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 T R E A T I E S. TREATY-MAKING POWER. BY the Anrrrcnss on Conrnnnrmrrox of July 8, 1778, the following provisions were made relative to treaties by the United States: Article 6, section 1. “No state, without the consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conlirmed agreement, alliance or treaty with any king, prince or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatsoever, from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility." Vol. I. 5. Sec. 2. “No two or more states shall enter into any tredty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes fpr wpich the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue." ol. . 5. Article 9, sec. l. "The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in cases mentioned in the sixth article; of sending and receiving ambassadors, entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever; of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be decided or appropriated; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas; and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures; provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts." Vol. I. 6. Sec. 6. “The United States in Congress assembled shall never eugage in a war nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander-in-chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same; nor shall a question on any other point except for adjourning from day to day, be determined unless by the votes of a majority of the United States in Congress assembled." Vol. I. S. Tun Coxsrrmurron on ·r·ma_Uur·rr·:r> S·rA·r·ns, article 2, section 2, provides—" He (the President of the United States) shall have power, by und with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided VOL. vnr. 1 A (D