Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-27


powers who recognize this principle but, if
either OF the two contracting parties shall
be ut war with third party, and the other
neutral, the tago the neutral shall cover the
property or ecemies, whose government
acknowledge This principle, and not of others.
ARTICLE 5.
10th contracting parties, wishing - favor
their mutual commerce, by aifording i'll their
ports every necessary assistance to their re-
spcctivc merchant vessels, have agreed, that
the sailors who shall desert from their YES
sells in the ports of the other, shall be arrest
ed and delivered up, at the instance of the
consul, Who shall prove, nevertheless, that
the de,er'ers Belonged to the vessels that
claim them. exhibiting the document that is
Customary in their nation that is 10 say, the
Arnerlcsn consul in Spanish port, shall ex-
hbit the Document known by the name OF
| articles, and the Spanish consulin American
ports, the Roli OF the vessel: aid If the
name OF the deserier or deseit tiers, who arc
| claimed, shalt appear in the one or the other,
| they shall be arrested, held i'll custody, and
| delivered to the yesse, to which they shall
| belong.
ARTICLE IA.
The United States hereby certify that they
| have not received any compensation from
| France, for the injuries t,ey have suffered
| from her rrivaieers, consuls, antt tribunals,
ON the coasts, and in the ports OF Spain. iot
| The satistao ton OF which provision is mad :
| by this treaty; and they viii present an au-
| thentic statement Of the prizes made, and Of
their true value, that Spain may await herself
| of the sumo, in such manner as she may
deem just and proper.
| ARTICLE IS.
The United Safes, TO give to his Catholic
NJ. H..
| The relations at ani,y subs;sting between
| the two ra'iCus, and 10 favor the commerce
of the subjects cfhs Catholic M'jes,y, agree
! tha, Spanish vessels, coming laden only
| with productions of Spanish growth or ma
/ nuiac,ures, directly from the ports of Spain,
| or Of her Colonies, shall be admitted, for
The term Of twelve years, To the ports of
! Pensacola and St Augustine, in the Floridas,
| without paying Other or higher duties on
their csreoes, or ct tonnage, than will be
paid by the vessels of the Uni,ed States.
| During ,he said term, 10 other nation shall
enjoy the same privileges wi,hia the coded
! territories. The twelve years shall COM
mence three months after The exchange of
tic ratlfcatons of this treaty.
ARTICLE 10.
The present treaty shall be ratified in due
form, by the contracting parties, and the ra-
from this time, CT 500 er, if possible.
In witness whereof, we, the underwritten
| Plenipo,entisries CT the United States of
America, and of his Catholic Myjesty, have
| signed, by virtue of our powers, the present
Treaty Ut Amity, Settlement, and Limits,
| ard have thereunto affixed our seals, res
| pectively.
Done al Washington, this twenty second
day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen.
[sEAI.l JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
IsEALl LUIS DE ONIS.
And whereas his said Catholic NJ. Iesty did,
| on The twenty. fourth day of October, IN The
| year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred
and tw enty, ratify and Confirm the SAID treaty,
| Which ratification is in the words and of the
tenor following:
| TnANSLATIoN.
"Ferdnand the Seventh, by the grace of
| God, and by the constitution Of The Spa
| nsl, monarchy, king of the SPANS.
Whereas, on the twenty second day ofFs-
bIuary, OF the year one thousand eight hun
| dIet ard nineteen last past, treaty was
c. rclu led and signed in The city of Wash
| ingInn, between Don Luis de Onis, MY
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenpo-
tertiary, and John Quincy Adams, Esquire.
| Secretary of Safe IF the United States of
America, cnmpetently authorized by both
parties, consisting of sixteen articles, which
had for their object the arrangement Of diff
ferences, and OF limits between both govern
| ments and their respective territories which
are of the following form and literal tenor -
| Here follows the above Treaty, word for
word
"Therefore, having seen and exsmined
| the sixteen articles aforesaid, and having
fist obtained the consent and authority Of
| ,be General Cortes ct the nation with res
| peot TO the ctssiOu mentioned and stipulated
| in the second and third articles, approve
and ratify all and every one of the articles
referred to, and the clauses which are con-
tanned in them; and, in virtue of these pre-
sents, approve and ratify them; proms-
ing, on the faith and word of King, to exc
cute and observe them, and cause them to
be executed and observed entirely as if my
self had sigRed them and that the ciEcum.
stance Of having exceeded the terya Of six
| moatbs, fixed for the exchange of the rstifi-
cations in the 10th article may afford no OBJ.
stacle in any manner, IT Is my deliberate will
that the present ratification be as valid and
firm, and produce the same effects, as il it
had been done within the determined period
DESTROYS a. The same time of avoiding any
doubt of amb guilty concerning The meaning
of the 9th article of the SAID treaty, in res
poet To the date which is pointed ont in il
as the period for the confirmation of the
grants of lands in the Fiordas, made by me,
or by the competent authorities in my royal
name, which point Of Gate was fixed in the
positive understanding of the three grants of
land made in favor Of the Duke of hIagon,
the Count of Punonrostro, and Don Pedro de
Vargas, bsing snnuiled by its tenor, think
proper to declare that the said three grants
have remained and do remain entirely an
nulled and invalid; and that neither the
three individuals mentioned, nor those who
may have title or interest through then, can
avail themselves Of the said grants at any
time, or in any manner under which eSpli-
CT, declaration the said 8 h article is to be
understood as ratfeJ. In the faith OF all