leges of the most favored nation. citizens of any nation, any right, privilege, or favor, connected either with navigation, commerce, political or other intercourse, which is not conferred by this treaty, such right, privilege, and favor shall at once freely enure to the benefit of the United States, its public officers, merchants, and citizens.
Provisions as to ratification. The present treaty of peace, amity, and commerce shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, within one year, or sooner, if possible, and by the august Sovereign of the Ta-Tsing Empire forthwith; and the ratifications shall be exchanged within one year from the date of the signatures thereof.
In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and of the Ta-Tsing Empire, as aforesaid, have signed and sealed these presents.
Signatures, June 18, 1858.
Done at Tientsin this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and the independence of the United States of America the eighty-second, and in the eighth year of Hienfung, fifth month, and eighth day.
WILLIAM B. REED,[l. s.]
KWEILIANG,[l. s.]
HWASHANA.[l. s.]
Ratification
And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same have been exchanged:
Proclamation, January 26, 1860 Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-fourth.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President:
