The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-10-16

soclailng fOr the same purpose: And
whereas disturbances have actually bro.
ken out anew in different parts Of the
Two Canadas: Aud whereas a hostile in.
yaslon has been made by citizens Of the
United States. in conjunction with Cana
dlans and others. who. after forcibly seiz-
ing upon the property of their peaceful
neighbor for the purpose Of effecting
their unlawful designs, are now il, arms
against The authorities Of Canada, in per.
feet disregard of their own obligaIinns as
American cilizeos. and ofthe obligations
Of the Guvernmen, of;heir country to for
eign nations
Now. therefore. have thought it nee
essary and proper TO issue this proclama.
ton, calling upon every citizen of the u.
nlted States neither to give countenance
uor encouragement Of any kind to MOse
i0ho hare thus .Jogfeited their claim to tie
protection gf Me,r country; upon those
misguided or deluded persons who are
engaged in them, "a abandon projects
dangerous to their own country. fatal to
those whom they profess a desire to re.
lieve, impracticabls ofexecution without
foreign aid, which they cannot nationally
expect to obtain, and giving rise to i'm.
bPntaiiOns however unfounded) upon the
honor aud good faith of their own Gov.
ernment; upon every officer. civil and
military, and upon every citizen; by the
veneration due by all freementJ the laws
which they have assisted to enact fbr their
own g0Vernment-by his regard for the
honor and reputation of his cpnDtry-by
his love of order and respect for that sa.
cred code Of laws by which national in
tercouIse is regulated-to use every ef.
fort In his pawer 10 arrest for trial and
punishment every offender against tlfe
laws providing for the performance Of
our obligations To the other Power ofihe
world. Aud Thereby sOarn aHhtose tobo
hare been engaged m this criminal eater
prise, 1Persisted in. that. aohGteyey MAJ
be the condition to which they may be re
dUced. they must not expect the inteyfer
ence Ofthis Government. an any form. o.
tteir behalf. but aeiH be lett. reprOaeAe,
By eUery OirtHOus feLiow c'tisen. to be deal
otM according to the p9Iicy and jGstic
f of that Government ichOse dominiOns the
hare, in defiance ofthe knOCa wis6ss an,
efforts oftheir O,0a Government. and ,OiM
out The ShadOV ofjustjfcation or ezc1St
/ nsfaraOHSiy iaraded. -
Give under my hand, at the city o
Washington. the 21st day Of November
10 the year of our Lord one Thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight. and th'
sixty third Of The independence of the U
nited States. ..... .-.r..
By the President: NJ. VAN BUREN
JOHN FoRsYTH. Secretary State.
In the same counexion, il is remarka
BILE. too, that journal which played
lpart like that Of the New York Sun OF
the occasion of the late melancholy ex
petition TO Cuba. and which finds SO q
BILE CO adjntor in the editor Of the UN
, ion, should not have been able to reco
] lect and act upon recommsndatio
= which the first named paper promulgaI
ed at The time referred To-. lu an articl
! from the Philadelphia Gazette, quote
by the National Latelligencer of Decem
, Der %. 1888. we find the New York Su
5 complimeuted for the following Ian
guage: .-.
, ut is due TO humanity that future sto
ries for effect respecting the Canada'
/ and their disposition to revolt. should b
, frowned down. Let them be received
from whatever source they may eminalt
with caution and distrust, God know
v that we are not enemies TO the spread
;. republican institutions and privileges; b,
e tlifiing with mems lives. as political ed
tors trihe with mems suffrages, is nut
~ more serious affair. The cold bloodt
Is cruelty and unieeIing calculation viii,
$. put life and happiness in one scale and
theory in The other, should be ever
where stamped with the impress Of
truly diabolical character. If the Can
n dian people desire a change. let the
y find it out for themselves. Foreign il
It reference or the continued machinalior
l. Of exiled refugees can only protract
n struggle to the destruction Of the weakt
IS party aud the misery of the stronger"