OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE LAID BEFORE THE Tribunal of Arbitration, TO BE CONVENED AT GENEVA UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1871. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln........... Meeting of the Joint High Commission at Washington.. Protocol of the conferences as to the Alabama claims.. What the United States will attempt to establish....... II. THE UNFRIENDLY COURSE PURSUED BY GREAT BRITAIN TOWARD THE UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTBREAK TO THE CLOSE OF THE INSURRECTION. Relations of the United States with Great Britain prior to 1860.... Secession of Georgia and other States. Opposition to the territorial limitation of slavery the cause of secession.. Lord John Russell and the insurgent commissioners discuss the recognition |