Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-29


tions.
9th. The contracting parties, DESTROYS, in the
mean time, OF providing against the eYils that
might arise to both, from unauthorized colo
mics of Adventures, on that part OF the Mos
quito shore, between Cape Gracias dos and
the River Chagres, promise, and obIge them
selves to employ their naval and land forces
against any individual or individuals, who shall
attempt to form establishments on the above
coast, without having previously obtained per-
mission from the Government to which 1t may
belong.
loth.To make the union and alliance contract
ed by the present Convention more intimate and
close, it is moreover stipulated and agreed, that
the citizens and inhabitants Of each state shall
have free entrance to, and departure from, the
ports and territories Of the other, and shall en-
ioy therein all the civil rights and privileges of
traffic and commerce; but they shall be subject
10 the same duties imposts, and restrictions,
as the citizens and inhabitants OF the state
themselves.
lltb.In consequence of this, their vessels Scar
goes, composed reproductions or merchandise,
domestic or foreign, and registered at the Gus
tom-houses of either of the contracting parties,
shall not pay, in the ports OF the other, greater
or tonnage, than those already established, or
which may be established for its own vessels
and cargoes; that is to say, vessels and cargoes
from Colombia shall pay the same duties OF i'm
portation, expectation, anchorage, and tonnage,
in the ports of the United Provinces OF Central
America, as if they belonged to these United
Provinces; and those from the United Provin-
ces of Central America shall pay, in the ports
Of Colombia, the same duty as Colombians.
18th. The contracting parties oblige them
selves to afford every aid in their power to the
merchant and national vessels OF each other that
may go into port to repair any damages they
may have received. They shall there be at IL
bertv to refit, increase their ornaments crews,
so as to be able to continue their voyage or
cruise The expense of these repairs shall be
sustained by the state or individuals to which
they may belong.
18th. TO suppress the shameful abuses that
may be committed on the high seas, by armed
privateers, upon neutrals and the national COM
merce, the contracting parties agree to extend
the Jurisdiction of their maritime courts to the
privateers, and their prizes, OF each other in
discriminately, whenever they shall not be able
to reach the port of their departure, or suspi-
cions may be excited Of :heii having committed
abuses against the commerce ofneutral nations,
with whom both states desire to cultivate last
ing harmony and good intelligence.
l4th. To prevent all disorder in the army
and navy of each other, the contracting parties
moreover agree, that, if any soldiers or sailors
shall desert from the service Of one to the ter
ritory of the other, even if the latter belong to
merchant vessels, they shall be Immediately re-
stored by the tribunal or authority within whose
Jurisdiction they may be found: provided, the
reclamation Of the commander, or Of the cap
tain of the vessel, as the case may be, shall
previously be made, giving description OF the
individual or individuals, with their names,
and that Of the corps or vessel from which they
NAV have deserted. Until the demand be made,
in form, they shall be confined in the public
prisons.
18th. TO cement the bonds of future union
between the two States, and remove every dit
ficulty that may occur to interrupt their good
correspondence and harmony, there shall be
formed Congress, composed of two Plenipo-
tentiaries from each contracting party, who
shall be appointed with all the formalities as
are required by established usages in the COM
mission of ministers of equal character among
other nations.
10th. The contracting parties oblige them
selves 10 lnleTpOSe tnelF SOou OlllCeS Will tHe
otherci-devant Spanish States Of America, to
induce them to unite in this compact of perpet-
ual union, league, and confederation.
18th. AS soon as this great and important OBJ
ect shall be accomplished, general Congress
shall be assembled, composed of Plenipotentia-
ries from the American States, for the purpose
of establishing, on a more solid basis, the init
mate relations which should exist between them
all, individually and collectively, and that II
may serve as a council in great events, as
point of union and common danger, as faith
full interpreter of public treaties when difhcul'
ties may arise, and as an arbitrator and conci-
lator in their disputes and differences.
18TH This compact of union, league, and
confederation, shall not affect, in any manner,
the exercise of the national sovereignty OF the
contracting parties, in regard to their laws and
the establishment and form of their respective
Governments, nor in regard to their relations
with other nations;- but they bind themselves,
irrevocably, not to accede to any demands OF
indemnity or tribute from the Spanish Govern
ment, or any other in its name, for the loss OF
its supremacy over these countries. They also
bind themselves not to enter into any treaty with
Spain, or any other nation, that shall in the
least prejudice their independence, butte main
tain their mutual interests on all occasions, with
the dignity and energy Of free, independent,