Under these circumstances one of the very first and noblest acts of the President was to announce that the United States would not avail itself of the right to send out privateers, reserved under the Declaration of Paris.
Reid praises the President's decision to forgo privateering, emphasizing a commitment to ethical conduct in warfare.
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