Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-16


established by other maritime movers
anu u Is agreed that adju sica ion shall
belhad witlrthe least delay possible and
u u shall be proved that the detention or
capture was unjust, il shall not only be
The duty OF the tribunal where the case
WINS tried 10 release the vessel and cargo.
but II shall decide the corresponding
indemnity for the damages and injuries
that may have been sustained, 10 be paid
by the captoIs, and i'm their detect, by the
government By whom they shall be com.
missioned.
XIV. Both contracting parties, wishing
TO favor their mutual commerce, by afford,
ing IN their ports every necessary as.
sistance to their respective merchant
vessels, have agreed that the sailors " ho
shall desert from their vessels in The ports
ot the other, shall be arrested and de.
ilvered up a, the instance of the consul
who shall prove, nevertheless, that the
deserirrs belong tn the vessels tina, claim
them, exhibiting the document that is
customary in their naiien that i,
To say, that the Spanish consul i'm an A.
merican port shall exhibit the roll OF
The vessel, and the American consul in
Spanish port the document known
by the name OF articles and If the name
OF the deserter or deserters who are claim
ed shall appear i'm tn one or the other.
they shall be arrested, held IN custody,
and delivered 10 the vessel 10 which they
shall belong.
XVI. His Catholic Majesty having
condescended tol make cessions TO the
United States which are specified i'm the
present treatyin compliment 10 the United
States, with the object of cancelling all
the, claims they have demanded of the
royal crown, the United States will Ger.
tity, IN due form, that they have not receiv-
ed any compensation from France for
the injuries they suffered from her pri-
vaieers, consuIs, and tribunals. on fLe
coasts and In the ports Of Spain and
they will present an authentic statement
OF the prizes made aud Of their true value:
that Spain may claim from France the
return OF this amount.
| AVll. Ii being mutually advantageou
| 10 the commerce of Spain and of The
United States, 10 facilitate the communi.
| cation between both nations for limited
time, n the territories coded by this treaty.
] GUM they can agree upon the regulations
relating 10 commerce, which may be best
| adapted TO favour the sane, the two high
| co tracing parties agree that Spanish
vessels which may arrive loaded solely
| with the produce or manufactures of
SPAN directly from the ports or colonies.
shall be admitted into all the ports of the
two rloridas That may be lawfully open
| TO the trade oil other nations, for the space
| OF twelve years, without paying more
duties for their produce or merchan disc,
nor greater tonnage duty, than what are
paid by vessels OF the United States.
| During said time, no other nation shall
be entitled 10 the same privileges i'm the
4 coded hs at, L., "A
begin three months after exchanging The
Publications of the present ireaty-at the
| expiration Of said time, Spanish vessels
| shall be received IN said territories on The
| same tooilng as the most favored nations.
AVlll. The present treaty shall NOT be
| ia force until ratified, in due form, by The
contracting parties aud the raliticalions
SHALL be exchanged IN SIN months from
| this time, or sooner n possible.
In witness whereof, we, the under writ
Ten Plenipotentiaries OF his Catholic Ma
! jesty and of the United States of Ameri-
ca, have signed; by virtue of our powers.
| the present treaty Of friendship and Ii
| mifs, and have tliereunto affixed our seals
respectively.
Done at Washington, this - day of
| February, 1919.
IA
| Communicated by Dir. Adansfo Don LUIS de Oni,.
| the 18th February, 1919.
The United States OF America, and his Ca
! tholic Majesty, desiring TO consolidate, on a
permanent oasis, the friendship aud good
| correspondence which happily prevails be-
tween thu two parties, have determined TO
settle and terminate all their differences and
professions. byd treaty, which shall designate,
with precision, the limits OF their respective
bordering territories III North America
With this intention, the President Of the
UHIied States has furnished with their full
powers John Quincy Adams, Secretary of
State of tle said Quilted States, and his Ca
| thoiic Majesty has appointed the most excel
lent Lord Don LUIS tie onis Gonzales Lopes
| V"ra Lord Of the town of Rayaces Perpetual
Regdor ct the Cooperation of the City of Sa-
| lamanca. Knight Grand Cross of The Royal
American order of Isabella the Catholic, de-
| coritrd with tie L,s Of La Yendec, knigIt
/ Pensioner of the Royal and distinguished Spa
! nisb Order of Charl., the Third Member of The
! Supreme Assembly, of The said Royal Order of
the Counsel OF his Ca holic Majesty, mis- Secre-
tAry, with exercise OF DEGREES, aud his Envoy
Extraordinary anu Minister PieDIpolentiary
near the United States OF America.
Aud TIE sad PlenipOtentIarles, after having
exchanged their powers, have agreed upo1
and concluded the following articles:
l. There slIal he firm and inviOla Die peace
ard sincere friendship between the Ii, States
and their citizens. aud his Catholic Majesty
ais successors, ana subjects, without excen-
ton OF persons or places.
III. tIsCathoIic Majesty cedes 10 the United
States, IN full property aud sovereignty, all
the territories which belong TO him. situated 10
the eastward of the Mississippi, known %, the
name Ut East aud West Florida. Tue adjacent
islands, dependent Oh said Provinces all public
iots aud squares, vacant lands, public edlficos.
Qualifications, barracks, aud ether buildings
~hich are not private property, archives and
documents, which relate directly TO the pro.
perry and sovereignty Of said provinces are
hciud ID n this article rha said archives and
documents shall he Icn in possession of Tie
ConmissarIes, o. officers, Of the IT, States.
duly authorized TO receive them
III. HE boundary line between the two
countries. west of the Mississippi, shall begi,.
On the Cali of Mexico at the month of the RI
ger Sabine. in the sea continuing nnlih Inn