Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-24
II r E A T 4
BETWEEN
Tie UNITED STATES efAMERIcA
AND
The FRENCH REPUBLIC.

L L
america, and the, First Consul of the
French Republic, in the name of the
French people, desiring to remove all
source Of misunderstanding relative to OBJ
iects Of discussion mentioned in the second
and fifth articles OF the convection of the 9Th
Vendemaire an. 8, (aoth September, 1900
relative to the rights claimed bythe Us. in
virtue of the treaty concluded at Madrid the
9th of October, 1895, between his Catho-
lie Majesty and the said U. States, and will
ling to strengthen the union and friendship
which at the time OF the said convention
was happily established between the two
nations, have respectively named their pie
nipotentiaries, to wit, the President of the
United States, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate the said states, Ro-
bert r. Livingston, minister plenipotentia-
~ Of the United States, and James Mon
roe, minister plenipotentiary and envoy ex-
traordinary Of the said states, near the 60
vernment of the French republic; and the
First Consul, in the name of the French
people, citizen Francis Barbe Marbois,
minister of the public treasury, who, al
ter having respectively exchanged their
full powers, have agreed to the following
articles:
ARTICLE l. WHEREAS, by the third
article of the treaty concluded at St. Idel-
fonso, the 9th Vendemaire, an. 9 (1st Oc-
tober, 1907 between the First Consul of
the French republic and his Catholic Ma
Sactv, ~ ,yo cy., trraaTl>oc fAlIowS.
His Catholic Majesty promises and
&C engages on his part, to cedeto the French
Sc Republic, six months after the full and
&C entire execution of the conditions and
g stipulations herein relative to his royal
90 highness the duke of Parma, the colony
q or province Of Louisiana, with the sans
" extent that it now has in the hands of
g Spain, and that It had when France pos
{. sessed it; and such as it, should be after
I" the treaties subsequently entered into
g between Spain and other states"
And whereas, in pursuance of the treaty,
md particularly Of the third article, the
French Republic has an incontestible title
10 the domain and to the possession Of the
said territory. The First Consul OF the
French Republic desiring to give to the
United States strong proof of his friend
ship, doth hereby cede to the said United
States, in the name of the French Repub
lie, for ever and in full sovereignty, the said
territory with all its rights and appurtenan
ces, as fully andin the same manner as the
have been acquired by the French Repnb
lie in virtue of the above mentioned treaty
concluded with his Catholic Majesty.
Article II. In the cession made by the |
preceding article are included the adjacer
islands belonging to Louisiana, al publ
lots and squares, vacant lands, and all pub"
lie buildings, Notifications, barracks, and
other edi6ces which are not private proper,
ty. The archives, papers and documents
relative to the domain and sovereignty O.
Louisiana and its dependencies, will be left
In the possession the commissaries5 of the
United States, andcopies we afterwards
given in due form to the magistrates and
municipal officers OF such of the said papers
and documents as may be necessary to- /
them.
Article III. The inhabitants of the ee-
ded territory shall be Incorporated in the
union of the United States, and admitted
as soon as possible, according to the prin-
ciples of the federal constitution, TO the
enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and
immunities of citizens of the U. States |
and in the mean time they shall be main
tanned and protected in the free enjoyment
OF their liberty, property, and the religion
which they profess.
Article ". There shall be sentby the go,
vernment of France commissary to Lou
islana, to the end that he do every act ne
cessary, as well to receive from the officers
of his Catholic Majesty the said country