202 Tin: theaty of Washington. 



iiRMit of a l.'iwfiilly cuiistitutcd iutcrnational tribunal, 

 siR'li as tlio jtrcsciit Conunission. 



CitizL'iis of tlio United Sf^.tcs are not slow to in- 

 volve the intervention of tlieir (xovernment in behalf 

 of any American injured in tlie progress of civil war 

 in other countries, and on sucli occasions to talk loud- 

 ly of ^^ outridjcs to citizens:" let us do as wc would 

 be done by, and concede that Great Britain is entitled 

 tc judicial examination of the cases of her subjects 

 alleging injury by the occurrences of civil war in the 

 United States. 



