The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-23

panoiis who mag be established "a the terrific
RES o. dnminions OF the UHit.d States aud OF
IL. Federation vi iie CcutIe Uf AMERICA, shall
BE- respected and maintained ia the full enjoy
inent of their personal liberty and property,
unless then particular conduct shall cause them
To forfeit tins protection, which, III consideration
of humanity, the contracting parties engage to
give them.
ARTICLE 10Th.
Neitherthe debtsdue from individuals Of the one
nation 10 the indis Of the other, shares
nor moneys, which they may have IN public
funds. nor In public or private banks shall ever,
IN any event OF wal. OF of national difference, be
sequestered or conhscated.
ARTICLE 37th.
Both the contracting parties being DESTROYS oil
avoiding all inequality in relation TO their public
communication, and official intercourse, have "a
greed and do agree, 10 grant to the knvoys, MI
uistsrs and other Public AGENTS. the same iaVors,
liDmuntics and exemptions, which those OF the
most favored nation do shall enjoy; 1t beng
Understood that whatever fayors, nnmuntlcs or
privileges, the United States Of America OF the
Federation oithe Centre of America may mud II
proper to give the Ministers and Pubic Agents
any other power, shall, by the same act, be eH-
teudcd TO those of each OF the contracting par
ties.
ARTICLE 2Sth.
To make more elIectllal tine protection which
the United states and thc Federation of the Cen
tire Of America shall afford in future to the nayi-
CATION and commerce of the citizens of each o.
thcr, they agree TO receive and admit Consuls aud
Vice Consus in all the ports open To foreign com
meree, who shall enjoy in them all the rights,
prerogatiyes, and imnnnities, Of the Consuls and
Vice Consuis of the most favored nation; each
contracting party, however, remaining al libcr-
~ 10 except those ports and places in which the
admission and residence Of such Consuls may
not seem convenient.
ARTICLE goth
In order thar the Consuls and Vice Consuls Of
the two contracting parties may enjoy the rights,
prerogatlyes, aud immunlties, which belong TO
them, by thclrpublic character, they shall, be-
fore entering on the exercise OF their functions,
exhibit their commission Or patent IN due form
to the government TO which they are accredited:
and having obtained their creqintur, they shall
be held and considered as such, by all the au-
thoritcs, magistrates and Inhabitants, in the
Consular District in which they reside.
ARTICLE 30th.
II is likewise agreed, that the Consuls, their
Seer tnrics. Officers, and persons attached To the
service Of Consuls, they not being citizens OF the
country in which the Consul resides, shall be
exempt from all public service, and also from
all KIND of taxes, nnpoSts. and contributions, cx-
cept those which they shall be obliged TO pay ON
account Of commerce, or their property, TO which
the citizens and inhabitants, native and foreign,
OF the country in which they reside are subject,
being in every thing besides subject 10 the laws
OF thu respective States. The archives aud pa
pers OF the Consulate shall be respected in,iola-
bly,, and under no prcteXt whatever shall any ma
gIstiAtc seize, or in any way interfere with them.
Article 3lst.
The said Consuls shall have power to require
the assistance of the authorities of the country
for the arrest detention and custody of dcserters
from the public and private vessels of their coun-
try and for that purpose they shall address them
selves to the courts, judges, and officers coinpe
tent, and shall demand the said dcscrters in wri.
ting, proving 10y an exhibition of the registers OF
the vessels or ships roll or other public docu-
mcnS, that those men were part OF the said crews:
and ON this demand, so proved, wing, however,
where the contrary is proved the delivery shall
not he refused. Such descrters, when arrested,
shall bc put at the disposal of the said Cousus,
and may be put in the public prisons AT the re-
quest and expense of those who reclaim thcm, 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 arrested for the
same cause.
ARTICLE Sd.
For the purpose of more efiectualy protectm
their commerce and navigation, the two con-
tracing parties do hereby agree, as soon here
aftoras circumstances will permit them, to form
Consular Convention, which shall declare spr-
rially the powers and immmities oftho Consuls
and Vice ConSus Of the respective parties.
ARTICLE 33d.
The United States of America aud the Fed
GRAFTON OF the Centre of America, desiring to
make as durable as circumstances will permit, the
relations which are to be established between
the two parties by virtue Of this treaty, or Gem
ernl Convention of Pence, Anlty, Commerce,
and Navigation have declared solemniy, aud do
agree TO the following points,
LIST. The present Treaty shall remain in full
force and virtue TOR the term of twelve years. TO
be counted from the day ofthc exchange OF the
ratGcations, i'll all the parts relating 10 Com
merce and Navigation; and in all those parts
which relate to peace and friendship il shall be
permanently and perpctually binding ON both
pan ties.
Idly. II any one or more Of the citizens of ell
Their party shall infringe any OF the articles of this
Treaty, such citizen shall be held personally
responsible for the same, and the harmony and
good correspondence between the two nat ons
shall not be interrupted thereby; each party en-
gagins in no way TO protect the offender, or
sanction such violation.
3di, II (Which. indeed. cannot be expected
unfortunately, any of the articles contained in
the present Treaty shall be violated or infringed
in any other way whatever, il is expressly stipu-
lated that neither of the contracting parties i'll
order or authorize any acts Of rcprisal de-
clare wal against the other on complaints Of in
jurcs or damages, until the said party consider.
ing itself offended, shall first have presented To
the other statement ofsuch injuries or DANA
gcs, verified by competent proof, and demanded
justice and satisfaction and the same shall have
been either refused an unreasonably delayed.
4thly. Nothing in this Treaty contained shall,
however, be construed OF operate contrary to
former and existing Public Treaties with other
Sovercigns or States
The present Treaty Of Peace, Amity, Com
merce, and Navigation, shall be approved and RAJ
tilted by the President of the United States of A.
merica, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate thereof and by the Government of
the Federation of the Centre of America, and
the notifications shall he exchanged in the City
of Guatemala, within eight months from the date