80 THE TREATY. OF WASHINGTON. 
and conducted the deliberations of the Tribunal, and 
who represented and spoke for it on ceygmonial occa, 
sions: a man of large stature and dignitied presence; 
of the high breeding of rank, but without pretensive- 
ness; cordial and kindly in social intercourse; the 
impersonation, as it were, of the intellect and the cul- 
ture of Continental Europe. 
MR. STEMPFLI. 
Sitting by the right hand of Count Sclopis, as next 
to him in precedence, not by reason of age,—for he. 
was the youngest member of the Tribunal,—but as 
representing the local Government, Switzerland, was 
Mr. James [or, in German, Jacob] Stempfli: a genu- 
ine representative of democratic institutions,—sprung 
from the people—the son of his own works,—clear- 
headed, strong-minded, firm-hearted,—somewhat post: 
tive,—not prone to talk except when talk was of the 
essence of things, and then briefly and to the point,— 
in a word, a man of the very stuff out of which to 
make Presidents of Federal Republics.. 
‘ Mr, Stempfli is a German Swiss of the Canton of 
Berne, who has risen from the humblest to the highest 
condition in his country by mere force of intellect and 
indomitable will. Born in 1820, admitted to the Bar 
in 1848, he came forward at once as an advocate, and 
as.a journalist of radical opinions, and speedily at- 
tained distinction. In 1846 we find him a conspicu- 
ous member of the Council of State, directing the 
finances, and laboring to organize a central military 
force. In 1847 he represented the Canton of Berne 
