ncl), ami lie performed tlic dillicult duty 

 witli tlie impartiality of a jurist and the delicate honor 

 of a </( iitJoixmr And this Mell-meritcd commenda- 

 tion of Mr. Adams is })refatory to the exhibition of 

 Sir Alexander Coekburn retaining still "the temper 

 of an advocate wiien lie took his scat on the lieneli" 

 and not ])erformin^' his dulies "with the; inipartijdity 

 of a jurist and the delicate honor of a gentleman," but 

 to the contrary, as shown by his deportment at Gene- 

 va, and authenticated under his own hand in these 

 " Ivcasons." 



Tliere is no escape from the dilennna: it was hon- 

 orable to ]\Ir. Adams to act as a "judge" at (ieneva; 

 and, of course, to act as a mere "ailvocate" was dis- 

 honorable to Sir Alexander C'ockl)urn. 



And thus we may compivhend at a glance, what 

 s(.'t'ms so remarkable U> the l[l((jra])h [Se])tend)er 'JO |, 

 that when we pass fi'om the jM'inted opinions of the 

 three neutral Arbitrators, whose "fairncns" nol)ody 

 disputes, and iVom those of the impartial "jurist" 

 and hoiiorabh' "gentleman," ^Ir. Chai'les 1^'i'ancis Ad- 

 ams, tt) the "llcasoiis" of Sir Ah'xander Cockburn, 

 *' We seem to go into another climate of opinion. . . . 

 AVe find dilferent i)remiscs, a diflerent bias, a dilTer- 

 ent logic, and W(^ might almost say diflerent facts." 

 So it is, indeed; and the explanation is obvious. 

 The "climate" of Count Scioj\is,"])aron d'ltajubu, ^Ir. 

 Stjvmptli, and I\rr. Adams, was that of fairness, judi- 

 cial dignity, impartiality, gentlemanly honor, such as 

 belonged to their ])lace as Arbitrators: the "climate" 

 of Sir Alexander Cockburn was that of a self-appoint- 



