Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-09-26

PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, treaty of commerce and navigation
between the United States of America and the
|. Ottomon Porte was concluded and signed al,
Constantlnople by the respective plenipoten-
tiarles OF the two powers, on the seventh dav
of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and the said treaty
was duly ratified by The President, on the part
of the United States, on the second dav of
February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty one, in pursuance OF
the advice and consent of the Senate, as signi-
fled by their resolution of the first day Of that
month and whereas, the ratification bv the
President, of the said treaty in the Turkish
language, and 10 translation thereof into the
English, annexed thereto, was exchanged al
Constaninople, on the fifth day of October.
eighteen hundred and thirty one, BY DAVID
PORTER, the Charge d'Afaires of the Unitei
States near the Sublime Porte. and NEpJIs
EFFENDI, Refs Efendi of the Porte, for the
Ratification of the Sultan; which convention.
as ratified by the President, in the English
version, Is, word for word, as follows:
The object OF this firm instrument, and the
motive Of this writing well drawn up, is, that
No treaty or diplomatic and official convention
having, heretofore, existed, between the Sublime
Porte, of perpetual duration, and the United
States of America; at this time, in consideration
of the desire formerly expressed, and of repeated
propositions which have lately been renewed by
that power, and in consequence of the wish en-
tertained by the Sublime Porte to testify to the
United States of America its sentiments of friend
shlp,-We, the undersigned, commissioners, in-
vested with the high office Of Chief of the Chan
Gerry of State of the Sabine Porte, existing for.
ever, having been permitted by His very Noble
Imperial Majesty to negotiate and conclude a
treaty, and having thereupun conferred with our
friend, the honorable Charles Rhnd, who has
come to this Imperial Residence, furnished with
'ull powers to negotiate, settle and conclude, the
articles of a treaty, separately and jointly with
he other two Commissioners, Commodore Biddle
aud David Oiliey, at Smy rna, have arrang-
ed, agreed upon and concluded, the following az
tces:
ARTICLEI.
Merchants of the Sublime Porte, whether
Musselmans or Kayaks, going and coming, in the
Countries, provinces, and ports, of the United
States Of America, or preceding from one port
70 another, or from the orts of the United States
to those OF other cor Is, shall pay the same
duties and other imp, that are paid by the
most favored nations; Ass. they shall not be vex-
ed by the exaction of hi 4yner duties; and in trav-
eling by sea and by land, all the privileges and
distinctions observed towards the subjects of 9TH
er Powers, shall serve as a rule, and shall be OBJ
served towards the merchants and subjects of the
Sublime Porte. In like manner, American mer-
chants who shall come TO the well defended coun-
tries and ports of the Sublime Porte, shall paw
the same duties and other imposts, that are paid
hxr, cbant Of mn tavp
ers, and they shall not, in any wav, be vexed or
molesied. On both sides travelling passports
shall be granted.
ARTICLE II.
The Sabine rte ay establish Shah6anders
| (C7nsuIs) in The United States of America; and
the United States may appoint their citizens to
oe Consuis Vice Consus, at the commercial
places in the dominions of the Sublime Porte
where it shall be found needfu to superntend the
affairs of commerce These Cnnsus or Vice
Cnnsuls shall be furnished with Berots or Fir
mans; they shall enjoy suitable distinction, ard
shall have necessary aid and protection.
ARTICLE III.
American merchants established in the well
defended States of the Sublime Porte, for pur-
poses of commerce, shall have liberty to employ
iSemsars (brokers) of any nation or religion, in
tiho DIS ilclCiduts VI o'uCl po"
ers and they shall not be disturbed in their at,
fairs, nor shall they be treated, in any way con
trary to established usages. American vessels
arriving at, or departing from, the ports of the
Ottoman Empire, shall not be subjected to great
Ier visit. by the officers of the custom-house anc
the Chancery of the Port, than vessels of the
most favored nation
ARTICLE ".
| If itigations and disputes should arise between
the subjects of the Sublime Porte and citizens o
the United States, the parties shall not be heard
nor shall judgment be pronounced unless the A
mericsn Dragoman be present. Causes in which
the sum may exceed FIVE hundred plasres, shall
be submitted to the Sublime Porte, to be decide'
according to the laws of equity and Justice CHI
zens of the United States of America, quietl,
pursuing their commerce, and not being charged
or convicted of any crime or offence, shall no
be moested; and even when they may have com
mitted some offence they shall not be arrested ant
put in prison, by the local authorities, but the,
shall be tried by their Minister or Consul, AM
punished according to their offence, following, il
this respect, the usage observed towards othe
Franks.
| ARTICLE ".
| American merchant vessels that trade to tho
dominions of the Sublime Porte, may go anc
come with perfect safety with their own flag; bu
they shall not take the flag of any other Power
nor shall they grant their flag to the vessels
other nations and Powers, nor to the vessels o
ra, abs The M;u,Star CousIlis and Wee CON