of those subscribing to the present treaty to provide themselves in their ports. with articles which are contraband of war; nor to permit the repairing of their vessels-of-war, nor even that they shall establish themselves in the said ports to prey upon the nation with which they may be in a state of war or of open hostility. ART. 10. The high contracting parties will solicit, collectively or separately, of the other states who have been invited to the present congress, their adhesion to this treaty; and from the moment the said states shall have manifested to all of them their formal acceptance thereof, they shall have the rights and obligations which emanate therefrom. ART. 11. This treaty shall continue in full force for the term of fifteen years from the day of the date hereof; and at the expiration of that period any one of the contracting parties will be authorized for itself to terminate it by giving notice thereof to the others twelve months beforehand. ART. 12. The exchange of the ratifications of this treaty shall take place in the city of Lima within the period of two years, or sooner, if it be possible, and it will have its effects among the parties who shall do so as soon as they shall have executed the same. In testimony whereof, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, sign the present and seal it with our respective seals, in Lima, on this twenty-third day of the month of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. P. A. HERRAN. ANTONIO L. GUZMAN. JUAN DE LA CRUZ BENAVENTE. VICENTE PIEDRAHITA. JOSÉ G. PAZ SOLDAN. JUSTO AROZEMENA. Mr. Romero to Mr. Seward. [Translation.] MEXICAN LEGATION TO THE UNITED STATES, New York, 14th of September, 1865. MR. SECRETARY: I have the honor to remit to you a copy of No. 95 of the "official newspaper of the government of the State of Tabasco," of the 20th July last, which came to my hands a short time since, in which you will see the congratulation which the governor of that State addressed on that same date of July to the consul of the United States at San Juan Bautista on the termination of the civil war in this country, manifesting at the same time his sorrow for the assassination of President Lincoln. It is satisfactory to me to send you this communication as proof of the sympathies which the Mexican people have for the people of the United States; of the sorrow with which they heard of their misfortunes, and of the rejoicing with which they celebrate their victories, well understanding that circumstances had become so complicated that the fate of the two peoples might be considered as identified, and that events favoring the United States could not be less than favorable to the cause of Mexican nationality. I avail of this occasion to renew to you, Mr. Secretary, the assurances of my most distinguished consideration. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. M. ROMERO. [Enclosure No. 2.-Translation.] In the name of God: The states of America which, agreeably to the treaty of union and alliance of this same date, have allied themselves for sundry objects, being represented by the plenipotentiaries who subscribed the said treaty, and having exchanged their respective powers, found to be in due form, to wit: Salvador, by Don Pedro Alcantara Herran; the United States of Venezuela, by Don Antonio Leocadio Guzman; the United States of Colombia, by Don Justo Arozemena; Bolivia, by Don Juan de la Cruz Benavente; Chile, by Don Manuel Montt; Ecuador, by Don Vicente Piedrahita; and Peru, by Don José Gregorio Paz Soldan, have agreed upon the following stipulations: ARTICLE 1. The high contracting parties solemnly bind themselves not to commit hostilities against each other, even by way of compulsion, and never to resort to the use of arms as a means of settling their controversies, which may arise from acts not comprehended in the casus fœderis of the treaty of defensive alliance signed on this date. On the contrary, they will employ exclusively peaceful means to terminate all these controversies, submitting to the decision of an arbiter, without appeal therefrom, when they cannot settle them in any other manner. The controversies respecting boundaries are included in this stipulation. ART. 2. When the parties interested cannot agree upon the appointment of the arbiter, this will be done by a special assembly of plenipotentiaries named by the contracting nations, and equal in number, at least, to the majority of said nations. The meeting shall be held in the territory of any one of the nations nearest to the interested ones which the one which first solicited said appointment may designate. ART. 3. Whenever, when the selection of the arbiter may be solicited, as provided in the foregoing article, the assembly of plenipotentiaries shall have met, in the number previously determined, of which article 10 of treaty of union and alliance speaks, and signed on this date, it will belong to said assembly to make the said appointment. ART. 4. If one of the contracting parties should refuse or avoid the appointment of the arbiter, the other may have recourse to the other governments of the allied states, which will take into consideration, each one for itself, the interpretation of the case, and will endeavor to induce the resistant party to comply with the stipulation contained in article 1. ART. 5. When the parties interested shall not have previously determined upon the manner of proceeding, in order to discuss their rights, it will be the duty of the arbiter to determine the procedure. ART 6. Each one of the contracting parties binds itself to prevent, by all the means which may be within its reach, the preparation or collection of materials of war in its territory, the enrolling or recruiting of persons, or the fitting out of vessels to operate hostilely against any one of the other powers which have subscribed and joined in this treaty. They also bind themselves to prevent the emigrants or political refugees from abusing their asylum by conspiring against the government of the country whence they came. ART. 7. When the said emigrants or political refugees shall give just cause of complaint to the power whence they come, or to another bordering upon the one where they dwell, they shall be removed to a distance from the frontier sufficient to dispel every fear, whensoever the power thus threatened shall solicit the intervention of the latter with documentary proofs. ART. 8. The high contracting parties bind themselves not to permit the transit of troops, of arms, and of implements of war across their territory, when destined to operate against any one of them. ART. 9. The contracting parties in the same manner bind themselves not to permit the vessels or squadrons of nations which may be at war with any one of those subscribing to the present treaty to provide themselves in their ports with articles which are contraband of war; nor to permit the repairing of their vessels-of-war, nor even that they shall establish themselves in the said ports to prey upon the nation with which they may be in a state of war or of open hostility. ART. 10. The high contracting parties will solicit, collectively or separately, of the other states who have been invited to the present congress, their adhesion to this treaty; and from the moment the said states shall have manifested to all of them their formal acceptance thereof, they shall have the rights and obligations which emanate therefrom. ART. 11. This treaty shall continue in full force for the term of fifteen years from the day of the date hereof; and at the expiration of that period any one of the contracting parties will be authorized for itself to terminate it by giving notice thereof to the others twelve months beforehand. ART. 12. The exchange of the ratifications of this treaty shall take place in the city of Lima within the period of two years, or sooner, if it be possible, and it will have its effects among the parties who shall do so as soon as they shall have executed the same. In testimony whereof, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, sign the present and seal it with our respective seals, in Lima, on this twenty-third day of the month of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. P. A. HERRAN. ANTONIO L. GUZMAN. JUAN DE LA CRUZ BENAVENTE. VICENTE PIEDRAHITA. JOSÉ G. PAZ SOLDAN. JUSTO AROZEMENA. Mr. Romero to Mr. Seward. [Translation.] MEXICAN LEGATION to the. UNITED STATES, New York, 14th of September, 1865. MR. SECRETARY: I have the honor to remit to you a copy of No. 95 of the "official newspaper of the government of the State of Tabasco," of the 20th July last, which came to my hands a short time since, in which you will see the congratulation which the governor of that State addressed on that same date of July to the consul of the United States at San Juan Bautista on the termination of the civil war in this country, manifesting at the same time his sorrow for the assassination of President Lincoln. It is satisfactory to me to send you this communication as proof of the sympathies which the Mexican people have for the people of the United States; of the sorrow with which they heard of their misfortunes, and of the rejoicing with which they celebrate their victories, well understanding that circumstances had become so complicated that the fate of the two peoples might be considered as identified, and that events favoring the United States could not be less than favorable to the cause of Mexican nationality. I avail of this occasion to renew to you, Mr. Secretary, the assurances of my most distinguished consideration. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. M. ROMERO. [Enclosure No. 1.-Translation.] [From the Boletin Oficial of Tobasco, vol. 1, No. 95, July 20th 1865.] MEXICAN REPublic, PolitiCAL AND MILITARY San Juan Bautista, July 4, 1865. MR. CONSUL: The kindred people of this continent, united in the lovely bonds of democracy, ought to share mutually in its joys and its sorrows. For this reason Mexico will ever deplore the unfortunate event of the 14th of April last, the death of the illustrious champion of liberty, in the city of Washington. For this reason will Mexico forget her past misfortunes, in the midst of her present trials, and congratulate the great and heroic people of the United States on this day of glorious memory. Accept, then, Mr. consul, on this day-the anniversary of that auspicious day when your ancestors proclaimed their independence in the city of Philadelphia-my sincere congratulations, as a private individual, and as the representative of this State, of whose sympathies I believe myself, on this occasion, the most faithful interpreter. Accept also, in the name of your government, the demonstrations of esteem and good will from the garrison of this place, who have kindred sentiments, and trust that Mexico in general, and Tabasco in particular, will be worthy members of the great democratic family that people the world of Columbus, in spite of the mean strategy now used to divide us. I make vows to Providence for the happiness of the United States, and pray that the peace the great republic has just conquered at such a great sacrifice may last long, for the good of humanity. You will please accept, on this account, the assurances of my personal esteem and consideration. Republic and liberty! San Juan Bautista, 4th of July, 1865. LEON ALEJO TORRE, First Officer. B. N. SANDERS, Consul of the United States at this port, present. G. MENDEZ. [Enclosure No. 2.-Translation. ] CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: As the accredited agent of my government at this capital, I give you my most sincere thanks for the eloquent and expressive homage offered in your communication of this morning to the memory of our deceased and patriot President, who fell beneath the hands of that most ignoble of criminals-an assassin; and at the same time, as a citizen of the United States, and in the name of that people, I give thanks to you, and through you to all the citizens of this State who may favor the democratic constitutional system, sincerely felicitating them on the anniversary of our national independence. Let it be permitted to me to assure your excellency that with sentiments of the purest gratification and infinite satisfaction I will make known to the government at Washington that Mexico, forgetting on this day her misfortunes and calamities, sends her on the wings of the morning fresh proofs of her brotherly friendship, and reminds her once more, in the midst of her afflictions and calamities, of her eternal attachment to democratic principles. It is very proper that two sister republics of the New World should rejoice on the happy termination of our giant war, as it must be admitted that if the integrity and unity of our republic had been destroyed, ten years would not elapse ere the new hemisphere would again fall under the domination of the Old World. This day, throughout all the circuit of the United States. the grandest spectacle ever witnessed by man is gazed on with admiration-a nation of thirty millions of inhabitants, who were yesterday at war among themselves, pardoning and forgetting the animosities engendered by civil war, this day reunite in their respective cities and districts unanimously cheering in solemn utterances, which will resound forever; and as the rainbow is a witness of harmony between carth and heaven, so will this day be held by all the people of the United States as a guarantee of peace between east and west, north and south, by all generations to come. Let us then rejoice on the complete restoration of the Union, which, by affixing the seal of experience to the declarations of the wise men who eighty-nine years ago laid the foundation-stone of the great transatlantic republic, demonstrates to the universe that our system of government can sustain, and remain unhurt, assaults which would destroy the very foundation of any nation not based upon democratic principles. Let us rejoice, therefore, in the triumph of the indestructible Constitution in its pristine vigor, for it has opened a new era in the history of republican government, vindicating it against the bitter jeering of the monarchists of the Old World who idly hoped we would perish ignominiously in our civil war a short time ago raging with incomparable fury. Let us thrice three times rejoice in the glorious proofs of the last years, because they, in union with the precious revolutionary memories of 1776, have added more splendor and fame to this day as one of those of jubilee for the dẹfenders of liberty and of progress throughout the world; because another morning dawns advancing towards high noon. May God protect and defend the republics of the New World. Please to accept the expression of my most distinguished consideration and respect. C. GREGORIO MENDEZ, Governor of the State of Tabasco, present. B. N. SANDERS. Mr. Romero to Mr. Seward. WASHINGTON, 2d of October, 1865. MY DEAR SIR: You have often asked me for a picture of President Juarez, to place it in your gallery of presidents and sovereigns. My inability to obtain a good one had prevented me from complying with your request as early as I would have wished. During my last stay in New York I succeeded in getting there a reasonably satisfactory portrait, that I hasten to send to you, begging of you to have the kindness of accepting it. I am, my dear sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD &c., &c. &c. M. ROMERO. Mr. Seward to Mr. Romero. [Unofficial.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 6, 1866. MY DEAR SIR: I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2d of October last, which, from the multiplicity of other pressing public |