130 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 
vantages in this relation to which it was entitled, 
and which the British Government in fact enjoyed 
by reason of the more loyal conduct of the other Ar- 
bitrators. 
He discusses these vessels with great prolixity, St) 
as to fill 180 pages folio letter-press, while the corre- 
spondent opinions of all the other Arbitrators united 
occupy only 66 pages, the difference being occasioned 
partly by the number of letters and other papers in- 
terjected into his opinions, and partly by the diffuse. 
ness and looseness of his style and habit of thought, 
as compared with theirs. 
The residue of Sir Alexander’s document, consist- 
ing of 116 pages, is devoted partly to the discussion 
of the special questions, in all which he is inordinate- 
ly prolix, and partly to a general outpouring of all 
the bile ‘which had been accumulating on his stom- 
ach during the progress of the Arbitration. 
SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN’S ‘‘ REASONS.” 
Let me dispose once for all of these “Reasons” and 
their author, in order to arrive at subjects of more 
importance and interest. The matter of the docu- 
ment, and the consideration it has received in En- 
bland, require that it should be examined and judged 
from an American stand-point. 
Apart from the unjudicial violence and extrava- 
gance of these “ Reasons,” it is remarkable how in- 
consistent, how self-contradicting, how destitute of 
logical continuity of thought, how false as reasoning, as 
well as irrelevant, is most of the matter. 
