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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page.
Case of the United States laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva..... I. Introduction to
1
9
II. Unfriendly course pursued by Great Britain toward the United States from
the outbreak to the close of the Insurrection...........
19
III. The duties which Great Britain as a neutral should have observed toward
the United States....
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.....
125
185
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......
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......
205
207
211
236
IV. Considerations proper to be kept in view by the Arbitrators in reference
to the cases of the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah........ 272
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..
725
Correspondence relative to the Spanish gun-boats at New York.
732
Cuban correspondence, 1866-1871...
759
Correspondence relative to the Hornet.
827
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.
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..
The United States in 1860...
Election of Mr. Lincoln....
Secession of South Carolina..
Secession of Alabama.....
Secession of Georgia and other States
Opposition to the territorial limitation of slavery the cause of seces-
sion.
A party in the South opposed to secession..
Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln..................
42
The British government informed of his purposes..
42 23
22
Lord John Russell promises to await Mr. Adams's arrival before acting.
The surrender of Fort Sumter.....
43 23
44 24
The joint action of France invited by Great Britain..
When the President's proclamation was received in Great Britain.... 47 25
Opinion of law officers taken on an imperfect copy...
24
45
49
26
Her Majesty's government decide on the first of May to recognize a
state of war ................
50
Lord John Russell and the insurgent commissioners discuss the recog-
nition of southern independence......
51
Communication with the French government..
52
27
Answers of the French government..............
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...
63 31