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account of their faith. Any person, whether citizon of the United St tes or Chinese convert, who, according to these tenets, peaceably teaches and practices the principles of Christianity, shall in no case be interfered with or molested.
Art. XXX.-The contracting parties hereby agree that should at any time the Ta-Tsing Empire grant to any nation, or the merchants or citizens of any nation, any right, privilege, or favour, connected either with navigation, commerce, political or other intercourse, which is not conferred by this Treaty, such right, privilege, and favour shall at once freely enure to the benefit of the United States, its public officers, merchants, and citizens.
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.
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 Hien Fung, fifth moon, and eighth day.
[L.S.]
L.S.]
[L.S.]
WILLIAM B. REED.
KWEILIANG.
HWASHANA.
[Appen led to the foregoing Treaty are a Tariff and Rules identical with those annexed to the British Treaty of Tientsin.]
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES TO THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND CHINA OF 18TH JUNE, 1858.
SIGNED, IN THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES, AT WASHINGTON, 28TH JULY, 1868.
Rotifications Exchanged at Peking, 23rd November, 1869.
Whereas, since the conclusion of the treaty between the United States of America and the Ta-Tsing Empire (China) of the 18th of June, 1858, circumstances have arisen showing the necessity of additional articles thereto: the President of the United States and the August Sovereign of the Ta-Tsing Empire have named for their Plenipotentiaries: to wit, the President of the United States of America, William H. Seward, Secretary of State; and His Majesty the Emperor of China, Anson Burlingame, accredited as his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and Chih-kang, and Sun-chia-ku, of the second Chinese rank, associated hig Envoys and Ministers of his said Majesty; an te said Plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agred upor the following articles-
Art. I. His Majesty the Emperor of China, being of th opinion that in making concessions to the citizens or subjects of foreign powers, of the privilege of r siding on certain tracts of land, or resorting to certain waters of that Empire, for purposes of trade, he has by no means relinquishe 1 his right of eminent domain or dominion over the said lands and waters, h reby agrees that no such concession or grant shall be construed to give to any power or party which may be at war with or hostile to
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