lis THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



In SO far as regards the first point, the call for Ar- 

 gument was obviously induced by a desire to put an 

 end to the unseemly importunities of Sir Alexander 

 Cockburn; for the Arbitrators had in effect again 

 and again declared that in their judgment there was 

 no occasion for elucidation or further discussion of 

 the general question of due diligence; that the Tri- 

 bunal did not desire any theoretical discussions of 

 abstract questions; and that the practical question 

 of due diligence had been already discussed to satiety 

 in the several Cases and Arguments filed by the re- 

 spective Governments. We shall perceive in the se- 

 quel how well-founded were the objections of the Tri- 

 bunal in this respect ; and how devoid of any useful 

 object or purpose had been the ill-digested calls of 

 Sir Alexander Cockburn. 



To the other questions propounded by the Baron 

 dTtajubc4, no objection could be made : they were fit 

 subjects of the "elucidation" contemplated by the 

 Treaty. 



CASE OF THE "ALABAMA" DECIDED. 



The Arbitrators then proceeded to read alphabet- 

 ically their opinions in the case of the Alabama^ — that 

 is to say, Mr. Adams, Sir Alexander Cockburn, Count 

 Sclopis, and Mr. Staempfli read argumentative state- 

 ments at length, and the Baron d'ltajubti expressed 

 his concurrence in the statement made by Sir Alex- 

 ander Cockburn. 



In this case the Arbitrators were unanimously of 

 opinion, — the British Arbitrator equally with his 



