120 THE TREATY OF .WASHINGTON. 
How could he presume to condemn Great Britain in 
this behalf, ignorantly, blindly, in the dark, and with- 
out assistance of the “reasoning and learning” of the. 
eminent Counsel in attendance on the Tribunal ? 
But even Sir Alexander Cockburn could no longer 
resist the force of conviction, nor help admitting the 
truth of the allegation of the United States, their 
Agent and Counsel, imputing culpable negligence to 
his Government. The United States had, not with. 
out cause, brought the British Government to the bar 
of public opinion and of the Tribunal of Arbitration; 
himself now confessing it, their Agent and Counsel 
had not been engaged, as he had charged, in prefer. 
ring “false accusations, unworthy of them and of 
their Government.” And if the proved and admit. 
ted truth of these accusations implies impeachment 
of the personal honor of any British Minister or Min. 
isters, that is not the fault of the American Govern- 
ment, its Agent or Counsel, but of the British Gov- 
ernment, whose violation of neutrality is at length 
conceded even by Sir Alexander Cockburn. 
In the ultimate judgment of al] the Arbitrators, 
the condemnation of the Alabama and the Florida 
carried with it the condemnation of their respective 
tenders, namely, the Zuscaloosa, the Clarence, the Tu- 
cony, and the Archer. 
CASE OF THE “SHENANDOAH” DECIDED. 
There remained but three vessels as to whose re- 
sponsibility we had reason to have hopes, namely, 
the Georgia, the Retribution, and.the Shenandoah ; 
