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It deserves to be noted iu tliis leliition that al- 

 tliongli Edwards and possibly some otLer of the pub- 



ojimciit of a malfidy of llie Queen's Advocate, 81i- John D. 

 Ilardiiii^, Avliicli liad utterly incaj)acitcd liim for the transaction 

 of business. This," lie added, " liad made it necessary to cull 

 in other parties [lie docs not say, others of tlic L<iw Ojfii:ers\ 

 ■whose opinion had been at last given for the detention of the 

 gun-boat." 



The Counsel of the United States, in tlieir Ari^unient, invito 

 attention to the unsatisfactoriness of this explanation. They 

 found in the Documents annexed to the British Case eight 

 oi)inions of the "Law OtHcers of the Crown," p.-ior to that of 

 July 20th, r?// of which, cxccjit one dated June ^Oth, are signed 

 by Sir John Harding, and also cither by Sir AVilliani Athurton 

 or by Sir lioundijll rainier. Thereupon, we inferred that the 

 Queen's ^Vdvocate had become sick on or before the 30th of 

 June; and avc also inferred that "it was not necessary on the 

 2nth of July to call in new jiartics, but only to call upon the 

 old." Tlicsc inferences were legitimate, and were confirmed in 

 the sequel by the highest authority. 



r>ut thereupon tlic British Arbitrator, after speaking of the 

 last inference as " an ungenerous sneer," remarks : 



"The unworthy insinuation here meant to be conveyed is, 

 that Lord llussell stated that Avhich was untrue, — an insin- 

 uation which Avill be treated as it deserves by every one who 

 knows him. It is obvious that ]\[r, Adams must, in this i)ar- 

 ticular, have misunderstood his Lordshiji." 



The Chief Justice unconsciously admits that if Lord Russell 

 paid this, "iic stated that which was untrue," and ex]>ccts us to 

 disbelieve ]Mr. Adams in order to shield Lord Kussell. 



I prefer to believe ^Ir. Adams. Xay, the statement imputed 

 to Lord llussell by jMr. Adams is in substance reajjlr/ned and 

 adopted in the British Case []i.ll8]. 



The senseless prejudice Avhich tills the mind of the Chief 

 Justice in reference to the L'nited States, their Agent, and their 

 Counsel, is ■ rendered the more conspicuous here by the fact 

 that, wlien ho threw out this " ungenerous sneer" and this " un- 



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