12/31/1808
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"I have thought proper, in pursuance of the authorities specially given by law, to issue this my proclamation."
"Taking no part in the questions which animate these powers against each other, nor permitting themselves to entertain a wish but for the restoration of general peace, they have observed with good fait..."
"Hospitality under such circumstances ceases to be a duty."
"In truth, these abuses of the laws of hospitality have, with few exceptions, become habitual to the commanders of the British armed vessels hovering on our coasts and frequenting our harbors."