The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-01
ny the President of,hc United stu.es

A P"InCLAMATIpN
Whereas there is reason 10 believe that a Mill.
lary Expedition is about 10 be fitted out in the u
nited States with intention 10 invade tie Island of
Cuba, ii colony Of Spain, with which this country
Is AT pence: and whereas it is believed that this
expedition is l~nStigated and sci on foot chiefly by
foreigners, who dare TO make our shores The scene
ut their guilty and hostile preparations against a
friendly power, aud seek. by lnlsehood and mis-
representation, 10 seduce our own cilizens espcc-
tally The young ani incuusiderale, into their wick.
e.! scllcmes-aa ungratelul return for the benefits
conferred upon them by this people in permit
tiu2 llem 10 make our country an asylum from
oppression, aud III llisrant abuse Of the %h1spituli-
~ thus extended 10 them,
And whereas such expeditions can only be re-
gHrIed as adventures Tor plumber and robbery,
aud must meet the c lndemnatiun Of the civilized
world, whilst they are derogatory to The cllarac-
ter OF "ur country, in violation of the laws of ma
lions, and expressly prohibited by our own stat.
uies, which declare THAT il any person shall. with
ia the teri ltnry or jurisdiction of the United
Stn'eS, begin Or set on loot, or provide or prepare
the meals tor. amy NIL tary expedition or enter
p ise To lie carried on from thence against Ia.
territory or luminous of any cuiOuy, district. nr
people, with whom the United States IRE at peace.
every prrsnn 5, Offending shall be deemed guilty
at a high misiemeulnr, and Shlll be iined NOT
exceeding three thousand dol airs, aud imprisoned
not more Than til ee years"
,ArAr,nS. wnrniur al norso"s ~" w%n III .L Iy rnoc.
themselves with any such enterprise or exreGi.
ton in violation OF our laws aud mrinml obIiga-
,'ns, ,l'al ll'ey VII thereby S%n,hject. themselves
t"ners' anj' - II e,rrsi, thsir cG,in .5 ,n ST. 'urn ol'
lion ct tins Government, or any Interference on
their behalf. M mnIter to what exircmilies they
may DO re, ucel IN consequence of their illegal
Gems, rs thew ycyarJ our ,m,ionoI r a., s"Iu em !.
they respect their own laws and the nws of ms .
li1ns us they value the blessings of peace aud the
welfare OF their country to circumference and
ny "' n mT,", means aus, t"e eS;.a. any ,E 'ncG enterprise
civil or military. To use all efforts in his mower ~
der NJ inst the laws Of the country, sun" 0"'"'
Given under my hand the twenty-flih day of
April in the Year OF on Lord one thousand eight
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MILLARp FILLMORE
ByMe President
VS. DERRICK Aetmg Secretary @State.
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,.Iec,sI RecorIsr Mr. Williams II. oco'
c,.nN was maIo Ci,v Cl.rt";n ,ba a,aoI
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,.,Ii Gilad ,ho nIaco W., mho daSia"I
hsina canJids,eWanJ Mr. Roucs IT,
"ot S.roranI -, Arma W. y.
she ALIAS, that the aggregate Whig ma.
,n,i,y, at The late charter election in Gin.
%Ccinnati. was 9oS. The Wbics ought 10.
have had the CITY Clerk as we'll as the
President Of the Council Scio. Gaz.