52 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 
bitration establishes the fact of the long denial of jus- 
tice by Great Britain in this behalf,—a fact admitted 
also by so prejudiced a person as Sir Alexander Cock. 
burn, who speaks as [“in some sense” at least] “the 
representative of Great Britain.” 
I confidently maintain, therefore, that neither the 
British Government nor the people of Great Britain 
had any just cause, in the course of these transactions, 
to find fault with the spirit, temper, or language either 
of the Government or the Agent or Counsel of the 
United States. To the contrary of this, it seems to 
me that on our side alone is the good cause of com- 
plaint in these respects. 
ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. 
As respects the deportment of the two Governments 
in this crisis, certain it is that the conduct of that of 
Great Britain, in resting upon the American Case for 
nearly seven weeks, and then abruptly breaking out, 
in the Queen’s speech from the throne and in debate 
in Parliament, with objections to that Case, without 
previous statement thereof in diplomatic communica: 
tion, was uncourteous toward the United States. 
The diplomatic discussion which ensued, beginning 
with Lord Granville’s note of February 3, 1872, and 
terminating with the dispatch of Mr. Fish of April 16, 
1872, may now be read, not with composure only, but 
with supreme satisfaction, by any citizen of the United 
States. The Secretary of State [Mr. Fish] demon- 
strates to conviction the utter baselessness of the pre- 
tension of the British Government that the so-called 
