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MR. BRIGHT ON THE ALABAMA , " " QUESTION.
Mr Bright, who is now in London, and has shown himself once for a short time in the Houbo of Commons; has addressed a letter on the subject to Mr Cyrus Field, which has attracted much attention in the States. It is worthy of his excellent sense. "I confess," he says, /'I am" greatly surprised at the' case to be submitted to the Geneva Tribunal. There is too much of what wecall 'attorneyship' in it, and too little of ■-.*. statesmanship.' It is rather like a passionate speech than a thoughtful State document. And what a folly to offer to a tribunal claims which cannot be proved! No facts and no figures can show that the war was prolonged by the mischief of the pirate ships. And surely what can not be proved by distinct evidence cannot be made the subject of an award. This country will not go unto a Court, to. ask for, »h. ; award which, if against it, it will never aocept. An award against it in the matter of inf. c 1 irect claims will never be paid, and there*
fore the only honest, course is to object now before; going into Court."
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1219, 17 June 1872, Page 2
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