The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-24
OFFICIAL.
by the President OF the United States
A PROCLAMATION.


invade the Island of Cuba or some of the
provinces of Mexico. The best in(orma-
lion which the Executive has been able
to obtain points to the Island of Cuba as
the object Of this expedition. Its the du-
ty of this Government to observe the faith
Of treaties, and to prevent any aggres-
sion by our citizens upon the territories
Of friendly nations. | have therefore
thought it necessary and proper to issue
this proclamation, to warn all citizens of
the United States, who shall connect
themselves with an enterprise SO grossly
in violation of our laws and our treaty
obligations, that they will therefore sub.
ject themselves to the heavy penalties de-
uounced against them by our acts of Con-
gress, and will forfeit their claim to the
protection of their country. No such
persons must expect the interference of
this Government, in any form, on their
behalf no matter TO what extremities
they may be reduced In consequence of
their conduct. An enterprise to invade
the territories of friendly nation, set
on foot and prosecuted within the limits
Of the United States, is in the highest de.
gree criminal, as tending to endanger the
peace, and comprOmit the honor, of this
nationj and, therefore, | exhort all good
citizens, as they regard our national rep
utation, as they respect their own laws
and the laws of nations, as they value the
blessings ofpeace and the welfare oftheir
country, to discountenance and prevent,
by all lawful means, any such enterprise;
and call upon every officer OF this Gov
ernment, civil or military, to use all efforts
in his power to arrest tor trial and pun
ishmeut every such offender against the
laws providing for the performance of
our sacred obligations to friendly pow
ers.
Given under my hand, the eleventh
day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-nine, and the seventy-fourth
of the independence of the United
States. u. TAYLOR.
BY the President: ........ .......
J. Nj. CLAYTON, Secretary ofState
The above proclamation was received
yesterday at the department, of Stale, in &
communication from the President a
Harrisburg.
Information has been for some time II
possession of the Government, to the eff
feet that bodies of men were in tht
course of being levied and drilled in N
Orleans, New York, and other cities in
the Union; that money to considerable
amount has been contributedj that arm
have been provided, and arrangements
made on large scale, with view Il
some military expedition. These move
ments have been conducted with grea
secrecy. and the object ofthe enterprise
has been concealed even from the indi
vduals who have embarked in it. Stuff
cient evidence, however, has been obtain
ed to satisfy the President that The desigl
of the expedition is an invasion of Cuba
and that the Intervention of the Execu
tive was necessary to preserve our neu
tral obligations, and to keep unsullied tn
honor of the American people,
In issuing this Proclamation, Presiden
Taylor gives another proof Of his determi
: nation to enforce the observance of ou
} neutral duties, and to preserve by all cou
} stitutional means the tranquility of tn
t country. He harbors no lust for war Q
D conquest, or military excitements. Th
3 scenes through which he has passed, an
, in which he has acquired deathless re
4 nowp, are full of too many sad and bite
: recoIlections to generate any other sent
. ment than a desire for universal peac,
Y Prompt as he will always be to resist an
| invasion of our own rights, he will be {
: qually prompt to resist any aggression b
: our citizens on the rights of other nt
n tions. He will be sustained, we dout
not, by the sympathies and cordial co'oT
3 Grafton of all good citizens, WASH. RI
{ public, 14h.
C We find the same account ofthe move
y ment in othorpapers, from correspondent
residing in the places where recruits al
- mustered. A writer, in New Orlean
n to the Philadelphia Ledger, speaks of
n as matterg generally known and talked
J. in the former city; but the New Orlean
papers say not word. A correspondel
:, of the Tribune, from Baltimore, writes a
J. so of similar movement there. VIII
e the object is or where the destination,
II not known to certainty; but enough
~ facts are elicited to convince the Cover
n ment that some scheme is on foot not
j. accordance with the duties of good Gil
n zens.
The President has shown prop
y i spirit in thus forewarning these bad mt
,e of what they may expect, should they pc
d sist in violating the laws Of their countr
IN and whether the destination of the exp
y, ditlon was to be Cuba or the Sierra M
Dire, the Proclamation will have the go'
al effect of putting either Government
ID its guard, thus defeating the object oft
v, enterprise at least fordhe present.
:" =" ltis a strange thing--lhis proclaim
n. tion--in this our day. We had hop
that not a sufficient number of America
could be mustered to cause necessi
!" for one. ...
q, A SAVING CLAUsE.-An Irish labor