Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-28
[oFFICIAL
by the President of the United States
OF America.
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, an additional article to the treaty for
the suppression OF the African slave trade, be-
tween the United States OF America AMI her Brit
anuc majesty OF the It'll of April, 1852 was con-
Guided aud signed at Washington 10y their Fcspec.
tive plempocntaries on he l7th day uf FcDrut-
ry, 1858, which additional article is, word for
word, as folows:-
Additional Article to the Treaty between the
Cnitci Safes of America and her Britannia
Maj sty, for the suppression OF the African
slave trade, signed at Washington April 7, 1852
WIereaS, by the FIST article OF tho treaty be-
tween the United STATES of America aud her
Mijesty the Queen of the UniCed Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, for The SuPprcSsi N of
The African slave trade sigued AT w tsAlUS-f on
the 7th OF April, 1852 it was stipulated aud agreed
that iii ships of the respective navles Ui the
TWO high contracting parties which shall be pro-
vltd with special Instructions for that purpose
IheI einatIer mentioned, may visit euch mer-
chant vessels of the two nations may, upon
reasonable grounds, he suspected Of being ell
gagged in the African slave trade, or OF hAviug
been fitted out for that purpose, or Of having,
during the voyage on which they are met Ivy SAID
cruisers, been engaged i'll the African slave trade
contrary to the pruvi6t of the said treaty; and
that sach ui>elS may deiain aid send or carry
AWAY such vessels in order that they may be
brought 10 trla! in the manner hereinafter agreed
UPON md where as it was by the said article furt
stipulated and agreed the reciprocal riSL VI
search and detention should be exercised only
WlIHlH inc distance OF TWO nuHQfcu miles IiOln
tile coast of Africa, and 10 the southwark of the
thrty-seconi parallel Of north latitude, and with
in thirty leagues from the coast of the island vt
Cuba; and whereas the two high contracting
parties are DESTROYS of rehde. ing the said treaty
sun more etitacluus for its purpose, the plenIpu-
tenilaraS VINO signed the said treaty have, IN
virtue OF their full powers, agreed that the recip
roral right of visit and detention, as defined III
tue a. tlce aforesaid, may be exercised also with
IN tiiifty leagues of tho island OF Madagascar
within thirty Leagues of the island OF Puerto
Rico, anu within thirty leagues OF the island of
San Domingo.
The present additional article shall have the
same TO ce and validity at if il had been inserted
word for word in the treaty concluded between
the two high contracting parties on the 7Ih of
April, 1862, and sh ali have the same duration as
that treaty. 1t Shall be ratified, aud the ratiiica
tions shall be exchanged al l. Indon in six months
from this date, or sooner, if possible.
La witness whereof the respective plenipoten-
tiareS have signed the same, aud have thereunto
affixed the seal of heir arms.
Done at Washington, the 18th day of Fehrua-
ry, IN the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred aud sixty-three.
Ill WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
IL, s. LYONS.
And whereas the sand additional article has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the respec-
tive Publications of the same were exchanged at
London on the 1st instant, by Charles Francis
Adams, Esq, envoy extraordinary and minister
pleDlpottntary OF the United States at the court
of st. James, aud Earl Russell, her Britannia
maiestys principal secretary of state for foreign
affairs, on the part of their respective govern
ments;
Now, therefore, be it known that 1, ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, president of the United States of
America, have caused the said additional article
to be made public, to the end that the same, and
every clause and part thereof, may be observed
and fulfilled with good faith by the United States
aud The citizens thereof
Ia witness whereof, l have here INTO set my
hand, aud caused the seal Of the United States to
be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this TWEEN.
ty-second day of April, in the year of our
IL. g. Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, and of the independence of
the United States the eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the president: WILLIAM II. SEWARD, secre-
tary of state