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addressing: tlie Tribunal of ArLitration. And it is 

 the negation of all these great principles of "justice," 

 "efpiity,"or " conscience," Avliich pervades tlie"l\ea- 

 sons" of Sir Alexander Cockburn : in reflecting on 

 Avliicli, tlic mind irresistibly reverts to tliat same line 

 of reasoninii: Avliicli astonished the "world in Iiis par- 

 liamentary advocacy of David Pacitico. 



And now, wlio is injured by Sir Alexander's acri- 

 monious arraitriiment of the United States in the last 

 hour of the Arbitration? It does not successfully 

 maintain the honor of the British ^Ministers; for it 

 recognizes their failure to exercise due diligence, 

 "vvliether tried by the Treaty Kules, by the law of na- 

 tions, or by the Act of rarliament. Does it intkience 

 the action of the Tribunal 2 No : that was consum- 

 mated already. Does it injure tlieAmerican Govern- 

 ment, its Agent and Counsel ? No : so far as regards 

 us, it docs but prove that the American Agent and 

 Counsel have done their duty regardless of the vin- 

 dictive ill-will of the British Arbitrator, and that the 

 United States have been successful to such a degree 

 as to throw the Cliief Justice of England into ecstasies 

 of spiteful rage, in which he strikes out wildly agalnrt 

 friend and foe alike, Init chietly against his own Gov- 

 ernment, in his desultory criticism as well of the 

 Treaty of Washington as of the judgment of the Tri- 

 bunal of Arbitration. 



For the British Government, ^vtt know, has no dis- 

 position to repudiate the Treaty, and it accepts tlie 

 Award in good faith, and desires that it should be ac- 

 cepted by the people of Great Britain. It can not be 



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