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dred and sxty-One.
WILLIAM II. SEWARD. H.. S.
W. r. RAASLOFF. L. 8.
And whereas the said addit onal articles
have been duly ratified on both parts and
the respective ratifcations Of the same were
exchanged in the city of Washington, on
the eighteenth instant, by William II. Sew
ard, Secretary of State Of the United States,
and w. r. Raasloff, Charge d'Aaaires Of
His Majesty the King Of Denmark in the
United States, on the part Of their respec-
tive governments:
Now, therefore, be it known that |, Abra.
ham Lincoln, President Of the United States
Of America, have caused the said additional
articles to be made public, to the end that
the same aud every clause and article there.
of may ba observed and fulfilled with good
faith by the United States and the citizens
thereof
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done in the city Of Washington this
twentieth day Of September, in the
Il. 9. year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty -one, and of the
Independence of the United States
the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
WILIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary Of State.
Treaty between the United States Of Amer.
lea and the Ottoman Empire. Con-
cluded at Constantinople, February 25,
1852; rati6cations exchanged, June s,
1862; proclaimed by the President Of
the United States, July 2, 1862.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
MHEREAs a treaty OF commerce and
navigation between the United States of
America and the Ottoman Empire was
concluded and signed by their respective
Plenipotentiaries at Constantinople on the
twenty-iifth day of February last, which
treaty, being in tho English and French
languages, is word for word, as follows:--
Treaty Of Commerce aud Navigation be.
tween tho United States Of America and
the Ottoman Empire.
The United s ates Of America on the
one part, and his Imperial Majesty the Sui.
tan Of the Ottoman Empire on the other
part, being equally animated by the desire
Of extending tho commercial relations be
tween their respective countries, have
agreed, for this purpose, to conclude q
treaty Of commerce and navigation, and
have named as their respective Pleuipoten
tiaries, that is to say: The President O
the United States Of America, Edward Joy
Morris, Minister Resident at the Sublim,
Porte; and his Imperial Majesty the Sultar
Of the Ottoman Empire, his highness Ne
hemld Emin Aali Pacha, Minister Of For.
eign Affairs, decorated with the lmperla
oreers Of tho 0thmanieh 10 Brlliants, thu
ATajidieh, and Order of Merit Of the frs
class, and the grand crosses Of several for
eign orders; who, after having communi
Gated to each other their respective ful
powers, found In good and due form, hsv,
agreed upon the following articles:-
ARTICLE I. All rights, privileges, and i'm
munities which have been conferred on th,
citizcns or vessels Of the United States q
America by the treaty already existing be
tween the United States Of America an,
the Ottoman Empire, are confirmed, nov
and forever, with the exception Of thos
clauses Of the said treaty which il is th'
object Of the present treaty to modify; an,
IL Is moreover expressly stipulated that al
rights, privileges, or immunities which th
Sublime Porte now grants or may hercaf
ter grant to, or suffer to be enjoyed by tn
subjects, ships, commerce, or navigation O
any other foreign Power. shall ha equal,
granted to and exercised and enjoyed b,
the citizens vessels, commerce, and navi
cation Of the United States Of America.
ARTICLE II. The citizens Of the Unite,
States Of America, or their agents, shall b
permitted TO purchase, at all places in th
Ottoman Empire and its possession.
(whether for the purposes of internal trad
or Of exportation,) all articles, without an,
exception whatsoever, the produce or man
ufacture Of the said Empire and possessions
and the Sublime Porte having, in virtue q
the second article Of the convention q
commerce Of the 18th of August, 1885
with Great Britain, formally engaged u
abolish all monopolies Of agricultural pro
duce, or Of every other article whatsoever
as well as oil "permits" (tezkerehs) fror
the local governors, either for the pnrchas
OF any article or for its removal from on
place to another when purchased, any q,
tempt to compel the citizens Of the Unite,
States Of America to receive such "per
mits" from the local governors shall b
considered as an infraction Of this treaty