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and conducted the deliberations of the Tribunal, and 

 who represented and spoke for it on ceremonial occa- 

 sions : a man of large stature and dignified presence ; 

 of the high breeding of rank, but without pretensive- 

 ness; cordial and kindly in social intercourse; the 

 impersonation, as it were, of the intellect and the cul- 

 ture of Continental Europe. 



MR. ST^MPFLI. 



Sitting by the right hand of Count Sclopis, as next 

 to him in precedence, not by reason of age, — for he 

 was the youngest member of the Tribunal, — but as 

 representing the local Government, Switzerland, was 

 Mr. James [or, in German, Jacob] Staempfli: a genu- 

 ine representative of democratic institutions, — sprung 

 from the people, — the son of his own w^orks, — clear- 

 headed, strong-minded, firm-hearted, — somewhat posi- 

 tive, — not prone to talk except when talk was of the 

 essence of things, and then briefly and to the point, — 

 in a word, a man of the very stuff out of which to 

 make Presidents of Federal Kepublics. 



Mr. Stflempfli is a German Swiss of the Canton of 

 Berne, w^ho has risen from the humblest to the highest 

 condition in his country by mere force of intellect and 

 indomitable will. Born in 1820, admitted to the Bar 

 in 1843, he came forward at once as an advocate, and 

 as a journalist of radical opinions, and speedily at- 

 tained distinction. In 1846 we find him a conspicu- 

 ous member of the Council of State, directing the 

 finances, and laboring to organize a central military 

 force. In 1847 he represented the Canton of Berne 



