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THE PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY (1793):
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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A PROCLAMATION
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Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between
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Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United
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Netherlands, of the one part, and France on the other; and
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the duty and interest of the United States require, that they
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should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a
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conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerant Powers;
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I have therefore thought fit by these presents to declare
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the disposition of the United States to observe the conduct
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aforesaid towards those Powers respectfully; and to exhort and
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warn the citizens of the United States carefully to avoid all
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acts and proceedings whatsoever, which may in any manner tend
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to contravene such disposition.
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And I do hereby also make known, that whatsoever of the
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citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to
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punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations, by
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committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the
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said Powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles which
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are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations, will not
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receive the protection of the United States, against such
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punishment or forfeiture; and further, that I have given
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instructions to those officers, to whom it belongs, to cause
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prosecutions to be instituted against all persons, who shall,
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within the cognizance of the courts of the United States,
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violate the law of nations, with respect to the Powers at war,
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or any of them.
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In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United
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States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed
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the same with my hand. Done at the city of Philadelphia, the
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twenty-second day of April, one thousand seven hundred and
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ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States of
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America the seventeenth.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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April 22, 1793
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France declared war against Great Britain and Holland
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early in April, 1793. President Washington called a special
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cabinet meeting, which resulted in this declaration of
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neutrality.
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Prepared by Gerald Murphy (The Cleveland Free-Net - aa300)
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Distributed by the Cybercasting Services Division of the
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National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN).
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Permission is hereby granted to download, reprint, and/or otherwise
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redistribute this file, provided appropriate point of origin
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credit is given to the preparer(s) and the National Public
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Telecomputing Network.
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