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The United States and Great Britain,
Iy prescribing the African Slave Trade. as
,,lrAcy, have declared their citizens, and
eablscts, engaged in this traffic, enemies Of
III mankind. If the crime were recog-
..ized as piracy by the law Of nations, the
.ight OF searching for the pirates. nciden-
al to that of seizing and carving them in
,,r trial, would belong, wiihnNt amy treaty
Il, convention, 10 the naval commanders OF
ail nations.


The object Of the Convention is, to au-
;hurize naval officers OF either nation, spe-
tally instructed for carrying into execu-
lion their respective laws, for suppressing
the piracy of the African Slave Trade, to
seize the vessels bearing the ilng OF, or be-
longing TO, the other, engaged in the traffic,
and deliver them over to the tribunals, not
uf the captor, but of the captu.rd party,
.or trial. 1t secures, even to pirates 0t
ibis description, trial exclusively by the
courts and laws of their o,cn country


The right of visitation and Of search, is
conceded only as incidental 10 that Of seiz
nrc and delivery for adjudication; and con-
>iJsring the slave trade as piracy, the OBJ
ect of the Convention is rather to re-
strict and regulate the right of scarce, al
'eady given by the character of the crime
Dian to concede it.-.Nat. Int.