Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-09

shall DO permitted TO accompany tho cio,aa
malls 10 their transit. Tho United btates IN
nmeroa, on their part, engage 10 grant 10
the United Mexican Btates The transit in
closed malls, FREQ from any postage dnties
lmposts, detention, or examinstion TbsteySr
through the United States OF AmeTioa' ~
any OF their possessions or Territories' Of
letters, newspapers, printed pamphlets or
other printed matter, forwarded from the
United Mexican states, or any Of their poa-
sessions or Territories, TO any other MeTicsn
possession or Territory, or 10 any forelgn
country, or from any foreign country, or
Mexican possession or Territory, 10 tho
United Mexican States, their possessions or
Territories. mall agent OF Mexico shall
be permitted 10 accompany the closed malls
In their transit.
ARTICLE VIII. The means Of making the
transit Of closed malls, under the stipula-
lions OF Article VII, Of the present eonVeu-
tlon, shall b arranged between the General
Poet-omce Departmsuts ofthe two countries,
subject 70 the appreciation OF each govern.
ARTICLE TX. In case Of the misfortune Of
war between the two nations, the mall ser
vice OF the two Post. ofices shall continue,
Without lmpodlmont or molestatlon, until
elN weeks after notification shall have been
made on the part Of either Of the two gov.
'ernments and delivered 10 tho other that The
service 10 be discontinued, and In such
case the mall packets OF the Two countries
shall be permitted TO return frtely and under
special protection to their respective ports,
ARTICLE X. Tho respective poslIoifico
regulations and rates Of postage OF each OF
the contracting parties shall Be communl-
Gated to, and all matters Of detail arising ont
Of the stlpulatlons OF this convention shall
be settled between the General Post-0fice
Departments Of the two republics as soon as
possible after the exchange Of the ratlnca-
lions Of the present convention. II IL also
agreed that the measures OF de.ail referred
to In this article may be modified by the two |
General Post-0flce Departments whenever,
by mutual consent, those departments shall
have decided that such notifications would
be beneficial 10 the post-ofice service Of tho
two countries, and Mexico proposes, as soon |
as her means OF internal transportation will |
permit, to reduce her present rates OF inland |
postage. ,. '.'' WV
ARTICLE XII. The present convention shall |
continue In force untIl II shall be abrogated
BY the mutual consent Of the two contract
Ing parties, or until one Of them shall have |
given twelve months previous notice 10 the |
other OF dealre TO Abrogate Il.
ARTICLE XII. This convention shall be |
ratified In conformity with the Constitu.
lions OF the two countries, and the railfca.
lions shall be exchanged at the city OF Me1i-
70 within slr months from the date hereof,
Or earlier II possible.
In witness whereof, we, the plenIpotontIa-
lies OF the United States Of AmericS and the
Unlted Mexican States, have slgued and
Done In the city Of Mexico, on the eloy-
NTH day Of December, In tho year OF our
Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty
me, 10 the olgthty-slIth year Of the indie
Of the United States Of America,
md In the forty.frst Of that OF tho United
Mexican States. ny"
II. g.. THOMAS CoRwIN.
IL. 8. SHB'N LERDo DE TRJADA.
And whereas the sald convention has been
July ratified on both parts, and the respec.
I've ratlhcations Of the same were exchanged
n the city Of Mexico on the twentieth ultlmo;
Now, therefore, be II known that ], Abra-
am Lincoln, President Of the United States
4 America, have caused the aaid convention
o be made public, 70 the end that the same,
nd every clause and article thereof, may DO
bserycd aud fulfilled BY tho United States
md the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof have hereu nto set
ly hand and caused the seal OF tho United
tates 10 be afixed.
Done at the city OF Washington, this twen-
eth day Of June, In the year OF our Lord
ne thousand eight hundred aud sixty-tWo,
nd OF the independence OF the United States
America the eighty.siTth.
SEAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By the President.