Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-12-11

BIZ THE PRESIDENT or rms UNITED STATES
oF ANERIoAs


Vuperks. hero b too much reason 70
believe that citizens Of the United States,
Is disregard Of the solemn warning here
toIore given to them, BY the proclamation
issued By the Executive Of the General
Government. and BY some Of the Gov.
errors Of The States, have combined to
disturb the peace Of the dominions OF q
neiohboring and friendly nation And
whereas, information has been given TO
me. derived from official and other sources,
that many citizens in different parts of the
u. States are associated or assoclating,
for the same purpose: And whereas,
disturbances have actually broken out a.
new in different parts of the two Cana
das: And whereas, a hostile invasion has
been made by citizens of the United States,
in conjunction with Canadians and others,
who, after forcibly seizing upon the pro.
perry Of their peaceful neighbors for the
purpose Of efecting their unlawful De.
signs, are now in arms against the author.
ties Of Canada, in perfect disregard Of
their of their own obligations as Amerl-
can citizens, and Of the obligations OF the
Government of their country to foreign
nations.
Now, therefore, ] have thought It nee.
essary and proper to issue this proclama-
ton, calling upon every citizen OF the
United States neither to give countenance
nor encouragement of any kind to those
who have thus forfeited their claim to the
protection Of their country upon those
misguided or deluded persons who are en-
gagged in them, to abandon projects dan
gerous to their own country, fatal to those
whom they profess desire to relieve, inn
practicable Of execution without foreign
aid, which they cannot nationally expect
to obtain, and giving rise to imputations
however unfounded) upon the honor and
good faith of their own government; up
on every officer, civil and military, and
upon every citizen-by the veneration due
by all freemen to the laws which they
have assisted to enact for their own gov.
ernment-by his regard for the honor and
reputation Of his country-by his love Of
order and respect for that sacred code of
laws by which national intercourse is reg.
ulated-to use every effort in his power
to arrest for trial and punishment every
offender against the laws providing for the
performance of our obligations to the 9th.
er Powers of the world. And / hereby
warn all those who have engaged in these
criminal enterprises, if persisted in, that,
whatever may be the condition to which
they may be reduced, they must not ex.
pect the interference Of this Government.
in any form, on their behalf; but will be
left, reproached by every virtuous fellow
citizen, to be dealt with according to the
policy and Justice Of that Government
whose dominions they have, in defiance of
the known wishes and efforts of their own
Government, and without the shadow of
justification or excuse, nefariously inva-
ded.
Given under my hand, at the city of
Washington, the 2Isl day Of Novem-
Der, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty.
eight, and the sixty third of the inde-
pendence of the United States.
M. VAN BUREN,.
BY the President:
JOHN FORSYTH, Secretary of State.
The reader will find in our columns to.
day Proclamation by the President of
the United States, denouncing the GRIMM
al enterprises set on foot, within our bor-
ders, against the peace of the British Ca
madam provinces, and against the lives and
property Of their inhabitants. This pro.
clamation speaks the patriotic feeling, the
commOn sense, and the humanity of the
Presidents fellow.citizeus, in language
such as BELTS the occasion. and becomes
the Chief Magistrate Of great and just
People. We should be false to our own
repeatedly uttered opinions on The subject,
IL We did not express our hearty apptoba-
ton Of the Proclamation, as well On &C.
count Of its probable influence at home as
Of the effect it will certainly have 10 win.
dictate the character of our country a.
broad, and relieve it from suspicion of the
baseness Of encouraging or conniving al
the iniquitous projects Matched by bad meT
on our Northern border. We say ini
quitous, because it now appears that the
invasion from Ogdensburg had not ever
the excuse Of a sympathy with a people
struggling to free themselves from al
odious rule. The Canadians, disattecteC
refugees excepted, it seems, desired no
thing better than to be let alone; and, *
far from joining their invaders, are them
selves in arms to repel these patriots OF
new order, who evince their patriotism By
violating at the same time the positive
| laws of their own country, and plratln!
upon the territory Of their neighbors.
After the Proclamation, we hope at leas
that we shall hear no more Of officers Q
the Government Of the United State
uniting with fugitives from justice and tn
disciples Of Fanny Wright to raise, in tn
United States, the bloody standard Of wa
and desOlation against nation with whom
we are enjoying the relations of peace ant
amity. If the Proclamation were to haV
no other effect than to put an end to this
the public appreciation is due to the Presi
dent for issuing it.--NatiOnat IstelligDcer
HUNTSVILLE BANK.--The Democrat
at Huntsville, Ala, Of the 18th inst. says
Is We are authorized to state, that Gen
Lowe, the President Of the Branch Ban
in this place, has succeeded in selling,
New York, half million Of dollars Of tn
State Bonds, to be redeemed in four an
six years.
We are also further informed that a
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