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 762- APPENDIX. PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 12, 13. W- O· C- CW- ritory, in the name and behalf of the United States. William_C. -C. Claiborne, ggfjggfisgug governor of the Orleans Territory of which the said territory is to_be taken as ,,0, ,,5 Govemob part, will accordingly proceed to execute the same; and to eiierexse over the said territory the authorities and functions legally appertaunng to his office. And the good people inhabiting the same, are invited and enjoined  pay due respect to him in that character, to be obedient to the laws; to maintain order; to cherish harmony; and in every manner to conduct themselves as peaceable citizens; under full zmsurance that they will be protected in the enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion, In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto adixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the [L. s.] city of Washington, the twenty-seventh day of October, A: n. 1810, gud in the thirty-fifth year of the independence of the said United tates. JAMES MADISON. BY rmi: Pnnsmnurz R. SMITH, Secretary of Slate. No. 13. Directing the British Blockade of the Ooast of the United States to be disregarded. June 29, 1814. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ULITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PRO CLAMATION. _ R°°lm *5 l0_ WHEREAS it is manifest that the blockade, which has been proclaimed by the ' miles in extent, and abounding in ports, harbors, and navigable inlets, cannot be carried into eH`ect by any adequate force actually stationed for the purpose; and it is rendered a matter of certainty and notoriety, by the multiplied and daily arrivals and departures of the public and private armed vesses of the United States, and of other vessels, that no such adequate force has been so stationed: And whereas a blockade thus destitute of the character of a regular and legal blockade, as defined and recognized 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 accords with the interest and the amicable views of the United States, to favor 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 whatever from the cruisers of the United States: fublie and Now be it known that I, JAMES MADISON, President of the United States P*'¤V¤{: ¤¤’m°d of America, do, by this my dproclamation, strictly order and instruct all the public
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sm m,,,,,,,, as privateers, or with letters of marque andreprisal, not to intcrrulpt, detain, or trading to the otherwise molest or vex, any vessels whatever belonging to neut powers, or U¤i¢¢ Stews- the subjects or citizens thereof; which vessels shall be actually bound and proceeding to any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States; but on the contrary to render to all such vessels all the aid and kind omces which they may need or require. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at the city of Washinglton, the twenty-ninth day of June, in the year one thou- [1.. s.] sand eig thundred and fourteen, and of the independence of the United States the thirty-eighth. JAMES MADISON. BY run Pnmsrnnur: JAS. MONROE, Secretary of State.