Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That war be and is hereby declared to exist between the Free Companies of Calradia and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories; and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the United States to carry the same into effect, and to issue to private armed raiders of the United States commissions or letters of marque and general reprisal, in such form as he shall think proper, and under the seal of the United States, against the caravans, goods, and effects of the government of the said Free Companies of Calradia and the subjects thereof.