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to his own. declaration that, while engaged in writ- 
ing an extra-judicial pamphlet, under the false pre- 
tense of its being the act of an Arbitrator, he was 
really speaking as the Representative of Great Brit- 
ain. That was the mistake of the Chief Justice. It 
was competent for him, after running away from the 
Tribunal as he did, to publish in England the con- 
tents of the first part of the “Reasons” as a personal 
act. It was dishonorable in him to smuggle it into 
the archives of the Tribunal, and to publish it in the 
London Gazette as the official act of an Arbitrator. 
In view of all these incidents, and of the extraordi- 
nary contrast between the conduct of Mr. Adams and 
Sir Alexander Cockburn, as admitted by Englishmen 
themselves, it is easy to comprehend that, while the 
former has been honored with the express official 
commendation of doth Governments, the latter, by 
wantonly insulting his fellow-Arbitrators and_ the 
United States, has, while receiving partisan praise in 
Parliament, rendered it difficult, if not impossible, for 
him to receive the hearty approval even of his own 
Government. 
OPINIONS OF THE OTHER ARBITRATORS. 
The other Arbitrators also placed on record their 
separate opinions as finally corrected, all which de- 
serve notice. Each of these opinions consists of an 
affirmative exposition of the views of the Arbitrator 
who speaks. Count Sclopis, Mr.Stempfli, the Vicomte 
d’Itajubd, and Mr. Adams, each of them states his con- 
clusions founded on the documents and arguments be- 
