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cannut be carried into effect by 

 any adequate force actually sta- 

 tioned for the purpose; and it is 

 rendered a matter of certainty and 

 notoriety, by the multiplied and 

 daily arrivals and departures of the 

 private armed vessels of the Unit- 

 ed States, and of other vessels, that 

 no such adequate force has been 

 so stationed; and whereas a 

 blockade thus destitute of the cha- 

 racter of a regular and legal block- 

 ade, as defined and recognised by 

 the established law of nations, 

 whatever other purposes it may be 

 made to answer, forms no lawful 

 prohibition or obstacle to such 

 neutral and friendly vessels as may 

 choose to visit and trade with the 

 United States ; and whereas it ac- 

 cords with the interest and the 

 amicable views of the United 

 States, to favour and promote, 

 as far as may be, the free and 

 mutually beneficial commercial 

 intercourse of all friendly nations 

 disposed to engage therein, and, 

 with that view, to afford to their 

 vessels destined to the United States 

 a more positive and satisfactory 

 security against all interruptions, 

 molestations, or vexations what- 

 ever, from the cruizers of the 

 United States; Now be it known, 

 that I, James Madison, President 

 of the United States of America, 

 do, by this ray Proclamation, 

 strictly order and instruct all the 

 public armed vessels of the United 

 States, and all private armed ves- 

 sels commissioned as privateers, or 

 with letters of marque and repri- 

 sals, not to interrupt, detain, or 

 otherwise molest or vex, any ves- 

 sels whatever, belonging to neutral 

 powers, or the subjects or citizens 

 thereof, which vessels shall be 

 actually bound and proceeding to 



any port or place within the juris- 

 diction of the United States ; but, 

 on the contrary, to render to all 

 such vessels all the aid and kind 

 offices which they may need or 

 require. 



Given under my hand and the 

 seal of the United States, at 

 the city of Washington, the 

 29th day of June, in the 

 j^SEAL]year one thousand eight 

 hundred and fourteen, and 

 of the Independence of the 

 United States the thirty- 

 eighth. 



James Madison. 

 By the President, 



James Monroe, 

 Secretary of the Nary. 



Treaty of Peace beliveen the Kings 

 of France and Spain. 



In the name of the most holy 

 and undivided Trinity, his Ma- 

 jesty the King of Spain and the 

 Indies, and his Allies, on the one 

 part, and his Majesty the King of 

 France and Navarre, on the other 

 part, being equally animated b}' a 

 desire to put an end to the long 

 agitations of Europe, and the cala- 

 mities of nations, by a solid peace, 

 founded on a just distribution of 

 strength among the powers, and 

 containing in its stipulations the 

 t>iiarantee of its duration ; and his 

 Majesty the King of Spain and the 

 Indies, and his Allies, not wishing, 

 now that France is replaced under 

 the paternal government of her 

 kings, and that she thus furnishes 

 a pledge of security and stability, 

 to require of her conditions and 

 guarantees which they would have 

 felt regret in demanding of her 

 under the late government; their 

 said Majesties have nominated to 



