Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-04-01


rules, absolutely where the nature of the subject
permits, and as closely as possible in all cases
whore such absolute observance shall be impos.
sble.
|. The merchants Of either republic then re.
siding in the other, shall be allowed to remain
twelve months, Qor those dwelling in the int.
ror,) and six months (for those dwelling at the
seaports,) to collect their debts and settle their
affairs; during which periods, they shall enjoy the
same protection, and be on the same footing, in
all respects, as the citizens subjects oil the most
friendly nations; and, at the expiration thereof,
or at any time before, they shall have full liberty
TO depart, carrying off all their effects without
molestation or hindrance; conforming therein 10
the same laws which the citizens or subjects OF the
most friendly nations, are required 10 conform to.
Upon the entrance Of the armies OF either nation
into the territories OF the other, women and chill
dren, ecclesastics, scholars OF every faculty. cul.
tivators Of the earth, merchants, artzans, manu-.
facturers and fishermen, uDarmed and inhabiting
unforti6ed towns, villages or places and in general
all persons whose occupations are for the common
substance and benefit Of mankind, shall be al
lowed 10 continue their respective employmens
unmolested in their persons. Nor shall their
houses or goods be burn, or otherwise destroyed,
nor their cattle taken, nor their fields wasted by
the armed force into whose power, by the events
Of war, they may happen to fall; but if the ne
cessi,y arise 10 take anything from them for the
use OF such armed force, the same shall be paid
for at equitable price. All churches, hospitals,
schools, colleges libraries, and other establish
ments, for charitable and beneficent purposes,
shall be respected, and all persons connected
with the same, protected in the discharge OF their
duties, and the pursuit Of their avocatons.
2. In order that the fate OF prisoners OF war
may be alleviated, all such practices as those Of
sending them into distant. Indictment. or unwhole>
some districts, or crowding them into close and
noxious places, shall be studiously avoided
They shall not be confined in dungeons, prison.
ships, or prisons; nor to be put in irons, or
bound, or otherwise restrained in the use of their
limbs. The officers shall enjoy liberty on their
paroles, within convenient districts, and have
comfortable quarters; end the common soldiers
shall be disposed in cantonments, open and ex
tensve enough for air and exercise, and lodged
in barracks as roomy and good as are provided
by the party in whose power they are for its own
troops. But il any officer shall break his parole
by leaving the districts so assigned him, OF. any
other prisoner shall escape from The limits or his
cantonment, after they shall have been designa
ted to him. such individual. officer. or other pIis>
oner shall forfeit so much OF the benefit Of this
article as provides for his liberty on parole or in
cantonment. And il an officer so breaking his
parole, or any common soldier so escaping from
the limits assigned him, shall afterwards be found
in arms, previously to his being regularly exchan
ged, The person so offending, shall be dealt with
according TO tie established laws Of war. The
officers shall be daily furnished by the party in
whose power they are with as many rations, and
OF the same articles as are allowed either in kind
or by commutation, to officers OF equal rank in
its own army; and all others shall be daily fur
nshed with such ration as is allowed 10 com.
mon soldier in its own service: the value OF all
which supplies shall, at the close OF the war, OF
at periods to be agreed upon between the respec.
tive commanders. be paid by the other party. on
a mutual adjustment OF accounts for the subsis.
tence Of isoners; and such accounts shall not be
mingled with or set off against any others, nor the
balance due on them ibe withheld. as a compen.
sation or reprisal for any cause whether. real or
pretended. Each party shall be allowed to keep a
commissary Of prisoners, appointed by ITSELF
with every cantonment OF prisoners, in possession
OF the other; which commissary shall see the pris
oners as often as he peases; shall be allowed tc
receive. exempt from all duties OF taxes, and tc
distribute. whatever comforts may be sent 10 then
by their friends; and shall be free to transmit hi
reports in open letters to the party by whom h,
is employed
And it is declared that neither the pretence tina
war dissoves all treaties nor any other whateve
shall be considered as annulling or suspendin,
the solemn covenant contained in this article
On the contrary the state OF war is precisely tina
) for which it is provided; and during which, it
stipula,ions are to be as sacredy observed as tn
most acknowledged obligations under the law 0
nature or nations.
ARTICLE XIII.
, The treaty shall be ratified by the President O
the United States Of America, by and with tn
advice and consent OF the Senate thereof; and b,
the President Of the Mexican republic, with tn
previous appreciation Of its General Congress
and the ratification shall be exchanged in the cit
. Of Washington, in four months from the date o
signature hereof, Or sooner if practicable.
In faith whereof, we, the respective penipo
tenares, have signed this treaty OF peace, friend
! ship, limits. and settlement; and have hereunt
+ affixed our seals respectively. Done in quintu
plica,e, at the city Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, on tn
second day of February. in the year OF our Lor
one lhousane eight hundred and Forty eight.
N. P. TRIST. f.. 81
LUIS G. CUEVAS, IL. 81
BERNARDO COMIC, H.. S.
MIG. ATRlSTAIN, l.. S.
Additional and secret article of The treaty. trieno
ship, limits. and settlement, betroeen the Uni
ted States of America and the Mexican repub