120 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



How could he presume to condemn Great Britain in 

 this behalf, ignorantly, blindly, in the dark, and with- 

 out assistance of the " reasoning and learning " of the 

 eminent Counsel in attendance on the Tribunal ? 



But even Sir Alexander Cockburn could no long-er 

 resist the force of conviction, nor help admitting the 

 truth of the allegation of the United States, their 

 Agent and Counsel, imputing culpable negligence to 

 liis (government. The United States had, not with- 

 out cause, brou2;ht the British Government to the bar 

 of public opinion and of the Tribunal of Arbitration ; 

 himself now confessing it, their Agent and Counsel 

 had not been engaged, as he had charged, in prefer- 

 ring "false accusations, unworthy of them and of 

 their Government." And if the proved and admit- 

 ted truth of these accusations implies impeachment 

 oi i\].Q, 2'>ersonal honor of any British Minister or Min- 

 isters, that is not the fault of the American Govern- 

 ment, its Agent or Counsel, but of the British Gov- 

 ernment, whose violation of neutrality is at length 

 conceded even by Sir Alexander Cockburn. 



In the ultimate judgment of all the Arbitrators, 

 the condemnation of the Alahama and the Florida 

 carried with it the condemnation of their respective 

 tenders, namely, the Tuscaloosa, the Clarence, the Ta- 

 cony, and the Archer. 



CASE OF THE "SHENANDOAH" DECIDED. 



There remained but three vessels as to whose re- 

 sponsibility we had reason to have hopes, namely, 

 the Georgia, the Retriljution, and the Shenandoah ; 



