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

contractiiiparlies shall be at war with
third partFnd the other neutral, the flag
of the nelal shall cover the property OF
enemies, hose government acknow-
ledge this Finciple, and not of others.
.Articie Is.
Both correcting parties, wishing to Ia
vor their Mutual commerce, by attordhg
in their pok every necessary assistance
to their respective merchant vessels, have
agreed, that tle,sailors who shall desert
fror theiryessek in the ports ofthe other,
sbill be arrested and delivered up, at the
iistance Of the consul, who shall prove,
nevertheless, tina the deserters belonged
!, to the vessels thatclaim them, exhibiting
the document that's customary in their
nation; that is to sayshc American consul
in Spanish port, shall exhibit the docu-
ment known by the name OF articles, and
the Spanish consul in America ports, the
| Roll of the vessel; and + the name ofthe
deserter or deserters, who are claimed
shall appear in the one orthe other, they
shall be arrested, held in custody, anddc-
livered to the vessel to which they shall
belong.
1 article Ia.
The United States hereby certify that
they have not received any compensation
from France, for the injuries they suffered
from herprivateers, consuls, and tribu-
nails, on HE coasts, and IN the ports of
Spain, ir the satisfaction Of which pro-
vision made by this treaty; and they
, will pretnt an authentic statement ofthe
prizes nhde, and Of their true value, that
Spain ay avail herself of the same, in
such m hner as she may deem just and
) proper
.frticie IS.
The Unied States, to give to his Ca
tholic MAJESTY proof of their desire to
cementIthe relations Of amity subsisting
between the two nations, and to favor the
commercdof the subjects ofh his Catholic
:. Majesty, Iree that Spanish vessels, COM
ing laden ,nly with productions of Spa
nish grown or manufactures, directly
from the Iprts of Spain, or of her colo
MES, shalbe admitted, for the term of
twelve ye$rs, to the ports of Pensacola
and St. Augustine, in tie Florielas, with
out paying other or higher duties ON
their cargnes, or of tonnage, than will
be paid by the vessels of the United
States. During the said term, no other
nation shall enjoy the same privileges
within the coded territories, The twelve
years shall commence three months after
the exchange of the Publications Of this
treaty.
article Is.
The present treaty shall be ratified in
due form, by the contracting parties, and
the notifications shall be exchanged in six
months from this time, or sooner, ifpos-
sible.
In witness whereof, we, the under
written pienipotentiaries OF the United
States OF America, and OF his Catholic
| Majesty, have signed, by virtue of our
powers, the present Treaty of Amity,
Settlement, and Limits, and have there
unto affixed our seals, respectively.
Done at Washington, this twenty second day
Of February, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen.
| [sEaL.] JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
| fsEar LUIS DE ONiS.
| And whereas his Catholic Majesty did, on tF
our Lord one Thousand eight hunt!red and TIVE
rat, lcation is in the words and Of the tenor foil
[TaANstArioS.1
Ferdinand the Seventh, by the grace Of God,
| and by the constitution Of the Spanish mo-
| narchy, king of the Spains
| Whereas, OH the twenty-sccond day of Fe-
bruary, OF the year one Thousand eight hundred
and nineteen last past, treaty was concluded
and signed in the city Of Washington, between
Don Luis De ons, my Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plcnipotentiarv, and John Quincy
Adams, Esquire, Secretary OF State OF the Unit
ed States OF America, compctenuy authorized
by both parties, consisting Of sixteen articles,
which had TOR their object the arrangement of
differences, and of limits between both gov
ernments and their respective territories;
which are of the following form and literal
| tenor :"
| Here follows the above
| "Thersfo-e, having seen and examined the
sixteen articles aforesaid, and having first OBJ
| tanned the consent and authority of the Gene
raj Cortes otthe nation with respect to the ces-
sion mentioned and stipulated in the Cd and Sd
articles, approve and ratify all and every one
of the articles referred to, and the clauses
which are contained in them; and, in virtue
OF these presents, approve and ratify them;
promising, on the faith and word of King, to
execute and observe them, and cause them to
be executed and observed entirely as if N.Y.
self had signed them: and that the circ,lrn-
stance of having exceeded the term Of six
months, fixed for the exchange of the ratfca-
tons in the 18th article may afford no obsta-
Gle in any manner, it is my deliberate will that
| the present ratification be as valid and firm.
and produce the same effects, as if it had been
done within the determined period. DESTROYS
at the same time of avoiding any doubt or am
biguity concerning the meaning Of the 9Th
article ofthe said treaty, in respect to the date
which is pointed out in it as the period for the