1823 Feb

Trip. H

?.8. Preliminary Steps

then and thenceforward, until further orders, to execute any such instructions, as shall have been given to them in relation to this object, by the Consul of the United States, or such your Agent as above.

7. That, in case of the setting up of the standard of liberty, by myself or any of the Constituted Authorities of the State, in prosecution of the plan beforementioned, should support to the enterprize be, in any shape, given armed force or any part thereof, instructions be given, to your Consul and the Commanders of your forces, to make known, in the most effectual manner, by proper manifesto and otherwise, that they will not, at any time, take permanent possession of the country, or (with such exception, if any, and, on such conditions, as shall be mentioned) any part of it, or interfere, by force or menace, direct or indirect, in the election of any representatives which it may please the people to choose: and that, if necessary, they will maintain the perfect freedom of all such elections to the utmost of their power: and that, with the exception of what, in case of necessity /need/ would be done by any man, rather that perish, no violence will be offered to the person or property of any individual, by these auxiliaries, other than what may be indispensably necessary for the support of the cause for which their assistance is called in.¼+

8. That, in consideration of the interruption, or even other /utter/ miscarriage, that might be the consequence, of death or incapacity, on the part of any such your first appointed

Agent,

+ Three lines at bottom have been omitted