The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-05
by TIE PRESIDENT or THE
UNITED STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, a Treaty of Friendship,
Commerce, and Navigation between the
United States Of America and the Re
public of Costarica was concluded and
signed in the city of Washington, by
their respective Plcnipotentiaries, on the
tenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
iifty-one, the original Of which Treaty,
being in the English and Spanish lang
uagcs, is word for word, as follows.
TREATY
Of Friendship, Commuce. and Mari
gation. Jetcccn Tie Unitcd States Of
AB,eyict d5td tie RePujtic of Cos
tarica.
In the name of the Most Holy Trini-
ity.
Commercial intercourse having been
for some time established between the
United States and the Republic of Cos
tarica, it seems good for the security as
well as the encouragement Of such com
mercial intercourse. and for the mantle
nance of good understanding between
the United States and the said Repub
lie, that the relations now subsisting be-
tween them should be regularly acknowl
edged and confirmed by the signature Of
u treaty of amity, commerce, and nayi
CATION.
For this purpose they have named
their respective Plenipotentiarics, that is
to say:
The President of the United States,
Daniel Webster. Secretary of State
And his Excellency the President of
the Republic Of Costarica, Senior Don
Felipe Molina, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plcnipotentiary of that
Republic to the United States
Who, after having communicated to
each other their full powers, found to be
in due and proper form, have agreed up
on and concluded the following articles /:
ARTICLE |.
There shall be perpetual amity between
the United States and their citizens on
the one part, and the government of the
Republic of Costarica and its citizens
on the other
ARTICLE III.
There shall be. between all the terri
tories Of the United States, and the ter
ritories of the Republic of Costarica, a
reciprocal freedom of commerce. The
subjects and citizens of the two coun-
tries, respectively, shall have liberty,
freely and securely, to come with their
ships and cargoes to all places, ports,
and rivers in the territories aforesaid,
to which other foreigners are or may be
permitted to come to enter into the
same, and to remain and reside in any
part thereof respectively also to hire
and occupy houses and warehouses for
the purposes of their commerce and,
generally, the merchants and traders OF
each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the
most complete protection and security
for their commerce subject, always, tc
the laws and statutes Of the two coun
tries respectively.
In like manner, the respective ship:
of war and post-oiice packets of the two
countries shall have liberty, freely anC
securely, to come to all harbors, rivers
and places to which other foreign ahip'
of war and packets are, or may be per
mitted to come, to enter into the same
to anchor and to remain there and reft
subject, always, to the laws and statute
of the two countries respectively.
BY the right of entering the place.
ports, and rivers mentioned in this arti
Gle, the privilege Of carrying on tb
coasting trade is not understood il
which trade, national vessels only Of tn
country where the trade Is carried o.
arc permitted to engage,