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the first view is nearer correct, as Mr.. Brown
stated that if the decision was adverse to his
views he had another part to perform as a
Commissioner. That all this array and
studied speeding, this evading the real
question before the court, and substituting
complaints, reproaches and threats. on n
wide variety of topics, should have grown
out of simply the case of u sailor fined for
disturbing the public peace in a drunken
brawl, is quite inconceivable; or is only con-
ceivable on the ground of the taste which
led on a former occasion, (and to which Mr..
Brown alluded, as will be found in the re-.
port, to the selection of a most revoltino
case for an e%xertion Of diplomatic skill and
courtesy, which still remains unriyalIed
But though the reporters notes will fail 10
give a clear idea of the scene as il apneored
to spectators, yet a judgment Of the manner
may be formed to some extent from the Ian
guagc employed, and it will remain for our
readers to determine whether either that or
the arguments adduced, are calculated to do
honor to the country which Mr.. Brown rep
resents. Whether its long and continued
friendship, ITS generous treatment and careful
attention to the interests Of this weak not;on
are suddenly to terminate at the option Of an
individual, who whatever may be his inten-
lions, has most signally failed in the %cuItiva-
ton OF friendship, and in securing the conf
dence of individuals Of either official or
private standing. The violence of Mr..
Browns remarks and charges against the
members of the court before which he ap-
pcared, in the anomalous situation Of both
Counsel and Commissioner, as we shall
hereafter show from his own declarations.
varying his position to either standing, as it
suited his purpose, with all the shifting ease
of coloring of ,the' chameleon, might under
some circumstances induce us to produce
further evidence Of Mr.. Browns peculiar
hostility to this Govt. But we shall refrain
at present from taking advantage of facts
within our possession, and trust to the judg-
mcnt of our readers for the formation of a
correct opinion of the case, by an examina-
ton of what he has adduced, in the way of a
charge or argument. His speech has en-
bodied the sentiments Of the opposition that
has existed or does exist towards this govern
ment. 1t is fortunate that so public an ex-
position of them has occurred. Heretofore
an attempt has been made to deny the prev
alence of such views, but they are now bold
ly avowed by the highest diplomatic author
ity, and countenanced by too many individ-
uals for them to be passed over with the in
difference with which we might otherwise
meet them, were they confined simply to
Mr.. Brown, as counsel. BY their real mer-
its we propose to try them. Should the re-
suit prove unfavorable to the government, it
must endure and correct; if otherwise, its
opponents will be found in the unenviable
position Of cavaliers without reason, and
revolutionists without reform.
But before entering upon these vexed
questions, it should be distinctly understood
that in dealing with the views and actions of
MIR. Brown as counsel, we are very far from
believing that they will be either entertained
or countenanced by the government Of the
United States. They are to be attributed
rather to the s%trangcness Of his temperament
and the bitterness with which he has been
found to pursue his personal enmities, by
which his diplomatic course has apparently
been greatly affected. The hostile influence
Of late so ZealOusly brought to imDede and