The true Democrat., 1855-05-08

of the country; or the said Consuls, Vice Consus commercial agents or commercial agents, should require their assistance in executing or supporting their own decisions. But this species of judgment or arbitration shall not deprive the contending par ties of the right they have to resort their return the judicial authority of their own country.
 ARTICLE ?. The present Convention shall be in force for the term of twelve years from the day of its notifications; and further until the end of twelve months, after the Government of the United States on the one part the Free and Hanseatic Republics of Hamburg, Bremen, or Lubeck, either of them, on the other part shall have given notice of their in tentlon to terminate the same; each of the contract ing parties reserving itself the right of giving such notice to the other at the end of the said term of twelve years and it is hereby agreed that at the Prauon of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either of the parties from the othe thls Conventon and all the provisions thereof shall altogether and determine as far regards the States giving and receiving such notice; it being all ways understood and agreed that, if or more of the Free and Hanseatic Republics aforesaid shall at the expiration of twelve years from the date of the ratncatlon of the Convention give receive notice of the termination of the same, it shal nevertheless, remalr III full force and operation far regards the remaining Free and Hanseatic Republics or Re- public, which may not have given or received such notice.
 ARTICLE 3. This Convention is concluded subj iect to the notifications of the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate thereof and by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic Republics of Hamburg Bremen, and Lnbeck; and the notifications shall be exchanged at Washington within twelve months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.
 In witness whereof the respective Penipoentiaries have signed the above articles, as well in German as in English, and have thereto affixed their seals. Done i'll quadruplicate, at the City of Washing ton, on the thirteth day of April, A. D.. one thou sand eight hundred and ffty-two, in the seventy sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
 DAN'L WEBSTER, IL. s.1
 A. SCHUMACHER. L. S..
 And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts and the respective notifications of the same were exchanged at Washington, on the twentyt-tth of February last, by Edward Everett Secretary of State of the United States and Albert Schumacher, Consul General of the Hanse Towns in the United States, the part of their respective Governments:
 Now therefore, be it known that l. FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of Ameri- ca have caused the said Convention to be made pub lie, to the end that the and every clause and ar tcle thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af- fixed
 Done at the City of Washington, this sixth
 day of June, in the year of our Lord, one L. S.. thousand eight hundred and fitty-tlree and
 of the Independence of the United States o1
 America the seventy seventh
 FRANKLIN PIERCE. BY THE PRESIDENT:
 w. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.