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 TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Annu. 19, 1850. 995 CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMER- Aprn19,1sso. ICA AND HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY. m,£~;;gy·¤·>:; Washin ton Ju- Tnn United States of America and her Britannic Majesty, being IY *» 186%-. desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily sub- mini-Eocirailiiiymixl sist between them, by setting forth and fixing in a convention their !850· i views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by ship canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the River San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean: the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M. Clayton, Secretary of State of the Nsgotiators. United States; and her Britannic Majesty on the Ri ht Honorable Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, a member of her Majesty’s llfost Honorable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty to the United States, for the aforesaid purpose; and the said plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in proper form, have agreed to the following articles: Anrrcnn I. The governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby de- Exclusive ¢¢>¤· clare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain ;,':,1p°SZH”ca:5° for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal ; agreeing that from the Atlas: neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the *i°t"‘1*h‘;£“§l;;’j same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or uga, °by ,,;,1,,, assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mos- hlvweh quito coast, or any part of Central America; nor will either make use Neither pany to of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance ¤¤i¢>¤i¤<·>, Gwwhich either has or may have, to or with any State or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintainipzg any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing icaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same; nor will the United States or Great Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or u e any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess, with any State or government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring T or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other. A1t·r·rc1.n II. Vessels of the United States or Great Britain traversing the said Vessels or eicanal shall, in case of war between the contracting parties, be exempted :l:;{1§°E'1‘;'c°:;:{ from blockade, detention, or capture by either of the belligerents ; and to be exempted this provision shall extend to such a distance from the two ends of the grim t,bL°°k°*d:; said canalis may hereafter be found expedient to establish. 0:,,::,.: 5, me of war. Anmcnm HI. In order to secure the construction of the said canal, the contracting p,,,,,,,.,,.,,; ,1,,, parties engage, that, if any such canal shall be undertaken upon fair parties engaged