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CENTRAL AMERICA, 1825. 103 and in all those parts which relate te peace and friendship it shall be permanently and perpetually binding on both powers. 2dly. If any one or more of the citizens of either party shall infringe Infringement of any of the articles of this treaty, such citizen shall be held personally °¤¤V¤¤¤<>¤- responsible for the same, and the harmony and good correspondence between the two nations shall not be interrupted thereby; each party engaging in no way to protect the offender, or sanction such violation. Bdly. If, (which indeed cannot be expected,) unfortunately, any of the Reprise1s nn d articles contained in the present treaty shall be violated or infringed in d°°1'““*‘°“°f “'°'- any other way whatever, it is expressly stipulated that neither of the contracting parties will order or authorize any acts of reprisal, nor declare war against the other on complaints of injuries or damages until the said party considering itself offended shall first have presented to the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proof, and demanded justice anu satisfaction, and the same shall have been either refused or unreasonably delayed. 4th1y. Nothing in this treaty contained shall, however, be construed or Treaties_ wi t 1; operate contrary to former and existing public treaties with other Sov- <;g¤¤:03¤¤°¤¤ ¤°* ereigns or States. °° ‘ The present treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation shall Rmawuenn. be approved and ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Government of the Federation of the Centre of America, and the ratiiications shall be exchanged in the city of Guatemala within eight months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if possible. _ In faith whereof we, the Plenipoteutiaries of the United States of B¤K¤¤·*¤¤°•· America and of the Federation of the Centre of America, have signed and sealed these presents.. _ Done in the city of Washington on the fifth day of December, in the Dew year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, in the iiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, and the fifth of that of the Federation of the Centre of America, in duplicate. L. s.] H.- CLAY. in s.] Anromo Jose 0ANAs.