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sible only in very rare and exceptional cases of ag- 

 gravated wrong committed by the authorities of tlie 

 foreign Government. 



The Government aggrieved in the person of its 

 subject obtains, in many cases, the redress of the par- 

 ticular injury by more or less earnestness of diplo- 

 matic remonstrance. 



If, however, redress be delayed for some sufficient 

 cause to excuse the delay, and cases of alleged injury 

 are thus accumulated, indemnity for the injuries done 

 will be procured by diplomatic negotiation, if the in- 

 jured Government be patient and persistent; for, 

 much as there may be of evil in the world, and fre- 

 quently as nations depart on occasion from the rule 

 of right, yet, after all, the sense of justice among men 

 and the conscience of nations prevail to such extent 

 that, in the end, in most cases, mere appeals to reason 

 suffice to obtain voluntary reparation at the hands of 

 the injuring Government. 



Thus, without war, and without threat of war, the 

 United States have obtained, by treaty, payment of 

 indemnity, for injuries to citizens of the United States, 

 from other Governments, such as France, Denmark, 

 the Two Sicilies, Spain, with provision for the distri- 

 bution of such indemnity, among our citizens, by our- 

 selves, through the agency of commissioners appointed 

 under Act of Congress.. 



USEFULNESS OF MIXED COMMISSIONS. 



In other controversies of this class between the 

 United States knd foreign Governments, where agree- 



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