﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  109 
  

  

  " 
  First 
  : 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Natchez, 
  

   who, 
  under 
  the 
  belief 
  and 
  persuasion 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   citizens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  agreeably 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  treaty, 
  

   have 
  assembled 
  and 
  embodied 
  themselves, 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

   persecuted 
  or 
  injured 
  for 
  their 
  conduct 
  on 
  that 
  account, 
  

   but 
  to 
  stand 
  exonerated 
  and 
  acquitted. 
  

  

  " 
  Secondly 
  : 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  government 
  afore- 
  

   said, 
  above 
  the 
  thirty-first 
  degree 
  of 
  north 
  latitude, 
  are 
  

   not 
  to 
  be 
  embodied 
  as 
  militia, 
  or 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  

   any 
  miMtary 
  operations, 
  except 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  Indian 
  inva- 
  

   sion, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  suppression 
  of 
  riots 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  

   state 
  of 
  uncertainty, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  treaty 
  between 
  his 
  

   Catholic 
  majesty 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  not 
  being 
  fully 
  

   carried 
  into 
  effect. 
  

  

  " 
  Thirdly 
  : 
  The 
  laws 
  of 
  Spain 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  district 
  

   shall 
  be 
  continued, 
  and 
  on 
  all 
  occasions 
  be 
  executed 
  with 
  

   mildness 
  and 
  moderation 
  ; 
  nor 
  shall 
  any 
  inhabitant 
  be 
  

   transported 
  as 
  a 
  prisoner 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  government 
  under 
  

   any 
  pretext 
  whatever 
  : 
  and, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  opera- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  aforesaid 
  is 
  hereby 
  admitted, 
  yet 
  the 
  in- 
  

   habitants 
  shall 
  be 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  an 
  actual 
  state 
  of 
  

   neutrality 
  during 
  the 
  continuance 
  of 
  their 
  uncertainty 
  

   as 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  proposition. 
  

  

  " 
  Fourthly 
  : 
  We, 
  the 
  committee 
  aforesaid, 
  do 
  engage 
  

   to 
  recommend 
  it 
  to 
  our 
  constituents, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  utmost 
  

   of 
  our 
  power 
  endeavor 
  to 
  observe 
  the 
  peace, 
  and 
  promote 
  

   the 
  due 
  execution 
  of 
  justice. 
  

  

  Anthony 
  Hutchins, 
  Cato 
  West, 
  

  

  Bernard 
  Lintot, 
  Joseph 
  Bernard, 
  

   Isaac 
  Gaillard, 
  and 
  

  

  William 
  Ratliff, 
  Gabriel 
  Benoist." 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  propositions 
  were 
  agreed 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  

   governor 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
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