8 TREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE. 1778. ART. II. · The essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to tr2§;?in(ilisi>bh· maintain elfectually the liberty, sovereignty and Imdependance absolute ‘{f;l‘::d°g:l;f6s and unlimited, of the said United States, as well in matters of gouverne- ' ment as of commerce. ART. III. Both parties to The two contracting parties shall each on its own part, and in the
- .““k° °'°"Y °f‘ manner it may judge most proper, make all the eflbrts in its power
,i,:,ig,,°1m° against their common enemy, in order to attain the end proposed. ART. IV. _Concurrsnce The contracting parties agree that in case either of them should form ‘" °"‘°’P"s°· any particular enterprise in which the concurrence of the other may be desired, the party whose concurrence is desired, shall readily and with good faith, join to act in concert for that purpose, as far as circumstances and its own particular situation will permit; and in that case, they shall regulate, by a particular convention, the quantity and kind of succour to be furnished, and the time and manner of its being brought into action as well as the advanta es which are to be its com ensation. D g P ART. V. Compiests that If the United States should think tit to attempt the reduction of the {Fil, °é°¤F *° British power, remaining in the northern parts of America, or the islands °°° °s' of Bermudas, those countries or islands in case of success, shall be confederated with, or dependant upon the said United States. ART. VI. Ifnnes retin- The Most Christian King renounces for ever the possession of the
- 1°*°hiSP“°l'”m islands of Bermudas, as well as of any part of the continent of North
,g,§€r,}":0€:°°` America, which before the treaty of Paris in 1763, or in virtue of that quered. treaty, were acknowledged to belong to the crown of Great Britain, or to the United States, heretofore called British colonies, or which are at this time, or have lately been under the power of the king and crown of Great Britain. ART. VII. £$•{)¤s¤¤¤ fhm I If his _Most Christian Majesty shall think proper to attack any of the Franc; °"g ° islands situated in the Gulph of Mexico, or near that Gulph, which are at present under the ppwer of Great Britain, all the said isles, in case of success, shall appertain to the crown of France. ART. VIII. Neirharpnrty Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace, with no conclu a a Great Britain, without the formal consent of the other first obtained; "°’“Y ""}h°“' and they mutually enga e not to la down their arms until the inde enthe other s con- . g y P aunt, &,c_ dence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured, by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war. ART. IX. No ,,1,;,,, of I The contracting parties declare, that being resolved to fulfil each on gggapapsarxcn its own part, the clauses and conditions of the present treaty of alliance, I “W"' according to its own power and circumstances, there shall be no after claim of compensation on one side or the other, whatever may be the event of the war.
