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TREATY OF PACIFICATION BETWEEN THE MMCITA
TIVE JUNTA OF BUENOS AIRES AND TDE VICEROY

DON FRANCISCO XAVIER ELIO.

The-most Excellent Junta of B ,enos Ayres, and
-his Excellency Don Francisco Xavier Elio, wishiTig
to terminate the disagreeable d;thrences which have
taken place in these p ovinces,,have conferred their
lull powers,—the latter on Don Jose Jtilian Pcrez,
and the former on Senors Don Jose Az-vedo and
Don Antonio Garfias, that they may draw up a
mutual Treaty ; who.. having exchanged their
powers, have agreed CA n the following Articles
I. Both contra&ing parties, in the name of all
the inhabitants subj-el to their government, solemn-
ly declare, in the lace of the Universe, that they do
not acknowledge, nor will ever acknowledge-any
other SoVereign but Don Fe;dinand VII. and his
gitimate successors and descendants.

- 2. Notwithstanding the most Excellent Junta
considtrs itself without the necessary powers, in its
"present -situation, and that in consequence, there
ought to be reserved for the deliberaion of the Ge-
neral Cf-lt-Igress of the provinces wiiich is about to
assemble, the decision upon the weighty and-
portant-pointof the acknowledgement of the gene-
ral and extraordinary Cortes of the Mo'narchy, it :s
nevertheless declared, that the said Government re-
cognises the indivisible übity of the Spanish Nation,
of which the provinces 'of the river Plate form an in- "
tegral part, in union with the Peninsula, and the
other parts of America, which have no other SO.
vereign brit Ferdinand VII.

3. The Government of Bueno4.Ayres, firmly-per-
suaded.of the justice and necessty of assis:ing find
supporting the Mother Country in the sac►ed v. ar
which it maintains, with so much zeal and g}ors•,
against the Usurper of Europe, agrees with the
greatest pleasure in concerting means to remit to
Spain, with the utmost expedition, all the pecuni.
ary succours which the present state of heir rive.
hue enables 'them to transmit ; besides such as may
be collected from the generosity of the inhabitants,
for which purpose the government will adopt the
Most of licacions measures And exhortations.

4. In demonstration of the sincerity of their sen-
timents and principles, the 'Gotiernment of Buenos
Ayres offers promp ly to transmit a Manifesto to
the. Cortes, explaining the causes which obliged
them to suspend the mission of 'heir Deputies to it,
previous to the- abovementioned deliberation of the
General Congress.

5. The said Government wi4l appoint one.or,rriore
confidential p,rsons to repait to !he Peninsula, and
lay their intentions and wishes before the :general
and extraordinary Cortes.
C. The hoops of Buenos Ayres shall entirely eva-
cuate the eastern quartet of the river Plate, as far as
I.Truguly ; so,as that no other authority he tecog-
rused in it but that of his Excellency the Viceroy..
7. The inhabitants of the distriCts of La China,
qualeguay and Gualeguaychu, situated between the
vivers, shall remain subject to the Governer-lent of
the Viceroy ; and the other inhabitants to tliat of
the Junta ; the troops of neither of the two Go-
vernments being permitted to enter the provinces
or districts of each - other, without previous mutual
cormt.
. .

8. In the said respeaive jurisdiEtinns, no person,
of whatever rank, station, or condition, be
persecuted for the political opinions which' he may
have held,; or for having written any papers, taken
up arms, or on any other account whatsoever ; all
past conduct-being entirely forgotten, on account of
the cakimities which have happened on each side.
9. All the•artillery belonging to the eastern qtiar
ter shall remain at the several points where it now
is ; and the artillery which the vessels of Buenos
Ayres havei.which was taken by their crews, shall
be arso -reststed with. all possible expedition.
10. In ,the same manner all -the pi iioners shall
be mutually restored, of whatever class they may
be, which. have been made by-both Governments.
1. -His Excellency the Viceroy pledges himself,
that the PortuF,oee troops shall retire to their fron-
tiers; and eVatuate the Spanish territory, conform-
ably to the intentions ,of his Highness the Prince
Regent, manifested to both Governments. •
12. The Viceroy- will also -take care-to issue the
necessary orders, that all hostilities henCetorward
cease, together with the blockade of the rivers and
Coasts of hese provinces.
13. His Excellency will also transmit official dis-
patches to the Viceroy of Peru, and to General'
Goyoneche, communicating to theme the present
acct)mmodation. _

14. Every 'native of the eastern quarter rriq re-
turn, when he pleases; to% his home : and all who
desire it may reciprocally pass from the :one. terri-
tory to the other, remaining, in every rellefl, to
the quiet and peaceable .poSsession of their pro-
perties.

.15. Correspondence -and commerce by lanai and
by sea, between Buenos Ayres And Monte_Vcieo,
and their respeEliVe dependencies, shall be corn-
r!etely re-established in the same manner as they
were before the obstructions to intercourse.

16. In pursuance of the antecedent article,
every ship, national or foreign, may freely enter
the ports of both territories, paying in them respec-
tively such royal duties as shall be fixed by a sepa.
rate agreement which shall be entered into, by the
said Governments.

-17. In case of invasion by any toreign 'power,
bath Governments reciprocally bind themselves ro
-furnish all necessary succours for repelling the at-
tack of the enemy.
18. The Viceroy declares, that no variation of
sysCein shall take place; till the Cortes declare their
pleasure, which shall in every instance be duly com-
municated to the Government of Buenos Ayres.
ig.The said Got•ernments mutually bind them-
seh.tp,to the religious observance of what is' hlriin

'stipulated, making themsehel regponsible for the
consequences which any iofraaion thereof may pro-

duce.

';2O. His Excellency the Viceroy, and the Senor
Deputy from Buenos Ayres will appoint two officers,
who shall settle the mode of carrying into effea the
article with regard to the evacuation trf the eastern
qqarter by the troops, which shall be accomplished
with the greatest exrx:dition, as many of the troops
as possible being embarked at Colortia.
All captures which shall be made posterior to
the signing of the present treaty shall be restored ;
and with regard to preceding captures, the_stipula-
tions in the armistice of the 7th inst. shall be carried
into effeCt. .
22. All property of whatever kind belonging to
inhabitants of the eastern quarter, shall remain in
the power of its respetive owners, with the reser-
vation of the slaves whose namts are comprehended
in the lists given in by the Senor Deputy of Bue-
nos Ayre, he offering to leave at liberty to re-
turn to their masters, such of the elid negroes as
may wish to do so; and the execution of this arti-
cle shall be entrusted to the officers mentioned in
the 20th Article.

23. Should any doubt occur in future, with te-
prd to the fulfilment of any article of the present
Treaty, the same shall be amicably settled by'both

parties.
24. The present convention shall be in full force
from the moment of its being signed, and shall be
ratified at the end of eight days, or sooner, if pos-
sible.

In testimony whereof we have signed the above
Treaty, in the city of Montevideo.
JOSE JULIAN PEREZ:
IOt4E AZYNEDO
ANTONIO GARFIAS.

Mcitevideo, Od. 2r, t 8 r.

The articles of the preceeding Treaty are ap-
proved and ratified on my part, as shall be shown
by the conseq!tent effeels of the same.
XAVIER ELIO.
PEREZ, Secretary.