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to his own declaration that, while engaged in w^rit- 

 ing an extra-judicial pamphlet, under the false pre- 

 tense of its being the act of an Arbitrator, he was 

 really speaking as the Representative of Great Brit- 

 ain. That was the mistake of the Chief Justice. It 

 was competent for him, after running away from the 

 Tribunal as he did, to publish in England the con- 

 tents of the first part of the "Reasons" as a personal 

 act. It was dishonorable in him to smuggle it into 

 the archives of the Tribunal, and to publish it in the 

 London Gazette as the official act of an Arbitrator. 



In view of all these incidents, and of the extraordi- 

 nary contrast between the conduct of Mr. Adams and 

 Sir Alexander Cockburn, as admitted by Englishmen 

 themselves, it is easy to comprehend that, while the 

 former has been honored with the express official 

 commendation of hotli Governments, the latter, by 

 wantonly insulting his fellow - Arbitrators and the 

 United States, has, w^hile receiving partisan praise in 

 Parliament, rendered it difficult, if not imjDossible, for 

 him to receive the hearty a2')proval even of his own 

 Government. 



OPINIONS OF THE OTHER ARBITRATORS. 



The other Arbitrators also placed on record their 

 separate opinions as finally corrected, all which de- 

 serve notice. Each of these opinions consists of an 

 affirmative exposition of the views of the Arbitrator 

 who speaks. Count Sclopis, Mr. Stsempfli, the Vicomte 

 dTtajuba, and Mr. Adams, each of them states his con- 

 clusions founded on the documents and arguments be- 



