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1793
ART.
4. For the better security of the peace and friendship now entered
into by the contracting parties, against all infractions of the same,
by the citizens of either party, to the prejudice of the other,
neither party shall proceed to the infliction of punishments on the
citizens of the other, otherwise than by securing the offender, or
offenders, by imprisonment, or any other competent means, till a
fair and impartial trial can be had by judges or juries of both
parties, as near as can be, to the laws, customs, and usage's of the
contracting parties, and natural justice: the mode of such trials to
be hereafter fixed by the wise men of the United States, in congress
assembled, with the assistance of such deputies of the Delaware
nation, as may be appointed to act in concert with them in adjusting
this matter to their mutual liking. And it is further agreed between
the parties aforesaid, that neither shall entertain, or give
countenance to, the enemies of the other, or protect, in their
respective states, criminal fugitives, servants, or slaves, but the
same to apprehend and secure, and deliver to the state or states, to
which such enemies, criminals, servants, or slaves, respectively
below.
  
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