Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-04-03
ORIGINAL.
TREATY

The United States of Am Ell lea and his
Catholic Majesty, desiring TO CONSOLE
date, ON a permanent basis, the friend
ship and good correspondence which
happily prevails between the two par
ties, have determined to settle. and ter
inmate all their differences and pretcn-
slons, by a Treaty which shall designate,
with precision, the limits Of their re-
spectlve bordering territories in North
America.
With this intention, the President of
the United States has furnished with
their full powers JOHN Quincy ADAMS,
Secretary Of State Of the United States !;
and his Catholic Majesty has appointed
the most excellent ord Don LUIS De
ONIs, Gonsalez, Lopez y Nara, Lord Of
the town OF Rayaees, perpetual Regidor
OF the Corporation Of the City Of Sale-
manca, Knight Grand Cross of the Row.
al American Order of Isabella the Ca
tholic, decorated with the Lvs of La
Vendce, Knight Pensioner Of the Royal
and distinguished Spanish Order of
Charles the Third, Member of the Su-
preme Assembly of the said ROYAL Or
der, Of the Council of his Catholic Ma
icsty--his Secretary, with Exercise of
DEGREES, and his Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Flenipoten,iary near the
United States of America.
And the said Plenipotentiaries, after
having exchanged their powers, have
agreed upon and concluded the follow
ing articles:
article |.
There shall be firm and inviolabie
peace and sincere friendship between the
United States and their citizens, and his
Catholic Majesty, his successors and
subjects, without exception Of persons or
places.
article 2.
His Catholic Majesty Codes to the
United States, in fail property and SOW
ereign,y, all the territories which belong
TO him situated to the eastwa ard of the
Mississippi, known by the name OF East
and West Florida. The adjacent islands
dependent on said provinces, all public
lots and squares, vacant lands, public
cdifices, Notifications, barracks, and other
buildings, which are not private proper
ty, archives and documents, which re-
late directly to the property and sove-
reignty of said provinces are included in
this article. The said archives and do
cuments shall be left in possession of
the Commissaries or officers of the
United States, duly authorized to re-
ceiye them.
Nrticie 8.
The boundary line between the two
countries, west of the Mississippi, shall
begin on the Calf of Mexico, at the
mouth of the river Sabine, in the sea,
continuing north, along the western bank
of that river, to the sgd degree of lati-
tude; thence, by line due north, 10 the
degree OF latitude where it strikes the
Rio Roxo Of Natchitoches, or Red
River; then, following the course of
the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree
of longitude 100 west from London, and
% from Washington; then, crossing
the said Red River, and running thence,
by a line due north, 10 the river Arkan-
sas; thence, following the course OF the
southern bank of the Arkansas, to its
source, in latitude 40 north and thence,
by that parallel of latitude, 10 the South
Sea. The whole being as laid down in
Melish's map of the United States, pub
lished at Philadelphia, improved to the
ist OF January, 1918. But, ifthe source
of the Arkansas river shall be found to
fall north or south of latitude 40, then
the line shall run from the said source
due south or north, as the case may be,
till it meets the said parallel of latitude
40, and thence, along the said parallel,
to the South Sea: All the islands in the
Sabine, and the said Red and Arkansas
rivers, throughout the course thus de-
scribed, to belong to the United States !;
but the use of the waters and the navi-
CATION Of the Sabine to the sea, and Of
the said rivers Roxo and Arkansas,
throughout the extent Of the said bounda.
ry, on their respective banks, shall be
common to the respective inhabitants Of
both nations.
The two high contracting parties
agree to cede and renounce all theil
rights, claims, and pretensions, to thu
territories described by the said line
that is to say: " The United States here
by cede to his Catholic Majesty, and re
nounce for ever, all their rights, claims
and pretensions, to the territories lying
west and south of the above described
line; and, in like manner, his Catholic
Majesty cedes to the said United State
all his rights, claims, and pretensions