The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-12-12
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Fslloib. Citizens of The Senate 40
and afMe Hoase Of ReFssentdfces

| asau sgn sfi3s LID q f'pL ~ sGi
congratulate you and our commoh
constituency upon the favorable auspices
nndef Whch'yoa meet for your FIRST ses!
sion. Our cohntry is at peace with all
The world. The agitation which, for q
time, ihrea,enecto disturb the fra,ernal
relations which make us one people, is
! fast subsiding and a year Of general
property and health has crowned the
nation with unusual blessings. None
can look back TO the dangers which are
passed, or forward TO the bright ptospeci
before us, wiihuu,feeling atInill Of graft.
| I6cation, al the shine time that he must
be PRESSED with a grateful sense Of oor
prokaindo obligations 10 a benefcient
Providence, whose paternal care is SO
manifest IN the happiness Of This highly
favored land. 7iatPeiili'w maci ~ l y
Since the close OF The last Congress,
certain Cubans and fothcr forcisnefs
resident in the United States, who we're
more or less concerned in the previous
invasion Of Coha. .insiead Of being dis.
couragedbyits failure, have again abused
the hospitality Of this country, by mixing
il the scene Of ihe equipment Of another
military expedition against that posses.
sion Of her Catholic majesly, III which
they were countenanced, aided and
joined by citizens Of the United States.
On receiving intelligence that such de-
signs were enter.ained, lost no lime in
issuing snch instructions 10 the proper
officers Of the Uhhed States as seemed
to,be called for 'bs the occasion. BY the
proclamation, a. copy Of which is here
with submitted. I also warned those
whose might be in danger Of being III.
veiglsd into this scheme Of It's unlawful
character, and OF the penalties which
they wonld incur, For some time there
was reason to hot3e that these measures
had suficed 10 rffvepi any such attempt.
This hrpe, howe ler, proved tobe deiu!
sive. Very early ia the morning Of the
third Of August = steamer called the
Pampero departeJ from New Orleans for
Cuba, having on board upwards o. four
hundred armed men, with evident iuten.
tlons TO make war upon the authorities
Of the island. This expedition was sci
on foot in palpable violation Of the laws
Of the United States. lis leader was a
Spaniard, and several Of the chief officers,
and some others engaged in il. were
foreigners. The persons composing il,
however, were mostly citizens Of the
| United States. mus atl tiaoy alii 1oi arms
| Before the expedition set, out, and
probably before j was organiz ID, sligh,
insurreciionary movement, which appeals
TO have been soon suppressed, had taken
place in The, eastern quarter Of Cuba,
\ The importance of this movement was
unfortunately 60 much exaggerated in
the accounts of il published in this coun,
| try, that these adventurers seem to have
been led 10 believe that the Creole pop
ulation Of the island not only desired ic
| throw off the authority of the mother
country, bu, had, edupon. that step
Z and had begun awell concertad enter
| prise for effecing H., The persons en-
| gagged in the expedition were general,
young and ill-inforined. The steamer ii
which. they embarked left New Orlean
steallhi1y and without clearance. Ate
touching al Key West, she proce eded {,
!, the coast ofCuba, and, on the night be
tween the 1lth and 18th OF August
landed the persons on board at Phytas
! within about twenty leagues Of Havana
4 The main body ofihem proceeded 10
!, and took possession, Of, an inland village
4 six leagues distant, leaving others 10 fol
low in charge Of the baggage, as soon a.
i The means of transportation, could he OBJ
Z tained.y .yi'The, latter, having taken, Vi
\ iheirline ofmarch 70. connect themselves
with The main body, aud having pro
ceededd about four, leagues into ih'
couhtry,swere attacked on ,heamoynin,
y ofibe la,h BY a hody Of Spanish, troops
II AndIa bloody confilct ensued; AFTER wbicl
lhsi relreaied 10 the place OF disembark
a,ion, where about fif{y ofihem, ,obiainet
! boats and re,embarked therein. The,
were, however, intercepted among th,
a keys near The shore By Spanish steame
|, ,ciglsipg, on the coast, captured. and car
,}risd ~ HgayApa, and, after being examines
befofe q military court, we're sentencet
ioh be publicly executed, and the, sen
teace was carried into effsc, on the l6ll
IlofAueust. ii, as,,,s,ts Mn /, ,ss,.
i OnFeceivipg information Of what ha,
4 occurred, Commodore Foxhall A, Parke
wis, Instructed TO proceed in The steaa
frigate Sasanac 70, Havana, and ipquir
ihiuto charges against the perspns exc ecutei
the circumstances under which they yer
Taken, aud whatsoever referred Ia the
ulal and sentence Copies of ,he il
aEuclions from the D apartment Of Sia.
% him, and Of his letters to thar Depat
y ment, are herewith submitted,