, 1860-02-18
QUE RELATIONS WITH MEXICO


Text OF the McLane.0ca1npo Treaty.
TREATY OF PEACE AND COMMERCE BE.
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE
MEXICAN REPUBLIC.
AEr1c1E1.
As an amptiGcation Of The eighth article Of
the treaty OF the 30th Of December, 1858, lie
Mexican Republic cedes to the United stutes
an1 ' us citizens and property, in perpetuty, the
from one ocean to the other by any kind Of
road now existing, or that may hereafter exist,
Doth Republics aud their citizens enjoying it.
ARTICLE II.
|! Bo!h Republics agree to protect all !lroutesp pow
exist!ng. OF that shu!l hereafter exist, over the
SAID lsttmus, and to guarantee the neutrality of
the same.
| Simultaneous with the first 1oad tIe Use of
any route Icross the said Istimus for purposes
OF acsual transit, the Republic Of Mexico shall
establish two poFts If deposit-tbe one on the
+: duty shall bc levied by tie Government Of Mex
leo upon foreign effects and merchandise which
| mas pass t0ag Ede by the said Istbmus, and
| which may not he intended for the consump-
ton Of tie Mex1caa Republic. No incumbrauce
or tolls shasl he imposed urnn foreign persons
1A- y hu4IA HA} FA.a " ku!o Iud0 QE-
| ynnd those that may be imposed upon the per-
sons and property Of Acxic.os. The Republic
| OF Mexico will continue to allow tue free and
untrauamelcd transIt Of the mails of the United
! st.tcs, provided they pass in closed mail bugs,
| anl they be not for distribution on the road.
upon snch m"!'s none Of the charges imposed,
nor 1T those which may hereafter be imposed,
shall be applied in any case.
ARTICLE II.
] Ttn Na~:r,1 bad -
ttb!'>Es for each Of the two ports Of deposit-tbe
one TN the east, the other on the west Of the
leshn,us-reSulAtions that will permit the effects
and merchandise belonging to citizens or sub.
jects Of the United States or Of any foreign
country to be entered and stored in warehouses.
~n,cl sha be erected Tor tl!at purpose, fee Of
all Tonnage or other duties whateyer, except the
necessary clafges for. carriage and storage,
| which! SAID effects and merchandise mar be sub.
'seqac,tfy Withdrawn for transit across the said
lstl:nsus, and for shipment from either Of the
sad ports Of deposit to any foreign port free of
alt tonna=e or other duties whatever; and they
| may likewise be Withdrawn from the sid ware
| houses fur sale and consumption, within the
| territory Of the Mexican Republic, On the pay.
ment Of such duties or impusts IS the said Mexi-
] can Government may be pleased to enact.
| An11cLEv.
The Republic Of Mexico agrees that should it
become necessary at any time 10 employ mill
tary iorces Tor the security md projection Of
| persons anu properly passing over any of the
routes Aforesaid, it will employ tho requisite
| fo:ee Tor that purpose; but upon failure to do
! TINS, from any cause whatever, the Government
| OF tie United States may, with the consent. or
III the request OF the Government nj Me1 leo. or
Of tue Minister thereof at Washington, or Of tue
competent legally appointed local authorities,
c'Til or military, employ such force for this and
Tor no other purpose; and when, in the opinion
Of t:c Government Of Mexico, the necessity
reas"s. such force shall be immediately With
drawn.
III Tue exceptional case, however, Of unfore-
seen or imminent danger to the lives or proper
y Of citizens Of the United States, the forces of
said Republic are authorized to act for their
protection without such consent harin. been
previously obtaiocd; and such forces shall be
Withdrawn when the necessity for this employ
meat ceases.
ARTICLE n,
The Mexican Republic grants to the United
Stntes the simple trtnsit Of its troops military
stores and munitions Of war ty the Isthmus Of
Tehuantspec, End by the trausit or route Of
communication referred to in this Convention
from tue city Of Guaymas, on the Gulf OF Cali.
tornia, to tic Rancho de Soga1es, or some suita-
ble point On the boundary line between the
Republic al Mexico and The Unite States near
the one hundred aud eleventh degree west iongi-
tude from Greenwich immediate nuticc thereof
beiug gisen 10 the locai authorities Of The Re-
public nj Mexico. And the two Kenubtcs
agree likewise, that it shall be an express stpu.
lanon, with the companies or enterprises to
WhoEi hereafter tile carriage or transportation
is granted, By any railroads or other means OF
communication, on the aforesaid ,ransits, that
the price for conveying the troops, military
stores and munitions Of war Of tho two I,enu6-
lies shalt be, ut most one.haff the ordinary fare
pa1d by the passengers or merchandise wlicl,
may pass over the said transits; it Lein. under
ssood That if the grantees Of privileges already
granted, or which hereafter may be granted,
upon ralfruads or other means Of conyes ance.
over said transits, refuse to receive for one alT
the price Of conveyance the troops, arms, mill
turv stores and munitions Of The United States,
the latter government will not iupart 10 then,
the pf otectlcn spoken Of III articles second and
ittl, nor any other protection.
ARTICLE VII.
The Mexican Republic hereby ce.cs to the
United States in pe'petnity, and to their citi-
zens and property, the right Of way or transit
across the Territory nf tile Republic Of Mexico,
from tic cities Of Ca:narso and Matamorss, or
any suitable point on tile RIO Grande, in the
State Of TAman'ira>, ria Monterey, 10 the mort
Q! Aazatsan, Ut the entrance of the Gulf cf CALI
ioihia, in~the State Of Snaloa, and from the
Rancho dc Soga}es, OF any suitable point on the
boundary line between the Republic Of Mexico
and tie United States, near the one hundred
Grecnwir1, RI MugdAsena aud Hermosilio, 10
the Ety Vi Gaavnlas, on the Culfo Of California,
III tue state Gf Son0Fa, urc- my railroad or
route "f communication, natural or artificial,
which may hnw or hereafter exist Or be con-
s'ructtd, to be used and enjoyed it the sume
'n4aner ~ and upon equal terms By both Repub-
tics, aud their respective citiz-ns, the Mexican
Republic. sc=er%ing always Ter itself the ,i:ht
Of soverelsnty which it now has upon all lie
transits spoken III IN the present T1en1y All
the sflf.nlaflons and regulations Of every kind
applicable 10 the righ: of war or transit across
tue ls'l'mus OF fehuantepec, that are or hare
brcn nGreed upon between she two Republics,
are hereby extended and applied to tie forego-
ing transits or rights Of way, excepting tile
right OF passing tr1ops, military stores. n6l
munitions of war, from, the Kio Grandc 10 tie
Gulf OF California.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Two Republics likewise agree that, from
the list Of merchandise here annexed, the Con-
cTc.s of the United Stntes shall select those
which, hcing the natural, industrial, or munufac-
lnret product Of either Of the two Republics.
may bc admitted for Falc and consumption in
either of tle awo countries, under conditions Of
a perfect reciprocity, whether they be consider
cd Tree ef duty, or at a rate of duty to he fixed
bT the Congress ri the United Staiea; it being
the intention Of the Mexican Republic 10 admit
tue articles in question at the lowest rate Ct
duty, and cren free, ii the Congress Of the
United States CONSENTS thereto. Their intro.
duction from one TO the other Republic shall be
made 1t :he points which the Governments OF
both Republics may fix upon, at the limits or
boundaries thercof ceded aud granted for the
transits, and in perpetui'y, by this Convention,
either ucross the 1sthmus Of Tehuantepec or
from9 Tie Gulf Of California. 10 the Interior
frontier between Ecxico and the United States.
If aHy similar privileges should be granted by
Mexico to other nations at the teru;jni Of the
afutesa1l transils uFon the Gnlfs Of Mexico and
Califoraia, aud upon :hc Pacific Ocean. it shall
be III consideration of this same conditions aud
stirulatiops Of reciprocity which are imposed
upon the United States By the terms .of this
Convention.
list OF MEncuAxp1sE AxSE1ED TO Article S.
-Aulmals of oil kinds pio"s ind locsc iron
bars; rsc:; poultry and fresh eggs; qu;cksil. ]
rrr; stouu coal; fresh, sailed, and smoked |
meats; Eood aad iron houses; raw hides;
horns; chile or red pepper; drawings md mod. |
els Of large G,aetin ri, buildings, monuments.
and boats; boats Ct all aszts and Glasses. for tbe
aviCa'ion Of the rivers IN the frontier: broctus1
nns' mat rial tor their manufacture; bride bits:|
..c -, Vi. .ea, and augarcd fruits; 1yrc, spaces
plates for printing or engraving, rules, vig- |
nestes, eud printing INK; printed books Of all |
classes hound in paper, {pamphlet boun.1);
hops timber, unw1ouGht, and dlifcwoud butter |
and chtese; geographical nnd nautical maps
aud topn graphical plans; marble, wrought and
unwroIsht; machines and implements for arri-
culture, farming, mining, for tue development
Of the eT:s aad sciences, and their fixtures,
either loose or for their repair; d1cwood; fish, !
tar, trrpcntine and astes; plants, trees and /
s!1rubbe r.; states for roofing purposes; COM
men s>'t; riding, saddles; palm-leaf hats;
plaster, ., paris. (gJpsrm); vegetables; IN:
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