The article renounces the claim to take from the vessels of the neutral party, on the high seas, any person whatever not in the military service of an enemy, an exception which we admit to come within the Law of Nations, on the subject of contraband of war.
Sumner outlines a specific article that prohibits the capture of individuals not involved in military service, reinforcing a principle of neutrality.
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