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vantages in tliis relation to wliicli it was entitled, 

 and which the Britiifh Government in fact enjoyed 

 by reason of the more loyal conduct of the other Ar- 

 bitrators. 



He discusses these vessels with great prolixity, so 

 as to fill 180 pages folio letter-press, while the corre- 

 spondent opinions of all the other Arbitrators united 

 occupy only 6Q pages, the difference being occasioned 

 partly by the number of letters and other papers in- 

 terjected into his opinions, and partly by the diffuse- 

 ness and looseness of his style and habit of thought, 

 as compared with theirs. 



The residue of Sir Alexander's document, consist- 

 ing of 116 pages,'is devoted partly to the discussion 

 of the special questions, in all which he is inordinate- 

 ly prolix, and partly to a general outpouring of all 

 the bile which had been accumulating on his stom- 

 ach during the progress of the Arbitration. 



SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN'S "REASONS." 



Let me dispose once for all of these "Reasons" and 

 their author, in order to arrive at subjects of more 

 importance and interest. The matter of the docu- 

 ment, and the consideration it has received in En- 

 gland, require that it should be examined and judged 

 from an American stand-point. 



Apart from the unjudicial violence and extrava- 

 gance of these " Reasons," it is remarkable how in- 

 consi'stent, how self- contradicting, how destitute of 

 logical continuity of thought, how false as reasoning, as 

 well as irrelevant, is most of the matter. 



