TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

Case of the United States laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva.

I. Introduction to

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II. Unfriendly course pursued by Great Britain toward the United States from

the outbreak to the close of the Insurrection....

III. The duties which Great Britain as a neutral should have observed toward

the United States...

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IV. Wherein Great Britain failed to perform its duties as a neutral..

V. Wherein Great Britain failed to perform its duties as a neutral. The In-

surgent cruisers....

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VI. The Tribunal should award a sum in gross to the United States........

Case presented on the part of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to the

Tribunal....

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I. Statement of the matter referred to the Arbitrators as it is understood by

the Government of Her Britannic Majesty

II. Statement of events which attended and followed the commencement of

the civil war, and of the course pursued in relation to it by Great Brit-

ain and other Maritime Powers...

III. Statement on International Rights and Duties; on the powers which

were possessed by Her Britannic Majesty's Government of preventing

unlawful equipments, and the manner and circumstances in and under

which these powers were exercised during the war..

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IV. Considerations proper to be kept in view by the Arbitrators in reference

to the cases of the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah....

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Counter Case of the United States presented to the Tribunal..

415

Additional documents, correspondence, and evidence accompanying Counter

Case of the United States...

443

Correspondence relative to the monitors Catawba and Oneota at New Orleans 714

Correspondence relative to the Florida at Philadelphia.

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Correspondence relative to the Spanish gun-boats at New York..

732

Cuban correspondence, 1866-1871...

759

Correspondence relative to the Hornet..

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THE CASE

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

LAID BEFORE THE

TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION,

CONVENED AT GENEVA,

UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
OF GREAT BRITAIN, CONCLUDED AT

WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 1871.

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I. INTRODUCTION.

Meeting of the Joint High Commission at Washington

Protocol of the conferences as to the Alabama' claims.

The Treaty of Washington.....

What the United States will attempt to establish
Evidence and documents, and how referred to..

II. THE UNFRIENDLY COURSE PURSUED BY GREAT BRITAIN TOWARD THE

UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTBREAK TO THE CLOSE OF THE INSURREC-

TION.

Relations of the United States with Great Britain prior to 1860

Friendly relations of the two Governments in 1860...

A party in the South opposed to secession

Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln....

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Opposition to the territorial limitation of slavery the cause of seces-

sion

The British government informed of his purposes

Lord John Russell promises to await Mr. Adams's arrival before acting-

The surrender of Fort Sumter..........

When the President's proclamation was received in Great Britain...

Opinion of law officers taken on an imperfect copy..

Her Majesty's government decide on the first of May to recognize a

state of war

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Lord John Russell and the insurgent commissioners discuss the recog-

nition of southern independence....

When the President's proclamation was received by Great Britain......

The sovereign right to issue such a proclamation not denied

It was an unfriendly act..........

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