Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-15


INFORM yon that this has not been the case. In
formation has been given to me, derived from Of
heal and other sources, that many citizens of the
u s., have associated together to make hostile
ncurstons from our territory into Canada, and
to aid and abet insurrection there, in the viola
ton OF the obligations ard laws Of the U. s., and
IN open disregard Of their own duties citizens.
1 his iuiormation has been part confirmed, by
a hostile invasion actually made by citizens of
the I. 5 III conf motion with Canadians and O.
ther-. and an application thereofto the psrsecu
ton OF military operations against the authorities
and people Of Canada.
The results Of these criminal assaults upon the
peace and order of a neigi,boring country have
been, to be expected, fatally destructive |
to the misguided or deluded persons engaged in /
them, and highly mi 'rious to those in whose be-
half they professed TO have been undertaken.
Tho authorities in Canada, from intelligence re-
ceived of such intended movements among our
have fell, themselves obliged to take !
measures against them; have ac- |
tually embodied the militia, and assumed at |
titude to repcl the invasion to which thew beiiev
ed the Colonies were exposed from the u. s. A |
state Of feeling on both sides of the frontier has
thus been produced, which called for prompt and
vigorous interference. II an insurrection exist
ed in Canada, the amicabe dispositions Of the U.
5. towards Great Britain as we'll as their duty
to themselves, would lead them to maintain a
strict neutrality, and to restrain their citizens
from all violations of the laws which have been
passed for it's enforcement But this Govern
ment recognizes still higher obligation TO rcpress
all attempts on the part of its citizens to disturb
the peace of country where order prevails, or
has been re-established. Depredarons bv our
citizens upon nations at peace with the U. S.
or combinations for committing them, have at all
times been regarded bv the American Govern
ment and people with the greatest abhorrence.-
Military incursions by citizens into countries
so situated, and the commission Of acts of vio-
Ion
change in its government, or under any pretext
whatever, have, from the commencement of our
Government, been held equally criminal on the
part Of those engaged in them, and as much de-
serving of punishment, would be the disturb
ance OF the public peace by the preparation of
similar acts within our own territory.
BY no country or persons have these invalu-
able principles of international law-principles,
the strict observance Of which is indispensa-
bic to the preservation of social order in the
world-been more earnestly cherished sacred
ly respected than by those great and good men
who first declared, and finally established, the in
dependence of our own country. They promul-
gated and maintained them at an early and crit
zeal period in orr history; they were subsequent
iy embodied in legislative enactmcnts of a highly
penal character the faithful enforcement Of which
has hitherto been, and will, l trust, always con-
! tinue to be, regarded as duty inseparably ASSOC
ciated with the maintenance Of our national hon
or. That the people of the United States should
feel an interest in the spread Of political institu-
tons as free as they regard their own to be, is
natural ;nor can a sincere socitude for the sue
cess OF all those who are, ut anv time, in good
faith struggling for their acquisition, be imput
ed to our citizens as IL crime. With the entire
freedom Of opinionand an undsguised expression
thereof, on their part, the Government has Meth
fere But whether the nteres, or the honor
: the U. S. require, that they should be made
party to any such struggle, and by inevitable
8 consequence, TO the war which is waged in it
= support, is s question which, by our constitution
/ is wisely left to Congress alone to decide 1, i:
l. by the laws, already made criminal in cit
d Gems to embarrass anticipate that decision, b
v unauthorized military operations on their part
J. Offences of this character, in addition to the
= criminaity violations of the laws Of our cou,
l. try, have direct tendency to draw down urn
v citizcns at large the multiplied evils of f,
70 eign war, and expose to injurious imputatoi
G. the good faith and honor Of the country. 4
$, such they deserve TO be put down with promp
I'd tIde and decision. l cannot be mistaken, a
st confident. IN counting on the cordial and gene
I'd al concurrence of our feIow-ctizens in this Sc
e. timent. copy of the proclamation which ha
felt it my duty to issue, is herewith communcs
IS, ed cannot but hope that the good sense Al
in patriotism. the regard for :he honor and repu
he ton of their country, the respect for the la
o which they have themselves enac led for tn.
cr own government, and the love of order FOR viii
he they nave themselves enacted Tor their own &c
nv eminent, and the love of order for which the ms
,ti- Of our people have been long and Justly d
ich tinguishod, will deter the comparatively few W
la arc engaged in them from further prosecute
Of su IN desperate enterprises. In the meantn
af- the existing laws have been, and will contiu
ca to be, faithfully executed; and every effort "
lry be made to carry them out in their full extent
as Whether they are sufficient or not, meet
i'm actual state of things the Canadian frontier
is for Congress to decide.
be II will appear from the correspondence he
low with submitted, that the government Of Rus
declines renewal Of the fourth article OF the
last vention of April. 1924, between the U. S.
lion HIS Imperial Majesty, by the third article
re- which it is agreed that thereafter there shall
be formed by the citizens of the U. s., or un
the authority of the said States ANY es,abIishm
lent upon the northwest coast Of America nor in ;
re- OF the islands adjacent, to the north Of so q
cen 40 min Of north latitude; and that in the 50
een manner there shall be formed bv Russ
ave subjects, under the authority of Russia, so
the OF the same parallel > and by the fourth arti
re- shat curing term often years, counting from
the signature OF the present convention. the ship
out both powers, or which belong to their citizens
ent, subjects, respectively, recprocaily frequ
tile without any a:ndrance whateverthe interior g
nth CULTS, harbors, and creeks upon the coast n
a. ,rs h.,