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CHINA, 1858. 129 C H I N A , 1 8 5 8. TREATY OF PEACE, AMITY, AND C0: ‘ 1 . , OF AMERICA AD rms TA TsSHEA€ET£§Yt%°£§§E§i¥FBS§t§i§ JUNE 18, 1858; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE DECEMBER 15, 1858; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT DECEMBER 21, 1858; RATIFICATIONS EX- CHANGED AT PEI-TSANG AUGUST 16, 1859; EXCHANGE OF RATIFICA- TIONS CONSENTED TO BY SENATE JANUARY 24, 1860; PROCLAIMED JANUARY 26, 1860. The United States of America and the Ta. Tsing Empire, desiring to Contracting p¤r· maintain firm, lasting, and sincere friendship, have resolved to renew, msin a manner clear and positive, by means of a treaty or general convention of peace, amity, and commerce, the rules which shall in future be mutually observed in the intercourse of their respective countries; for which most desirable object the President of the United States and the August Sovereign of the Ta Tsing Empire have named for their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: U The Presidentof the United States of America, William B. Reed, Negotiatom. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China; and His Majesty the Emperor of China, Kweiliang, a member of the Privy Council and Superintendent of the Board of Punishments; and Hwash— ana, President of the Board of Civil Office, and Major General of the Bordered Blue Banner Division of the Chinese Banner-men, both of them being Imperial Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries; And the said Ministers, in virtue of the respective full powers they have received from their Governments, have agreed upon the following articles: Ancrrcnn I. There shall be, as there have always been, peace and friendship pew, and mm]. between the United States of America and t-he Ta Tsing Empire, an shipbetween their people, respectively. They shall not insult or oppress each other for any trifling cause, so as to produce an estrangement between them; and if any other nation should act unjustly or oppressively, the United States will exert their good offices, on being informed of the case, to bring about an amicable arrangement of the question, thus showing their friendly feelings. Aaerronn II. In order to perpetuate friendship, on the exchange of ratifications by Custody of origithe President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United Ml tF¤¤·W· States, and by His Majesty the Emperor of China, this treaty shall be kept and sacredly guarded in this way, viz: The original treaty, as ratified by the President of the United States, shall be deposited at Pekin, the capital of His Majesty the Emperor of China, in charge of the Privy Council; and, as ratified by His Majesty the Emperor of China, shall be deposited at Washington, the capital of the United States, in charge of the Secretary of State. Anrronm 1II. Iu order that the people of the two countries may know and obey the publication 0 r provisions of this treaty, the United States of America agree, immedi- treaty. ately on the exchange of ratiiications, to proclaim the same, and to publish it by proclamation in the gazettes where the laws of the United . States of America are published by authority; and His Majesty the Emperor of China, on the exchange of ratitications, agrees immediately to direct the publication of the same at the capital and by the governors of all the provinces. R S IV——9
