The true Democrat., 1855-10-16

| l enter into the same, and to remain and reside Tn any part thereof, respectively; to hire and occupy houses and warehouses, for the purpos- ses of their residence and commerce.; to trade Tn all kinds of produce, manufactures, and mer- chandlse of lawful commerce; and generally to 1 enJoy, In all their business, the most complete protection and security, subject to the general laws and usages of the two countries respec- lively. In like manner the respective ships of war, and post-office or passenger packets of the two countries, shall have liberty, freely and se- curely, to come to all harbors, rivers, and places to which other foreign ships of war and pack cts are, or may be, permitted to come; to enter into the same; to anchor and remain there and reft, subject always to the laws and usages of the two countries respectively.
 ARTICLE III.
 The two hig contracting parties agree that any favor, exemption, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce or naviga- ton, which either of them has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the citizens or sub- jects of any other government, nation, or State, shall extend, in identity of cases and crcum- stances, to the citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favor of that other -7yernment, nation, or State, shall have been gratultous; or in return for an equi- valent compensation, if the concession shall have been conditional.
 ARTICLE ".
 No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of either of the two contracting parties, of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territo- rles of the other contracting party, than are, or shall be, payable on the like article of any other foreign country; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the territories of either of the contracting parties, on the expor- tatlon of any article to the territories of the other, than such as are, or shall be, payable on the exportatlon of the like article to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be i'm posed upon the importation or exportation of any article of the growth, produce, or manu- lecture of the territories of either of the con- tractlng parties, to or from the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the like article of any foreign country.
 ARTICLE V.
 No other or higher duties or charges, on ac- count of tonnage, light or harbor dues, pilotage, salvage in case of average or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed in the ports of the two contracting parties, on the ves- ses of the other, than those payable in the same ports on its own vessels
 ARTICLE VI.
 The same duties shall be paid and the same draw backs and bounties allowed, upon the i'm portation or exportation of any article into or from the territories of the United States, or into or from the territories of the Argentine Confederation, whether such importation or ex- portation be made in vessels of the United States, orin vessels of the Argentine Confedera- ton.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The contracting parties agree to consider and treat, as vessels of the United States and of the Argentine Confederation, all those which, being furnished by the competent authority with regular passport or sea-letter, shall un- der the then existing laws and regulations of either of the two governments, be recognized fully and bona tfie as national vessels by that country to which they respectively belong.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 All merchants, commanders of ships, and others, citizens of the United States, shall have full liberty III all the territories of the Argen- tine Confederation, to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the manage ment of whomsoever they please, as broker, factor, agent, or interpreter; nor shall they be obliged to employ any other persons in those capacities than those employed by citizens of the Argentine Confederation, nor to pay them any other salary or remuneration than such as IS paid i'll like cases by citizens of the Argen- tine Confederation. And absolute freedom shall be allowed in all cases, to the buyer and seller to bargain and fix the price of any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into, or export ed from the Argentine Confederation, as they shall see good-observing the laws and estab- lished customs of the country. The same rights and privileges, in all respects, shall be enjoyed in the territories of the United States, by the citizens of the Argentine Confederation The citizens of the two contracting parties shall reel ciprocally receive and enjoy full and perfect protection for their persons and property, and shall have free and open access to the courts of justice in the said countries respectively for the prosecution and defence of their just rights and they shall be at liberty to employ in all cases such advocates, attorneys, or agents, as they may think proper; and they shall enjoy, in this respect, the same rights and privileges therein, as native citizens.
 ARTICLE TX.
 In whatever relates to the police of the ports. the ading and unlading of ships, the safety of the merchandise, goods, and effects, and to the acquiring and dsposing of property of every sort and denomination, either by sale, donation, exchange, testament, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also to the administration of jus tice, the citizens of the two contracting parties shall reciprocally enjoy the same privileges, l- bertles, and rights, as native citizens; and they shall not be charged in any of those respects with any higher impOsts or duties than those which are paid, or may be paid, by native citi- zens-Subnttng, Of cOu.se, to the local laws and regulations of each country respectively If any citizen of either of the two contracting parties shall die without will or testament in any of the territories of the other, the consul general or consul of the nation to which the deceased belonged, or the representative of such consul general or consul, ln his absence, shall have the right to intervene in the possession, administration, and judicial liquidation of the estate of the deceased, conformably with the laws of the country, for the benefit of the cre- ditors and legal heirs.
 ARTICLE X.
 The citizens of the United States residing in the Argentine Confederation, and the citizens of the Argentine Confederation residing in the United States shall be exempted from all com pulsory military service whatsoever, whether by sea or by land, and from ali forced loans, re- quisitions, or military exactions; and they shall not be compelled, under any pretext whatever, to pay any ordinary charges, acquisitions, or taxes, greater than those that are paid by native citi- zens, of the contracting parties respectively.
 ARTICLE XI
 It shall bo free for each of the two contract ing parties to appoint consus, for the protection of trade, to reside in any of the territories of the other party; but, before any consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be ap. proved and admitted by the government to which he is sent; and either of the contracting parties may except from the residence of con suls such particular places as they judge fit to be excepted.
 The archieves and papers of the consulates of the respective governments shall be respect ed inviolably, and under no pretext whatever shall any magistrate or any of the local autho- rites, seize, or in any way interfere with them
 The diplomatic agents and consuls of the Argentine Confederation shall enjoy in the ter ritories of the United States, whatever privi. leges, exemptions, and immunities are, or shall be, granted to agents of the same rank, belong ing to the most favored nation; and, in like manner the diplomatic agents and cOnSuls of