132 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



seat on the BeucL, and lie performed the difficult duty 

 with the impartiality of a jurist and the ddlcate lionor 

 of a gentleman y And this well-merited commenda- 

 tion of Mr. Adams is prefatory to the exhibition of 

 Sir Alexander Cockburn retaining still " the temper 

 of an advocate when lie took his seat on the Bench," 

 and not performing his duties "with the impartiality 

 of a jurist and the delicate honor of a gentleman," but 

 to the contrary, as shown by his deportment at Gene- 

 va, and authenticated under his own hand in these 

 " Reasons." 



There is no escape from the dilemma : it was hon- 

 orable to Mr. Adams to act as a "judge" at Geneva; 

 and, of course, to act as a mere " advocate " was dis- 

 honorable to Sir Alexander Cockburn. 



And thus we may comprehend at a glance, what 

 seems ^ remarkable to the Telegraph [September 2G], 

 that when we pass from the printed opinions of the 

 three neutral Arljitrators, whose "fairness" nobody 

 disputes, and from those of the impartial "jurist" 

 and honorable " gentleman," Mr. Cliarles Francis Ad- 

 ams, to the "Reasons" of Sir Alexander Cockburn, 

 " We seem to go into another climate of opinion. . . . 

 We find different premises, a different bias, a difter- 

 ent logic, and we might almost say different fjicts." 

 So it is, indeed ; and the exj^lanation is obvious. 

 The "climate" of Count Sclopis, Baron dTtajuba, Mr. 

 Stsempfii, and j\[r. Adams, was that of fairness, judi- 

 cial dignity, impartiality, gentlemanly honor, such as 

 belonged to their place as Arbitrators: the "climate" 

 of Sir Alexander Cockburn was that of a self-appoint- 



