Whereas，forthereasonsassignedinmyproclamationofthenineteenthinstant，ablockadeoftheportsoftheStatesofSouthCarolina，Georgia，Florida，Alabama，Louisiana，Mississippi，andTexaswasorderedtobeestablished：
Andwhereas，sincethatdate，publicpropertyoftheUnitedStateshasbeenseized，thecollectionoftherevenueobstructed，anddulycommissionedofficersoftheUnitedStates，whileengagedinexecutingtheordersoftheirsuperiors，havebeenarrestedandheldincustodyasprisoners，orhavebeenimpededinthedischargeoftheirofficialduties，withoutduelegalprocess，bypersonsclaimingtoactunderauthoritiesoftheStatesofVirginiaandNorthCarolina：
AnefficientblockadeoftheportsofthoseStateswillalsobeestablishedInwitnesswhereofIhavehereuntosetmyhandandcausedthesealoftheUnitedStatestobeaffixed。
DoneatthecityofWashington，thistwentyseventhdayofApril，intheyearofourLordonethousandeighthundredandsixty—one，andoftheindependenceoftheUnitedStatestheeighty—fifth。
ABRAHAMLINCOLN。