The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-10-20

PROCLAMATION of the President.


Proclamation of the President.
At special meeting Of the cabinet held Oh
Saturday, to consider the European situation,
it was deemed advisable to issue proclamation
of neutrality. In accordance with this decision,
and in compliance with the directions of the
President, the Secretary of State has promulga-
ted the following proclamation:
Whereas, on the 22d day of August, 1870, my
proclamation was issued enjoining neutrality in
the present war between France and the North
German Confederation and its allies, and de-
claring 80 far as then seemed to be necessary,
the respective rights and obligations of the bel
ligerent parties and of the citizens of the Uni
ted States:
And whereas, subsequent information gives
reason to apprehend that armed cruisers of the
belligerents may be tempted to abuse the hos
pitality accorded to them in the ports, harbors,
roadsteads, and other waters of the United
States by making such waters subseryient to
the purposes of war:
Now, therefore, ], Ulysses S. Grant, President
of the United States of America, do hereby
proclaim and declare that any frequenting and
use of the waters within the territorial jurisdic-
tion of the United States BY the armed vessels
of each belligerent, whether public ships or
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hostile operations, or as post of observation
upon the ships of war, or privateers or mer-
chant vessels of the other belligerent lying
within, or being about to enter the jurisdiction
of the United States must be regarded as un-
friendly and offensive, and in violation of that
neutrality which it is the determination of this
Government to observe; and to che end that
hazard and inconvenience of such apprehended
practices may be avoided, further proclaim
and declare, that from and after the 18th day
of October instant, and during the continuance
of the present hostilities between France and
the North German Confederation and its allies,
no ship of war or privateer of either belligerent
shall be permitted to make use of any port,
harbor, roadstead, or other waters within the
jurisdiction of the United States as a station or
place of resort for any warlike purpose, or for
the purpose of obtaining any facilities of war
like equipment; and no ship of war or privateer
or either belligerent shall be permitted to sail
out of or leave any port, harbor, roadstead, or
waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States from which vessel of the other bellig-
erent whether the same shall be ship of war,
a privateer, or merchant ship shall have pre-
viously departed, until after the expiration OF
at least twenty-four hours from the departure
of such aforementioned vessel beyond the juris-
diction of the United States.
If any ship of war or privateer of either bel
ligerent shall, after the time this notification
takes effect, enter any port, harbor, roadstead
or water of the United States, such vessel shall
be required to depart and to put to sea within
twenty-four hours after her entrance into such
port, harbor, roadstead or waters, except in case
of stress of weather or of her requiring pro-
visions or things necessary for the subsistence
of her crew, or for repairs in either of which
cases the authorities of the port or of the near
est port las the case may be) shall require her
to put to sea as soon as possible after the expi-
ration of such period of twenty-four hours,
without permitting her to take in supplies be-
yond what may be necessary for her immediate
use; and no such vessel which may have been
permitted to remain within the waters of the
United States for the purpose of repair shall
continue within such port, harbor, roadstead or
waters for longer period than twenty-four
hours after her necessary repairs shall have
been completed, unless within such twenty -four
hours vessel, whether ship of war, privateer
or merchant ship of the other belligerent shall
have departed therefrom, in which case the
time limited for the departure of such ship of
war or privateer shall be extended so far as
may be necessary to secure an interval of not
less than twenty-four hours between such de-
parture and that of any ship of war, privateer
or merchant ship of the other belligerent which
may have previously quit the same port, har.
Dor, roadstead or waters.
No ship of war or privateer of either belliger-
ent shall be detained in any port, harbor, road
stead, or waters of the United States more than
twenty-four hours, by reason OF the successive
departures from such port harbor, roadstead or
waters of more than one vessel of the other bel
ligerent. But if there be several vessels of
each or either of the two belligerents in the
same port, harbor, roadstead or waterS, the Or
der of their departure therefrom shall be ar
ranged as to afford the opportunity of leaving,
alternately, to the vessels of their respective
belligerents, and to cause the least detention
consistent with the objects of this proclamation
No ship of war or privateer of either bellig-
erent shall be permitted while in my port har-
Dor, roadstead or waters within the jurisdiction
of the United States to take id any supplies ex-
cept provisions and such other things as may be
requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and
except so much coal only as may be sufficient
to carry such vessel, if without sail power, to
the nearest European port of her own country;
or in case the vessel is rugged to 60 under sail
and may also be propelled by steam power,
then with half the quantity of coal which she
would be entitled to receive if dependent upon
steam alone; and no coal shall be again sup
piled to any such ship of war or privateer in
the same or any other port, harbor, roadstead
or waters of the United States, without special
permission, until after the expiration of three
months from the time when such coal may
have been last supplied to her within the wa
ters of the United States, unless such ship OF
war or privateer shall, since last thus supplied,
have entered European port of the govern
ment to which she belongs.
In testimony Whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
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