Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-12
NICARAGUA TREATY.
Conuention betpeen the United States of Emerict
and Her Britannia Majesty.


| and Her Britannia Majesty.
| The United States of America and her Britannia
Majesty being DESTROYS OF consolidating the relations OF
amity which so happily subsist between them. by
setting forth and fixing in convention their views and
intentions with reference TO any means OF commune
cation by ship canal which may be constructed between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way OF the river
San Juan de Nicaragua, and either both of the lakes
of Nicaragua Managua to any port or place on the
| Pacific ocean, the President Of the United States has
conferred foil powers on John NJ CLAYTON Secretary OF
the Right Honorable Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, Mem
Der of her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council,
Knight Commander OF the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenpo-
Tertiary of her Britannia Majesty to the United States
for the aforesaid purpose and the said penpotent ares
having exchanged their full powers, which were found
to be in proper FORM have agreed to the following ar
Giles:
ARTICLE 1.-The governments of the United States
and Great Britain hereby declare, that neither the
the other will obtain maintain Tor itself any
exclusive control over the said ship canal, agreeing
that neither will ever erect or maintain any Notifications
commanding the or in the vicinity thereof, or
occupy or torty, or colonze, or assume or exercise
| any dominion over, Nicaragua, Costa Rlca, the Mos
quito cost, or any part of Central America now will
either make OF any protection which either affords
or may afford, or. any alliance which either has
may have to with any staeor people, tor the pur
pose OF erecting maintaining any such Notifications
or OF occupying terrifying, or colonzing Nicaragua,
Costa RIGA, the Mosquito coast or any part OF Cen
trail America, or of assuming or exercising dominion
over the same nor will the United States or Great
Britain take advantage OF any intimacy, or use any
alliance, connexon, or influence that either may pos
with any State Government through whose territory
the sad canal may pass, for the purpose OF &C
curing holding, directly indirectly, for the c
the subjects OF the one any rights or advantages
in regard commerce navigation through the said
canal which shall not be offered on the terms
the citizens or subjects OF the other.
ART. 2-Vesses of the United States or Great Bril-
tain raversing the said'cana shall, in OF be-
tween the contracting parties being exempted from
blockade detention capture by either OF the bege
rents and this provision shall extend to such distance
from the two ends OF said canal, may hereafter be
found exped!ent to establish
ART Sin order to secure the construction OF the
said canal the contracting parties engage that if any
such canal shall be undertaken upon fair and equitable
terms by parties having the authorities OF the local
government governments through whose territory
the may pass then the persons employed in making
the said canal and their property used or to be used
for that object, shall be protected from the commence
ment OF the said canal to its completion, by the govern
ments of the United States and Great Britain from
just detention conhscaon, seizure, or any violence
whatsoever.
ART. 4-The contracting parties will use whatever
influence they respectively exercise with any State,
States, or governments, possessing, claiming to pos
sess, Jurisdiction the territory, which the said
canal shall traverse, which shall be the
applicable thereto in order to induce such States or
governments facilitate the construction OF the said
canal by every means in their power. And further
more, the United States and Great Britain agree to
their good offices, wherever and however may be most
expeden in order to procure the establishment OF two
Tree ports, one at eacn END OF the SAID canal.
ART. 5-The contracting parties further engage that
when the said canal shall have been completed, they
will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust con
fscaton and they will guaranty the neutrality thereof
that the said canal may be forever open and tree and
the capital therein invested secure. Nevertheless the
governments OF the United States and Great Britain, in
according their protection to the construction OF the
said CANAL and guarantying It's neutrality and security
when completed, always understand that this protec-
ton and guaranty granted condonally, and may
be Withdrawn by both governments or either govern
ment il both governments or either government, should
deem the persons or company undertaking or managing
the same adopt establish such regulations concerning
the traffic hereupon as are contrary to the spirit and In
tention of this convention, either by making unfair dis
ordinations in favor of the commerce of one of the
contracting parties the commerce OF the other or
by opposing oppressive exactions unreasonable tolls
upon passengers vessels goods, wares merchandise
other articles Neither party, however, shall withdraw
the aforesaid protection and guaranty without hrst
giving SIX months notice to the other.
ART. 6-Ihe contracting parties IN this convention
engage to invc every State with which both or either
have friendly Intercourse, to enter into stpulatons with
each other, to the end that all other States may share in
the honor and advantage OF having contributed TO q
work ofsuch general interest and Importance as the
canal herein contemplated. And the contracting parties
likewise agree that each shall enter into treaty spula-
tons with such OF the Central American States as they
may deem advisable for the purpose of more efectualy
carrying out the great design otths convention name
ly, that OF constructing and maintaining the said canal
a. snip COMMUNICATION between the two oceans, ion
the benefit OF mankind, on equal terms TO ALL and opro
teetng the sarpe and they also agree that the good
offices OF either shall be employed when requested by
the other in aiding and assisting the negotiation such
treaty spulatons; and should any difference arise
to right Of property over the territory through which
the said canal shall pass between the States govern
ments of Central America and such differences should
in any way impede obstruc the execution of said ca
nal the governments of the United States and Geat
Britain will their good offices 10 settle such differ
in the manner best suited to promote the
of the said canal and to strengthen the bonds of
friendship and alliance which exists between the con-
racting parties
ART. I'll being desirable that time should be
lost in commencing and constructing the
aid canal, the governments of the United States and