Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-06-21

pretext whatever shall any magistrate SEIZE or in
any way interfere with them.
ART. 10Th The said consuls shall have power
require the assistance of the authorities of the
country for the arrest detention and custody of de-
serters from the public and private vessels of their
country, and for that purpose they shall address
themselves to the courts, judges, and officers COM
petent, and shall demand the said deserters in writ
ing proving by an exhibition of the registers of the
vessels or ships roll, other public documents,
that those men part OF the said crews; and OH
this demand, so proved, (saving, however, where
the contrary is proved, the delivery shall not be
refused Such deserters, when arrested, shall be
put al the disposal of the said consuls and may be
put IN the public prisons at the request and expense
OF those who reclaim them, to be sent to the ships
to which they belonged, or to others of the same
nation. But if they be not sent back within two
months, TO be counted from the day OF their arrest,
they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more
rested for the same
ART. 30th. For the purpose OF more effectually
protecting their commerce and navigation, the two
contracting parties do hereby agree, soon here
after circumstances will permit them, TO form
consular convention, which shall declare specially
the powers and immunties of the consuls and vice
consus of the respective parties.
ART. 31st The United States of America and
the Republic of Colombia, desiring to make dura-
Oe as winch
are to be established between the two parties by
virtue of this Treaty, General Convention of
Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, have
declared solemnly, and do agree to the following
points:
lst The present Treaty shall remain in full force
and virtue for the term ofwelve years, to be count
ed from the day of the exchange of the notifications,
IN all the parts relating to commerce and navigation;
and III all those parts which relate TO peace and
friendship, it shall be permanently and rerpetually
binding on both powers.
IDLY. If any one more OF the citizens of either
party shall infringe any of the articles OF this Tea
~. such citizen shall be held personally response
bic for the same, and the harmony and good cor
respondence between the two nations shall not
be interrupted thereby; each party engaging in
way to protect the offender, or sanction such vio-
| lation.
3dly. If, (what, indeed, cannot be eNpeced,)
unfortunately, any of the articles contained in the
present Treaty shall be violated or inringed in any
other way whatever, it is expressly stipulated that
neither OF the contracting parties will order
thorze any acts of reprisa, declare against
the other, on complaints OF injuries or damages, I'M
III the said party consd ring itself offended, shall
first have presented TO the other statement OF such
Injuries or damages, verified by competent proof,
and demanded justice and satisfaction, and the same
shall have been either refused or unreasonaby de-
layed.
4thly. Nothing in this Treaty contained shall,
however, be construed, operate contrary for
mer and existing public Treaties with other Sove-
reisns or States.
The present Treaty of Peace, Amty, Commerce.
and Navigation, shall be approved and ratified by
the President OF the United States of America, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate there
OIL and by the President of the Republic of Colom-
bla, with the consent and appreciation of the Con
greSs OF the same, and the ratifcations shall be
exchanged in the City of Washington within eight
months, to be counted from the date of the sigma
ture hereof, or sooner if possible.
| In faith whereof, We, the Plenipotentiaries of
the United States of America and of the Repub-
lie oil Colombia, have signed and sealed these pre-
sents
Done IN the city of Bogota, on the third day of
October, IN the year of Lord one thousand eight
hundred and wenty-four, in the forty-nnth year of
the Independence of the United States of America,
and the fourteenth of that of the Republic OF Co
lombia.
| sEAL. RICH: CLOUGH ANDERSON, Jr
lsEAL. PEDRO quail.
And whereas the said Convention has been duly
ratified on both parts, and the respective raiiica-
tons OF the same were exchanged, at Washington,
on the twenty day of the present month by
| DANIEL BRENT, Chief Clerk of the Department
OF State, and JOSE MARIA SALAzAR, LII. ID.
Fiscal OF the High Court OF Justice of the Repub-
lie of Colombia, and Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary thereof near the Govern
ment OF the United States Of America, on the part
! OF their respective Governments
! Now, therefore, be it known, that /, JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS, President of the United States,
have caused the said Convention to be made public
10 the end that the same, and every clause and ar
ticle thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with
good faith by the United States and the citizens
thereof.
In witnesses whereof, have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United
States TO be affixed Done at the CITY
ISL OF Washington, this thirty-frst day of
May, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-five,
and of the Independence of the United
States the forty-ninth
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
By the President: