The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-03-14

Vol. II.

contrscting parties shall be at war with .
thlid party, and the other neutral, the !lag OF
the neutral shall cover the properly II coo:
uIes, whose government acknowledge this
principle, and RoI Of others
Article IS.
Both contracting partics, wishing TO favor
their mutual CONNIE &C by affordnS in their
ports every necesssty assistance to their ro-
spective merchant vessels, have agreed, that
tho sailors who shall desert from iheir YES.
sells IN the ports Of the other, shall be arrest
ed aud delivered up, at the instance OF tho
consul, who shall prove, nevertheless, that the
deserters belonged TO the vessels that claim
them, cxhibitins the documen, that is cue.
tomary In thei, pa,iun hat is TO ssy, ho
American consul IN a Spanish port, shal, tx-
hibit the document known by the name al hr.
.icies, and the Spanish consul IN American
ports, lhe Roll Of the vessel; aud II the nan,o
OF the Geser,er OF deseriers, who are claimed,
shall appear in the one or the other, they
shall be arrested, held in Gus ,ody, aud deliver
ed to tho vessel TO which they shall belong.
ARTICLE 10.
The United Sts,eS hereby certify thar they
have not received ny compensation om
France, for The injoies they ruHered irom
her pIivatcers, Consuis, aud tribunals, on tho
coasts, and IN the ports OF Spain, for the sa,is-
faction Of which provision is made by this
treaty and they will present an oa'hentie
sta'emebt Of the p,ises made, and OF their
true value, thet Spain may avail herpelf OF bo
same, IN such manner as she may deem just
end proper.
ARTICLE Is.
The United Sloi,s, 10 give TO his Caholis
Msjesty proof of their desire to cement the
relations OF sm'y subsis,ing between he vc
nations, and To favo, the commerce OF ,hs
subjects Of his Catholic III jrs'y, agree thas
Spanish vessels, coming laden only with roo
ducti0os OF Spanish growth or manptactures.
di'ec'ly from the pois Of Spain, or Of hes CO.
lonies, shall bo admi'ted, foc, tho term CT
twelve years, 10 the po's OF Pensacola and
St Augustine, in he Foridas, without pay
iDg oiher or highe' duties on thoir carPoess
or 6t tonnage, than will be paid by the vessels
Of the United States. During the said te .Tn.
no other nation shals enjoy the same piist.
leges within the ceded territories. The
,weive years shall commence three poDlhs
Of the exchange of the raiRca,ioSs OF shts
treaty '.-..,
ARTICLE i6
The present treaty shall be ratihe in dee
form, by the contracting parties, and tho fs,i.
fications shall be exchanged in six months
from this time, Or sooner, If possible.
In witness whereof, we, the underwritteo
Penpotenliares Of the United States Of a.
merica, aud Of his Catholic Majesy, n..s
signed, by virtue It our powers, lAe, pr
Treaty Of Amity, settlement, and Limits nj
have thereunto affixed our seals, fespest've.
".
Done a, Washington, this twenty seeoni
Aa, s Ezl.. Il .sr-n. lr.A
ard nineteen.
rsIAL] JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
CsEAL LUIS De .ONIS,
And Whereas his sa d Ca, ,holc NJ ics,y did
on the twenty .fosrh day Of October, IN tho
year Of on Lpd one thousand eight bund ed
aod-ven,y, ra,ify and conf IN the said treaty,
which ratification is in the words and Of the
tenor following
F-rdnand the Seventh, BY the grace o.
God, aud by the constitution of the Spanish
monarchy, king Of The SPANS.
Whereas, on the twenty second day Of Feb.
ruaty, Of the ye - thousand eight hundred
and nineteen last past, rN,eaiy was concluded
and stgn-d in the ci'y of Washington, be.
tween Don LUis De OnIs my Envy ".
ordinsty and Minis'e Plcnipoten,isIy and
JoaS QuincY ADAMS, Esquire. Secretary Of
Stale of the United States Of America, cqm.
peteotlY authorized by both parties, consisting
Of sixteen articles, which had fo' their object
the arrangement Of differences, and of ljm-
its between both governments and their re-
spective territories which are Of the follow.
ing form and literal tenor 3" ..-~
Here joilcrSs the above Tr,aty ,pord for rord]
Therefore, having seen and txf"ired
the sixteen articles aforesaid, and having FIRST
obtained the consent and authority of the Gen.
erh Cor,es of the nation with respect 70 the
cession mentioned and stipulated IN he I'd
and Sd articles, ! approve and ratify all and
every one Of the orioles referred 20, and the
clauses which are contained in them, and. in
virtue Of these presents, I approve and ra'ify
them promising, on the faith and word of
King, to execute and observe them, and cause
them TO be executed and observed entirely as