The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-02

patlbe with the publis nterest TO send to tho Sen
ate. as has been aone. mass OF corresponaence
and gives rise TO suspicious winch are unjust 10 him,
they are untrue and whose only effect can be 10
i.name pubic mina ny partial, and therefore, in
correct statements against tho award made by Mr.
Delossc. This Will appear 10 everybody the more
true when 1t Is remembered that Mr.. Fish did actually
take the initiative last year IN proposing Mr. Del.
iosse IL is in the diplomatic family here
that he did So and .hat he SO surprised the British
Minister by hs proposition that Dciiosse should ba
asked by jointly 10 accept tue place Of commis
sloner ina. Edward. returning home said 10 one
Il dou't xnow what will happen next begin to
think IL may snow blue Mr. FISH has just offered to
accept Dellosse as Commissioner"
say this IS an open secret here l have no doubt
Sir Edward Thornton will connrm my statement II
Mr.. Fish asks him 10 speak.
CONCERNING AWARD.
ffIth-Finiliy, as 10 the award. think we Of the
United States ought 10 remember that II II seems to
US .exoroantly great "to the OF President
Woosey u recent letter, We ought 10 remember,
saw that our view is necessarily partial Sir Aexan-
den Cali, the British Con. missioner, gave 1t h,s
judgment, sitting on oath, that SloOO0,eO0 was
due IRON Us. Mr. kellogg, the American cou-
MISSIONER gave 1t as his judgment that nothing was
due Sir Alexander said ne would
rather have nothing than less than Sl5 900 0C0 Mr.
no sum whatever, as III MS judgment what we were
10 obtain was worth no money We're any argumenis
presented Nv the American COMMISSIONER Unforta-
naeiy, as everybody knows, no minutes OF tue aeIb-
cratipns the Commission were made. But ev-
IDENTITY II fell TO Mr. Deiosse to make the award he
had heard all tho evidence ana arguments on botn
sdes he was the one impartial judge incre, ana upou
his oath and MS nonor ne had 10 decide IL was MS
uuty to be liberal on other side, tut 10 do what
him exact justice, aud u should be known
ihal ne, lived here for fourteen years, and
sIil lives here asserts now that he did do exact
justice Naturally tue subject IS dsagrecabIe TO him.
JUSTICE NIX. DELFOssE.
What think We vi the Unlted States ought to re-
member that Mr. Det0sse IS honorable and intel
genl man, who became arbitrator IN this case against
his will at our request; that no heard all The lesii
ulony oil both sides thus III position 10 form
judgment; that his long residence IN LUIS country
must nave made his leaning rather 70 our side, and
tnat any Case tue general Judgment mere against
the award Is necessarily partisan aud not founded on
"A complete knowledge OF all the facts; Tor even Dr.
Woosey, when no writes OF the award as ''cxorDt
tant" does without having carefully read all the
testimony and arguments and therefore JUICES with
out full knowledge; and II may fairly DO added That
II he bad boen present ut Haliiax ana had
listened To all the evidence, eminent and wIdoy re-
specled he Is he would still be partial judge
person III interestand thus more likely to be warped
insist upon this point because think we are
bound in honor to pay the award This Is aready tho
universal opiuiou, so lar is known. And doing
ought not TO cast unjust or ungenerous mputa-
upon The third arbitrator His judgment is dis
cnaracter. Our English COUSINS growled over the
Geneva award dong over THIS, put they did
not impute wrong TO the arottrutors. They turned
upon their own counsel. They complained that they
mad been Uutargueu; that Mr.. Evarts and the orhcf
Americans were ADLER men Than their own people, Let
Us III like manner, II we wish, mold Mr. Kellogg, Tho
American Com missioner, responsible, or ask why Mr.
Foster Mr.. Dana or Mr. Trescott made no more
impression the hign court before which tney
pleaded They servants and IL We should
blame tnem, even unJustiy, they must bear it, But
IL is an iuGecency turn upon honorable and hou
est gentleman, who request served an arbi
TRAITOR and try break down nis character because
his judgment dlspieases u.s. He seems 10 mo TO have
areauy suffered great injustice by the ase position
into which Mr. FISH uagenerously lei MN; anu u Will
be credltable 70 US II We force the controversy
city. That is aqueston which We are dcbarrsd from
dscusslng because was at our solicitation that he
took the place, aud because, moreover, those who
crticise hun do from u partisan standpoint aud
without knowledge of the case.